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12th March 2007 Archive

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  • i-mate SPL Windows mobile phone

    Review It ain't heavy... in fact, it's rather lightweight

    Research in Motion has proved it's possible to pull off a consumer-pleasing candybar handset that still has business-friendly features. The SPL follows in those footsteps, and for once you won't be embarrassed pulling it out of your pocket. Perhaps i-mate could have been a little more choosy with the name. Aside from the …

    Phones 12 Mar 2007, 09:02

  • Intel Core 2-based Pentiums to ship 3 June?

    Celeron 400 series too

    Intel's Core 2 Duo-derived Pentium E2000 series will debut on 3 June, it has been claimed. So too will the Celeron 400 series, the Core 2-based budget processor line. Expect two Pentium Es, says Chinese-language site HKEPC: the 1.6GHz E2140 and the 1.8GHz E2160. Both contain 1MB of L2 cache and sit on an 800MHz frontside bus …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Mar 2007, 10:44

  • Intel prices up updated Core 2 Duos, Quads

    Steering into the mainstream

    Just how much is Intel planning to charge for its revamped Core 2 Duo desktop processors, due Q3? Not as much as you might expect, it would seem, if the latest information coming from motherboard-maker moles is to be believed. We've reported before that Core 2 Duos supporting a frontside bus clock of 1333MHz are due to ship …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Mar 2007, 11:11

  • T-Mobile UK posts MDA Mail smart phone

    Back in BlackBerry

    T-Mobile UK has made its BlackBerry-like MDA Mail smart phone available to buyers, pitching the quad-band, QWERTY keyboard equipped handset with its Web'n'Walk data tariff for no more than £70. The device - better known, perhaps, as the HTC S620 'Excalibur' - weighs in at 130g and measures 11.6 x 6.3 x 1.3cm. In addition to …

    Phones 12 Mar 2007, 11:47

  • Asus highlights super-slim wireless PDA

    Four years ago, Asus introduced what it claimed was the world's thinnest PDA, the MyPal A620. The company has just launched the device's successor in all but name: the A626, an "exceptionally thin" model with Wi-Fi wireless connectivity. The A620 still has the edge on thickness: it was just 1.3cm front-to-back, compared to …

    Phones 12 Mar 2007, 12:33

  • EU consumer chief roasts Apple

    Rip, mix, re-rip, type

    The European Union's Bulgarian 'commissioner for consumers', Meglena Kuneva, has hit out at the Balkanised world of digital music. "Do you think it's fine that a CD plays in all CD players but that an iTunes song only plays in an iPod? I don't. Something has to change," she has told German weekly Focus. An EU spokesperson …

    Media players 12 Mar 2007, 12:49

  • Intel to update gaming CPU sooner than thought?

    Mid-year speed bump

    Intel will update its four-core Core 2 Extreme line-up sooner than expected, if the latest roadmap reports coming out of Asia are to be believed. They claim the successor to the 2.66GHz QX6700 will ship in Q3. The new chip is the 2.93GHz QX6800, which will run on an 1066MHz frontside bus and contain 4MB of L2 cache, according …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Mar 2007, 13:00

  • BenQ punts post-BenQ Mobile handset

    BenQ is clearly putting the BenQ Mobile bankruptcy debacle behind it if it's willing to put out a new handset under the BenQ-Siemens brand. Enter the E81, described as an "sleek, ultra-compact [and] affordable" 3G handset.   The curvy E81's just 10cm tall and weighs a mere 90g. The screen's a 1.8in, 176 x 220, 262,144-colour …

    Phones 12 Mar 2007, 16:18

  • Intel 'Robson' Flash cache reborn as USB unit

    Updated Not just for laptops now, too

    Intel has become the latest chip maker to offer a Flash-based solid-state hard drive, though it's pitching the part not as a replacement for magnetic hard disk storage but as an adjunct to it. The unwieldy named Z-U130 Value Solid-State Drive will be offered in 1, 2, 4 and 8GB capacities. Each card connects to the host …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Mar 2007, 17:51

  • MacBook goes up in flames

    Suitable for BBQ marshmallow roasting

    In the latest episode of The Laptop Infernos, a MacBook user is reporting his laptop came close to burning his house down after the battery exploded and burst into flames. The MacBook, which was less than a year-old, was charging with the lid shut when it spontaneously ignited at about three in the morning while the user and his …

    Mac 12 Mar 2007, 23:34