Sony's hottest new netbook appears to be showing more love to Japan than the states. In the United States, Sony launched the VAIO Series P Lifestyle PC — an 8 inch notebook that weighs 1.5 pounds — at the Consumer... Sony's hottest new netbook appears to be showing more love to Japan than the states. In the United States, Sony launched the VAIO Series P Lifestyle PC — an 8 inch notebook that weighs 1.5 pounds — at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. At the convention, Sony said the Lifestyle would be shipping with a 1.33GHz Atom processor. However, Engadget spotted specifications in Sony's Japanese site that list two options for faster processor speeds for the Lifestyle — 1.6GHz and 1.83GHz. What gives? Are we getting those options here, too? Sony provided the following e-mail statement:We do not comment on future product roadmaps.... The P Series is the ideal companion PC, allowing users to take it with them anywhere and everywhere for the ultimate computing on-the-go experience. We wanted to make sure the balance between price and performance was fair and after rigorous testing the Intel 1.33Ghz processor seemed to be the ideal candidate.That's an odd response that conflicts with what Sony told me at CES, where a spokesman said the Lifestyle was powered with a 1.33GHz Atom to address heating issues. Then again, considering this is a puny 8-inch netbook, I can't imagine customers would care that much about whether they're getting a 1.83GHz or 1.33 GHz CPU. Still, options are always nice, right? Hey Sony, where's the 1.86GHz VAIO P for America? [Engadget]See Also: Just Why Isn't the Sony Vaio P a Netbook? Sony Launches 'World's Lightest' 8-Inch Notebook (Not a Netbook) Photo: Jonathan Snyder/Wired.com Source[Wired Gadget Lab]
LAS VEGAS -- USB hard drives are getting fatter with Toshiba announcing at CES 2009 its 500GB external drive. And that kind of storage means consumers will want to access from anywhere the music, photos and other data from those... LAS VEGAS -- USB hard drives are getting fatter with Toshiba announcing at CES 2009 its 500GB external drive. And that kind of storage means consumers will want to access from anywhere the music, photos and other data from those drives. The newly launched Pogoplug has created a small box that connects external hard drives to the Internet making all the data on it instantly shareable and accessible. Users simply plug turn the Pogoplug on, connect the Ethernet cable that comes with it to their home network router and attach it to an external hard drive. That's enough to bring the Pogoplug alive and the data on the external drive online. Users at home don't have to go through the Pogoplug to access their data. Pogoplug has an open API so there's already and iPhone app that interfaces with Pogoplug available. The best part? It's priced right at $100, with an introductory pricing at $80. Product Page [Pogoplug] Source[Wired Gadget Lab]
Filed under: Software, RIM Once again, an official firmware update has leaked for the Storm 9530, and once again, it's being totally avoided by carriers so far -- but naturally, it's already been leaked for the world's immediate enjoyment. Early impressions include far faster boot times and a return to a smaller keyboard -- a change being met with some disappointment -- so we're going to hold off on calling this a must-have upgrade, but as always, it's pretty awesome to see RIM pumping out these things rapid-fire style. Now, we just need carriers to settle on one and push it out, eh?4.7.0.99 firmware for the BlackBerry Storm may or may not be awesome originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read
Filed under: MultimediaWe're honestly beginning to wonder: can Qualcomm catch a break? Between the years of fighting with Nokia and the absolutely abysmal MediaFLO adoption rate, we're seriously beginning to consider that a Qualcomm curse isn't too far from the realm of possibility. With the announcement this week that the impending digital TV transition could be pushed from late February to June 12th (though it looks as if the House has halted those plans for now), Qualcomm has begun to wail. In essence, this delay -- should it still go down -- will force the firm to continue paying fees to broadcasters in order for it to have almost immediate access to vacated analog waves as soon as the cutover takes place. The tab? COO Len Lauer says it'll be in the "tens of millions of dollars," and that's not counting lost revenue that it was surely expecting to pick up between March and June. Here's hoping one of those "breaks" finally catches up with it here.Qualcomm could suffer from digital TV transition delay originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read
Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm is available from Verizon for $200 with a mail-in rebate of $50. But how much does the phone actually cost to make? iSuppli, which often does a teardown analysis of popular smartphones, estimates costs of... Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm is available from Verizon for $200 with a mail-in rebate of $50. But how much does the phone actually cost to make? iSuppli, which often does a teardown analysis of popular smartphones, estimates costs of the components and assembly for the Storm is just about $203. At $35, the Qualcomm MSM7600 processor is the single most expensive component in the phone. Other iSuppli breakdown analysis have put a tag of $175 on the 3G iPhone 8GB version and $144 on the HTC T-Mobile G1 phone. To be sure, this bill-of-materials tag isn't an indication of the true cost of the phone sense since it does not include expenditure on software development, testing, marketing or distribution, all important items that contribute to the final price tag of the phone. Still RIM and Verizon are dialing in some happy numbers on the phone. RIM released the Storm in North America on Nov. 21. And despite some harsh reviews and criticism of the device, Verizon said it has sold one million units since the launch. [via Engadget] See also:Reviled by Reviewers, BlackBerry's Storm Rages On Photo:(T-FIZ/Flickr) Source[Wired Gadget Lab]
DUDE, YOU’RE GETTING A DELL SMARTPHONE! Maybe. If they’re real. And, you know, any good. It’s definitely not the first time we’ve heard this one before, but word around Rumormill Way is again indicating that Dell’s dabbling with the idea of getting into the battle for smartphone supreme. According to the WSJ’s sources, they’re tinkering with [...] DUDE, YOU’RE GETTING A DELL SMARTPHONE! Maybe. If they’re real. And, you know, any good. It’s definitely not the first time we’ve heard this one before, but word around Rumormill Way is again indicating that Dell’s dabbling with the idea of getting into the battle for smartphone supreme. According to the WSJ’s sources, they’re tinkering with more than one concept - a little bit of Android here, a bit of WinMo there, and maybe a pinch of touchscreen thrown in for taste. None of the involved parties are admitting anything, of course. Dell’s past attempts at branching out of the computer building biz haven’t been mindbogglingly successful, and with next month’s Mobile World Congress looking to be packed to the brim with Android (thereby crowding up the smartphone market for 2009) don’t be too shocked if these mobile experiments don’t make it out of the lab. Crunch Network: TechCrunch obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies Source[Mobilecrunch]
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