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With nearly every company (seriously, basically all of them) rolling out a tiny projector, it’s getting pretty hard to stand out from the crowd — and Adtec’s two new MP15A Series projectors don’t look like they’re going to push the envelope in any way. Specwise, they’re going to be nearly identical to the rest of the bunch, with 15 ANSI lumens, a 200:1 contrast ratio, and VGA 640 x 480 resolution, and they’ll boast an LED lamp with about a 20,000 hour life. The two models — the 15AW is white, 15AB is black — will be available in December and January, respectively, but only in Japan. No word on a possible release in other, pico-starved areas of the globe yet.

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Adtec announces two adorable, tiny projectors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It looks like the kids at Buffalo are hard at work making sure that all of you netbook-lovin’ Engadget readers aren’t stuck with the minimal storage that has plagued early adopters of the solid state drive. In addition to their recent Eee PC-compatible SSDs, the company is now offering 16GB and 32GB drives for Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9. Due out sometime this month, the 16GB should set you back ¥5,300 ($57), or you can shell out ¥9,400 ($101) for the 32GB.

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Buffalo unveils 16GB and 32GB SSDs for Inspiron Mini 9 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenny Engelhardt, N-trig's VP of Business Development

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Wanting to know more about N-trig’s multitouch technology, now that it has reached the consumer market with the HP TouchSmart tx2 tablet, I spoke with N-trig’s VP of Business Development, Lenny Engelhardt, earlier today. Here’s what I learned.

The HP TouchSmart tx2 tablet features similar multitouch functionality as the enterprise-focused Dell Latitude XT with a few differences. Both tablets provide multitouch gestures such as dragging and dropping, flicking, and pinching. If you make an M gesture with your finger on the TouchSmart’s screen, however, you’ll launch HP’s MediaSmart application. For its part, the Dell Latitude XT includes two gestures not found on the HP: two-finger scrolling and a double-tap gesture that turns off the display and touch sensitivity. The scenario for the double-tap is this: you have the tablet in slate mode and want to pick up it up and move to another room. You can carry it with your palm or fingers gripping part of the screen without worrying about moving the cursor. Simply tap the touch pad, mouse button, a key, or remove the stylus from its garage, and the screen and touch sensitivity return.

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According to the company Nanoradio, in the near future will be the first in the mobile phone industry, combining the opportunity to work in third-generation networks and support standard UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access - link cellular and Wi-Fi networks …

Wow, Jose @ Planetx64x has a nice step-by-step on installing Mac OS X on the super tiny MSI Wind, it’s a pockable Mac almost - via /.

Recently I’ve managed to install Apple’s OS X Leopard operating system 10.5.4 onto a 10 inch MSI Wind Netbook, and you can too. Let me preface this by saying that I consider myself an Apple fan, and run nothing but authentic Macs in my home studio office. If you’re looking for another Mac vs. PC debate, then there’s is nothing for you to see here. Move right along please.

The Victim: An MSI Wind U100 Netbook. This slick little machine comes preloaded with your choice of Windows or Linux. Armed with an Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HD, built-in ethernet, wifi, webcam and bluetooth. That said, the most enticing feature is its crisp & clear 10 inch screen.

To accomplish this procedure, you will be opening the MSI netbook to upgrade the memory and swap out the factory wifi card (which will void your warranty). So think twice if you are not comfortable doing such a thing. We need to do this bacause having more memory always helps any operating system run snappier. OS X is no different. The MSI Wind takes up to 2 GB of RAM. More importantly the factory wifi card that it comes with, does not work in OS X out of the box. So you’ll need to acquire a Dell Broadcom DW 1390 or 1490 internal mini pci wifi card, which are both inherently supported in OS X.

I found both the 1 GB memory upgrade stick and a 1390 card on ebay for no more than $20 each. You’ll need a special Leopard build titled “MSI WINDos x86”, of which the Hackint0sh community should be credited for assembling. It’s a slipstreamed “Kalyway” build which includes all the proper Kexts, drivers, Kernel modifications, and other files necessary to achieve a fully working installation on the MSI wind. Please do not inquire about where to find this disk image, it’s in all the typical shady places on the net.

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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Hardware, Laptops, Gadgets / Other, Green, Peripherals, Displays

PC Magazine is reporting that Dell plans to change its laptop displays to mercury-free and energy saving LED backlighting.  Two thirds of their Latitude E-series will ship with the new displays by December 15th, and they plan to have 80% of their laptops include the new LED backlights. The transition is expected to be completed by 2010.

“Why did we do this? We have been listening to our customers in order to extract customer value, and LED helps to move that agenda along,” said Michael Murphy, Dell’s senior manager of worldwide environmental affairs, in an interview.

Dell says its 15-inch displays will consume an average of 43% less power, which will save 220 million kilowatt hours in 2010 and 2011 combined.  Another advantage is that they are mercury-free. Mercury is a toxic chemical and recyclers don’t like having to process the small amount found in traditional backlights. Another advantage consumers will really love—the new LEDs will extend battery life. The reduction in power can nearly double a laptop’s battery life, something every laptop user never seems to have enough of.  They also reduce a laptop’s weight.

Dell says they are also working on LED desktop monitors but doesn’t yet have a timetable for their release.

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Just a day after rolling out its smallest SVGA projector of all time, Dell has quietly slid a new home cinema beamer into its accessories lineup. The 7609WU features a native 1,920 x 1,200 (WUXGA) resolution, DLP / BrilliantColor technology, 3,850 ANSI lumens, a 2,700:1 contrast ratio, twin stereo speakers, a lamp good for around 2,500 hours and a whole slew of ports including VGA (x2), component, S-Video, USB, RJ-45 and HDMI (x2). It’ll set you back a stiff $4,999, but just think, you’ll never have to spend another cent at the local Cineplex.

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It’s one thing to hear 3.46- x 4.12- x 1.46-inches. It’s another thing to see how giant someone’s hand looks beside Dell’s absolutely minuscule M109S pocket projector. Based on a hands-on session with a near-final prototype of the pico-PJ, the cats over at Popular Mechanics were mighty impressed with what they saw. They noted that “colors were a little more washed-out than a top-end home theater projector,” but given the size and the manageable $499 price tag, it still managed to wow. Peep the in-action video in the read link.

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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Laptops

Dell, which has been consistently teasing us with 17-inch notebook beauty has finally unveiled its Precision M6400. If you are thrilled with the idea of having notebook with such a large screen, you may start pre-ordering for the Precision M6400 at the Dell’s online store now. Dell promises to deliver the Precision M6400 by the later part of October.  If you’re still undecided, here’s a quick rundown of the notebook’s features and specs which might help you make a decision.

The Dell Precision M6400’s 17-inch display can either be a WXGA+UltraSharp with 1440×900 or 1920×1200 resolutions, a WUXGA RGB LED back-lit display or an edge to edge back-lit display, with both having a 1920×1200 resolution. The notebook also comes packed with an 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme processor which is also known as the Intel quad-core platform. In addition to these, the M6400 notebook also features 4 DDR 3 memory slot which can support 4GB or RAM each. That gives you the option to have 16GB of RAM in a portable computer.

You’d also get powerful graphics cards in the M6400 since Dell threw in a Quadro FX 3700M complemented by a 1GB of video memory. For storage, you can have as much as 1TB with the M6400’s dual hard-drive bays which you can partition or setup in RAID array. You’ll also get other features such as DVD-ROM, CD-RW/DVD, DVD+/-RW optical drives, WLAN and Bluetooth, and a slew of security features including steel-reinforced cable lock slots, fingerprint reader and more.

Interested in the Dell M6400 notebook? You will have to prepare a hefty sum though since a base system of the M6400 notebook would set you back $2,599 and that comes with a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of memory, 80GB of HD, read-only DVD drive, 512MB Quadro FX2700M video card. Of course, the more money you can spend, the more powerful your M6400 would be.

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We know Dell felt left out of all the fun today, but rehashing that months-old MacBook Air manila envelope commercial with the Latitude E4200 just isn’t the way to snake attention from Apple — especially not when everyone’s focused on new iPods, not Macs. Plus, Lenovo played this riff a hundred times better with the X300 back in April, for crying out loud — and worst of all, the envelope you used is noticeably bulging and crappy because the E4200 is way thicker than the Air. Seriously, don’t you think it would’ve been much more effective to leak details about that Zing-based music initiative, or hell, even announce that rumored Dell-branded cellphone? You can’t steal the narrative if you’re not telling the same story, guys. Video after the break.

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