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Padfone-Like Tablet With iPhone Dock By ECS

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [7]

The big buzz of the Computex 2011 pre-show was certainly the ASUS Padfone, the "revolutionary" tablet and smartphone hybrid. That announcement soon brought attention to similar concepts, including the Smart Book by AlwaysInnovating and the TransPhone by CMIT. And now we can add one more to the roster with an unnamed prototype from ECS. Read The Full Story

Computex 2011: Day One Wrap-Up

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [1]

Hard to believe it, given the torrent of tech yesterday, but Computex 2011 only really kicked off properly in Taipei this morning. Intel delivered the biggest keynote, announcing its Ultrabook platform which, the chip giant hopes, will supplant generic ultraportables and grab 40-percent of the market by the end of next year. Sandy Bridge and, in 2012, Ivy Bridge processors will be inside, with slick sub-0.9-inch chassis and price tags under $1k on the outside. Read on for the rest of our Computex day one wrap-up.

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MSI Wind Box DC540 and Hetis H61 join compact DC100 nettop

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

MSI doesn't just have new notebooks and a stonkingly fast video card for Computex; the company has also brought a new range of Wind Box compact desktops. The MSI Wind Box DC100 we've already seen at CeBIT, but the Wind Box DC540 and Hetis H61 - offering a choice of AMD or Intel Core processors, depending on model, as well as up to 1080p Full HD video output - are both new. Read The Full Story

Acer W4 mango smartphone specs revealed

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [5]

Microsoft is hard at work on getting the Mango update to Windows Phone 7 ready for the prime time later this year. The company has been talking up a lot of the new partners that will be offering smartphones running Mango. Last week Microsoft announced that Acer, Fujitsu, and ZTE would all be producing Mango smartphones. We already know Nokia is onboard too. The specs of the Acer W4 Windows Phone have been unveiled. Read The Full Story

SanDisk debuts new SSD U100 and iSSD i100 for tablets and ultra-thin notebooks

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [3]

SanDisk makes a lot of flash-based storage gear from memory cards to SSDs that turn up in consumer systems and are used by OEMs for tablets and other devices. SanDisk has announced a pair of new SSDs at Computex 2011 called the SanDisk SSD series U100 and the SanDisk iSSD integrated storage device is a new capacity for the i100. The i100 is the world's smallest and fastest 128GB SATA III BGA-based SSD. It is aimed at the tablet and ultra-thin notebook market. Read The Full Story

Broadcom unveils BCM43142, first 40nm WiFi and Bluetooth combo chip in the industry

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

Broadcom has announced an industry first at Computex. The announcement is of the first 40nm WiFi and Bluetooth combo chip. The chip is called the BCM43142 InConcert combo chip. It is aimed at the notebook and netbook market where the reduced size and power consumption are of the most benefit. Smaller size means that the machines can potentially be made smaller and less power consumption leads to longer battery life. Read The Full Story

MSI debuts N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition video card, claims world’s fastest title

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

Companies that make video cards like to lay claim to the title of world's fastest when they can. AMD and NVIDIA like to do the same thing trading the title back and forth. MSI has unveiled a new video card at Computex 2011 called the N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition. This isn’t the first video card from MSI packing in the NVIDIA 580GTX GPU. The N580GTX Twin Frozr II surfaced form MSI back in January. The latest card gets a new fan and sensor design. Read The Full Story

MSI debuts new notebooks at Computex 2011 including G, C, X, and F series machines

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

MSI has offered up several new notebooks at Computex 2011 today that include the new G Series machines aimed at the mobile gamer. The series includes the GT780, GT683, and GE620 models. They all use the Intel second gen Core i7 processors. The GT780 and GT683 both have 16GB of DDR3 RAM and use the newly announced GTX 560M GPU from NVIDIA. The 780 and 683 are also both RAID capable and have lots more features like backlit keyboards. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi demos super-slim panels; smartphone and bistable on roadmap [Video]

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [3]

Pixel Qi had promised some new screen technology at Computex this week, and the company has delivered, with a fresh 10.1-inch super-thin panel. Unlike the existing 10.1-inch screen, as used in the Notion Ink Adam, the new panel runs at 1280 x 800 making it ideal for Android Honeycomb slates; meanwhile, as ARMdevices' video demo shows, it's far more sunlight-visible than the iPad. Read The Full Story

Android 3.1 packing Eee Pad Transformer supports PS3 and Xbox 360 gaming controllers

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [1]

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the coolest and most desirable tablets on the market. We put up our review of the Transformer not too long ago and came away feeling pretty good about the Asus offering. We also mentioned last week that the tablet was getting an OTA update to Android 3.1 this week. Tablets with the new update will support something new that Android gamers will really appreciate. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm dual-core Honeycomb tablet outed [Video]

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [1]

Qualcomm's own Uplinq conference may be starting later today in San Diego, but that hasn't stopped the chip company from turning up at Computex with some hardware to play with. Quanta had prepared a 10-inch tablet running on Qualcomm's latest dual-core Snapdragon, NetbookNews reports, running Android 3.0. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG range gets dual-GTX 580 MARS II video card, motherboards, more

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

ASUS' glasses-free 3D gaming notebook will likely get most of the attention, but the Republic of Gamers team has also brought along plenty of kit for the DIY enthusiast. In addition to the ROG Crosshair V Formula series motherboard shown yesterday there are the ROG Maximus IV Extreme-Z and ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z motherboards, plus the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 based ROG MATRIX GTX 580 and ROG MARS II graphics cards. Read The Full Story
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