Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

The first details on the first Dell Mini 10 with built-in T-Mobile 3G support have surfaced.
The carrier will begin to offer a version of the Dell Mini 10v with built-in T-Mobile webConnect support via embedded modem beginning on March 24th, the same day as the HTC HD2 launch for $199.99 after new agreement and [...]

ZOTAC has announced an updated version of its ZBOX mini PC with Nvidia ION support.The GPU now features 512 MB of memory along with 7.1 channel digital audio support and an Intel Atom D510 dual core processor at 1.66GHz on an NM10 Express chipset.
The 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM slot and 2.5in drive bay are empty, with [...]

TiVo has announced its newest series of digital video recorders in the Premiere Series 4 HD DVR set top boxes.
The lineup features full HD support for the TiVo interface, additional video content from Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Blockbuster, and will be getting Pandora and FrameChannel support as well.

The default remote that ships with the Premiere [...]

AT&T has quietly expanded the availability of its currently on trial 3G Microcell outside of the North Carolina test market.
The basestation is now available in Georgia, South Carolina, San Diego and Las Vegas, as well as expanded areas of North Carolina. Pricing for the service will run $19.99 for unlimited use, $9.99 when bundled with [...]

Novatel has confirmed that it is currently developing a version of the critically acclaimed Mi-Fi 3G router modem, with a prototype version reaching 18Mbps throughput during testing. The chipset in the prototype is sourced from manufacturer Beceem with support for theoretical maximum speeds of 30Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.
Novatel has also confirmed that [...]

Sprint has announced another round of WiMax rollouts planned for this year, which include major markets and more cities.
The new markets slated for rollout this year include Boston, Denver, Kansas City, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C along with other confirmed markets and cities that Sprint refused to disclose at this time.
Sprint [...]

Chip manufacturer Globalfoundries has announced that it has formed a partnership with low-power chip design firm ARM in order to manufacture ARM’s latest series of high performance system on a chip chipsets in the Cortex A9 series (used in the Palm Pre) on a new smaller 28nm manufacturing process.
ARM is claiming up to 40 percent [...]

Sprint has announced an update to its Overdrive 3G/4G Router/Modem which addresses Wi-Fi radio operation and throughput, improved Windows XP compatibility, enhancements to the OTA update functionality and a fix for an issue where the router would stay offline after being updated.
The update can be found here and installation instructions for OTA or PC updates [...]

SanDisk has announced that it has begun shipping its latest memory card series utilizing its SDXC memory standard in the SanDisk Ultra series.
According to SanDisk, the XC memory standard allows for cards up to 2 TB of storage, a 15 MB/sec throughput rate and can store up to 9 hours of HD video with the [...]

The standards body for the CompactFlash memory card format in the CompactFlash Association has announced its newest set of card specifications in CompactFlash 5.0.
The new pecifications include the following improvements:

48 bit Addressing which will allow capacities up to 144PB
Efficient data transfer supporting 32MB per transfer versus 128K per transfer.
Improved Data Set Management Command/Trim to allow [...]