drag2share: Speedier Archos 101 G9 Turbo tablet hits the autobahn

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/speedier-archos-101-g9-turbo-tablet-hits-the-autobahn/

Archos has tweaked its 101 G9 tablet with a new "Turbo" version for European users. The Turbo gets a 1.2GHz dual core processor, up from 1.0GHz, and increases storage capacity from 8GB to 16GB. Otherwise it looks the same: Android 3.2 Honeycomb, 10.1-inch display, and 802.11n WiFi support for faster porn downloads (it supports H.264 video, too). All this will set you back £299.99 or €349.99, though there's no sign of it in the US store at present. Leave it to the continent that gave us the Koenigsegg Agera and the Bugatti Veyron to get a turbocharged Android tablet, too.

[Thanks, Chris]

Speedier Archos 101 G9 Turbo tablet hits the autobahn originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Samsung's mSATA PM830 is eight grams of pure SSD

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/samsungs-msata-pm830-is-eight-grams-of-pure-ssd/

The newest member of Samsung's 6Gb/s PM830 family of SSDs is designed to sit inside the Ultrabooks of 2012, which means it's had go through some slimming down. The mSATA drive uses 20 nanometer NAND for face-melting speed, but is crammed into a 50.95 x 30 x 3.8mm package, weighing only eight grams. The drive will comfortably read 500MB/s and write 260MB/s on a clear day, six times faster than a comparable HDD. It'll allow Windows to boot in under ten seconds and transfer "five DVD files" (roughly 45GB) in around a minute. The drives also come with 256-bit AES for those moments when your Ultrabook gets stolen, or more likely, floats away in the wind. 64GB, 128GB and 256GB variants will roll out to OEMs shortly but we expect a consumer version to be announced shortly for everyone with some courage and a screwdriver.

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Samsung's mSATA PM830 is eight grams of pure SSD originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: LG updates eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays, learns to love the hyphen

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/lg-updates-eye-tracking-glasses-free-3d-displays-learns-to-lov/

We hope you're not too attached to that 20-inch DX2000 you got from LG back in July. (You did rush out and buy one, right?) 'Cause the Korean manufacturer has just updated its line of eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays with the 25-inch DX2500! Just like its smaller sibling, the DX2500 has a parallax barrier over the screen and an embedded camera for tracking head and eye movement. As a person shifts around the monitor it dynamically adjusts the image to (at least theoretically) maintain the best possible 3D effect. The screen also does on-the-fly 2D to 3D conversion. The DX2500 is shipping now in Korea for 1.3 million won (about $1,556) and should be available globally some time early in 2012. Check out the full PR after the break.

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drag2share: Sharp's slim 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor to further trim smartphone silhouettes

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/sharps-slim-12-1-megapixel-cmos-sensor-to-further-trim-smartpho/

Mobile waistbands are about to get tighter. Sharp's taking that whole thin is in thing to the extreme with its just outed 12.1 megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module. Measuring in at 5.47 millimeters thick, this component's set to ship out to manufacturers for ¥12,000 apiece (about $154) starting tomorrow and is, apparently, the result of overwhelming demand for anorexic handsets -- we're looking at you, dear readers. Okay, not really. The company actually claims its "proprietary high-density packaging technology" (jargon, much?) is responsible for this slimmed-down image sensor that's capable of full 1080p HD capture. So, does this coming wave of starved form factors mean we can expect less bloatware? Let's all hard wink at the carriers together.

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Sharp's slim 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor to further trim smartphone silhouettes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Which companies are on the Carrier IQ bandwagon?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/update/carrier-iq-which-companies-have-the-smarts/

If you have the feeling somebody's watching you, it's not a bad idea to keep a close eye on your phone -- after all, it may be keeping one on you. The more we find out about Carrier IQ, the mysterious Mountain View company recently brought into the spotlight for its smartphone tracking software, the more curious we become about which carriers and manufacturers are playing along. Below the break you'll find a continuously updated list of the major players as they come clean about their involvement in the matter -- or lack thereof. We're working on collecting official statements from as many companies as we can, so stay tuned if you don't see the one you're looking for.

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Which companies are on the Carrier IQ bandwagon? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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