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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 47 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Saturday, Nov 21st 2009 No Comments

Week in review time again, here we go! The Lenovo IdeaPad Pineview netbook hit the FCC Monday. The FCC is one of the most prolific leaker of gadgets and gear around and we love them for it. The CrunchPad is now said to be steamrolling toward a launch and may have a sponsorship deal in place. Word was a few weeks back that the tablet was dead.

Samsung Omnia II hits Verizon on December 2

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

We saw the slick looking Samsung Omnia II when it first tipped up for preorder on Amazon earlier in the fall. The handset was cool and all, but the thing has a preorder price of $999 seriously hurting the attractiveness of the device. Engadget reports that it has had a look at the Verizon launch packet for the device and the handset it set to launch on the carrier on December 2.

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Subsidized HP Mini 110 hits AT&T

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

In mid-October Verizon announced that it was adding the HP Mini 110 netbook to its line of subsidized netbooks. Today AT&T has announced that it is also adding the Mini 110 to its own line of subsidized netbooks. The two machines are identical and the only thing that separates them is the network they run on.

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Pantech Impact now available on AT&T network

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

We learned back in October that the Pantech Impact was coming to the AT&T network in time for the holiday season. What we didn’t hear back in October was exactly when the device would be offered. The Impact handset is now available on the AT&T Wireless network for $99.99 after a mail-in rebate.

Imation SSD Upgrade Kit breaks cover

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

When you install a new SSD into your computer, you have to get the data from your old drive to your new one. That can be the most challenging part of the transfer. Once you are done, it would be nice if you could use your old drive for something other than a doorstop. The new Imation SSD Upgrade Kit offers you something to do with your old drive after the transfer, but doesn’t come with software or hardware for moving the data from your existing drive to the new SSD.

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Imation unveils Pro WX wireless external USB hard drive

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

There are hoards of external hard drives on the market that connect to your computer via USB. This is far form a new product category. Imation has announced a new external hard drive that connects via USB that does have something new. The Pro WX external hard drive is the world’s first external USB derive to use wireless USB technology.

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Asus Eee 1201N full specifications unveiled

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

Earlier this month we announced that the Asus Eee 1201n would be hitting the market in December. At the time, the specifications for the machine had not been unveiled. Today Asus is offering up the full specifications list for the machine.

JPR PC gaming hardware forecast shows PC gaming is not dead

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 No Comments

I am an ardent PC gamer. I like to play some games on consoles too, but my favorite genre is the FPS and those I only play on the PC. We hear from time to time that PC gaming is dead, but according to the latest figures from Jon Peddie Research that is not true at all. JPR is forecasting that PC gaming hardware will reach $27 billion in 2010.

Olive 4HD Hi-Fi music server debuts

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 No Comments

Olive Media makes some very good looking, but very expensive music servers like the Opus introduced back in July. Olive unveiled it s latest music server today called the 4HD that the firm is billing as the Hi-Fi music server. Olive claims that the music service offers more than 250 times the resolution of a CD.

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CasaTunes unveils low profile XLi and XLe music servers

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 No Comments

CasaTunes unveiled its XL line of music servers back in January. Today the company has announced the addition of a couple new models to the XL line including the XLe and XLi low profile music servers.

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