AMD have outed their latest DirectX 11 compatible video card, the ATI Radeon HD 5570, and it’s specifically targeted at those with low profile cases. The HD 5570 packs the same ATI Eyefinity multi-display support and ATI Stream support as other 5500-series cards, together with 1080p HD and HDMI 1.3a with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
Garmin-ASUS’ M10 may no longer be the only Windows Mobile 6.5.3 smartphone we know about – what with the Sony Ericsson Aspen launching this morning – but it’s one of the first to be caught in the wild. Two Chinese sites have managed to acquire the M10 and put it through its paces, mPro and GPC, including comparison shots with other handsets and photo samples from the 5-megapixel camera.
Wacom have quietly outed a new active graphics tablet, the Bluetooth-enabled Wacom Intuos4 Wireless. The new model has an 8 x 5 inch active area, slotting in just underneath the regular, wired Intuos4 Medium announced last March, and hooks up to a PC or Mac via Bluetooth; battery life is up to 18 hours (though not of continuous use) and it recharges via USB (and can be used in tethered mode).
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Android was tipped as the open-source OS that could finally deliver true budget netbook-style devices – we’re talking around the $100 mark, not the $200-plus – and Hivision had just the thing at CES 2010 earlier this month. Over at ARM Devices, Charbax has been reviewing the Hivision PWS700CA, a 7-inch netbook based on a 600MHz ARM926 processor that could feasibly come in under $100 to consumers.
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Google’s Desktop Dock for the Nexus One went on sale earlier in the week, and one of the first units has arrived over at Android Community. While at $45 it’s not a cheap accessory, it does have the added bonus of offering a straightforward way to output music from your phone through to external speakers.
Emotiv’s brain-reading Epoq gaming headset has been floating around for a while now, but it’s only recently that customers finally received their orders. One such early adopter is Rick Dakan over at Joystiq, who slapped down $299 for an Epoq of his own. Unfortunately, while the theory may be great, the implementation is sadly lacking.
You know what could be the kiss of death for any Lenovo laptop review? Someone saying it has a “mushy keyboard”. The Lenovo IdeaPad U150 may not be part of the company’s well-esteemed ThinkPad range but buyers still expect the historic keyboard quality, and according to Laptop that’s just not quite there.
UMID’s mbook BZ (aka the mbook M2) promised to address the complaints MID-lovers had about the first-gen mbook M1, and that’s exactly the challenge Jenn over at Pocketables has set it in her hands-on review. The touchscreen clamshell now gets an optical mouse, standardized ports and a hinge that opens wider than before; problem is, the specifications haven’t been boosted as well.
Lenovo prompted a few raised eyebrows when they introduced what’s basically a CULV ultraportable into their ThinkPad range with the new X100e, leading to all manner of questions as to whether an AMD Athlon Neo processor could satisfy the business segment. Over at Netbooked they’ve been reviewing the single-core 1.6GHz ThinkPad X100e, and while the physical design shouldn’t cause too many sleepless nights for long-time Lenovo lovers, performance leaves plenty to be desired.
Take a look at the guts of these two Blu-ray players; can you spot the difference? If your answer is “no, Chris, I can’t” then pat yourself on the back, since as far as Audioholics can tell, there is no difference. That would be fine, if the Oppo BDP-83 (on the left, and which has an MRSP of $499) hadn’t been used as the donor machine for the Lexicon BD-30 (on the right, and which has an MRSP of $3,500).
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