Monday, February 23, 2009

MSI'a X-Slim X340, X600 Are Two More Sub-$1000 Macbook Air Lookalikes [Laptops]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/HkEi6B9X1a4/msia-x+slim-x340-x600-are-two-more-sub+1000-macbook-air-lookalikes

We don't know much about MSI's X-Slim netbook line being touted in China, but from the looks of it, these machines are winners: super-slim form factors, light-weight, 13.4 or 15.6-inch screens, and low cost.

Thus far the X-Slims have only been unveiled in China, and details, such as the processor and chipset platform, are still unclear. It was reported that MSI might go beyond the typical Atom package and offer these with a beefier Pentium-class chip, or perhaps even utilize Nvidia's Ion platform for HD graphics (HDMI output coming standard on these machines seems to make a decent case for the later scenario).

Pricing is apparently between $700 and $100 for the newly unveiled 13-inch X340 (a previously announced X320 is the same form factor sans some of the extras like HDMI. Brings these to the states please, MSI: with your history of supporting the Hackintosh community, these would make fine, fine OS X machines. [Engadget Chinese]



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Posted by Augustine at 9:51 AM

Sony scouting a tester for unreleased new product?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/21/sony-scouting-a-tester-for-unreleased-new-product/


While the rumors of a PSP2 and PSP Phone have calmed down of late, they're never truly dead. According to a fluent Japanese speaker translating a Sony Japan job listing for GameSpot, the company is on the hunt for an "evaluator / assessor for a new game machine." More specifically, that elusive machine is said to be a "part of the PlayStation or PSP series and their peripherals." The listing goes on to state that the lucky winner will "be part of an advisory staff that will play PlayStation series software on this new machine and check its functionality," and they'll also be able to "test game machines not yet released or new functionality of PS3 peripherals before they are released." From there, it's up to your imagination to determine what exactly this could be alluding to, but we're setting our expectations remarkably low as to not be disappointed.

[Via GameSpot]

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Posted by Augustine at 9:50 AM

Motorola with big touchscreen emerges, doesn't disgust

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/21/motorola-with-big-touchscreen-emerges-doesnt-disgust/


What's this, a high-end slate from Motorola that we can all cautiously get behind? Hard as it may be to believe, it seems that Moto might be working on some serious hardware to compete with... well, anything. We don't have any information on this device we're seeing here beyond what we can make out from the picture -- 5 megapixel Kodak-branded camera, big touchscreen, TV-out, and a xenon flash -- but the tip suggests that this could be Moto's first Android device. We tend to think that's not very likely, since we don't have Home or Back buttons on the front (which would also rule out Windows Mobile 6.5 without a Start button), but we suppose they could be hiding out on the side somewhere -- and frankly, we don't see Motorola blowing anyone away with a touchscreen version of its proprietary platform any time soon. At any rate, let's just hope this shot is real, and the phone's almost ready for retail.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

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Motorola with big touchscreen emerges, doesn't disgust originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:50 AM

MyRacer's lisse T10 PMP subtly takes a hint from iriver's SPINN

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/myracers-lisse-t10-pmp-subtly-takes-a-hint-from-irivers-spinn/


MyRacer's lisse S10 was too simple to really attribute any level of knockoff status to it, but there's little doubt that the company's lisse T10 took a lesson or two in design from iriver's SPINN. For whatever reason, the SPINN seems to be quite popular in the KIRF circuit, and while the T10 is still different enough to keep it from being the next in our growing list of blatant rips, we're definitely not giving MyRacer any innovation credits here. All that aside, this here PMP is said to feature a 2.8-inch display (320 x 240), 2GB / 4GB of internal capacity, support for a litany of audio and video file formats, a built-in FM tuner and recorder, a text reader and support for an undocumented list of "games." There's no word on a price or release date, but we wouldn't count on it drifting far from its home nation of South Korea.

[Via DAP Review, thanks Michael]

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Posted by Augustine at 9:47 AM

iriver's gorgeous P7 gets itself a web address

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/irivers-gorgeous-p7-gets-itself-a-web-address/


Unfortunately, we're still no closer to finding out when the iriver P7 will be available, but given that it's now showing up on the company's worldwide web portal alongside scads of other beautiful pieces of hardware, we'd say it's certainly closer than before. None of the listed specifications look to have changed, but there sure are a lot of purty images to look at there in the read link. Grab a tissue, place it beneath your chin and head on over.

[Via DAP Review, thanks Jeff]

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