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Sprint to take HTC 7 Pro orders from Microsoft staff Dec. 8
Nov 1st
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
Sprint will give Microsoft staffers an early treat as it plans to open pre-orders for the HTC 7 Pro to the Windows developer ahead of launch. Confirming an earlier leak, the carrier said Microsoft alone could start requesting the phones December 8. Sprint wouldn’t give BGR a release date, but the phone won’t ship until 2011 since WP7 won’t support CDMA phone networks until then.
It’s unknown when regular buyers will have access to the 7 Pro, but the timing could see an unveiling as early as CES.
The 7 Pro is considered the spiritual successor to the Touch Pro2 and has More >
Notion Ink shows working Adam production samples
Oct 13th
The first production Notion Ink Adam tablets that shipped to the company just yesterday are now being shown off. The company founder, Rohan Shravan, cautions that the models are still early production examples, and as such the texture of the exposed plastic will be smoother once color choices are finalized. Also, Notion Ink confirmed that the tablet will ship with 1GB of RAM.
Other subjective impressions from the have to do with the quality of the sound delivered by the devices. The high treble heard in the video below is being attributed to a format transfer and the recording phone’s More >
Notion Ink previews Adam tablet’s Eden interface
Oct 11th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
Notion Ink this weekend explained some of the first details behind the custom interface for its Adam tablet. The 10-inch Android tablet will build on Google’s formula with Eden, a multitasking system based around panels: each app will run in a panel with a home area to pick which panels are running. A multitasking mode will allow three apps to show at once, making it possible to run non-optimized apps without wasting space.
Other apps will run in a “deep sleep” mode that won’t impact performance. Apps should in theory interact with each other, although most Android apps aren’t written More >
Intel’s 3rd-gen X25 SSDs get early preview
Oct 6th
Posted by admin in PC Technology
Early specs on Intel’s third-generation SSDs were leaked thanks to AnandTech. Originally introduced in 2008, the X25-M G3 SSDs sport a 25nm IMFT Flash, which is expected to bring with it twice the capacity while retaining the same price levels. The drives are sampling now, but it’s unclear whether they will be production ready in 2010.
They are expected to launch sometime between the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of next. Capacities will range from 40GB to 600GB. Intel says the new drives will be capable only of 3Gbps SATA speeds, but the standard’s update to More >
WeTab slate with MeeGo gets September 21 ship date
Sep 15th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
The WeTab tablet from Neofonie will reach the market on September 21, according to an Intel presentation at the currently ongoing Intel Developer Forum conference. The 11.6-inch tablet will use MeeGo 1.0 overlaid with a custom interface to enable touch input. The device uses Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom N450 CPU and integrated graphics, and will also get Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1.
While official pricing for the WeTab hasn’t been revealed at the show, it’s expected to cost nearly $ 600 for a 16GB version and about $ 760 for a 32GB model. Both get an SD card reader and a 1.3-megapixel More >