Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Intel admits that GN40 chipset is no match for Blu-ray

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/intel-admits-that-gn40-chipset-is-no-match-for-blu-ray/


We know, we're just being greedy at this point, but hey -- did you honestly expect anything less? We knew Intel's new Atom N280 processor, when paired with the equally fresh GN40 chipset, could deliver silky smooth 720p video playback. What we didn't know, however, was how well it could handle 1080p material. According to Fudzilla, an Intel product manager has stated that the GN40 is "designed to do 1080p HD playback for typical broadband internet content," but that it wasn't engineered to "enable full Blu-ray capability where the bitrates and demands of multi-layer content are significantly higher than that of internet HD content." The optimist within us is hoping that the GN40's successor will take the next logical step and handle BD films, but we wouldn't dare suggest you get your own hopes up that high if you're not good with handling disappointment.

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Intel admits that GN40 chipset is no match for Blu-ray originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung A877 with AMOLED touchscreen coming to AT&T this month?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/samsung-a877-with-amoled-touchscreen-coming-to-atandt-this-month/


Are we looking at the best thing this side of a smartphone to grace AT&T? Quite possibly, and jilted Quickfire owners who miss the form factor should probably be taking note. Rumor has it that we're looking at the Samsung A877 here, delivering some 3.2 inches of AMOLED glory at WQVGA resolution, a 3 megapixel cam with geotagging support, TouchWiz (naturally), GPS, HSDPA, and a landscape slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. Even better, PhoneDog's tipster says it'll be hitting just a couple weeks away on March 29, so we don't have terribly long to wait. The Eternity just got a whole lot less interesting, eh?

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Samsung A877 with AMOLED touchscreen coming to AT&T this month? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI announces the VX600 15.4-inch notebook

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/msi-announces-the-vx600-15-4-inch-notebook/


MSI has been one busy outfit as of late -- between the company's new Wind Boxes, netbooks, and everything else, it's been quite a year. That said, allow us to submit for your approval the VX600. This guy sports a 15.4-inch (1280 x 800) display, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD3410 graphics, up to 4GB memory, up to 320GB storage, and 6 and 9-cell battery options. In addition to all that, the company's brought their ECO Engine Power Management System to the party, which allows the device to switch among the five different power saving modes (including Gaming, Movie, Presentation, Office, and Turbo Battery) for optimized battery usage. No price or availability yet, but you'll know as soon as we do. For reals.

[Via Mobile Tech News]

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MSI announces the VX600 15.4-inch notebook originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:05 PM

A-DATA's SATAII SSD 300 Plus promises quicker reads, writes

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/a-datas-sataii-ssd-300-plus-promises-quicker-reads-writes/


It's hard to say just how legitimate these claims are at the moment, but A-DATA seems pretty jazzed about its newest SSD. While not nearly as capacious as the outfit's recently unveiled 512GB XPG SSD, the next-generation SATAII SSD 300 Plus supposedly increases performance of read speeds by up to 40 percent while boosting write speeds by around 60 percent when compared to a "regular SSD." According to A-DATA, this here drive utilizes a special mobile SDRAM module to hit a sustained read rate of 250MB/sec and write rate of 160MB/sec, and all this high-flying performance comes to you in 32, 64, 128 and 256GB flavors. Pricing, however, remains a thick, convoluted mystery.

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A-DATA's SATAII SSD 300 Plus promises quicker reads, writes originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:04 PM

Nokia introducing 5030, 5330, and 5730 XpressMusics at tomorrow's event?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/nokia-introducing-5030-5330-and-5730-xpressmusics-at-tomorrow/


We know that the shindig Nokia's putting on tomorrow has something to do with music, so it's certainly within the realm of possibility that we'd see some new XpressMusic handsets there, and indeed, All About Phones seems to have scooped the goods. It looks like we'll be treated to no fewer than three models -- all Xpress-branded, naturally -- starting on the low end with the 5030 candybar. This one eschews XpressMusic for the less audiophile-sounding "XpressRadio" name, pimping its in-built FM radio support and a large, squarish speaker around back at a crazy low price of €40 ($51) unsubsidized. Moving one rung up the range is the 5330 XpressMusic slider, packing a 3.5mm jack, some sort of special light effects for the ravers in the audience, and 24 hours of listening time; it'll be available in the third quarter for €160 ($204). Finally, we have the rumored 5730 (pictured) -- the only of the three to run S60 and lay claim to a genuine smartphone title. This one follows in the E75's footsteps by packing both a numeric and a landscape QWERTY slide, WiFi, a 3.2 megapixel cam, HSDPA, and GPS, but the most interesting new feature here might be the "Xpress Home Screen" which exposes your loaded media right from the phone's -- you guessed it -- home screen. This one should hit in the second quarter for €280 ($357) and will be offered in a Comes With Music version in some countries. How's about killing off DRM while you're at it, Nokia?

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Nokia introducing 5030, 5330, and 5730 XpressMusics at tomorrow's event? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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