Jan 14

Samsung publishes NC20 user manual, new images surface

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Eager to get your digits onto an NC20 keyboard? Sadly, we can’t help you there, but we can point out something to whet your appetite until shipment day dawns. Samsung’s UK branch has hosted up the NC20 user manual, and while it doesn’t really offer too many nuggets that we weren’t already aware of, it still proves that this here netbook will arrive with the oh-so-promising 1.3GHz VIA Nano U225 CPU. Additionally, you’ll find a 12.1-inch WXGA display (1,280 x 800), VIA Chrome 9 HC3 graphics, a multicard reader, Ethernet / USB 2.0 ports, optional WiFi / Bluetooth and your choice of HDD or SSD. Check out the links below for more on the hardware details and a new load of press shots, and start saving you pennies now, ’cause early estimates put this one at around $500 or so.

[Via NotebookItalia]

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Dec 30

HP Firebird gaming towers with VoodooDNA to start at $1,799

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It’d be a gross understatement to say that we weren’t remarkably excited about the HP Firebird 803 when we caught wind of it last week, but now you can safely say that our emotions have settled down after hearing the price. Granted, the $1,799 starting figure for the Firebird 802 isn’t totally unexpected — after all, the Blackbird 002 went for upwards of three large — but we still see the sticker as a touch high given the weaker innards and the lack of upgrade options. Those of you who vehemently disagree can certainly hand over your wallet starting on January 9th, or you can wait for the boxes to hit unnamed retail outlets in February.

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HP Firebird gaming towers with VoodooDNA to start at $1,799 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 28

The obvious truth about text messaging: you’re getting ripped off

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C’mon folks, does it really take an in-depth research study to figure this one out? On the whole, per-use SMS rates have doubled from $0.10 to $0.20 in the span of three years, and carriers have shown no shame in pushing messaging packs (the “unlimited” one in particular) in an effort to snag more revenue per user. We already knew that Senator Herb Kohl was looking into the matter, and a new piece in The New York Times clearly explains just how lucrative these bite-sized messages are for carriers. We’re told that most consumers simply assume that it’s costing operators more each year as the volume of texts sent increases; according to University of Waterloo professor Srinivasan Keshav, “it doesn’t cost the carrier much more to transmit a hundred million messages than a million.” You see, SMS messages are elusively hidden within the so-called “control channel,” which is space already reserved for the operation of the wireless network. So long as messages are kept concise (say, 160 characters or less), they can be sent without any real implication on the channel. Will this epiphany somehow change the way we’re being gouged? Tough to say, but don’t think for a second that carriers won’t figure out another way to nickle-and-dime you if the hand is forced.

[Thanks, Jeevan]

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