Last we heard, Psystar were filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Apple were rubbing their hands together at the prospect of finding out who had been financially backing the Mac-clone company, and everyone else was saying “yep, saw that coming.” Color us surprised, then, to hear that Psystar have emerged from the bankruptcy and even announced a new, Intel Xeon-based product.
The nice thing about Android is that, because it’s open-source, you get strange handset designs springing up all over. One such example is Vobis Computer’s HIGHSCREEN PP5420, a dual-touchscreen smartphone based on the Mobinnova Ice. Vobis have thrown out the Ice’s Windows Mobile OS and replaced it with Android 1.5 Cupcake; you – or should I say Russia, seeing as though that’s where the PP5420 will launch next week – get dualband 900/2100MHz HSPA, WiFi b/g and GPS.
The main display is a 3-inch WQVGA panel, while underneath it there’s a smaller 1.15-inch 128 x 96 OLED navigation pad. A 3-megapixel autofocus camera lurks around the back, with a VGA version up front for video calls, while there’s also TV-output, a mini USB connector and microSD card slot.
Archos brought their PMP and tablet roadshow to the UK today, revealing not only pricing and availability for the upcoming Vision mediaplayer range but details of their Android MID. The Vision range – which currently includes 2-inch and 3-inch touchscreen models – will land in the UK in August; meanwhile, Archos reconfirmed that their Android MID will make its debut on September 15th.
A-DATA have unveiled what they’re calling “the first flash drive compatible with Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)”, though as far as we’ve heard there haven’t been many reported problems with existing drives and the Windows 7 RC. Still, if you’re looking for up to 64GB of portable storage then the A-DATA XPG Xupreme may be the drive of your dreams.
At the other end of the scale from ASUS’ new Eee PC colors comes an admittedly more-tempting prospect: ColorWare’s Stealth MacBook Pro. Taking a 15-inch 3.06GHz MacBook Pro as its base, the ink-wielders then throw their own soft-touch “zero gloss” finish at the unibody casing, and finish off the display with a matte coating.
You’ve got to hand it to ASUS: one way or another they’ll keep pumping out the Eee PCs until everybody has at least two of their various netbooks. If they’re not announcing a fresh model then it’s a new color scheme, and today the Eee PC 1005HA and 1008HA “Seashell” netbooks bear the brunt of ASUS’ designers felt-tipped pens.
Multi-room audio specialists Sonos have revealed their latest remote control, and they’ve finally decided to add a touchscreen. The Sonos CR200 can, like the company’s existing controller, organize single-room or multiple-room playback and playlists, and comes complete with a charging cradle.
It seems to have taken some time, but Zer01’s “truly unlimited” wireless service is now available across the US. $69.95 each month gets you unlimited voice, data and mobile web access on your Windows Mobile device; $10 per month more and they’ll throw in free international calling to 40 destinations.
E Ink may be the best-known (and one of the widest-used) e-paper manufacturers out there, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t rivals snapping at their heels. Bridgestone have revealed their intention to market large-page e-paper using their own “electron powder and granular material”, which allows for screen refreshes in just 0.8 seconds; that’s fast enough to work relatively smoothly with pen-input.
Well it seems today is the day of the iPod dock. But I must say, I’ve never seen a dock quite like the Einstein Sound Master Photon Ball iPod Dock before. The colored ball pulsates and flashes to the beat of the music.
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