drag2share: Samsung outs revamped Galaxy Ace Plus: bigger screen, worse resolution

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/samsung-outs-revamped-galaxy-ace-plus-bigger-screen-worse-reso/

Samsung clearly didn't spend the holiday season kicking back listening to Dick Clark, or else it wouldn't be able to show off the revamped edition of the Galaxy Ace: the Galaxy Ace Plus. Unimaginative names aside, the budget blower gets a speed bump, to last year's minimum spec -- 1GHz processor, five megapixel camera, 3GB internal memory, HSDPA and a 3.65-inch HVGA (320 x 480) screen (really, Samsung?). You'll get the same combination of Gingerbread and TouchWiz, so you might have to go elsewhere if you wanna upgrade to ICS. The cheapie phone will go on sale this month in Europe, Russia, Latin America, Asia, Africa and China, we guess retailing in the same bracket as its predecessor. Head on past the break to read all about it in a combination of words and punctuation we like to call a press release.

Update: The phone's resolution hasn't changed in the update, but the screen size has, which means the pixel density is now worse than before.

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Samsung outs revamped Galaxy Ace Plus: bigger screen, worse resolution originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: SoundCloud Just Raised A Monster $50 Million Round And Mary Meeker Is On Board

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/soundcloud-just-raised-50-million-and-mary-meeker-is-on-board-2012-1

Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is joining SoundCloud's board of advisors after her firm led a monster $50 million round in the music sharing service, TechCrunch reports.

The round values SoundCloud at $200 million, with GGV capital also participating in the round, according to the site.

SoundCloud is basically the YouTube for sound and music. You record sounds — music, speech or anything like that — and upload it to SoundCloud. It then crunches the sound and gives it a visual waveform component and lets you share it with your friends.

You can add a comment that will show up at a specific time in the sound file, making it useful for collaborative sound production.

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drag2share: Twin NASA Spacecraft Now Orbiting the Moon Carrying Space Eyes For Students [Space]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5872388/twin-nasa-spacecraft-now-orbiting-the-moon

NASA's new favorite ships for all Middle school students are now ready to start work: GRAIL-B has joined her twin GRAIL-A into a near-polar, elliptical orbit around the Moon.

The probes will be ready for science on March 2012, when they will be spinning around the Moon every two hours in a near-circular orbit at just 34 miles from the Moon's surface.

The GRAIL mission—Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory—is designed to map the Moon's gravity map, allowing scientists to "see" into the interior of our satellite. The twin spacecraft constantly measure the distances between them and the surface of the Moon, which make them capable of detecting any changes on the gravity field.

The best part for kids all around America are the small cameras aboard both ships, called MoonKAM. Middle school students would be able to control these cameras during a special program led by America's first woman in the space, Sally Ride. Maybe one of the students will find aliens there, as scientists discover that our satellite is actually made of Gouda cheese. [NASA]

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drag2share: Lenovo Ideapad S110 may be blazing the Cedar Trail, ditching netbook moniker

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/29/lenovo-ideapad-s110-may-be-blazing-the-cedar-trail-ditching-net/

Between the line of Cedar Trail notebooks marching their way through the FCC and Intel's recent shipping announcement, it's high time manufacturers started parading out next year's kits. Today's tease hails from Lenovo, which has outed the Ideapad S110 in no less than four fabulous colors. Although the outfit's promo video doesn't touch on hardware specs, a Pro Vantage product page claims the setup sports an Intel Atom 2600 processor. The self titled "mini notebook" features a 10.1-inch "HD display," presumably rocking the same 720p resolution as the rig's optional 2 megapixel webcam, if not the full 1080p Intel says the N2600 supports. Buyers will also be able to opt for an optional 3G radio, though USB 3.0, Lenovo quick start "instant on," and a 98-percent full-size chiclet keyboard all come standard. The video didn't pack an official press release, but we hear there's a major trade show right around the corner that's just perfect for announcing products.

Lenovo Ideapad S110 may be blazing the Cedar Trail, ditching netbook moniker originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Elpida starts shipments of next-gen Wide IO Mobile RAM

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/30/elpida-starts-shipments-of-next-gen-wide-io-mobile-ram/

Tablets might be all sexy curves and Gorilla Glass, but it's what's on the inside that counts, right? Efficient DRAM mightn't set your heart alight, but Elpida Memory did just start shipping its next generation 30nm "Wide IO Mobile RAM." The firm claims it uses 50 percent less power compared with equivalent DDR2 sticks, letting you caress your beloved device for longer. This economy is thanks to it purring along at just 200MHz, which is even more impressive when you consider it brags a 12.8 GB/s data rate per chip. This pumped, yet frugal, performance comes courtesy of using x512-bit data width -- some ten times larger than that of existing DRAMs. The party doesn't stop there, with the Elpida also debuting its LPDDR3 chip, brushing aside LPDDR2 with twice the data rates at 6.4GB/s a slice, and a 25 percent smaller power-drain in tow. Mass production should commence in 2012, check the source link for the full break-down.

Elpida starts shipments of next-gen Wide IO Mobile RAM originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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