CES 2012
A Cheaper Way to 4K: Intel’s Collage Driver If you heard my recent rant on Podcast 13, my main beef was with the state of monitors to the end user. With 5 inch 1080p screens becoming the norm, finding a monitor that could show above 1920x1080 in anything less than 27” was quite rare. An idea thrown around in the Podcast was to place four 1080p 10” tablet screens in a 2x2 arrangement and sell it as a monitor, even if consistency between panels was an issue – this would give 4K in 20”, a form factor that Panasonic showcased at CES with a tablet (albeit with a single substrate). Thus the only way to get 4K on a home system would...
MSI's Z77 Ivy Bridge Motherboards at CES, Now With Thunderbolt Support
Ivy Bridge is apparently on track for an early Q2 release so it's no surprise that we're starting to see 7-series motherboards at CES. Although Ivy Bridge should be...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
CES 2012 Nvidia Press Conference
We're at the Nokia press conference now where Jen-Hsun Huang just took the stage to talk about tablets, automotive, and what's in store in 2012 for Nvidia. Nvidia views...
4 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012
ASUS' VA278Q: 27-inch 2560 x 1440 IPS Display Due Out This Year
ASUS just showed me their first 27-inch 2560 x 1440 IPS panel (pictured above). Pricing and availability are both unknowns although I am hearing 2H 2012 may be likely...
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF700T: Hands On with ASUS' 1920 x 1200 Tablet running ICS 4.0.3
I just met with ASUS where I got to play with the newly announced Transformer Prime TF700T. If you missed this morning's announcement the major changes are a new...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Nokia Announces Lumia 900 with AT&T LTE
We're live at the Nokia CES press conference where the Finnish smartphone manufacturer has finally officially announced the Lumia 900 with LTE in tow. We'll be updating with more...
4 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012
ASUS Eee PC Flare 1205C/1205CE, X101CH, and 1225B
A few weeks ago, Intel updated their Atom platform with the launch of Cedar Trail, the successor to Pine Trail. While CPU performance isn’t likely to have changed much—we’re...
10 by Jarred Walton on 1/9/2012
Verizon Announces Jetpack - Two new LTE-enabled WiFi Hotspots
Recently, Verizon made some waves by EOLing its entire LTE data card and personal portable hotspot line. It was pretty much obvious at that point that replacements would be...
2 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012
Motorola Announces Droid 4 with LTE, RAZR MAXX
It has been just 5 months since the launch of the Motorola Droid 3, and today at day 0 on CES, Motorola has announced its 4G LTE-enabled replacement, the...
8 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012
AT&T and HTC Announce HTC Titan II with 16 MP Camera
HTC CEO Peter Chou took the stage at AT&T's developer conference keynote, and held up the HTC Titan II - AT&T's first LTE WP7 device. This comes just a...
11 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012
Samsung Galaxy Note Joining AT&T's Stables
Ahead of their keynote, Samsung and AT&T announced that they would be the first North American carrier to sell Samsung's Phone/Tablet mash-up, the Galaxy Note. Featuring a 5.3" HD...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/9/2012
ION Audio Expands iCade Lineup with iCade Core, iCade Mobile, and iCade Jr.
ION Audio's iCade, the faux-retro Bluetooth arcade cabinet for the iPad and iPad 2, is getting some company this year: the company is currently showing off the new iCade...
1 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/9/2012
ASUS Zenbook UX Series, Now in Pink
Out of all of the launched Ultrabooks, we like ASUS' Zenbook UX21 and UX31 the best. While ASUS doesn't have any major Ultrabook announcements at CES, it is updating...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Intel's Functional Nikiski Concept PC: Transparent Touchpad Doubles as a Screen Window
Intel talked about the Nikiski concept PC at Computex last year. The concept is simple: replace the palm rest and touchpad on a notebook with a transparent strip with...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
ASUS' Transformer Prime TF700T: Improves Wireless, Adds 1920 x 1200 Panel, Available in Q2
ASUS just announced an updated version of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the TF700T. The new tablet keeps the same form factor, dimensions, screen size and weight of the...
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Live at the AT&T Developer Conference Keynote
We're live at the AT&T Developer Conference keynote where CEO Ralph De La Vega is making announcements about the company's plans and new devices for 2012. Unfortunately our view...
0 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012
Intel Sort of Demonstrates Ivy Bridge Graphics at CES 2012
Intel's Mooly Eden just ran through a couple of demos running on Ivy Bridge based Ultrabooks. The first demo was a real time Havok render of a troll. The...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Zotac's ZBOX AD04 Gives HTPC Users an AMD E-450 APU
If you'd rather have a Brazos based mini HTPC than something that uses Cedar Trail, Zotac has you covered with the ZBOX AD04. Equipped with an AMD E-450, the...
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Elgato's Thunderbolt SSD: Bus Powered, 120/240GB, Available in February
Elgato sent over info on its brand new Thunderbolt SSD available in February in 120GB and 240GB capacities. There's no word on the controller inside. If I had to...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
OCZ Scores an Ultrabook Design Win for Everest: LG Super Ultrabook Z300
OCZ is on a roll at CES this year. It just announced LG's Super Ultrabook Z300 will ship with a 256GB mSATA Indilinx Everest based SSD. I'm still trying...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Zotac's Cedar Trail ZBOX ID80 Uses Discrete GPU
Intel announced its 32nm Atom platform for netbooks/nettops at the end of last year. Codenamed Cedar Trail the new Atom doesn't really change CPU performance all that much but...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
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