Alcatel Making A Tasty Windows Mobile Phone For China Unicom

Alcatel is not a name we very often associate with Windows Mobile phones, but it seems we should be paying a bit more attention. They have produced the Alcatel OT-S988W for China Unicom. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, quad-band GSM connectivity, plus UMTS 2100MHz. The device also features a 3.2 inch 240×400 pixel screen, slide-out keyboard and, encouragingly, a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

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BlackBerry Storm 2: the official unofficial hands-on

We've been bumping into the new BlackBerry Storm 2 for quite a while now on the so-called "information superhighway," but we've finally had a chance to escalate those encounters and spend a few sweet moments with a live unit in the flesh. First off, let's confirm the huge news: RIM's abandoned the original Storm's SurePress click-screen and gone with a traditional fixed capacitive display for the sequel. It's over, guys. Unfortunately, the Verizon-branded dual-mode GSM / CDMA unit that we played with has a bug preventing us from getting past the license screen so we couldn't dive deep into the OS (and yeah, we tried scrolling to the bottom of the agreement -- no dice), but we can tell you what we do know: the Storm 2's sleeker style and more heft combined with the newly-stable screen collaborate to make everything feel a wee bit higher end than the original. Follow the break for more impressions!

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Acer easyStore AH340-UA230N Windows Home Server

Acer launches its first model of its Aspire easyStore home server line, the AH340-UA230N. Comes with built-in Windows Home Server, Acer’s easyStore AH340-UA230N is powered by Intel’s Atom 230 processor and 2GB RAM.

The home server has four 3.5-inch hot swappable bays for up to 7TB of capacity. It is DLNA 1.5 certified. The AH340-UA230N will be available for about $400.

Source : ITechNews

Steampunk LCD Display

Here is a custom-made Steampunk LCD display that is based on Envision’s EN9410e 19-inch LCD display. The Steampunk display has a real 1/8-inch thick solid brass frame, solid brass corners, wood gold inlay decor, a black lacquer base and solid brass feet. All the brass has been polished and coated with clear long-lasting coating to keep the luster and eliminate the need to continuously polish it.

The display has 1280×1024 resolution, 270cd/m2 brightness, 550:1 contrast ratio and 8ms response time and 160/140-degree viewing angle. The Steampunk LCD is priced at $499.00.

Source : ITechNews

Red Eee PC 1002HAE First Impressions and Video

The guys at Portablemonkey were lucky enough to get their hands on a red Eee PC 1002HAE straight from Japan. And guess what they’ve found out about this sleek-looking netbook?

Nothing much difference from the 10002HA really, just a newer Intel Atom N280 Processor, lighter aluminum casing, and chicklet keyboard.

The Eee PC 1002HAE is actually an upgraded version of the previously released 10002HA, and it is available only in Japan right now for around $518 Japanese Yen equivalent. It’s kind of pricey but then this price could go down if and when this netbook ever hit the US market.

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Sharp's MIDtastic RD-PM10 electronic dictionary

Sure, it's no Zaurus, but Sharp's new RD-PM10 certainly is a looker. It packs a 4.3-inch WQVGA screen, QWERTY keyboard and 8GB of storage into a pretty delightful form factor, and while it's only designed for light e-dictionary and media playback duties, with Windows CE 5.0 as the backbone, we could imagine it doing a whole lot more with a bit of extra oomph under the hood. There's a microSD slot for expansion, pretty great codec support, and a 360,000 KRW (about $288 US) list price.

Source : Engadget

LG Announces in Korea 2 new “Time Machine” PDP TVs

Here you are the latest X Canvas 50 and 60PS70 (50” and 60”) from LG featuring not only a stunning 600Hz PDP Panel, but also the “Time Machine” features, an embedded DVR system allowing you to record HD Video on either its 160GB internal HDD or on any external USB 2.0 HDDs.

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Official Specs of the Eee PC 1005HA

So finally, Asus has shed light on the recently rumored Eee PC 1005HA. This Eee PC belongs to the Sea Shell group but is not necessarily the first model. In fact, we’re still awaiting the availability and shipment of the Eee PC 1008HA which is supposed to be the first unit launched in the SeaShell series but Asus went ahead in launching the 1005HA as well.

If you’re wondering what is the difference betweent the 1005HA and 10008HA, there’s really not that much. Most talked about of course it the 1005HA’s removable battery which incidentally can last up to 10.5 hours of use.

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SuperTalent 128 GB UltraDrive ME (FTM28GX25H)

The 128GB MLC (Multi Level Cell) SuperTalent UltraDrive (FTM28GX25H) features a 64 MB internal cache and comes in a tiny 2.5 inch form factor utilizing a standard Sata interface and is completely interchangeable with normal Sata 1 or Sata 2 drive. Meaning that as long as you have any Sata ports on your motherboard you'll be able to enjoy the advantages of SSD speed without additional hardware or software. Fully compliant with the Sata 3.0 Gb/s (revision 2.6) and Sata 1.5 Gb/s interface you get the blazing speed of a SSD while keeping costs down by using the existing connectors on your motherboard. Fully compatible with ATA-7, PIO-6, DMA-6, UDMA-6 but to utilize this advanced feature your controller has to support level 6.

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Nvidia Calls Intel Atom Pricing Unfair, Reveals Price Deltas

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang accused Intel of unfair business practices, because the chipmaker’s policy of charging lower prices for its Atom CPU + Chipset than for the Atom CPU alone, puts the graphics vendor and its ION chipset at a disadvantage.

“That seems pretty unfair,” Huang told Reuters. “We ought to be able to compete and serve that market.” These allegations against Intel are nothing new. We’d been hearing off-the-record from vendors for several months that it was cost prohibitive to buy the Atom CPU by itself and labor-intensive to remove the CPU when it’s bundled with the chipset. But last week, in a conference call last week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini confirmed the rumors, telling our own Mark Spoonauer that “we have historically offered better pricing to people who buy more product.”

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