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Samsung M1 with Vodafone 360 hits shelves

bluetooth — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:41:56 GMT

The Samsung M1, the little sibling of the H1 which also features Vodafone 360, has been unleashed in the UK.

The Vodafone 360 web portal offers integrated social networking features, and automatic backup of your contacts and other data online.
Boasting a 3.2 inch display, the M1 also has a 3.2 megapixel camera, 1GB of storage, GPS, 3G and Bluetooth.

But while it has a lesser spec than the H1, it also costs less. Contracts offering the H1 for free start at £35 per month, whereas the M1 begins at a much more budget friendly £20 a month (on a two year contract).

Nokia E72 will be available at SGD 750 from 14 Nov 2009

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:35:53 GMT

The Nokia E72 will be commercially available in Singapore this Saturday at the following recommended retail price of SGD$ 750, excluding operator plan and GST.

Nokia E72 – Take Your Conversation Further

The long-awaited successor to the popular Nokia E71 is finally here. You can now take your conversation further with Nokia E72.

Boasting an entire host of upgraded features for easy convenience and fast efficiency, the Nokia E72 is perfect for those who are constantly on the go. What’s more, the sleek and contemporary design is home to a messaging powerhouse that supports instant messaging (IM) accounts (such as Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi, amongst many others) provided by Nokia Messaging direct from the homescreen for the first time. With Nokia Messaging, email junkies will relish the instant access to multiple personal mail accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Mail, Ovi Mail, e.t.c directly on the Nokia E72. Of course for work emails, there are Microsoft Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.

With the convenience and connectivity that comes with the built-in 3.5G and Wi-Fi, also comes performance and efficiency with the optical navigation key that makes scrolling through emails a breeze. The Nokia E72 also features a fully integrated QWERTY keypad and a clear QVGA display that maximizes performance – all this, on the go!

And finally, as the saying goes: work hard, play hard. The Nokia E72 definitely has not forgotten this with its entertainment features that include 37.5 hours of music playback time and up to 16GB of storage space for music, images and various apps that can be downloaded from the Ovi Store. And if that entertainment isn’t enough for thrill-seekers, take the Nokia E72 on a joy ride to discover exciting new places with the built-in Assisted –GPS receiver and Nokia Maps application.

The E72 will be available in three colours: Zodium black, Metal grey and Topaz brown.

Key features of the Nokia E72 include:
· Numeric keypad, QWERTY keyboard
· One-touch keys for the Home, Calendar, Contacts and Email icons
· Intuitive Optical Navi Key
· Supports multiple simultaneous email accounts, emails with attachments or with filtering, as well as HTML email support
· HSDPA maximum speed: 10.2 Mbps
· Integrated A-GPS with compass
· Nokia Maps 3.0
· 5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) with autofocus and flash

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Youtube to stream in 1080p from next week

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:46:28 GMT

Youtube blog reports that starting next week, YouTube's HD mode will add support for viewing videos in 720p or 1080p, depending on the resolution of the original source, up from our maximum output of 720p today.

As resolution of consumer cameras increases, we want to make sure YouTube is the best home on the web to showcase your content. For viewers with big monitors and a fast computer, try switching to 1080p to get the most out of the fullscreen experience.

Just how much larger is 1080p? Take a look at the following screenshots from this video:

Now the problem is, countries which do not have a youtube server resided there will have problems streaming in High Quality or current HD. So, if you really want to stream in 1080p, the chances are quite slim unless you are in those with local youtube servers.

Buffalo USB 3.0 HDD goes on sale in Japan tomorrow for 18,800 Japanese Yen

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:30:07 GMT

USB 3.0 HDD (up to 5Gbps) goes on sale in Japan

Although USB 3.0 standard is not finalised, Japanese manufacturer Buffalo is first to launch an external HDD "HD-HU3" series in Japan. It comes in 2 different models, 1.5TB and 2TB. The price is 19 thousand Japanese Yen.

USB 3.0 is said to be 10x faster than USB 2.0 (480Mbps). Last week we tested a USB 3.0 on the ASUS P5P755 and found out that 10x (4.8Gbps) is quite impossible (4800MBps=480MBps). In fact, we were able to reach around 130MBps (B=Byte, b=bits, 1 Byte= 10 bits for easy calculation).

No matter what, USB 3.0 gives a boost of the traditional 35MBps to almost 120-130MBps. That is a big improvement of almost 3.7x.

The HD-HU3 comes with a USB 3.0 cable and has a dimension of 45 x 175 x 156mm with built in cooling fan. It supports Win 7/vista/xp/macos 10.4 or later.

[i]Suggest Retail Pricing

HD-H1.0TU3 20,000 Yen
HD-H1.5TU3 24,200 Yen
HD-H2.0TU3 46,600 Yen

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Nvidia will launch another new product GT240, the first GPU that can be paired up with GDDR5.

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:58:23 GMT

On Nov 17, Nvidia will launch another new product GT240, the first GPU that can be paired up with GDDR5.

This GPU has 96 core proessors. It runs at 550MHz for it's graphics core and processor clk is at 1340MHz.

The GPU can be paired up with 1700MHz GDDR5, 1000Mhz GDDR or 900Mhz DDR3. It can be either 512MB or 1GB in memory. The memory interface shall be 128 bits wide.

Other features supported are CUDA, physX, 3D vision, open CL, PureVideo 1080p display, dual link DVI, VGA, HDMI 1.3a support, OpenGL 3.2 support.

It's performance is somewhat between a 9800GT and 9600GT if GDDR5 memory is used.

Stay tuned for more.

ASRock ION HT330 BD Video by ASRock

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:17:36 GMT

We had the exclusive review of the ASRock ION 330HT-BD. Today, ASRock released a video of this product on ASRock's youtube channel. We have embedded this video for you in this news. For those who missed our exclusive review, you can read it below :

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2009/asro...-Review/g1.htm

Reserve your iPhone 3GS on M1 website

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:57:50 GMT

Singtel has been the exclusive reseller for iPhone for the last 18 months or so. By end of this year, 2 more telcos will jump onto the bandwagon. The first is MobileOne (M1) Singapore.

M1 Singapore is the second telco to offer the Apple iPhone 3GS. They have put up a online site for preorders. If you are on M1 and wanted a iPhone, here is the link you can register your reservation.

No Price plans are out yet but we presume that it will be very competitive against Singtel's price plan. Starhub also has no put up any pre-order service. Starhub also promised to release their price plans by year end.

https://www.m1.com.sg/iPhone/preorder.jsp

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Intel Corp . agreed to pay $1.25 billion in a far-reaching legal settlement with AMD

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:29:58 GMT

Intel Corp. agreed to pay $1.25 billion in a far-reaching legal settlement with Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a step that shores up its much smaller rival and may help defuse the mounting antitrust scrutiny Intel faces across the globe.

The agreement, which comes after two decades of antitrust and patent disputes between two makers of chips that power nearly all personal computers, follows adverse rulings regarding Intel's practices by regulators in Europe and Asia. Many of those probes were triggered by AMD's complaints.

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AMD roadmap 2010-2011; Liano (CPU+GPU) in 2011

bluetooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:21:09 GMT

AMD has announced new details on its platform roadmap at the 2009 Financial Analyst Day, where senior executives, including president and Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer, discussed AMD's strategy for sustained success and growth in 2010 and beyond.

In 2009, AMD achieved all of its major milestones. It transformed into a financially stronger, design-focused company, putting into place a new business model with the creation of Globalfoundries. It launched DirectX 11 capable ATI Radeon HD 5800 and HD 5700 series of graphics cards. It introduced Vision Technology, won major technology transitions such as 40nm and DirectX 11. And it launched first and second generation ultra-thin notebook platforms as well as Dragon platform featuring AMD Phenom II processors for desktop, and the six-core AMD Opteron processor for server.

For 2010 AMD plans the Danube - the next AMD mainstream notebook platform featuring the first AMD mobile quad-core processors, and will offer a battery life of seven or more hours.

Nile - the third generation AMD ultra-thin notebook platform, designed to offer seven or more hours of battery life.

San Marino and Maranello - two new DDR3-based server platforms designed for the volume server market. Maranello will feature the 8- or 12-core Magny-Cours processor, while San Marino will offer new levels of value and power efficiency for the rapidly growing Web and Cloud computing segment;

Leo - the next-generation enthusiast-class desktop PC platform with a six-core desktop CPU and support of DirectX 11 graphics and ATI Eyefinity Technology, AMD noted.

In 2011, AMD will introduce Bulldozer and Bobcat - two new x86 cores targeting different usage models. Bulldozer will be a completely new, high performance architecture for the mainstream server, desktop and notebook PC markets that employs a new approach to multithreaded compute performance for achieving advanced efficiency and throughput.
Bulldozer is designed to give AMD an exceptional CPU option for linking with GPUs in highly scalable, single-chip Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) configurations.

Bobcat will target the low power, ultra-thin PC markets with an extremely small, highly flexible, core that also is designed to be easily scaled up and combined with other IP in APU configurations.

Llano - targeted at mainstream notebooks and desktops, this APU will be the first in a family of next-generation designs that combine the power of the CPU and GPU onto a single piece of silicon and engineered to deliver impressive visual computing experiences, outstanding performance with low power and long battery life. It is expected to be the industry's first APU processor ahead of the first Bulldozer and Bobcat based APUs, highlighted AMD.

Brazos - a low cost, low-power ultra-portable platform featuring the APU codenamed Ontario, which will contain the new Bobcat core and integrated GPU, and is intended for the highest performance in a low-power design.

Zambezi - An enthusiast desktop processor with up to eight cores, featuring the first Bulldozer core, scheduled for release in 2011.

AMD new technology lineups, 2010-2011
Time	Technology codename	Purpose
2010	Danube	AMD mainstream notebook platform featuring quad-core CPU
	Nile	The third generation AMD ultra-thin notebook platform
	San Marino	DDR3-based server platforms
	Maranello	DDR3-based server platform feature the 8- or 12-core Magny-Cours processor
	Leo	Next-generation enthusiast-class desktop PC platform
2011	Bulldozer	High performance x86 core architecture for the mainstream server, desktop and notebook
	Bobcat	x86 core architecture for low power, ultra-thin PCs
	Llano	First APU (CPU+GPU) for mainstream notebooks and desktops
	Brazos	A low cost, low-power ultra-portable platform featuring the APU codenamed Ontario. Bobcat-based
	Zambezi	An enthusiast desktop processor with up to eight cores, Bulldozer-based

Dell Zino HD (AMD Platform) released

bluetooth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:38:58 GMT

Eversince Atom is announced, a number of manufacturers have released mini desktop computers based on Atom processor. Instead of using Atom, Dell chose to use a AMD processor.

This new mini desktop machine is known as ZINO HD. It's dimension is 197x197x86mm, 1.6KG. It has USB, 4in1 card reader, audio ports. The funkiest thing is that the covers can be replaced with difference colours or design.

ZINO HD is powered by AMD A64 2650E/2850E, AMD X2 3250E 1.5GHz or AMD X2 6850E 1.8GHz. Memory wise, Dell equips the system with SODIMM DDR2 2GB-6GB(max 8GB). ZION HD comes with integrated Radeon HD3200 (Mobility Radeon HD3200), There is another edition that uses Radeon HD4330!

ZINO HD has integrated BCM57780 Gb Lan, Mini PCi-e WIFI 11b/g or 11a/b/g/n, SATA2 HDD (160G-1TB), 8XDVD writerm DVD RW Drive or BluRay Rom Drive, CX20561 2.1 audio. As for video out, ZINO HD has D-SUB, HDMI. Other connectors include ESATA, Kensington lock etc.
The system are preinstalled with Windows 7 64 bit edition

The box retail price range from Euro 329 to 859 Euros depends on the customisation.

更多資料:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/ie/en/home...=dhs&cs=iedhs1

The Real AMD Radeon HD 5970 Pictured

bluetooth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:09:35 GMT

This photo as you can see from the logo comes from 4gamer.n**

Courtesy of 4gamer.n**

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AMD Radeon HD 5970 spec sheet seen, supports OpenGL 3.2 in 2010

bluetooth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:41:21 GMT

Codename "Hemlock" and manufactured in 40nm processor. It has 3200 stream processors. The core/mem is 725MHz/1000MHz. It will have 2GB GDDR5 and memory width is 256 bitsx2.

In addition, it supports DX11, and something not mentioned previously is that it wil support OpenGL 3.2 in 2010. It will have a TDP of 300W and only has Mini Displayport and 2 DVI ports. There are no HDMI ports as video output.

AMD Radeon HD 5970 specs leaked on net, NDA expires 18 Nov

bluetooth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:22:20 GMT

Pictures and specifications of the dual gpu card Radeon HD 5970 has surfaced on the net.

This card uses codenamed "Hemlock" uses dual 40nm "Cypress" cores running internal CrossFire mode within the card. these GPUs will feature 1600 stream processors each. Both GPU cores are clocked at 725MHz. There will be 2GB of GDDR5 clocked at 1000MHz (4000MHz). From the specifications, it can be seen that clocks are similar to a Radeon HD 5850.

The dual-GPU, dual-slot card also has a 2x256-bit memory interface, DirectX 11 and CrossFireX support, and dual-DVI outputs plus one mini DisplayPort connector (no HDMI like for the HD 5800 cards). The Radeon HD 5970's pricing and release date are still unconfirmed.

Most 1st tier manufactuers are ready to stock up as the quantities are limited.

HP To acquire 3COM for $2.7 billion

bluetooth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:20:10 GMT

11/11/2009-Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) and 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ:COMS) announced Wednesday that they entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will acquire 3Com at $7.90 per share in cash, or approximately $2.7 billion. Hewlett Packard said it now expects Q1 EPS of $1.03 to $1.05 (vs. consensus estimates of $1.03) on revenues of $29.6 billion to $29.9 billion (vs. consensus estimates of $29.2 billion). The company said it expects 2010 EPS of $4.25 to $4.35 (vs. consensus estimates of $4.28), on revenue of $118.0 billion to $119.0 billion (vs. consensus estimates of $118.1 billion). The company previously forecasted full year 2010 EPS of $4.20 to $4.30 on revenues of $117.0 million to $118.0 million. The press release also indicated that the deal had already been approved by 3Com and HP's board of directors and it was expected to close in the first half of 2010. Dave Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager, Enterprise Servers and Networking, HP said, "By acquiring 3Com, we are accelerating the execution of our Converged Infrastructure strategy and bringing disruptive change to the networking industry. By combining HP ProCurve offerings with 3Com's extensive set of solutions, we will enable customers to build a next-generation network infrastructure that supports customer needs from the edge of the network to the heart of the data center."

Aphone A6 an iPhone Clone powered by Android 1.5

bluetooth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:11:48 GMT

As Android gets popular, it would be nice to have something to feature an iphone interface but runs by Android.

China always have lots of iphone clones. This time round, they have a new phone known as Aphone. It has a iphone clone interface but is powered by Android 1.5. It also supports multitouch.

Specifications

3.5TFT LCD（2.6mil colour) Capacitance touch screen
GSM EDGE WIFI Smartphone
Goole Android 1.5 System
Dual Core CPU（>300MHz）
260MBFlash ，130MBRAM
Supports GMAP，Opera MIni， FTP PC
Album frame, whiteboard, weather forecase
Skype, QQ
Email, Office
20 games, downloadable from net
Reverb
2 megapixel camera
Supports bluetooth 2.0
Transflash support（2G-16G）

Check out the video below

[Review] HTC Touch2 Review [HD Videos included]

bluetooth — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:34:03 GMT

HTC is known for it's smartphones based on Windows Mobile system. The HTC Touch2 is the newest add on to the list of Windows Mobile phones in it's stable. The HTC Touch2 powered by the Windows Mobile 6.5 now comes with even more.

In a compact design, this phone spots a 2.8" screen with the HTC TouchFLO. The familar interface that speeds up your access to commonly used applications like google Maps, weather forecast, Youtube.

You can now easily find and download via WiFi or HSDPA a wide variety of applications onto the HTC Touch2 via the new Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Microsoft’s new My Phone service enables you to automatically back up and sync photos, music, contacts and text messages for free from the Touch2 to the web.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2009/htc/...-Review/p1.htm

VIA Technology cooperates with China Mobile for 4G market

bluetooth — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:39:57 GMT

VIA Technology cooperates with China Mobile for 4G market

VIA Technology, a subsidiary of VIA Technology specializes in mobile phone chipset manufacturing, announced to cooperate with China Mobile to grab the market of 4G.. The partnership involves VIA Telecom to develop the TD-LTE chipsets for China Mobile to seize the opportunity of the emerging 4G market.

The CEO of VIA Telecom Mr. Zhang Ke said: “Therefore, with the bilateral strength of the related companies from Taiwan and China, both sides are able to build up the most complete supply chain of telecommunication industry in the world.” Zhang. expressed that there are still rooms for improvement in China’s market with penetration rate that has just exceeded 50% or 700 million mobile phone users; compared to 100% penetration rate in Taiwan.

Analysts indicated that the strategy taken by VIA Telecom aims to forge the company to become a dominant role in the 4G development with the TD-LTE chipset technology, in an attempt to compete with its rival Mediatek.

Mr. Wang Jianzhou, the CEO of China Mobile, had signed a cooperation agreement on 3G and TD-LTE chipsets purchase with Mediatek during his visit to Taiwan in late August.

Sources reported that the key to win this battle is which manufacturer is able to start the mass production first.

VIA Telecom had a 3.7 percent share of the market in China last year and expects to raise its share to 25 percent this year as China’s 3G (or TDSCDMA) services usage increase.
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ASRock announces exclusive software suite includes Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi™ MB trial

bluetooth — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:09:37 GMT

November 10, 2009, Taiwan Taipei – ASRock Inc., the leading motherboard manufacturer today announced that ASRock exclusive software suite includes Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi™ MB trial solution on full range motherboards to enrich your computing operation. The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi technology breathes life into songs; makes your music, movies and gaming way better, it also provides an easier and smarter way for managing your digital life.

ASRock software suite is designed with the customer-oriented concept, delivers the best possible experience for today’s most demanding users. The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB solution ensures you the premium audio quality, effects and features for PC systems equipped with onboard audio. For instance, the X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo audio into surround sound via multi-channel speaker, stereo speaker or even headphone; the X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the compressed sound source and can even let you hear every detail in riveting surround sound. Combined with the Creative user-friendly software and the ASRock high performance motherboard, you will be assured to enjoy a rich variety of programming and be entertained by a better way. The Creative X-Fi software main features include the following:
X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity is the new audio standard from Creative that makes your music and movies sound way better than before. X-Fi technology breathes life into songs, restoring the detail and expanding the music to surround sound. X-Fi consists of two key technologies: X-Fi CMSS-3D and X-Fi Crystalizer.
X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multi-channel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you.
X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently enhanced, ensuring you'll hear everything in crystal clear clarity.
EAX^® ADVANCED HD 4.0 is a collection of powerful, innovative audio technologies designed by Creative's world-class team of audio professionals. The sophisticated environment effects of EAX provide a greater sense of realism to the whole gaming experience. Additional audio cues provided by EAX also give gamers a competitive advantage in multiplayer games. It is therefore no surprise that EAX has been widely acknowledged as the premier choice for interactive 3D audio for games.
Creative ALchemy is a powerful tool that restores the audio for a DirectSound3D game running on Windows^® Vista to its former glory - in full surround sound with hardware accelerated audio mixing, sampling rate conversion and EAX effects.

Corsair® Announces New Flash Survivor™ GT Family of USB Flash Drives

bluetooth — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:35:49 GMT

Corsair® Announces New Flash Survivor™ GT Family of USB Flash Drives

- New ultra-rugged, high-speed USB flash drives in 32GB and 64GB capacity -

FREMONT, Calif., November 10, 2009 —Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced two new Flash Survivor GT USB flash drives. The new drives are available in capacities of 32GB and 64GB, and feature the same ultra-durable metal housing found on all Flash Survivor models, along with the signature red GT highlights.

“The Flash Survivor GT is the ultimate flash drive for users requiring both high speed and extreme ruggedness,” said John Beekley, VP of Technical Marketing at Corsair. “These drives will carry your data and media into the harshest environment and still provide rock-solid protection.”

Corsair’s ultra-durable Flash Survivor USB drives have proven extremely popular with consumers thanks to their super-strong, CNC-milled, aircraft-grade aluminum casing, which makes them practically indestructible. Each drive is also fitted with a molded, shock-dampening collar and EPDM seal, which provides water-resistance to a depth of 200 meters. In independent reviews, the Corsair Flash Survivor has suffered countless tests of strength, and always comes out on top!

The 32GB and 64GB Flash Survivor GTs are available immediately from Corsair’s authorized distributors and resellers worldwide. All Corsair USB flash products are backed by a 10-year Limited Warranty. Complete customer support via telephone, email, forum and Tech Support Xpress is also available.

An image of the Corsair Flash Survivor GT can be downloaded here

More information about the Corsair Flash Survivor GT can be found at corsair.com/products/survivor.