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The graphics card that doesn’t require a fridge-sized cooler is turning into something of a rarity nowadays, but we doubt the market for quiet, efficient, and halfway-decent GPUs is ever going to disappear completely. NVIDIA is fleshing out its Fermi family today with a creature that aspires to such epithets, the 96 CUDA core-equipped GT 430. It’s a patently humble GPU, as indicated by its $79.99 typical price, 49W TDP, 5.7-inch board length, and single-slot cooler design. Mind you, while those are typically considered positives, they do limit gaming performance quite significantly, with the GT 430 getting roundly beaten by ATI’s (sob!) AMD’s similarly priced Radeon HD 5670. So what niche is left for this card? Well, it’s an upgrade over integrated graphics and it gets you on the 3D bandwagon, but on the whole we’re left scratching our voluminous craniums as to why anyone would dodge AMD’s more accomplished hardware for NVIDIA’s latest. Hit up the reviews below and form your own opinion, if our one doesn’t suit your outfit today.

Read – HardOCP
Read – AnandTech
Read – PC Perspective
Read – Hot Hardware
Read – Legit Reviews
Read – Hexus

NVIDIA launches sub-$80 GeForce GT 430 for single-slot cooler enthusiasts originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Alright, so by now we all know that HTC’s HD7 is mostly a HD2 in imperial new clothes, but let’s give the new phone a chance, shall we? We’ve just gotten to grips with the latest member of HTC’s 4.3-inch brigade and predictably enough it feels just as snappy as the rest of the Windows Phone 7 devices introduced today. Navigation is blazingly quick, interrupted only by Microsoft’s excessive fascination with animated screen transitions. Clearly, designing the new WP7 OS around hard-set minimum specs has paid off for Microsoft, whose end product exhibits a great deal of polish. T-Mobile, the HD7’s exclusive carrier in the US, is keen to point out that it’s the largest Windows Phone 7 launch device, so if size is atop your list of priorities, this will be the phone you’ll want to start your journey with. We’ve got some in-depth impressions of the hardware after the break and a video is coming right up as well. Enjoy!

Update: As promised, a lengthy video exhibition of the HD7 awaits your eyeballs just past the break.

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HTC HD7 preview (update: video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Stop us if you’ve heard these specs before: 4.3-inch WVGA (800 x 480) TFT screen, 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8250 system-on-chip, 576MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, and Microsoft’s latest mobile OS on board. Yes, the HTC HD7 is almost a carbon copy of the much-loved HD2, albeit with a major upgrade to Windows Phone 7 software and an appreciated bump to 720/24p video recording. Beyond those enhancements, American buyers will be greeted with preinstalled Netflix, Slacker, and T-Mobile TV entertainment apps, along with 16GB of built-in storage.

T-Mobile gets the honor of being the exclusive US carrier, with exclusives also going out to O2 in the UK and Ireland and Telstra in Australia. O2 Germany will also distribute the phone, along with Movistar in Spain, Bouygues Telecom in France, and a choice of carriers in Italy. Bear in mind that the non-US HD7s are likely to come with a less capacious 8GB of storage. The phone is scheduled for an October 21 retail debut in Europe, to be followed by a mid-November arrival on US shelves. You’ll find the full press release after the break, although you shouldn’t bother if you expect it to explain why the nearly identical HD2 isn’t getting a WP7 upgrade.

Continue reading HTC HD7 is a HD2 lookalike with Windows Phone 7 and 720p video, exclusive to T-Mobile in US

HTC HD7 is a HD2 lookalike with Windows Phone 7 and 720p video, exclusive to T-Mobile in US originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Need a break? No chance, there are still so many more phones to look at! HTC’s sole Windows Phone 7 launch device for AT&T has just been revealed as the HTC 7 Surround. You’ll remember this as the sexily titled T8788, which made us gape back in August with its unusual design that incorporates a slideout speaker. We can now add an integrated kickstand to the multimedia-friendly physical design, while the spec sheet (available in full after the break) is consistent with the rest of HTC’s lineup. The 7 Surround offers a 3.8-inch WVGA display, a 1GHz Snapdragon chip from yesteryear, 576MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera with 720p video, and Dolby Mobile and SRS Surround Sound technologies. This unconventional handset will be exclusive with AT&T in the US and Telus in Canada. Pricing in the US will be $199.99 on contract.

Continue reading HTC 7 Surround graces AT&T with a slideout speaker, Windows Phone 7 credentials

HTC 7 Surround graces AT&T with a slideout speaker, Windows Phone 7 credentials originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Let’s say you’re a mobile phone maker. Now, what’s the first thing you do after raking in $360 million in a quarter? We’re guessing that “launching a new backup / remote wipe portal” wasn’t the first thing that came to mind, but that’s precisely what HTC has done. HTCSense.com was officially introduced alongside the Desire HD and Desire Z in London last month, promising to one day allow registered owners to use the web in order to locate a lost handset, remotely wipe a lost handset and maintain a backup of your contacts, texts, customizations, etc. in the cloud. Looks like “one day” is “today,” with the portal finally opening its doors to registrants. Unfortunately, the only two phones supported at the moment are the two it was introduced alongside of (neither of which are publicly available), so it looks like you’ll spend most of your time at the source link ingesting what it can offer you in the future. But hey, who said a little schooling was a bad thing?

Update: Pocketnow has a walkthrough of the new services (via a ROM hack on the HD2), with a video embedded after the break. We know it’s tough to wait, but at least this glimpse will make it a bit easier, yeah?

[Thanks, Marcus]

Continue reading HTCSense.com goes live, only Desire HD and Desire Z supported at launch

HTCSense.com goes live, only Desire HD and Desire Z supported at launch originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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