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more about #arm more comments → weitengrong321: i am a douche more » CutePuppyz: Here's a question. Should I even care about high definition on a screen so tiny? I mean, a 17" and 19" HDTV or monitor looks like donkey balls when ho... more » filmjock: Can I just say, it's douchie to write this exactly one week after pumping Black Friday deals on netbooks. Now I'm kicking my ass for buying one and no... more » ElemenopEE: I just ordered a Dell mini 10v. Should I cancel the order? more » bdthurston: Any idea how plans for integrated Flash accellerators will be impacted by HTML5 development? Once all browsers catch up with native video playback, w... more » Razta: My dell mini 9 is so nice for flying coach. It fits on the tray, opens completely. Has a bright screen and can play back DVD or MP4 or Dvix movies w... more » Intelext: What is the point in buying a netbook and simply buying a laptop? Sure netbooks might be cheap, but for $100 more you could get a laptop that could a ... more » TheCrudMan: Dear Computer Companies, Thanks for putting these updates out before the holidays...really appreciate that. Wait? What? Oh you're using the Holida... more » TonyWonder: Does anyone else see the line between smart phone and netbook disappearing over the next little while? I mean half the shit your suppose to do on a ne... more » thatsmrpotatohead2U: That was nicely set out, scholarly, and hyperlinked to the extreme. I reckon it would take me hours to read all the links. Not that I'm complaining. ... more » FutureShock: I am not trying to sound like a troll, but I honestly do not understand the point in netbooks. They are designed primarily for searching the Net, whi... more » Aetius: Well. A $500 netbook is not a netbook. The whole point of a netbook is cheap computing under $300 for basic needs. It's crucial to keep that distincti... more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Why is it all these new phones with dedicated OpenGL accelerators never seem to have physical game controls? Man cannot game by touchscreen alone. more » cobaltage: The headliner may be the phone, but it's impressive how Creative suddenly has come up with a whole product line around the design of a single chipset.... more » Keith Edward Leyson: Alot of people just don't understand what they read. more » -
#netbooks
Netbooks: What You Need to Know About the Next 6 Months
A bunch of great netbook upgrades are on the way—next-gen Intel processors in January; smooth HD video playback—but to spare you the brain hemorrhage of keeping track, we've laid it all out. Here's what you need to know. More » -
#creative
Zii Lives: First Look at the 1080p Android-Powered Trinity Phone
Remember the Creative/ZiiLabs StemCell system-on-a-chip from a while back? The one that spawned that Android PMP design? Well, the Zii project is marching on, which means new hardware, including the dual OS Trinity phone, 360º HD webcam and more. More » -
#components
Samsung Intros Processors, Cameras and Chipsets for Mobile Devices
Samsung introduced a mess of new components for mobile devices that we're likely to start seeing in early 2010, including a 5MP camera capable of taking 1080p video and a couple powerful yet efficient chipsets. More » -
#netbooks
VIA And ARM Still Trying to Beat Intel Atom And Get Inside Netbook Trousers
Intel's Atom processor is found in virtually every netbook, but others are still trying to get inside your mini-laptop. Independently, ARM and VIA are showing improved chips, but both won't touch what Intel has in store. More » -
#nokia
Nokia ARM-Based Smartbook To Follow Booklet 3G?
It was only on Monday that Nokia confirmed its first laptop, but now DigiTimes suggests the Fins may use either Compal or Foxconn to build an ARM-based smartbook for 2010. If true, my guess is it'll run Maemo 5. More » -
#lg
LG Powers Ahead With Connected HDTVs, Picks ARM As Its Accomplice
Connected HDTVs—the kind that can display widgets, stream network content, browse the web or tap into other software services—haven't gotten off to the most auspicious start, but they seem sort of inevitable, no? Anyway: LG thinks so! More » -
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#apple
Apple Assembles Chip Design Team, Plans Custom iPhone Guts
The WSJ reports that Apple is putting together an all-star chip design team, starting with the former CTO of AMD, to work on in-house units for mobile devices. Old habits die hard. More » -
#gpus
ARM's GPUs Will Make This Year's Mainstream Phones More Powerful Than the Current iPhone
By the end of 2009, computer and graphics chip designer ARM says we'll see the first sub-$150 cellphones using the low-power Mali 200 GPU, which will give devices greater graphics capabilities than the current-gen iPhone. More » -
#olpc
OLPC to Ditch Old Friend AMD for ARM-Based Processors
Despite being an original sponsor of the OLPC project, AMD processors will not be used in the upcoming XO-2 touchscreen netbook. Instead, in an interesting move, ARM chips will take on the computing load. More » -
#fight
Intel: ARM is Fat, Ugly, Responsible for All of iPhone's Problems
At the Intel Developer Forum in Taiwan, an Intel chief took an opportunity to piss all over one of the company's biggest mobile competitors. "The shortcomings of the iPhone are not because of Apple," he said, "The shortcomings of the iPhone have come from ARM." What shortcomings are those, exactly? "Even if they do have full [Internet] capability, the performance will be so poor." So in other words, by "the shortcomings of the iPhone," Intel means "slowish javascript rendering." For a solution to these problems, Intel makes an unexpected and revolutionary recommendation: "If you want to run full internet, you're going to have to run an Intel-based architecture." Oh! More »
