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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 becomes favorite midrange graphics card

Posted by Siddanth on July 12th, 2010

It’s rare to come across a universally lauded product nowadays, but NVIDIA’s fresh new GTX 460 is just that sort of exceptional creation. Contrary to its GTX 465 elder brother, the 460 isn’t a chopped-down top-tier part and is instead built on the new GF104 core. This smaller core, designed from the start to perform humbler functions, has ameliorated the famed power inefficiency that has been a Fermi signature so far, and has resulted in AnandTech describing the new card as “the $200 king.” You’ll get 768MB of onboard RAM at that point, but we’d splurge an extra $30 to make that a round gigabyte and enjoy some extra L2 cache and ROPs on the card. Either way, the GTX 460 seems to have completely killed off the market for the 465 and is stepping all over ATI’s toes with its competitive pricing and, for once, decent heat and power metrics. Oh, and apparently it “overclocks like a monster” too.Do check out some links below and read some reviews on this mid range card.

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HardOCP
Hot Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
PC Perspective
Bit-tech
Guru 3D
Legit Reviews

Posted in Hardware

Tags: anandtech, Creation, GeForce, Gigabyte, graphics card, GTX, gtx 460, guru 3d, hardware pc, inefficiency, l2 cache, legit reviews, Nvidia, product, sort, tom s hardware

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X2 promises to showcase iTablets at Computex

Posted by Siddanth on May 29th, 2010

Previously X2 had launched iTablet for Windows and Linux but it never gained the momentum to come as a strong contender.iTablet will be making an appearance at the Computex show with not one but five variants.According to JKK Mobile we can, look forward to no less than three Intel-sportin’ devices (including the iTablet Lite and both the T23A and T23X tablets) as well as a pair of 10.1-inch bad boys including the iTablet Speed-Lite and the iTablet Ex-Lite II, which is pretty much the same but for the Freescale 800MHz CPU. The latter two will rock either Windows CE 6 or Android 2.0, apparently.Prices and actual product specs aren’t confirmed yet so guess we would need to wait and watch.Until then check out the specs and different tablets to be showcased.

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iTablet Speed-Lite (AE03)

CPU: Nvidia tegra 2 1GHz
Memory: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
Display: 10.1 inch 1024X600 or 10.1 inch 1024X768 Glare type panel,
LED backlight, LCD Multi touch panel controller
Input: AC100_240Volt, 20V/2A, 40W
Camera: Camera 2M(Built-in)
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: 10800mAh
Storage: 512MB NAND Flash
I/O Port: DC-in Jack x 1, phone jacks x 2,
1). External Headphone/Line out Jack 1/9”
USB 2.0 ports x 3,
Other I/O Devices: 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (addition), GPS(addition)
OS: WinCE6.0R3/7.0, Android 2.0, Linux

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iTablet Ex-Lite II (AE04)

CPU: Freescale 800MHz
Memory: 512MB DDR2 SDRAM
Display: 10.1 inch 1024X600 or 10.1 inch 1024X768 Glare type panel,
LED backlight, LCD Multi touch panel controller
Input: AC100_240Volt, 20V/2A, 40W
Camera: Camera 2M(Built-in)
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: 10800mAh
Storage: 512MB NAND Flash
I/O Port: DC-in Jack x 1, phone jacks x 2,
1). External Headphone/Line out Jack 1/9”
USB 2.0 ports x 3,
Other I/O Devices: 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (addition), GPS(addition)
Color: Black
OS: WinCE6.0R3/7.0, Anriod 2.0, Linux

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iTablet Lite (TZ10)

CPU: Intel Atom Menlow-XL Z530 1.6GHz
Memory: SO-DDR II 400/533MHz 2G (Maximum 4G)
Display: 10.1 inch 1024X600 or 10.1 inch 1024X768 Glare type panel,
LED backlight, LCD Multi touch panel controller
Input: AC100_240Volt, 20V/2A, 40W
Camera: Camera 2M(Built-in)
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: 4200mAh
Storage: Pata IDE 1.8” HDD/SSD 64 G(MLC flash)
I/O Port: DC-in Jack x 1, phone jacks x 2,
1). External Headphone/Line out Jack 1/8”
USB 2.0 ports x 3,
Other I/O Devices: 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (addition), GPS(addition)
OS: Microsoft Win 7

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T23A CULV tablet PC

CPU: Core 2 Duo 743 1.30GHz Intel Montevina Platform
Memory: 2x SODIMM Slot, Dual Channel, DDRII 667/800, Max.4GB
Core logic: Cantiga GS45+ICH9-M SFF (Embedded)
Graphic : Cantiga GS
Display: 12.1” XGA TFT (1024×768) Brightness: 220 nits
In/Output: AC100_240Volt, 19V/4A, 75W
Camera: 1.3M Pixel
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: Li-Ion -3S2P with 3800mAh
Storage: SATA HDD 2.5” 5400RPM, 160/250/320G
I/O Port: 1 x DC-in Jack , 1 x Headphone Jack, 1 x Stereo Mic. Jack,
1 x RJ45, 1 x D-Sub, USB2.0 Port x 2, 1 x New Card Slot,
1 x Pen Holder, Detachable Simple Cradle Connector
Dimension: 300(D) x 225(W) x 23(H)mm
Weight: 1.40_1.56KG W/Battery
Pointing Device:Digitizer

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T23X CULV Tablet PC

CPU: Core 2 Duo 743 1.30GHz Intel Montevina Platform
Memory: 2x SODIMM Slot, Dual Channel, DDRII 667/800, Max.4GB
Core logic: Cantiga GS45+ICH9-M SFF (Embedded)
Graphic : Cantiga GS
Display: 12.1” XGA TFT (1024×768) Brightness: 220 nits
In/Output: AC100_240Volt, 19V/4A, 75W
Camera: 1.3M Pixel
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: Li-Ion -3S2P with 3800mAh
Storage: SATA HDD 2.5” 5400RPM, 160/250/320G
I/O Port: 1 x DC-in Jack , 1 x Headphone Jack, 1 x Stereo Mic. Jack,
1 x RJ45, 1 x D-Sub, USB2.0 Port x 2, 1 x New Card Slot,
1 x Pen Holder, Detachable Simple Cradle Connector
Dimension: 300(D) x 225(W) x 21.8(H)mm
Weight: 1.40_1.56KG W/Battery
Pointing Device: T230-Digitizer/T231-Touch/
T236-Digitizer+Touch

Posted in General Tech News

Tags: 512MB NAND Flash, Android, android 2.0, camera camera, Cantiga GS, Cantiga GS45+ICH9-M SFF (Embedded), Core 2 Duo 743 1.30GHz Intel Montevina Platform, display, freescale, Freescale 800MHz, inch, Intel, Intel Atom Menlow-XL Z530 1.6GHz, iTablet, iTablet Ex-Lite II (AE04), iTablet Lite (TZ10), iTablet Speed-Lite (AE03), Lite, memory 512mb, Nvidia, Nvidia tegra 2, Panel, phone jacks, product specs, T23A CULV tablet PC, T23X CULV Tablet PC, tegra, usb 2, wifi, WinCE6.0R3/7.0, Windows CE 6, x2 tablet

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Google launches open WebM web video format based on VP8

Posted by Siddanth on May 20th, 2010

Remember Google had purchased the company named On2 which dealt with the VP8 video codec.Google on the first day of the Google I/O event i.e today decided to make the VP8 codec open source and finally made it official as part of a new format called WebM.The WebM container is based on Matroska, with VP8 video and Ogg Vorbis audio streams packed inside — Google says the format is efficient enough to support playback on lower-power devices like netbooks, tablets, and handhelds, while the encoding profiles are simple enough to limit complexity when you’re trying to create WebM files.

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WebM is open-sourced and licensed royalty-free under a BSD-style license. Mozilla is supporting WebM with support in Firefox nightly builds as of today.Chromium nightlies will also support WebM as of today, with Chrome early access builds getting support on May 24 — and Opera is listed as “coming soon.”

Google’s also going to be supporting the format as an option for YouTube playback, so that should drive adoption in a big way. The big question, of course, is whether Apple and Microsoft will roll WebM support into Safari and IE and onto their mobile platforms.Industry support announced at I/O — includes Adobe, who’ll be rolling VP8 support into Flash Player. The list of hardware partners include ones like AMD, ARM, Broadcom, Freescale, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and TI, among others. Missing in action? Intel.Mary Jo We will have to wait for confirmation.

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Microsoft’s made an official statement on its blog — while the company is “all in” with HTML5, IE9 will only come with H.264 installed be default due to technical and IP concerns. HTML5 / VP8 playback will be supported, but users will have to download and install the codec separately, which doesn’t bode well for widespread adoption.

Here is the quote

In its HTML5 support, IE9 will support playback of H.264 video as well as VP8 video when the user has installed a VP8 codec on Windows.

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Posted in General Tech News

Tags: AMD, Apple, arm chip, audio streams, Broadcom, bsd style license, Chromium, Firefox, freescale, Google, h 264, handhelds, hardware partners, HTML5, ie9, matroska, may 24, Microsoft, mobile platforms, Nvidia, ogg vorbis, on2, playback, qualcomm, video codec, VP8

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MacBook refresh gets official with 10-hour battery

Posted by Siddanth on May 20th, 2010

Remember the leaked Macbook refresh from Vietnam, now its official.The 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo refresh with NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics and a longer 10-hour battery life (up from 7 hours) is sitting up, nice and pretty on Apple’s very own store in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, and a few other sites. It’s still $999 making it a better deal for the moment than the similarly spec’d 13-inch MacBook Pro listing for $1,199.Check out some sites for prices.It’s live for purchase in the US, as well as the US education store (starts at $950). So who’s buying it ?

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Posted in Apple News

Tags: 4ghz, Apple, battery life, education store, GeForce, Germany, hong kong taiwan, macbook, macbook refresh, Nvidia, Vietnam

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Aigo N700 Tablet PC with Cortex-A9 and Tegra 2 Preloaded running Android 2.1

Posted by Siddanth on May 10th, 2010

Tablet PC ‘ s are gaining some competition after the official launch of Apple’s iPad, Adobe’s Android prototype , Google’s tablet . MSI tablet , Samsung’s tablet etc . More and more board makers are coming up with new tablets in the market. If you are hoping to get an Android based tablet PC with a much powerful processor and graphics chipset combination, Aigo has a solution for you. Just recently, an information leak indicated a next generation tablet PC product that being planned to be available for commercial market soon. With the name of N700, it will be featured with 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 ARM processor and what makes it more compelling is the integration of Nvidia’s Tegra 2 graphics chipset that will definitely able to attract users to get their budgets ready for it.

This comes equipped with 7-inch WVGA 800 x 480 resolutions with capacitive multi touch capability, and not to forget the machine will be powered by 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 and further enhanced with Nvidia’s famous Tegra 2 generation graphics chipset which is capable of handling full HD (High Definition) media playback without burdening CPU cycles available for other tasks. Besides, it is expected to be able to run Flash 10.1 with Android 2.1 as a base Operating System unlike the Apple’s iPad.

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Some other hardware specifications include a 512MB DDR2 memory, either 4, 16 or maximum of 32GB of onboard storage, USB ports, HDMI video output, micro SD card slot for memory expansion, built in accelerometer, digital compass as well as ambient light sensor. Not to be lacked behind are some wireless technologies such as Bluetooth 2.1, optional 3G, WiFi for seamless network connectivity while moving around. All these are well packed into a sleek and stylish 208 x 122 x 13.95mm form factor with even some space available for 2-cell high capacity 3120mAH battery pack.This looks like a awesome combo i must say but details on pricing and actual availability is ascertained.

Posted in Android

Tags: 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 ARM processor, a9, Adobe's Android tablet, aigo, android 2.1, Apple, ARM Cortex A9 processor, arm processor, board makers, budgets, cortex, Google, iPad, MSI, msi tablet, N700, next generation, Nvidia, samsung, tablet pc, Tegra 2

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Adobe shows off Android tablet prototype running Air and Flash

Posted by Siddanth on May 8th, 2010

In Web 2.0 Expo Adobe demonstrated Flash running on phones like the Nexus One and Palm Pre.In addition to this Adobe also has a prototype Android tablet according to Zedomax, runs Flash and Air apps “flawlessly.”Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any details at all on the tablet itself, and judging from the looks of things, it is a prototype in the earlier stages.Nvidia also gave a update saying the flawless flash performance is all thanks to Tegra2 chip.Check out the statement made by Nvidia when informed to Engadget

It is indeed Tegra 2. We worked closely with Adobe to show how next-gen Tegra can bring the complete web to tablets at Web 2.0.

You can expect to start seeing Tegra 2 devices appearing this summer, with plenty on the way in the third and fourth quarters of the year.

As of now we can predict what else is there but there are chances that the tablet has multi-touch support and would run on the Android 2.1 .Do check out the videos below i will update once i get more info.

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