Entries by Vincent Nguyen
With the furore around the iPod nano and iPod touch, it’s easy to forget that the iPod classic has been tweaked as well. The only surviving hard-drive based PMP in Apple’s range has been slimmed down to just one model, with the 80GB and 160GB versions falling by the wayside and replaced with a 120GB [...]
Apple’s fourth-generation iPod nano has obviously learnt a lot from its bigger siblings, and with a slick new redesign gone is the controversial chunky casing. The 2-inch display, with the same 320 x 240 resolution as the third-generation model, is crisp and bright, and the automatic rotation works quickly. As with the iPhone and iPod [...]
It might not have had the full makeover that the new iPod nano received, but the second-generation iPod touch is still no slouch. Arguably with less that needed fixing, Apple made some selective tweaks to both hardware and software that, while not quite matching the rumors, nonetheless keep the iPod touch ahead of the game. [...]
AT&T has unveiled the latest update to their U-verse IP system, Total Home DVR. The system will allow the playback of recorded content - in standard and high-definition - not only on a U-verse DVR but up to seven connected TVs. Playback can follow viewers around the house, pausing on one screen and resuming it [...]
Google’s Chrome browser is now available for download. The Chrome site now has details of the browser’s functionality, including video interviews with the development team and video demos of each major feature. However this first beta release is only available for Windows XP and Vista; Mac and Linux owners will have to wait.
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Apple have confirmed their next big event, scheduled for September 9th 2008 at 10am PST in San Francisco. It’s expected that the company will announce the new range of iPods, since it’s become something of a tradition to refresh the line in time for the holidays. We’ll be there, live-blogging the event at the usual [...]
Sony has announced a new S-series of Walkman PMPs at IFA 2008, initially consisting of the NWZ-S730F and NWZ-S630F. 7mm thick and with 2-inch, QVGA displays capable of playing 30fps video, the PMPs can be used in landscape or portrait orientation.
Sony has given the indecisive and easily confused a straightforward way to upgrade to Blu-ray, surround sound and network media, with the announcement of the BRAVIA Theater BDV-IT1000 home cinema system. Built around a main unit with Blu-ray, DVD upscaling, 1080/24p picture resolution, Deep Color and x.v.Colour, and packing 700W of amplification, the BDV-IT1000 setup [...]
Looking both expensive and intimidating, this chunk of hifi equipment is part of Rotel’s new 15 Series range [pdf link], set for its official launch at CEDIA 2008. Comprising multichannel home theater receivers, a preamp-processor and power amplifiers, as well as power amplifiers designed exclusively for custom-installation, they slot neatly in as Rotel’s new flagship offerings.
T-Mobile Germany are preparing to sell a version of the ASUS Eee PC 901 with integrated 3G mobile broadband. The Eee PC 901 GO will include an unspecified GSM 3G card and an “ASUS Connection Manager” that the carrier developed in partnership with ASUS themselves.
