EchoStar, the company that owns Slingbox will officially announce its latest product next week, the SlingModem, a cable modem with built in Slingbox features. The SlingModem was soft launched in January at CES 2008. SlingModem will not be sold to end user on retail stores, rather it will be sold to cable providers. End users will have to buy or lease it from their own cable provider. EchoStar did not provide pricing and availability at this moment.
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We weren’t sure the last time about which processor MSI plans to put into its Eee PC killer. Well, now we know that MSI Wind will be using Atom processor, Intel’s newest portable chip. The 10-inch LED based display sports 1024×600 pixel resolution.
It is all fun time when gamers are building their desktop PC; OCZ would like to give the same DIY experience to gaming notebook. The memory company has been branching out to more sectors and DIY notebook is a totally new territory to them.
WJS reported earlier that Dell is phasing out its XPS gaming line, however Dell denied that report on a blog post by Dell’s spokesperson, Anne B Camden. As a matter of fact, Dell is apparently giving more love to its XPS gaming line more than ever.
Apple sets the tone for touch devices, and now almost every handset manufacturers are putting at least some sort of effort to improve touch screen device experience. Philips unveiled its own touch handset today called X800, a tri-band GSM/GPRS Windows Mobile based handset.
Here we go again, another rumor – I know you might be tired of hearing these rumors, but news is news. There are reports saying that the new revision of iPhone will not only put faster network on your hand, but also includes GPS, video conferencing, and mobile TV functions.
Another rumor is that the 3G iPhone will come in three-color choices, black, silver, and white. The report also said the 16GB model will be available in silver only while the 32GB version will be available in white, black, and silver.
The Magnavox and Sylvania branded Funai NB500 Blu-ray player were spotted at Walmart. The NB500 is Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player and it is price quite low at $298. It sports HDMI version 1.3, HD audio codec’s, and DVD upscaling. These units are obviously low end BD players and somehow outdated, but again the price point might lure some potential buyers.
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So the free ride is over, AT&T has suspended free WiFI hotspot access for the iPhone. I had personally use it several days ago just by connecting to AT&T WiFi and punching in my phone number and today I’m connected to the same hotspot in Starbucks but it does not take me to the same login screen anymore.
nVidia released its new entry-level GeForce 9600 GSO without any drum beating. The card features a scaled down 9600 GT GPU that runs at 550Mhz with its 384MB memory at 800Mhz – however its unified shaders are clocked at 1375Mhz.
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is now available for order. The Asus EeePC competitor is said to ship out on April 15th. It is available in five models with the cheapest at $499 and goes up all the way to $849. The $499 version comes with 4GB Flash Module (SSD) rather than conventional spinning drive. So if you don’t feel like waiting for the 8.9-inch version of Asus EeePC, this HP Mini-Note is the closet thing to it.
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