Nokia expands C series with dual SIM mobile phones

It will not be a surprise to anyone if I say that our blog does very few covers of, so to say, talk phones. They are not very interesting to write about as well as to read about, so we often go for something more vibrant and gripping. But I do want to talk about the ones Nokia  has announced today in Nairobi, Kenya – the four new C series devices. Nokia’s budget mobile phones are one of the only in the market that I think are any good. That’s because they do really stick with them as this...

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Intel Computex keynote roundup

Computex 2010 computer technologies exhibition has started today in Taipei and will be going on for the whole week until Saturday, the 5th of June. No doubt a lot will be showcased in this period, but in the meanwhile Intel’s keynote takes our attention with its three major announcements: Sandy Bridge processor architecture, Oak Trail netbook / tablet platform and Canoe Lake demo. Sandy Bridge This is the nearest future of Intel’s Core series processors. Going into production in late 2010 and...

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ASUS Eee Pad & Eee Tablet get announced ahead of COMPUTEX 2010

Just ahead of COMPUTEX 2010 starting tomorrow, June 1st, we have some straight-forward iPad  competitors appearance to discuss. These are ASUS  Eee Pad and ASUS Eee Tablet. The Eee Pad model number EP121 is a 12-inch full-on Windows 7 Home Premium touch sensitive device with Intel Core 2 Duo CULV doing all the processing. It also has a webcam, a couple of connectivity ports I suppose and a dockable physical keyboard. Battery on this one will be going on for 10 hours. 10-inch Eee Pad EP101TC...

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Acer Aspire One AO533 leaks with latest Intel Atoms and Bluetooth 3.0 under the hood

Looks like Intel Atom N455 and N475 processors quietly make their way to OEMs. Just like we said, June is the month when updated Pine Trail lineup becomes available. I’m sure there will be a lot more Intel  Atom N455 and N475 machines at the time, mind you we are looking forward to them because they are DDR3 compatible, but for now we only have a new Acer  Aspire One 533 with the choice of both of these processors. Naturally, AO533 features DDR3 system memory and thanks to its lower power...

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Happy iPad international availability day!

Yes, Apple iPad does so much noise these days that we have to write about it several times in a row. This time it’s because today it has gone on sale in countries of Europe and Asia. Not in all of them though – non U. S. iPad availability pertains to United Kingdom, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Japan and Australia. In early July Apple plans to add Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg to the list. Prices for the tablet in the Old World are a bit higher than in the U. S.: £429...

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Apple exaggerates iPad demand, underrates its customers

AdMob – one of the largest mobile Internet advertising companies has compiled a report on ad requests by iPhone  OS and Android as of April, 2010. All in all it is very interesting to see how these two mobile giants stack up as well as to forecast dynamics considering recently announced Android 2.2. You can find the report on AdMob official web site to see all the data for yourself. Some simple calculations helped me to work out that more than 25% of April’s iPad ad requests have been done...

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ASRock Vision 3D HTPC will be out in July

ASRock has come up with a 3D video playback kit, which looks pretty solid. It is based on Intel  Core mobile processor  and graphics powered by NVIDIA GPU for 3D Vision graphics support. It would actually be a nice piece of technology at Computex this year. As for other features, Vision 3D HTPC has 7.1 audio output, HDMI port, a Blu-ray drive, and 4 USB 3.0 ports. Fitted with some of the best features out there including USB 3.0 this player will make your home cinema a much better place....

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Logitech Revue Google TV Box Hits the FCC

Google [GOOG] is launching Google TV soon. The new system is designed to work with both new TV's with the technology built in or older HDTV's by using a settop companion box such as the Logitech Revue. Logitech is the first company to work with Google to bring Google TV to HDTV's and their box has now arrived at the FCC for inspection. If it passes, which we assume it will, it should land in the fall of this year when Google is expected to launch it's new service. The Logitech Revue is compatible...

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