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Velocity Micro Shine pico projector does 720p on the cheap

Michael Crider, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [2]

Pico projectors have become a well-established category in their own right, much to the delight of road warriors and those who want a lot of bang for their buck when it comes to display size. With Velocity Micro's latest effort in the category, there may be a lot more bang in the near future. Their Shine series of projectors combines small size, big definition and affordability to make an attractive little package. The company gave us a demonstration of the upcoming hardware at CES. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro outs Shine Projector and ICS Tablets

Shane McGlaun, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [2]

Velocity Micro is out to grab some news ahead of the CES 2012 show kicking off this month. The company has unveiled a new DLP projector called the Shine. The little projector has 300 lumens of brightness and a native resolution of 1280 x 768. That means it supports 720p. The DLP chip is from TI and the projector has 1.4:1 throw ratio. The tiny projector weighs nine ounces and is about 4-inches long on the longest side. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro Cruz T408 and T410 offer Android tablets with compromise

Chris Davies, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [4]

Last we heard of Velocity Micro it was coughing up licensing fees to Microsoft for its Android range, so it makes sense that the company should have a few new products to make the most of that spend. The Velocity Micro Cruz T408 and Cruz T410 fall decidedly on the budget end of the spectrum, priced at $239.99 and $299.99 respectively when they drop at the end of the month, with the T408 having an 8-inch 800 x 600 4:3 capacitive touchscreen, and the T410 having a 10-inch 1024 x 600 16:9 capacitive touchscreen. Unfortunately, there are some compromises to be made along the way. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro latest to cough up Android licensing fees to Microsoft

Chris Davies, Jun 29th 2011 Discuss [3]

Another company using Android has agreed to cough up patent licensing fees to Microsoft, as the IP shakedown continues. Velocity Micro follows General Dynamics Itronix in settling up with Microsoft for use of unspecified mobile patents relating to its current and future Cruz Android tablets, such as the three models revealed at CES back in January. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro expands Cruz tablet line by three at CES

Shane McGlaun, Jan 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Velocity Micro has announced three new tablets for its cool line of Cruze Android tablets at CES this week. The coolest of the three is the big 10.1-inch Cruz Tablet L510. This rig has a capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1366 x 768. The machine has an NVIDIA Tegra 250 chipset, uses a 1GHz dual-core processor, front and rear cameras, and 3G data options. Other features include Bluetooth, GPS, HDMI out, Android 2.2/2.3 for the OS and has the Kindle app installed. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro Cruz Reader gets launch date

Shane McGlaun, Jul 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

Velocity Micros has been in the custom PC making business for a long time. The company is now stepping into the color eReader market with a line dubbed Cruz. We first heard of the Cruz line of readers back in late April, but we didn’t have a firm idea on the launch schedule. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet: Android 2.1 slate for $300

Chris Davies, Apr 23rd 2010 Discuss [7]

Velocity Micro are no strangers to tablets - the company attempted to crack the market with the M5 MID back in 2009, a rebadged aigo P8860 - but we reckon they've a better chance this time around with the Cruz Tablet and Cruz Reader. Each model has a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, runs Android 2.1 and supports Flash 10.1, but the real boon is the price: the Cruz Tablet is expected to come in at $299.99, while the Cruz Reader will be $199.99. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro Z55, Raptor Lx665 and Lx775 get hexacore i7-980X Extreme

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Okay, we're getting the feeling that just about every high-spec PC manufacturer plan to put Intel's new hexacore Core i7-980X Extreme processor into their gaming offering, and they they plan to tell us all about it. Velocity Micro are the latest - following in the steps of MAINGEAR and Digital Storm - to update their range, packing the new CPU into their Edge Z55, Raptor Lx665 and Lx775 machines. As with the other firms, the rest of the specs for each desktop don't change from before, only the CPU. So, the Z55 remains Velocity Micro's configurable machine, priced from $1,799 normally but jumping to $2,824 when you throw in the hexacore. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro and JRTI offer new visual supercomputing workstations

Shane McGlaun, Aug 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

NVIDIA has been pushing its Tesla line of products, which are basically rebranded video cards, very hard in the professional market as a GPGPU. Many processes that used to run on CPUs in the world of computing are able to run much faster using the highly multiple core Tesla GPGPU. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro outs Intel Core i7-950 and 975 Extreme built PCs

Daniel Lim, Jun 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

The newly revealed Intel Core i7-950 and i7-975 Extreme Edition are barely up on retail stores, custom PC builder already got it up for grabs. Velocity Micro takes their performance systems up a few notches today by announcing the immediate availability of the new Intel Core i7 processors on selected home, office and high performance custom-built desktops. Read The Full Story

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CES 2009: Velocity Micro NoteMagix M10 netbook & M5 MID

Chris Davies, Jan 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

As well as their latest Fuzebox HTPC, Velocity Micro also brought along two mobile products to CES this week. The company has added a MID, the Velocity Micro NoteMagix M5, and a netbook, the Velocity Micro NoteMagix M10, to their range. The former, a rebadged aigo P8860, has a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, integrated WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G, and a 4GB SSD, and will be offered in both Windows XP Home and Linux versions.

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CES 2009: Velocity Micro Fuzebox HTPC Video Demo

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Velocity Micro are probably best known for their gaming PCs, but they also have a range of home theater PCs; that’s one of the things SlashGear stopped by to take a look at this week at CES. The Fuzebox is a high-definition, Blu-ray enabled HTPC intended for those wanting a low-maintenance way to rip and watch DVDs, stream music to multiple rooms, watch streaming content and more; to do that, they’ve locked the Windows-based box down.

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