Dell's Inspiron 15 ready for ordering, consumption

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/dells-inspiron-15-ready-for-ordering-consumption/

We heard that Dell's Inspiron 15 would go on sale later this month, and apparently that means now. Dell's latest 15.6-incher is up for order as we speak, and as expected, $699 gets you in the door. Those with extra cash to burn can upgrade to 4GB of RAM, a Blu-ray drive, 320GB of hard drive space and a 9-cell battery. So, you in or what?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Dell's Inspiron 15 ready for ordering, consumption originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey Sony, where's the 1.6GHz VAIO P for America?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/hey-sony-wheres-the-1-6ghz-vaio-p-for-america/

Sure, we Americans are enamored by flashy designs, but that doesn't mean we don't appreciate performance. For whatever reason, consumers in the UK, Japan and the Principality of Sealand (among other locales) can order up Sony's oh-so-cute VAIO P with a 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, while we Americans can't get anything other than the stock 1.3GHz chip. So, what gives Sony? Supply chain problems? Too much haterade? None of the above?

[Thanks, James]

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Hey Sony, where's the 1.6GHz VAIO P for America? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC looking to NVIDIA's Tegra platform for high-performance phones?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/htc-looking-to-nvidias-tegra-platform-for-high-performance-phon/

We've been waiting patiently since Tegra's announcement half a year ago for some seriously awesome Tegra-powered hardware (well, any hardware) to get unveiled, but so far, you could hear a pin drop -- we've gotten nothing. That should hopefully change in a big way in 2009, and at least one analyst is predicting that HTC will play a role in getting that mobile NVIDIA silicon into pockets around the world. There's no question that HTC's supposed leaked lineup contains devices that would fit well into Tegra's high-function, multimedia-heavy aspirations, but on the flipside, we've also got rumors that the company moving toward Ericsson chipsets. Tegra's definitely flashier than anything in Ericsson's stable, and HTC's big enough to pursue multiple chipset strategies at the same time -- they have with software platforms, after all -- so let's hope this high drama all resolves itself by MWC next month, eh?

[Via wmpoweruser.com]

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HTC looking to NVIDIA's Tegra platform for high-performance phones? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Cadillac WTF: All New For the Year 8000 [Concept]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0YXXxKnrxYE/the-cadillac-wtf-all-new-for-the-year-8000

The appropriately titled Cadillac World Thorium Fuel or "WTF" has features you are not going to find anywhere else. It runs on clean Thorium nuclear fuel and offers maintenance-free service for 100 years or more.

Not only that, each wheel is actually six individually powered wheels aligned side by side. Now that's an absurd level of redundancy you can trust. Unfortunately, this car is only a concept by designer Loren Kulesus, but if you can hang around until the year 8000 or so, you just might be able to pick one up. In the meantime, these pretty pictures will have to do. [Coroflot]

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Next Intel Atom's Biggest Upgrade is Its Price [Intel]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/wkPhHZni65U/next-intel-atoms-biggest-upgrade-is-its-price

Some details have emerged about Intel's Atom N280 processor, the successor to the wildly popular N270 that drove last year's netbook craze. In short, it's not looking like much of an update.

The N280 gets three performance boosts: the speed will inch up from 1.6GHz to 1.66GHz, the front side bus will climb from 533MHz to 667MHz, and the bundled graphics hardware, the Intel GN40, will likely fare better than the old 945GSE in terms of Blu-ray playback and light gaming.

Despite a H2 2009 expected release, which would make the Atom more than a year old, this by all counts incremental upgrade will cost end users $14-$19 dollars more than the current-gen processor, with the chipset. This doesn't sound like much until you consider that the Atom sells for a mere $46, and that some of the netbooks it's bundled with can dip below $300.

A likely reason for planning this refresh is added pressure from Nvidia's Ion graphics unit, which promises huge increases in graphics performance in Atom netbooks over Intel's lethargic offering. [Digitimes—Thanks, Adam]

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