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Fujitsu Siemens has been showing off its AMILO Sa 3650 and AMILO GraphicBooster add-on for a few months now, and we even recently saw the combo put to the Crysis test, but it looks like both are now finally, actually rolling out to the general public. In case you missed it, the laptop itself is a 13-inch, AMD-based number (your choice of Turion X2 or Athlon X2 processors), with an ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card, up to 4GB of RAM, and either and either a 250GB or 320GB hard drive. The GraphicBooster add-on, which currently only works with the Sa 3650, is based around an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 graphics card, and promises a 470% increase in graphics performance over the laptop’s built-in graphics. No word on prices just yet, unfortunately but both the laptop and the GraphicBooster add-on will apparently be available at some “specialist retailers” this month.

[Via MobileTechReview]

Filed under: Gaming, Laptops

Fujitsu Siemens rolls out AMILO Sa 3650 laptop, GraphicBooster add-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RIM no doubt got a boost of confidence from AvianResearch’s sales numbers a few days ago, but it looks to be in a bit of a gloomier mood today, as it has been forced to slightly lower its third quarter profit and revenue outlook. Apparently, instead of the previously forecast revenue of $2.95 to $3.10 billion, RIM now says it’s expecting to rake in just $2.75 to $2.78 billion, with its adjusted earnings now expected to be 0.81 to $0.83 per share, and not $0.89 to $0.97 per share, as previously forecast. According to RIM’s Jim Balsillie, the company is laying most of the blame on “product launch timing, general economic conditions and foreign exchange volatility,” but it has nothing but good things to say about the Storm, which it says has “experienced particularly strong momentum in recent weeks.” It further added that the Storm’s first day of sales drew a record number of new net subscribers for the company, and that it also managed to pull in a record number of weekly net subscribers additions in the last week of the third quarter. Those interested in such things can look for the final numbers to be released on December 18th.

[Via mocoNews.net]

Filed under: Cellphones

RIM lowers third quarter outlook, touts Storm sales originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apacer announced the start of the issuance of a new hard disk SSD - SSD + Optimizer, in cooperation with Diskeeper Corporation, specializes in software. The strategic cooperation manufacturers of components and a specialist in software aimed at increas…

Section: Communications, Broadband Cards

Gigaom is reporting that the new 250GB cap Comcast announced recently may not be set in stone.  In a chat with the site, Comcast spokeperson Charlie Douglas said the cap, which is roughly 100 times more than the average Comcast customer uses in a month, will likely rise as average consumption rises.

Comcast announced the cap on the heels of two controversies. The first, where they admitted they had been throttling the BitTorrent P2P network, resulted in an FCC investigation and a proposal to punish them for it, and the second, a lawsuit resulting in their practice of terminating customers for excessive bandwidth usage without actually telling any of them what constitutes excessive bandwidth, resulted in a lawsuit by the Florida Attorney General’s office and a $150,000 fine. The 250GB cap announcement was another result of that lawsuit.

Data caps are becoming more and more common as bandwidth consumption and demand increase. Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T all have 5GB caps on their mobile broadband cards and PAM (Phone as Modem) plans. It’s safe to assume such caps are here to stay and may even get more restrictive as the strain on the ‘net’s infrastructure, which was never designed for the high bandwidth audio and video streaming and peer to peer networking demand, is reinforced and improved, something experts agree must happen soon.

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Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

We actually had to dust off our spectacles to make sure this wasn’t some sort of misunderstanding, but clearly, Hitachi is pulling a Toshiba. Generally, we wouldn’t make such a claim, but given that Tosh also calls its wizard-like upconverting technology Super Resolution, we’d say the likeness requires such a comparison. Reportedly, Hitachi has been toiling day and night on its own “super resolution technology,” which will theoretically take SD images and scale them to near-1080p. Amazingly, we’re told that it can also “convert HDTV images, such as digital terrestrial broadcasts, into images with even higher (what, SHV?) definition.” The tech is executed on a frame-by-frame basis and should be exhibited at the upcoming CEATEC trade show in Japan; as for a release, Hitachi’s currently aiming to get this into LCDs and plasmas “after 2010.”

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Section: Computers, Hardware, Laptops

Sony announced their latest series in its VAIO notebook lineup - the VAIO TT series. Sony says that these notebooks would be the world’s lightest with Blu-ray disc technology. TT notebook models weigh around 1.3kg and measures only an inch thick.

But certainly, being thin and lightweight are not all there are to the VAIO TT notebook series. TT units to be released later would have various features specific to each of the notebook models. The Sony VAIO TT notebook series also feature an 11.1-inch widescreen display powered by the XBRITE-DuraView LCD technology partnered with an energy-saving LED backlight.  In addition, there is an HDMI output connector for connecting the notebook to an HDTV.  These Sonys use Intel’s Centrino 2 inside which should help with power consumption.

In addition, the VAIO TT notebooks boast a dual channel 256GB solid state drive with RAID technology which enables users to have fast boot-up times, application launches and overall general performance. Other features include PC wireless Wide Area Network technology and a choice among the Windows OSs Vista and XP.

No word yet on a release date but the Sony VAIO TT notebook should cost around $2000-$2700 and will come in a variety of colors(carbon black, silk black, champagne gold and crimson red). 

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