BlackBerry Niagara 9630 Coming to Verizon in May [Rumor]
Thursday, March 19, 2009
iPhone 3.0 OS Reveals New iPhones, iPods and the Mysterious "iProd" [IPhone]
A quick rundown on Apple model naming conventions. The original iPhone is known as iPhone1,1 and the iPhone 3G is iPhone1,2. The first number refers to the overarching model, so when it changes, it indicates a a genuinely new product, not simply a bump in storage capacity (or even the mere addition of 3G). So that the models referenced in the iPhone 3.0's OS are iPhone3,1; iPod3,1; iFPGA; and iProd0,1 is is worth noting—we're talking significant hardware updates to the iPhone and iPod touch worthy of a new model number.
iPhone2,1 was first discovered back in October, though it's not the first mysterious Apple device to turn up in sites' traffic logs.
The iFPGA model is likely something never to be released, reckons Ars. But what of the mysterious iProd? The string 0,1 indicates it's a prototype or codename, since products are released at 1,1. Could this generic iProduct—if it's not in fact a touchscreen cattle prod, which would be excellent—be that long-fabled Mac tablet/netbook/wet dream? Or! maybe i t's something else altogether, like magic French toast. Mmmm. [Ars]
BeamBox Evolution R-1 pico available for pre-order, shipping April 1
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/beambox-evolution-r-1-pico-available-for-pre-order-shipping-apr/
BeamBox has just announced it's taking pre-orders for the Evolution R-1 pocket projector. If you've forgotten, the R-1 boasts an LCoS chip, with a brightness of 30 lumens, a 200:1 contrast ratio and VGA (640 x 480) resolution. The little guy has up to 4GB of onboard Flash memory, plus a microSD slot. It weighs in at about 175 grams, and will run you £260 (about $364), and is expected to ship on April 1st.
Filed under: Displays
BeamBox Evolution R-1 pico available for pre-order, shipping April 1 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsIntel SIMD Accelerator promises to boost MID performance
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/
Intel isn't offering a whole lot of details on this one just yet, but the company has let out an early word of a new and improved SIMD Accelerator it's currently working on, which promises to boost the graphics performance of MIDs while also consuming ten times less power than the accelerators now used. The SIMD itself (or Single Instruction, Multiple Data) works by executing multiple computing instructions at once, while apparently allows for onscreen graphic images to be "done faster." Of course, Intel isn't saying at all about an actual release just yet, but it does say that the project is "aimed at enhancing future Intel products," so it seems reasonable to assume that it'll eventually find its way into a standard MID platform.
[Via SlashGear]
[Via SlashGear]
Filed under: Handhelds
Intel SIMD Accelerator promises to boost MID performance originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsBeta driver allows AMILO GraphicBooster to shed the external display
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/beta-driver-allows-amilo-graphicbooster-to-shed-the-external-dis/
Fujitsu Siemens's AMILO GraphicBooster has already proven itself to be pretty capable when hooked up to an external monitor, but a new beta driver now looks set to make the add-on even more convenient, and let you use it with the Sa 3650 laptops' own display. Better still, that apparently doesn't come at much, if any, expense to performance, but any other details (including word of availability) are unfortunately a bit light at the moment. You can draw your own conclusions from the video after the break, however, although Fujitsu Siemens' inability to produce a video in the proper aspect ratio may not inspire all that much confidence.
[Thanks, Max_P]
[Thanks, Max_P]
Continue reading Beta driver allows AMILO GraphicBooster to shed the external display
Filed under: Gaming, Laptops, Peripherals
Beta driver allows AMILO GraphicBooster to shed the external display originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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