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It was a badly kept secret, but NVIDIA has just confirmed they’re working on a Tegra 2 chip, which will be out “in the marketplace in 2010,” according to the general manager of NVIDIA. https://gizmodo.com/tegra-2-coming-in-january-nvidia-promises-netbooks-sm-5428016 It’ll primarily be used in tablets, with “screen sizes between five and ten inches, all touch capable…most of them are…
I’m pretty sure Dell’s slate (5-inch tablet) has an OLED screen. Plus it’s got a SIM slot along with a 5MP camera and what looks to be a built-in stand. Despite what you’ve heard, no one was allowed to touch it.
This is one fancy remote control. Featuring a touchscreen that lets you manage your DVR as if it was media stored on your phone, it’s unfortunately only coming direct from cable/satellite providers. Me wantee. https://gizmodo.com/sling-touch-control-100-rc-has-wi-fi-touchscreen-and-b-5441298 Once you get your hands on this thing, you can use it to not only control your SlingGuide DVR, but…
According to Dell, the M11X is the most powerful laptop under 15 inches. And, playing CoD at 30fps, with 720P resolution (on what’s essentially a netbook), I fell in love with the little machine. Let me make this clear: The M11X is unabashedly Alienware. I mean, its LEDs behind the keyboard and thermal grates sort…
This sweet-sounding Alienware OptX AW2310 23-inch Full HD monitor has been announced at CES—with NVIDIA 3D Vision tech. It’s ripe for 3D gaming, or for hooking up with some 3D Blu-rays. It’s 1080p of course, has a contrast ratio of 80,000:1 and 400 cd/m2 brightness. Connectivity is done via DVI-D and HDMI, with audio in…
So three guesses as to what Palm’s announcing today, between AT&T pre-announcing yesterday they were getting two webOS phones, and the fact that our good friends at Verizon are here at the Palm event as well. HMMM. https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-getting-two-palm-webos-phones-this-year-5441676
Like our friend Dave Zats, you may have noticed that Amazon is offering an extra day of viewing for select online rentals. After a little digging, he discovered that the studios are the ones experimenting in this area. It’s hard for me to understand why someone would rent a movie online, then just walk away…
I’ll say it: the S-5BD looks ferocious. It’s a Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player and a 5.1-channel audiophile grade surround sound receiver, all packed into an oooooo shiny design. The S-5BD has 1080p/24p video output, DVD scaling up to 1080p, and all the interconnective goodness that comes along with Blu-ray 2.0 and BD Live. The audio…
Nyko’s Wand debuted last year at CES, and this year they have something to answer the question of why people need a Wiimote AND a Wii Motion Plus separately. It’s called the Wand+. https://gizmodo.com/the-nyko-wand-may-be-just-as-good-as-the-wiimote-or-ev-5128055 The Wand+ doesn’t have, explicitly, the exact technology found in the Wii Motion Plus—probably because they’d get sued. But it does…
Do you have more Rock Band drum kits than USB ports to plug them into on your PS3 Slim? Well, Nyko is here to double your USB capacity. For $20, the Media Hub Slim snaps onto the bottom of the PS3 and adds all the ports you need. In addition to USB, it’s got an…
Well, I’m guessing that. Anyway, solar power – woo! It’s the future aspazzarently – is what you need when you’re a doofus like me who’s forgotten to charge her car kit. Er, hang on. I don’t have a car. So, what’s IOGEAR’s $69.95 kit got? Well, there’s a solar-powered Bluetooth speakerphone which you can mount…
We’ve liked Gunnar’s strain-reducing specs in the past, so we expect that these not-movie-theater-ugly new 3D glasses will be just the ticket for what is looking to be a 3D-heavy 2010. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-gunnar-optiks-eye-strain-reducing-com-5046530 Gunnar asks, and rightfully so, why the 3D glasses should be the weakest link in a new, multi-million dollar 3D industry. Their solution…
While Plastic Logic’s Que reader is intended for business-minded folks and has a focus on schedules, BlackBerry syncs, and documents, it would still make a fantastic reader due to its size and design. If it weren’t $650, that is. The Que is the tall and slender beauty among many of the readers on the market.…
Say what you will about the possibility of touchscreen MacBooks and “Macbook Tablets,” but this recently unearthed Apple patent application also hints at what kind of technology we could be putting our fingers on in the near future. https://gizmodo.com/the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors-5434566 As Patently Apple puts it, “Apple’s patent generally relates to displays having pixels that include capacitive…
We know nothing about this “Slate Concept” by Dell, other than, you know, it looks like a 7-inch tablet and it’s running Android. One more shot: Update: We got a closer look. Update 2: Press photos within. https://gizmodo.com/a-quickie-look-at-dells-slate-in-a-dark-corridor-5442811/ Pretty, right?
That Android eReader that John Hermann was getting excited about a couple of days ago, goes by the name of Spring Design Alex, I believe. https://gizmodo.com/spring-design-alex-android-ereader-hands-on-shut-up-n-5441025 Well, it’s due date is February 22 – my big brother’s birthday, huzzah! – and it will be retailing for the sum of $399 and zero cents. Maybe I’ll…
Alienware no longer means “bulky gaming PC.” Dell’s new Alienware has an 11 inch display and looks like a netbook! Update: We got a hands-on. https://gizmodo.com/alienware-m11x-hands-on-fast-ride-in-a-short-machine-5442786 • 6 1/2 hours of battery life (battery mode) • 2 hours of “intense gaming” • that gaming mode will come courtesy of a faster NVIDIA GPU, which you…
I just got a chance to play with the big-screened, touchscreened Skiff Reader, which is targeted at periodicals. It’s incredibly thin, incredibly light, and they’ve even got a color screen prototype—Kindle and Nook should be scared. https://gizmodo.com/skiff-reader-the-largest-yet-thinnest-ebook-reader-to-5439734 I should add first that this is not a final version—they haven’t announced pricing or availability yet—but it…
The Overdrive is Sprint’s WiMax dream, in a little box. And mine too, I confess: Real broadband that I can shove in my pocket and take anywhere, a teleporting Wi-Fi hotspot. https://gizmodo.com/sprint-overdrive-mobile-wimax-hub-lets-five-people-shar-5442072 WiMax is pretty quick at its best, but speed depends almost proportionately on signal—in Las Vegas, at 100 percent, we were getting around…
13, 15 and 17 inches, Dell’s Core i3 and Core i5 Inspiron laptops should go on sale later today.