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Lenovo announced a handful of laptops aimed at the small business set. Starting with the high-end, the 14-inch Edge S430 look like a part of traditional ThinkPad, though Lenovos sprinkled in metal accents and chassis to reasonably narrow 0.8-inches, it packs Thunderbolt technology, Dolby Home Theatre sound, and optional NVIDIA Optimus graphics up to 1TB in storage. Moving down to the 14-inch Edge E430 and 15-inch Edge E530 got Intel Core Processors and AMD Fusion APUs. These can be configured with discrete graphics and 1TB hard disk drive.
LG reveals its Ultrabooks, new laptop models and a new 3D-enabled all-in-one PC will be making the way to Vegas, with Z330 and Z430 Ultrabooks leads the way. The V300 steps in as a 23-inch all-in-one PC for those who still have not found solace in mobility. The Z330 comes with Core i7 processor, 13.3-inch HD display, an SSD and weighs 2.66 pounds. The Z430 comes with 14-inch screen in a 19.9mm chassis boasts a metallic cover. The P535 gets a Core i7 processor, 15.6-inch screen, GeForce GT630M and a wide angle display, A450 grabs GeForce GT555M and glasses free 3D display. The V300 got a 1080p Film Patterned Retarder 3D panel (FPR). The devices seems to be shipping in first quarter this year, for more details read the press release.
Todd Teresi has been hired to be the new chief of Apples iAd mobile advertising division, but since the hire it has been officially confirmed, it is all based on sources familiar with the matter. Bloomberg Business Week asserts that the iAd team has been cutting the prices to keep customers from jumping out, includes Google, nothing that the dominance seen in the tablet market is not exactly translating on the advertising side.
The image of the phone just looks like HTC Titan, but the rumor now is, the phone is actually HTC Radiant. The model is for AT&T will offers latest build of Windows Phone 7 and ships with LTE radio within, Radiant was trademarked back in April of 2011, hopefully it will be also with a relocated dual-LED flash. According to Pocketnow, the device will be hitting Telstra, Australia.
Nokia finishes its project to see worth jamming solar panels in cell phones. A customized C1-02 was tested in Artic Circle, Sweden, Kenya, and on the Baltic Sea. Due to the size of the device, the prototypes could not collect enough energy properly recharge battery in most scenarios. There are too many variables such as lifestyle and region that influence effectiveness of solar-powered phone, depending on those conditions, a solar phone could range anywhere between useful, to being useless.
Soundmatters introduces a sub-woofer with a small foot print, its new Foxlo is taking the claim of Worlds first Palm-Sized. The 25-Watt unit can hook into a sub-woofer output of FoxL V2 Bluetooth speakers or any other devices with 3.5mm outputs. It got full pass audio out jack. Aside from injecting low-end into your mini-rig with its Magnetic Drive Woofer, can also recharge your gadgets with its built-in USB port, the gizmo itself only operates on wall-power, puts a damper on any mobility offered by its Bluetooth. Operation limited to a volume control for dialing in optimal amount of bass, and LED to indicate power. It will hit on the market on this Spring and cost you $149, for more details read the press release.
MSI is back with a new model for serious builders, launches its Big Bang-XPower II. It comes packing the features you had expect of any gamer friendly MoBo, includes four-way SLI and CrossFire Support, PCIe3.0, eight DDR3 slots, and plenty of extra power connectors for hooking up. The company is taking care of overclockers too with military grade components and features like Direct OC, lets you tweak your CPUs frequency with a push of a button, for more details read the press release.
Pioneer debuts its new N-30 and N-50 networked audio players with AirPlay, DLNA 1.5 and smartphone apps on tap. It also got the ability to handle top high-end digital audio like 192kHz/24bit FLAC and WAV files. You can get a 2.5-inch LCD up front for controlling apps for iOS and Android devices, you will have to shell out a bit more for some optional adapters if you want Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity. The N-50 steps things up with gold-plated RCA jacks and armored chassis designed to reduce noise, supports additional audio features. The N-50 will cost you $699 and the lower end N-30 will cost you $499, for more details read the press release.
Soundfreaq kicks some pretty differentiated pieces of portable wireless speakers. The outfit ushers in the most edgy device yet, the Sound Kick. It is a mobile wireless speaker touts a unique speaker chamber, which shuts compactly for travel and then opens up whenever there is room. It is able to push on through seven hours of on-the-go listening, it can even share the juice with any USB chargeable device. The company is also using the show to introduce its Sound Step Recharge in white and red. Lot to expected shipping in Spring, for more details read the press release.
The latest addition of Galaxy family just gone official in Korea, the shell appears nigh-on indistinguishable from previously announced Galaxy R, there are some notable specs differences. It totes a 4-inch super AMOLED screen, not the super Clear LCD found on R, there is a single core 1GHz processor, not the dual-core Tegra2. The camera has also shrinking from 5MP to 3MP. The Gingerbread device measures under than 10mm thick while still packs a TV tuner and a metallic body similar to Wave series. The M moniker places it in the high-end affordable spectrum, priced around $500, although there is no news on the release outside of its homeland yet. The phone will arrive in three color options; Platinum Silver, Lavender Pink, and Blue Black. For more details read the press release.
In an effort to provide all users with consistent interface, its making the theme essential for all Android 4.0 devices that come bundled with the Android market. The manufacturers customizations arent going anywhere, and the changes are not terribly drastic. The users of Sense, TouchWiz and the like, Google is issuing architectural mandates that will make it simple for independent developers to create apps that can fit nicely into these customized environments, complete with proper widgets and colors. The app designers may choose between Holo and the manufacturers default theme when considering the softwares interface. Googles new mandate will bring choice to the home screen, keyboard, and dialer as well.
Samsung unveils its new HTIB systems and sound bars, and two new audio docks that support Apple devices and Galaxy S phones and Players. The DA-E750 audio dock is the first hybrid vacuum tube amplifier technology, it claims raises the bar for mainstream audio products, delivers the clear sound output of digital combined with natural sound. It will play from and charge both Samsung and Apple hardware , stream music wirelessly through AllShare or AirPlay,he DA-E670 lacks the high-end vacuum tube technology. For more details read the press release.
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