Nobody outside of Apple’s core group of bigwigs and monocle-wearing Monopoly men knows exactly when the 3G iPhone will be released, but Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey has already been 1 for 1 with his surprisingly accurate prediction that the current generation iPhone will receive a simple size bump in Feburary. The relevance here is that with a strong track record, there may be significant weight to his claim that a new iPhone in the second half of 2008 “[will] have a similar form factor as the current version although it could have a different look and will probably include 3G capability.” That sounds fairly vauge, but he was the first to accuratly predict the update and comes from a reputable ilk, so perhaps there is some basing to his statement.
The June date is simply placed due to its proximity to Apple’s WWDC convention, where they unveiled the shipping date for the original iPhone. Many other sources are claiming a June date, so it is shaping up to be both a fairly reasonable estimate and a very likely outcome.
To summarize, you have about two months to sell your old iPhone on eBay before the 3G version comes rumbling along to kill your resale value.
The skinny is this - the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC comes in four flavors, running between $549 and $849.
Sporting an 8.9″ WXGA LCD, the UMPC 2133 is based on a Via Chrome 9 platform with VIA C7-M processors. Except for the $749 version, all the processors run at 1.2ghz. The full spec sheet is attached below.
The UMPC 2133 is set to land in stores around April 7th, so if these have caught your eye and the heavy weight is not enough to turn you off, it won’t belong before you can pick one of these little laptops up.
Editor’s Note - the weight and dimensions listed appear to be shipping weights and box sizes, not for the physical unit.
Engadget has the whole scoop right here
According to a questionable Japanese translation, the Toshiba ApriPoko robot responds to the things you do in your daily lifestyle and “learns,” through the processing and cataloging of infrared signals and voice commands, how to complete tasks on voice command.
The short version there is that once it learns your existing remote’s signal patterns, it acts as a voice activated universal remote with a slightly less daunting learning curve then the Logitech Harmony that you still haven’t opened.
Toshiba refused to comment on whether the diminutive robot possesses the ability to kill, so we’re going to err on the side of caution.
Asahi.com has the scoop, if you can deal with automated translations.
Proving once and for all that they are the king of super vague, maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t do anything press releases, Asus dropped this bomb on us.
“Taipei, Taiwan, March 21, 2008 – Catering to the new era in multimedia technology, ASUS, producer of high quality audio and visual solutions, has announced the new ASUS Splendid HD1 video enhance card. This astounding piece of hardware is able to increase picture quality for HD content to deliver sharper, more vividly colored visual outputs. It can even enhance lower resolution inputs by recovering image clarity when viewing legacy content for viewing on LCD TV or monitors; as well as provide true HDMI with audio and HDCP.”
While the actual function of the card (of some sort) is left to the imagination, this could be the next big thing in converting… something to something (seeing as their provided press picture doesn’t even have a HDMI port, or a VGA port for that matter.
The Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 is mostly desired by Sony fanatics and Zeiss lovers, but its hard to deny the appeal of a 24MP full frame sensor.
With little details, Masterchong.com offers an “August or September” release date and basic specs. This camera is expected to compete with Nikon’s current D3 and future D3x.
It should be hitting product counters sometime after Photokina.
Sony A900 pictured with optional battery grip and external flash.
Check out Masterchong for the full scoop and extra pictures.
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