Sony’s VAIO X Ultraportable Makes MacBook Air Seem Fat

Sony still hasn’t officially unveiled the VAIO X, but make no mistake, this beauty is for real. Briefly teased at the company’s press event at IFA in Berlin, Germany, the VAIO X ultraportable is really nothing more than a glorified netbook, but Sony has already proven that it’s a champion at that with the VAIO P and VAIO TT. Without question, this is one of the slimmest machines we’ve ever seen, with the actual VGA socket being larger than the side of the chassis. It measures in at just a half-inch thick and

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iPhone MMS Dated: Sept. 25

Since the launch of iPhone OS 3.0, AT&T has taken a lot of flak over the announced but missing-from-its-network MMS feature. AT&T has also been the subject of multiple lawsuits as customers grow weary of waiting. In an update posted on their website, AT&T said that the delay has been a result of preparation for “expected record volume of MMS traffic.” They added that they wanted customers to have an “excellent experience from Day One.” Some iPhone users, who love the iPhone, but are disappointed

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TomTom Reveals Flagship Go x50 Series

TomTom announced its new flagship series, the TomTom GO x50. The series will feature three portable navigation devices, the TomTom GO 950, TomTom GO 750, and TomTom GO 550. The new PNDs are able to calculate a route faster than ever before, ensuring that drivers are ready to go in seconds. The new TomTom GO x50 series uses “the world’s largest” collection of historical speed profiles that includes over 800 billion historic speed measurements of 15 million road kilometers in 24 European countries to help you

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SteelSeries Introduces New Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyboard

SteelSeries today introduced the new SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyset and SteelSeries QcK Limited Edition Aion Asmodian Mousepad. Co-designed with NCsoft Corporation, Aions publisher and developer, the limited edition gear provides customized functionality and original artwork from the game that allows players to battle and quest with ease into Aions breathtaking world of Atreia. The SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyset and SteelSeries Limited Edition QcK Aion Asmodian Mousepad will retail for $19.99 USD and $14.99 USD.

SteelSeries Aion Keyboard

Aion, the most anticipated MMO of 2009, is a visually stunning massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) where players fight in an epic celestial war between twin races of winged beings. Aion has received numerous international industry awards and will be available in stores this September in North America, Europe and Australia. The popularity of Aion internationally was so impressive that when the opportunity arose to partner with NCsoft to create branded products for the release of Aion in several of the largest western territories, we were thrilled, said Bruce Hawver, CEO of SteelSeries. The limited edition gear is designed for players to customize their experience and help improve their game.

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Logitech Harmony 700 Remote Simplifies Home Entertainment

You and your family love to be entertained enjoying TV, movies, games and music in the comfort of your living room. But getting to your entertainment can be difficult, often requiring that you use several remotes just to get to your favorite TV show. The Logitech Harmony 700 remote, the newest universal remote from Logitech, can help simplify your home entertainment by replacing up to six remotes. The Harmony 700 remote features a color screen, rechargeable batteries and one-click control of your favorite activities.

Logitech Harmony 700 Remote

Millions of families around the world are investing in better home-entertainment systems, complete with flat-screen TVs and other devices; however, each new device adds another remote to the coffee table and another level of complexity to what should be an enjoyable experience, said Ashish Arora, vice president and general manager of Logitechs Harmony business unit. If you have a half-dozen components and an AV receiver, the new Logitech Harmony 700 is the smartest way to get the most out of that setup.

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Sprint Goes Google: HTC Hero Coming Oct. 11

Sprint's HTC Hero

Those placing bets on when Sprint would add a Google Android smartphone to its collection can now either collect their winnings or start guarding kneecaps; the wireless carrier has just announced it will begin carrying the HTC Hero next month.

Priced at $179 with a two-year service agreement and rebates, the Sprint HTC Hero features a 528MHz Qualcomm CPU, EV-DO support, a 3.2” touchscreen display, 512MB of onboard storage, a microSDHC flash memory card slot, aGPS, a 5MP camera and 802.11g Wi-Fi.

Unlike the HTC Hero we’ve been seeing in other parts of the world, Sprint’s version (HTC Hero 200) lacks the jutting mouthpiece area, the so-called “chin.”

 

Source: Sprint HTC Hero Press Release

Product Information Page: Sprint HTC Hero 200

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September 3 News from Around the Web

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“The netbook market is quickly becoming so saturated with products that are so similar, reviewing one netbook is just about like reviewing another. This must be how an OB/GYN feels. Today I am checking out the Lenovo S10-2 netbook and like many of the machines on the market today, the S10-2 is very similar to the hoards of other machines available.

Despite having the same basic hardware and features as every other machine out there, the S10-2 did manage to offer up nice battery life and performance nearer the top of the heap when it comes to netbooks. If you are in the market for a new netbook and must have a well known brand name, the Lenovo S10-2 may be just what you want.”

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IBM 90X8528 ESDI 70MB Hard Drive Spinning Up

Shane brought over this IBM 90X8528 hard drive today and it still works. Listen to this 0.07 GB Hard Drive spin up when powered on for the first time in years. This 70MB ESDI hard drive is a blast from the past and it sounds killer!

Enhanced Small Disk Interface (ESDI) was a disc interface designed by Maxtor Corporation in the early 1980s to be a follow-on to the ST-506 interface. ESDI improved on ST-506 by moving certain parts that were traditionally kept on the controller (such as the data separator) into the drives themselves, and also generalising the control bus such that more kinds of devices (such as removable disks and tape drives) could be connected. ESDI used the same cabling as ST-506 (one 34-pin common control cable, and a 20-pin data channel cable for each device), and thus could easily be retrofitted to ST-506 applications. ESDI enjoyed popularity in the mid-to-late 1980s, when SCSI and ATA were young and immature, and ST-506 was not fast or flexible enough. ESDI could handle data rates of 10, 15, or 20 megabits per second (as opposed to ST-506's top speed of 7.5 megabits), and many high-end SCSI drives of the era were actually high-end ESDI drives with SCSI bridges integrated on the drive.

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LG To Unveil New Windows Phones Soon

After signing a deal with Microsoft in February, LG is in the process of making Windows Mobile its primary smartphone platform. It appears the company is making good progress; LG recently announced plans to launch three new smartphones in the next few weeks that run on Windows software. The new phones will be the first phones from LG to feature the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system from Microsoft. LG believes this latest version of Windows Mobile will make it easier for users to navigate the Web. In all,

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