May 6, 2010

Samsung announces 8 Gigabit OneNAND

Faster memory in your mobile devices

MOBILE DEVICES ARE starting to need more and more internal memory and as great as being able to fit a 16GB or even 32GB memory card into your mobile device is, there are still times when you need to install applications on the internal memory of your smartphone. There are two major issues related to this, cost and space inside the device. Samsung appears to be at least one step closer to solving the second of these problems with its new 8 Gigabit OneNAND Flash memory.
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May 6, 2010

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 500v-series sticks to DX10.1

A blast from the past with a new name

OVER THE PAST few day’s we’ve noticed several upcoming notebooks featuring ATI Mobility Radeon HD 500v GPUs in them, but it wasn’t quite clear as to what these were, apart from the fact that they weren’t DX11 GPU’s. AMD has clarified things to a degree by adding the 530v, 540v and 560v series to its website, just below the Mobility Radeon HD 5165 and 5145, both of which are also DX10.1 GPU’s.
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May 5, 2010

We’ve got the lowdown on AMD’s mobile Phenom II’s

As well as the Turion II’s and Athlon II’s too

WHILE WE WAIT for the official word from AMD, we’ve come across a lot of details on AMD’s upcoming mobile processors, be it Phenom II’s, Turion II’s or Athlon II’s. As you see, AMD is ready to refresh most of its mobile CPU range if these details prove to be accurate. We think this is set to take place very soon, especially with all of the product leaks and announcements.
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May 5, 2010

AMD forgets to announce new mobile CPU’s

HP does the job for them

OVER THE PAST couple of days we’ve seen both Dell and Acer notebooks featuring AMD’s upcoming mobile Phenom II X4 and X3 processors, but we’ve yet to see any official announcements. Well, that was until today when HP unveiled its range of AMD powered notebooks which also includes the yet to be announced by AMD Phenom II dual-core N620 processor. Things sure are starting to look a little bit strange, as AMD is keeping mum for now, despite all of its partners seemingly announcing new products featuring its chips left right and center.
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May 5, 2010

Intel announces Atom Z600-series for phones, tablets

New PCH, support for Android, Meego and Moblin

INTEL IS OBVIOUSLY taking its entry into the smartphone market very seriously with today’s introduction of the Moorestown platform, now formally known as the Atom Z600 family. Intel has implemented a wide range of changes compared to the Atom Z500-series, although interestingly, it hasn’t transitioned the Atom Z600-series to its 32nm manufacturing process, instead it remains at 45nm.
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May 4, 2010

Acer’s mobile Phenom II Aspire range leaks

Updated: With a little bit of help from Amazon.de

YESTERDAY IT WAS Dell; today it’s Acer’s turn to have its upcoming notebooks leaked ahead of the launch, although this time around it doesn’t appear to be any fault of Acer. Amazon.de has helpfully posted a couple of new mobile Phenom II powered models with various configuration options. The models we’re looking at are the Aspire 5551G, 5553G and 7551G.
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May 3, 2010

Chrontel launches DisplayPort to LVDS bridges

DisplayPort transition will speed up

WHAT DO YOU do when the next generation display interface refuses to become the standard, despite all its apparent advantages? Well, if you’re Chrontel, then you make bridge chips that allow for the new interface, in this case DisplayPort, to be fitted to the graphics card, while the panel manufacturers can continue to churn out panels with LVDS or mini-LVDS interfaces.
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Apr 30, 2010

AMD wants a slice of the tablet market with Fusion

APU is the key to success

2011 SHOULD HOPEFULLY prove to be a big year for AMD, as it’s the year when its Fusion platform will launch and it seems like the company is already having high hopes for its new platform, so let’s hope it delivers. We’re not sure that AMD is aiming for the right market though, as it seems like at least some forces within AMD want to stick Fusion in a slate, or rather, tablet device.
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Apr 29, 2010

HP buys Palm for $1.2 billion

WebOS appears to be the main reason

MANY WERE DISAPPOINTED by the statement from HTC saying that it had no interest in Palm, but likely just as many were surprised at HP’s announcement that it will purchase Palm. Although HP is one of the longest running Windows Mobile supporters, it now seems like HP has found itself a custom OS to run on its handheld devices in the shape of Palm’s WebOS. The question now is what we can expect to see from HP in terms of devices running Palm’s WebOS.
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Apr 28, 2010

HTC to pay Microsoft royalties for Android

Google next?

HERE’S A BIZZARE turn of events. HTC has agreed to pay Microsoft royalties to be able to run Android on its devices. Yes, you read that correctly, Microsoft has somehow figured that Android infringes some of its patents, most likely to do with Windows Mobile, and HTC has decided to pay up rather than risk a lengthy lawsuit.
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Apr 23, 2010
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Gigabyte launches on/off charge for Apple products

Allows you to quick charge your iPad and iPhone from your motherboard

ONE PROBLEM THAT many owners of Apple’s iPad have found – if they don’t own a recent Apple computer that is – is that it only charges from a USB port when it’s switched off. Even so, it only trickle charges, just like Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. Well, a solution is at hand from Gigabyte, as the company has just announced its new on/off charge feature and we got an early look at it.
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Apr 21, 2010

HP’s first smartbook is almost upon us

Compaq AirLife 100 detailed on HP’s support site

IT’S BEEN NEARLY a year since Asus quickly refuted that it was going to launch a smartbook after it had shown off a product carrying the Eee PC brand at Computex last year, but it seems like HP will be the first company out of the gate with its Compaq AirLife 100 smartbook. It’s powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, so no; this isn’t the first Tegra based smartbook either.
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