Ok, so the iPad isn’t floating everyone’s boat is it?
I’ve actually been interested in Microsoft’s offering for quite some time now and there’s some more info seeping through about the twin screened tablet known as Courier.
So, we all already know that the Courier will react in a nice way to being stroked and poked by either finger or stylus but the video below also shows that Microsoft’s Courier has shrunk since we first got sneaky peeks at it.
The shrinkage will obviously help it be more portable and, as it looks to be around 5″x7″ and about an inch think, should be luggable +++
It beats the Apple table by seemingly sporting a camera. The Courier, as well as having the pinch-zoom touchscreeness can also recognise handwriting when using the stylus which combined with being able to cope with multiple apps running is going to make Mr Jobs weep. I particularly like the cut and paste using the stylus shown in the vid below.
You are able to keep ‘Journals’ which, given its book-like form factor, are kinda like multi-media scrapbooks. This makes me think that the big M may be pushing the Courier as Filofax for the 21st Century. It’s neat that you can make a journal your homepage so if you’re off to a meeting you can have all your relevant notes, pics, etc right at the front of your do everything organiser.
According to the whispers on Engadget the Courier UX will be purring along using the Tegra 2 OS as found on the Zune HD and not Windows 7 – so a little similar to Apple’s choice of using the iPhone OS and not Mac OSX.
As I mentioned before: We should be looking at the Micorsoft Courier UX as a small Surface device. The OS indeed resembles the Surface operating system with the added bonus of mobile niceties such as maps and internetweb.
Reckon it’s a no-brainer to think that the Courier would make a great e-Book reader huh?
Microsoft is aiming to launch this in the second half of this year and it sounds like it will be keenly priced as they’re planning large volume sales.
When Dell grabbed Alienware for itself four years ago three key execs decided to say thanks, but no thanks.
Instead they formed ‘Origin‘ and went about building things the way Alienware originally did and created the Eon18 laptop.
The Eon18 has a distinct Alienwareness about it and, as you’d expect, this lappy is quite the customisable puter. It comes with an 18.4″ full HD widescreen, dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M GPUs, 7.1 high-def audio, and up to three 250GB SSDs. It bounces with a Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 at the mo but on the otherside of this weekend it’ll be rocking a Core i7.
Ok, so there’s bigger, more hardcore portable gamers out there but the fact that customisation includes whatever colour and design you want for the lid as well as being able to slap your own name or logo on the case instead of it saying ‘Origin’ must score some cool points. Vanity much?
Remember, this laptop is coming from a bunch of people that are obviously passionate about gaming and their products. As if to underline this fact, all their puters come with a lifetime labour guarantee and whilst they’re still a moderate size you’ll be getting boutique level support.
Here’s an overview of the Eon18:
The ORIGIN EON18 is pure portable domination. No more choosing between lugging your desktop or having to play on a subpar laptop, with ORIGIN you’ll have the best in mobile gaming in your hands. When you step through the door with this beast under your arm everyone will know, its game over man!
Gamers looking for portability without sacrificing their gaming experience. Hardware enthusiasts who want a personalized laptop with dedicated support. DJs that want their logo in lights on the front of their laptop.
Who wants the EON18 the most:
• • •
Features and Benefits:
• See every detail of your opponents demise with the 18.4″ Full HD Widescreen
• Put your name in lights with ORIGIN’s customizable multi-color top cover logo
• In a world filled with copycats, be original with ORIGIN’s custom paint options
• Lifetime Phone/Online Support and Lifetime Labor means ORIGIN always has your back
• With ORIGIN’s dedicated support team you never have to deal with anonymous agents that don’t know your name
• 72 hour benchmarks, burn in, and testing ensures every EON18 ships with only the best performing components
• Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M’s provide the most powerful mobile graphics to run any game with ultra high detail and smooth frame rates.
• Don’t deprive your ears the fun your eyes are getting. Get the full experience with all your games and movies with the ORIGIN EON’s optical
digital out and 7.1 High Definition Audio
• Secret agent status awaits, be the only one with access to your ORIGIN EON18 with the integrated high precision fingerprint reader
• The ORIGIN EON18 is equipped with a full size keyboard complete with numeric pad for a familiarity essential to elite gaming
• Programmable gaming buttons will give you the advantage in any game.
• Make no compromises with the ability for one optical drive and three hard drives in your ORIGIN EON18
Features/Specs: Dimensions: (H)1.7″ x (W)17.25″ x (D)11.75″ Customization and Personalization:
• • •
Customizable top cover ORIGIN logo Multi-color lights on ORIGIN top cover logo, front vent, and rear vent Unlimited color and design options on ORIGIN top cover
Hardware:
• Video Card: Up to SLI Dual 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280M
• Display: 18.4″ Full HD 1920 x 1080 – (1080p) Wide L2,499CD (16:9 Aspect Ratio)
• Processor: Up to Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
• Memory: Up to 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 – 1333Mhz
• Optical Drive: Up to Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner Combo (BD-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
• Hard Drive: Up to three 250GB SSD
• RAID Configurations: RAID 0 and RAID 1
• Network Adapter: Built-In Wireless 802.11 a/g/draft-n
• Audio: Integrated High-Definition Audio with 4 Channel support
• Media Card Reader: Built-In 7-in-1 Media Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD)
• TV Tuner: Built-In Digital TV Tuner with Remote (optional)
• Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
• Keyboard:
• Full size keyboard w/ numeric pad • Programmable Gaming Buttons (G1 – G8)
• Touch Sensitive Volume Control and Access Buttons
• Battery: 12-cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• Starting at price: $2,070
It seems that the chances of getting a Zune Phone are getting more likely.
Spanish tech blog, MuyComputer reports that NVIDIA has confirmed it will be joining Microsoft to announce the Zune Phone at the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona.
This makes plenty much sense as the Tegra chip is already used in the very capable [...]
Nintendo has just trademarked the title “Zii” in Japan which is to be used for computer games and electronic devices, according to the paperwork released today.
The company actually filed for the trademark on October 30, but this was only just released on the trademark database.
This means that Nintendo has protected the word [...]
A range of Apple-flavoured joy abounds!
Not only do we have a new MacBook and a choice of iMacs the little Magic Mouse gets all touchy!
So – a brand-new version of the entry-level white MacBook eh?
What’s new?
You get the upper-class addition of the same glass multi-touch trackpad that’s usually seen larking about on the more expensive [...]
Taiwan’s finest has done it again.
Looking for a Windows 7 desktop that runs an Intel Atom 333 Dual Core processor, NVIDIA graphics and a DVD burner for well under £400?
You should be looking at the new Asus EeeBox EB1501 my friend.
The new nettop will also sling out hi–def video via HDMI and is equipped with [...]
Gamers with a more than average budget rejoyce!
Alienware have broken their silence and followed up on their ‘Invasion’ teasers.
So – what’s new?
Well, there’s a refreshed Area-51 M15x laptop which carries the usual “most powerful 15-inch gaming laptop in the universe” tagline.
Under the hood is a 2.0GHz Clarksfield Core i7 920XM coupled to a 1GB [...]
Looking for a HTPC (Home Theatre PC) that you can actually play the top most demanding games on?
Maingear’s new Axess HD Gamer should cover all those very bases.
The Axess is loaded with a Core i7 processor, up to 12GB of DDR3 memory, 2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT cards in SLI, a Phantom Lapboard and robust [...]
The Alienware Allpowerful has 5 days left before its launch and they’ve posted up another teaser.
This image was spotted on the NotebookReview forums.
Noted symbolist, Larven, went so far as to translate the otherwordly writing on the picture setting the forum into a frenzy of code cracking. It reads line-by-line as follows:
The sum of [...]
NVIDIA 3D Vision has just gone on sale in the UK – rejoice!!!
NVIDIA 3D Vision is a clever way to bring some fabby 3D tech to your PC gaming without having to buy a dedicated screen.
It’s all achieved by hooking up a pair of wireless 3D specs to an infrared transmitter, sprinkle in some software [...]
NVIDIA’s ION has just been the center of an official press release which says that the first batch of “incredibly small and affordable PCs” (like the Acer Hornet rumored for an April 8th launch) are due in Q2.
Yup, that means somewhere between right now and the end of June!
NVIDIA promise optimised software support from big boy developers such as Adobe, [...]
Engadget have received a bundle of information about that Acer Hornet which I mentioned on the old site a while ago.
The Atom powered Nettop HTPC (Home Theatre PC) is well priced and not badly spec’d if all this is true and not some cruel April Fools prank – but the bundle that the Engadgeteers received included [...]
If you opt for a netbook you do so with the knowledge that it will crumble when faced with Crysis, Left4Dead and the likes.
Well, Nvidia plans to introduce “chip technology” that could allow low-cost netbooks run those lovely high-def games and media.
The Ion platform, announced on Thursday, effectively combines Nvidia’s GeForce 9400 graphics processing unit (GPU) with [...]
AMD and NVIDIA are still thrashing out who is the bestest in the video card business.
NVIDIA is making a strong stand with its latest move.
Nope, it isn’t based on more frames per second. This time NVIDIA are concentrating on getting friends in high places.
EA and 2K Games (creators of Bioshock) have both agreed to use NVIDIA’s PhysX [...]
Word on the street is that the employees at NVIDIA have had their grubby little paws all over the latest Apple notebook and given it high-fives all round for its superior hardware prowess.
Sources claim that the new model will get rid of Intel’s factory standard platform and replace it with components supplied by either Apple or an outside party………
A [...]
Sony has finally come clean and gone all official about its new VAIO Z, FW, SR and BZ laptops.
They share the VAIO design, Centrino 2 processors, configuration options and setup software to remove that nasty trial ware, and as you’d expect, a whole slew of Blu-ray between them.
My particular fave is the VAIO Z.
When you see that it manages [...]
Gaming machines aren’t reknowned for being subtley designed and this new beast is no exception.
Say hello and be nice to Acer’s Predator else it may have your arm!
It sits there watching you from behind its metallic copper chassis and if you lift up it’s mask you’ll come face-to-face with the bays for the Blu-ray and DVD rewriter [...]
NVIDIA? Mobile Phone? NVIDIA? Mobile Phone?
Yup, they’ve been flashing about their cellphone applications processor: the APX 2500.
As CNET points out, that chip is largely the result of NVIDIA’s acquisition of ‘PortalPlayer’ back in 2006, and represents the company’s first attempt at building a true computing processor for mobies.
The chip itself (based [...]
There is word on the street that NVIDIA is soon to release their new top-of-the-range GeForce 9800 GX2.
It is said to be an 8800 that’s been shrunk down to 65nm and SLI’d onto a “single” card. The card is supposed to be at least 30% faster than a 8800 Ultra (which I’m still excited about!), and will [...]
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Ok, so the iPad isn’t floating everyone’s boat is it?
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