By jpmstyle + November 3rd, 2008
A month ago, we’ve heard Samsung Delve is coming to U.S. Cellular. Alltel also joined the party, allowing its customers to experience the “blessing of an all-touchscreen device.”
Specs wise, the Delve sports a 3-inch 240×400 pixels screen, EV-DO support, GPS (works with Alltel Navigation), 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, media player, full HTML browser, microSD card [...]
By jpmstyle + November 3rd, 2008
AT&T has announced it will begin offering free AT&T Wi-FiSM service to current and new customers of select smartphones, including the new BlackBerry Bold, available Nov. 4. AT&T has more than 17,000 hot spots including Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, and thousands of other locations.
AT&T is offering the free Wi-Fi service to customers with unlimited data [...]
By jpmstyle + November 2nd, 2008
Microsoft Tuesday revealed Windows 7 at its annual Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. Windows 7 is designed to replace Windows Vista as the main operating system for Windows-based PC users.
With Apple’s OS X Snow Leopard also under development, we met up with Ian Moulster, Windows Live Commercial Lead for Microsoft to talk through [...]
By jpmstyle + November 2nd, 2008
Advanced Micro Devices’ first 45-nanometer chip, the Shanghai quad-core Opteron, has made its debut at resellers.
The officially unannounced Opteron 837X and 838X series processors are not cheap. Online reseller PC Connection lists the Opteron QC (quad-core) 8384 at $2,509. Another reseller, Buy.com lists the same processor at $2,240.
The 8384 is expected to run at 2.7GHz [...]
By jpmstyle + November 2nd, 2008
Love that sleekly styled HTC Touch Diamond and it’s beautiful full-VGA touchscreen display? Of course you do. Who doesn’t love a feature-packed smartphone with a gorgeously high-resolution touchscreen, GPS, WiFi, 3G data connectivity, and 3.2 megapixel camera?
Problem is, you’ll have to jump on board the good-ship Sprint to have a chance at owning this slick [...]
By jpmstyle + November 2nd, 2008
Best Buy and CompUSA is going to sell unlocked BlackBerry Bold 9000 directly to consumer, with a price tag of $660 and $799.99 respectively. Best Buy has put up the BlackBerry Bold for pre-ordering. If you need the smartphone urgently, CompUSA has the smartphone in stock today but with a much higher price tag. At [...]
By jpmstyle + November 2nd, 2008
The Mini 1000 MIE has a custom HP interface meant to hide its Linux OS from users.(Credit: Hewlett-Packard)
After a brief experiment in the education market, Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday is set to introduce a whole line of Netbooks for mainstream consumers.
The HP Mini 1000 comes in three versions, with starting prices ranging from $379 to $699, [...]
By jpmstyle + November 1st, 2008
Memristor circuits lead to ultrasmall PCs. Intel and AMD unleash massively multicore CPUs. Samsung TVs respond to your every gesture. These and other developing technologies will fundamentally change the way you think about–and use–technology.
The Next Big thing? The memristor, a microscopic component that can “remember” electrical states even when turned off. It’s expected to be [...]
By jpmstyle + October 30th, 2008
In the mobile industry, there are some things you just don’t want to do. Chief among them is that you don’t want to delay your product for so long that it becomes little more than an after-thought or anecdotal reference in the consumer-mind. Unfortunately, mobile phone newcomer Garmin didn’t get that particular memo.
The Garmin nuvifone [...]
By jpmstyle + October 30th, 2008
From new User Account Control options to performance improvements, the next version of Windows seeks to address major complaints about the previous one–and our first look at an early beta suggests that it’s on the right track.
What if Microsoft waved a magic wand and everything people hated about Windows Vista went away? You might have [...]