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Friday, March 07, 2008

HTC launching MID devices in 2008?

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/247335404/

DigiTimes is back with another Taiwan industry rumor. This time they have HTC launching MID handsets in 2008. No surprise there as HTC jumped into the UMPC game long ago with the Shift. Of course, the whole thing becomes suspect when their source claims that MIDs will be "squeezing the market share currently enjoyed by UMPCs." Everyone and their monkey knows that UMPCs don't account for enough market share to warrant joy.

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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Gigabyte M700 UMPC Has 2 GB RAM, 7-Inch Touchscreen [UMPCs]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/246378774/gigabyte-m700-umpc-has-2-gb-ram-7+inch-touchscreen

Just unveiled at CeBIT, Gigabyte's M700 UMPC comes with a surprising 2GB RAM. In addition to its hefty memory and bright design, the M700 manages to pack in a 7-inch, 1024x600 touchscreen and a 1.2 GHz Via C7-M processor. It also has Windows Vista Home Premium. Details on pricing and release are hush hush at this point. [Ubergizmo]

Acer: Eee PC killer on track for Q2/Q3

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/246422181/

Filed under: Laptops

We had the chance to corner Acer at CeBIT to ask them about their plans for that Eee PC killer. We received confirmation from Stefan Engel, Managing Director and Country Manager for Acer Germany, that they were on target for a Q2/Q3 release. Incidentally, they will continue to offer the 7-inch Packard Bell EasyNote XS (aka, Everex CloudBook, NanoBook, FIC CD260) along side the Acer branded 7- to 9-incher even though Packard Bell is all but officially an Acer subsidiary.

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Alienware brings quad graphics support to ALX CrossFireX

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/246506944/

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming

Believe it or not, Alienware's Aurora ALX rig was boasting quad SLI support two whole years ago. After yesterday's official launch of ATI's CrossFireX technology, now the ALX has another partner in quad GPU crime. Dubbed the Area-51 ALX CFX, this rig features a 3.0GHz Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor, up to 4GB of RAM, a bevy of HDD choices, optional Blu-ray burner, a 1,000-watt power supply and of course, twin 1GB Radeon HD 3870 X2 cards (four GPUs in all). Granted, this thing will run you at least $5,649 as a CrossFireX-equipped rig, so think carefully if slicing into your son's college fund is really worth 4x the graphical mayhem.

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Kodak's 8-mm thin KTEL-30W 3-inch AMOLED TV

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/246601259/

Filed under: Displays, Portable Video

If you're fortunate enough to be living in Japan then this new Kodak ELiTe Vision KTEL-30W AMOLED TV can be yours sometime later this month. Measuring just 8-mm thick, this 3-inch 1Seg TV features a mono speaker, headphone jack (naturally), and a lithium polymer battery good for about 3.5 hours of continuous TV playback. Thing is, It'll cost you about ¥29,800 or about $287 for functionality already integrated into many Japanese phones.

Gallery: Kodak's 8-mm thin KTEL-30W 3-inch AMOLED TV