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Nov 08

Toshiba rolls out Blade X-gale SSD modules, makes MacBook Air storage look a little less proprietary

Posted in: flash, solid state drive, SolidStateDrive, SSD, Today's Chili, Toshiba

One of the most impressive aspects of Apple’s recent MacBook Air redesign was undeniably the shift to ultrathin flash storage modules that could cram your gigabytes of data into picoliters of space. Needless to say, that’s the sort of storage we could all do with in our lives and today Toshiba’s doing us a solid by introducing its Blade X-gale SSD line to the wider world. It’s basically the same stuff as in the Airs, sans Apple’s bombastic marketing, and while the new SSD modules are not yet readily available to buy by consumers (who wouldn’t have anywhere to put them in their laptops anyhow), system integrators are all free to start building around them as of today. The 64GB and 128GB modules are only 2.2mm tall, while the double-stacked 256GB option is 3.7mm in height, and all three can reach speeds of 220MBps while reading or 180MBps when writing. Full PR after the break.

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Nov 04

Toshiba Folio 100 now shipping its Tegra 2-powered Froyo wares around Europe

Posted in: 10-inch, Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, availability, available, europe, froyo, NVIDIA, release, shipping, slate, tablet, tegra, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba, video

If you’re LG, you wait until Android becomes a tablet-worthy OS before bringing out your Tegra 2 slate. If you’re Toshiba, you’re too busy shipping your 10-inch Froyo tablet to care. The Folio 100, powered by NVIDIA’s latest and greatest ARM SOC, is making its promised Q4 2010 arrival today, as it begins shipping all across Europe. There are still no release plans for the US, but Euros can now enjoy a 1024 x 600 resolution, 16GB of internal storage, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, mini-HDMI, USB and SD card-reading ports, and up to seven hours of battery life. €399 ($560) is the last price we heard for this Android Market-deprived slate, though we’d recommend trying one in person before letting go of that cash — our own impressions of the Folio 100 weren’t overwhelmingly positive.

Update: Toshiba has furnished us with updated pricing. Germany will have to pony up €429 for the 3G-less Folio 100 or €529 for the 3G-equipped SKU (available Q1 2011), whereas Italy gets both of them cheaper at €399 and €499, respectively, and UK buyers will have to find £329 for the thriftier model. All prices include local sales tax.

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Nov 02

Yahoo! Connected TV Fights Back With Help From Samsung and Toshiba

Posted in: Home Audio and Video, samsung, Today's Chili, Toshiba, Yahoo

Since Sony has teamed up with archrival Google to offer internet TV in the US, it only makes sense for Yahoo! to expand its partnership with the other high-volume TV makers, Samsung and Toshiba, and go for the globe.

Yahoo! and Samsung announced that they would bring Connected TV to 26 countries in Europe and 39 countries worldwide. In September, Yahoo! made a similar announcement with Toshiba, touting its new availability on Toshiba HDTVs in North America. Yahoo! TV is also available on sets made by Sony, Vizio and LG.

Yahoo! offers a much more modest integration of the web with television than Google TV. Instead of fullscreen apps, it mostly widgets for popular services like Pandora, Twitter, TV Guide, and news and weather services, although it also offers internet TV through services like YouTube and Amazon video on demand.

The main draw may be Yahoo!’s own services, including Flickr, News, Weather, Finance and popular social games like Y! Fantasy Football.

“We don’t think people want the whole Web browser experience crammed in a TV,” Yahoo!’s Russ Schafer told the AFP. “It is a best-of-the-Web, not all-of-the-Web.”

Because Yahoo! TV takes a less radical approach than Google or Apple TV in delivering web content through the television set, it’s faced less pushback from networks and other content makers. This makes for less frustation, but also fewer features and less long-term upside.

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Oct 29

Intel, Samsung, Toshiba form consortium aiming for 10nm chips by 2016

Posted in: flash, intel, Japan, japanese, samsung, Today's Chili, Toshiba

There isn’t much to say here, so let’s just get on with the facts: Intel, Samsung, and Toshiba are joining forces and pooling R&D efforts in a consortium funded in part by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (an expected 50 percent, or 5 billion yen / US $62 million) and the rest from the members. The goal? Semiconductor chips nearing 10nm by 2016. Ten more companies are expected to be invited once things get sorted out, so major chip-related corporations, please keep checking your mailboxes daily.

Intel, Samsung, Toshiba form consortium aiming for 10nm chips by 2016 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 27

ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC getting Tegra 2 treatment ahead of March launch?

Posted in: 10-inch, ASUS, LG, motorola, msi, NVIDIA, rumor, samsung, tablet, tegra, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba

More from DigiTimes this morning and its chatty sources within NVIDIA and Taiwanese supply chains. First up is talk that ASUS’ 10-inch Eee Pad — presumably, the Android loving EP101TC said to cost less than $399 — will launch in March of 2011 with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 taking care of the processing duties. DigiTimes‘ sources also remind us that Tegra 2 tablets are on the way from Dell, Samsung, MSI, and Toshiba in addition to smartphones from ASUS, Motorola, and LG. Good to know, but for as long as Tegra 2 has been discussed, we’ve yet to see the SoC ship inside anything worth getting too excited over. And don’t even mention the Boxee Box, they switched to Intel at the last minute, remember? Maybe Dell’s Looking Glass tablet will change all that when it launches any day now.

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Oct 13

Toshiba’s 13.3-inch Portege R700 gets a pair of WiMAX models

Posted in: 4G, laptop, Today's Chili, Toshiba, ultraportable, WiMAX

Integrated 3G is so 2009. These days, your laptop just ain’t a mobile workhorse without a 4G module embedded under the hood, and Toshiba’s making sure it keeps with the times by launching a pair of WiMAX-capable Portégé R700 models. The 13.3-inch ultraportable is relaunching with an integrated DVD drive, WiMAX support, the latest Core 2010 CPUs, an ExpressCard slot, eSATA / USB combo port, 4GB of DDR3 memory, inbuilt webcam and a six-cell battery. The Portégé R700-S1332W in particular ships with a Core i7 CPU and 128GB SSD, while the Portégé R700-S1322W steps down to a Core i5 and a 320GB (7200RPM) hard drive. Both units are shipping now from Tosh’s preferred partners, with the high-end option going for $1,699 and the low(er)-end one selling for $1,349. It’s on you to activate a Clear plan, though.

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Oct 06

Sony slips out second generation TransferJet chip, partners begin to take notice

Posted in: adapter, ceatec, sd, sony, Today's Chili, Toshiba, Wireless

Bless its heart. Regardless of how loudly consumers yell, Sony can’t seem to understand that creating proprietary formats that no other company has any interest in adopting isn’t the brightest of ideas. The eventual fates of UMD, ATRAC, MiniDisc and countless others are proof of the outfit’s ignorance, but somehow or another, it seem as if TransferJet has a modicum of a chance to gain some traction. Nearly a year after outing its first generation TransferJet chip, Sony is using CEATEC to spring its second generation one into action. From what we can tell, the primary addition to this chip is its native compatibility with USB 2.0 and PCI Express, with hardware and software improvements credited with an effective data transmission boost to somewhere north of 300Mbps. Potentially more interesting, however, is the lower power draw, which could lead to TransferJet embeds within smartphones, tablets, netbooks and other low-cost mobile computers. Across the pond(s) in Tokyo, Toshiba has been caught showing off a TransferJet SD card that could allow a potentially wider swath of devices to support Sony’s wireless protocol, although the hardware typically has to be designed specifically to not interfere with the chip’s ultra short-range transmissions, and software drivers have to be built as well — not even all of Sony’s new Cyber-shots support its existing TransferJet Memory Stick. We’ll be digging for more details (ship date, price, etc.) just as soon as we can.

Sony slips out second generation TransferJet chip, partners begin to take notice originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 05

Toshiba Regza GL1 3D preview: no frills, no glasses, some issues (video)

Posted in: 3d tv, ceatec, impressions, preview, Today's Chili, Toshiba, video

It’s with some surprise that we pen, finger to key to screen, praise for a 3D display — particularly one that is glasses-free (the staff is still a bit divided, for example, on Nintendo’s 3DS screen). But here we go. Toshiba’s 20-inch Regza 20GL1 3D set was on hand at CEATEC, and it’s actually a set we could see ourselves comfortably watching for a given span of time. Viewing angles are none too shabby, the refresh rate doesn’t visibly distract or inherently cause headaches, and at 720p, you can actually get an enjoyable image. The 56-inch concept conjured up a worthy picture as well, but then again, it’s a prototype with no immediate purpose other than causing attendee awe at this point. If we had to fault it, we’d say that the viewing angles where you see two distinct perspectives (see the picture above for an example) are too wide, which means you’d have to be really careful about where you sit on the couch if you were to buy something like this for your den.

Also on hand was a notebook, which at this point just didn’t cut it. Perhaps it’s just too early in development, but what was saw had minimal depth and an unfortunately low resolution / perceived refresh rate; when the video loop it was playing switched to the Windows 7 UI, it looked grainy and extremely difficult to read — undoubtedly the side effect of trying to use a display designed for permanent 3D use in 2D mode.

That leaves us to talk about 12-inch 12GL1, and what can we express other than disappointment? The 466 x 350 resolution (yes, that’s less than standard definition) is just awful, you can lose the 3D effect moving marginally to the left or right, depth is not pronounced, and medium-to-fast pace footage just doesn’t work. For all the warm-yet-cautious approval we give to the 20GL1, its little brother is quite the black sheep, especially at ¥120,000 ($1,443). Not that ¥240,000 for 20 inches is a bargain, but at least you’re getting a quality screen… and for once, you don’t actually need additional eyewear to enjoy it. Decidedly two-dimensional snapshots and video taken from an almost pitch-black showroom (i.e. very not optimal) can be found below.

Gallery: Toshiba Regza GL1 3D series preview

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Oct 04

Toshiba Releasing Glasses-Free 3D TV in December

Posted in: hdtv, Today's Chili, Toshiba

The biggest complaint about 3D in home electronics? Okay, there are plenty: content, price, general apathy–but generally when people are finding something to whine about, all eyes tend to turn to those pesky 3D glasses. They get lost, get scratched, and will no doubt be eventually be sat on more then a few times during their living room career

Nintendo made a big splash when it introduced its glasses-free 3DS console of over the summer. The logical question quickly became: when will the rest of the industry release their own glasses-free 3D products? Of course there are a number of hurdles to deal with when implementing such a technology on a product the size of an HDTV.

Toshiba, apparently, has overcome these. This week at CEATEC in Tokyo, the company announced plans to sell a glasses-free LCD TV. The set will go on sale in December–in Japan. No word on an international release for the set. Boo.

Of course there are other limitations with the technology. The first seems to be size. The set will only be available at 12 and 20 inches–pretty tiny, given the fact that today’s sets are topping off at well over 100 inches. The second limitation is, you guess it, price. The 12 inch set runs 120,000 yen ($1,440). The 20 inch set is double that price.

Toshiba doesn’t seem to expect to be selling a lot of these things. The company will be producing 2,000 of the sets a month, compared to the 1.25 million total LCD TVs the company ships a month.

Sometimes it’s just important to say that you’re first, right? Given how competitive the HDTV market is, at present, it certainly couldn’t hurt.

Oct 04

Toshiba Regza GL1 wants you to put down the glasses, enjoy the 3D

Posted in: 3d tv, ceatec, Japan, official, screen, Today's Chili, Toshiba, TV

Toshiba might have abandoned OLED, but that doesn’t mean the company is lacking ambition in the display-making field. Today it’s using CEATEC 2010, Japan’s biggest electronics expo, to make official that 21-inch glasses-free 3D prototype we’ve been hearing about. It’s lost an inch in becoming a retail product, with the 20GL1 offering a 20-inch diagonal, but the important multi-parallax picture transmission (employing a lenticular lens setup as used in Philips’ Dimenco) remains the same. The new set, accompanied by a smaller 12GL1 model, will be shipping in Japan this December, and if it really does what it promises, the rest of the world should not be far behind.

Update: Japan’s Impress Watch has more details for us, listing a 720p resolution for the 20-incher and a funky 466 x 350 on the 12-inch GL1. Prices are estimated at ¥240,000 ($2,885) and ¥120,000 ($1,443), respectively.

Gallery: Toshiba Regza 20GL1 press images