Thursday, August 27, 2009

MSI's Wind Top AE2010: A 20-incher With More Grunt than Atom Nettops [PCs]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/HHZQzeswhPE/msis-wind-top-ae2010-a-20+incher-with-more-grunt-than-atom-nettops

The AE2010 improves on the AE1900 pretty much where it counts. The Atom CPU has been ditched for a faster Athlon X2 3250e, the memory and storage increased (4GB and 320GB, respectively), and the larger 20-inch touchscreen now does 1600-by-900.

That's not crazy high-def by any means, but all up, the AE2010 looks pretty good for $649. Compared to other all-in-ones that is. I mean, you can get pretty good laptops for that much, and cheap desktops are more upgradable. Still, those options may not have same touchy-feely (Apple Cinema display-like) good looks. [MSI]




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Mystery Android MID found out to be Rockchip-built concept, caught on video

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/mystery-android-mid-found-out-to-be-rockchip-built-concept-caug/

We've been playing hide and seek with this peskily mysterious Android MID for a few weeks now, and it looks like at last some light has been shed on the situation. The device is actually just a concept built by Rockchip to display its new RK2808 chipset, which is capable of decoding 720p and apparently squeezing into incredibly attractive, Apple-aping form factors. There's some action video which reveals that the hardware perhaps isn't so capable of pumping a smooth web browsing experience to its 5-inch screen, but sometimes you can forgive a bit of clunky when faced with this much sexy. No word on plans to put the RK2808 into a real product, but it sure seems off to a nice, buzz-filled start. Video is after the jump, but you'd better be prepared to rock out.

[Via pocketables]

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Posted by Augustine at 7:00 AM

MSI debuts Wind Top All-in-One AE2010 desktop

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/msi-debuts-wind-top-all-in-one-ae2010-desktop/


MSI's just announced the Wind Top All-in-One AE2010 desktop -- a step up from the previous AE1900. The 20-incher boasts a 1600 x 900 touchscreen, an AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core CPU (an improvement over its previous Atom 230 / 330), onboard ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card, 4GB of DDRII 533MHz SDRAM, a 320GB hard drive, 6 USB ports, and a 4-1 card reader. This bad boy has a starting price of $649.99, and will be available next month.

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Posted by Augustine at 6:59 AM

Sanyo releases LP-XU106, the brightest projector under 4 kilograms

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/sanyo-releases-lp-xu106-the-brightest-projector-under-4-kilogra/


Sanyo's just announced a new projector, the LP-XU106. The projector weighs in at 3.4 kilograms, making it what the company calls the brightest projector in its weight class. And it is pretty bright -- at 4,500 lumens and a contrast ratio of 1,000:1. It also boasts Sanyo's "Easy Setup Function" to help out the projecting novices. The LP-XU106 will be available on November 20th, but there's no word on pricing as of yet. We'll keep you posted on that one.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Google makes over a million public domain books available in EPUB format

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/google-makes-over-a-million-public-domain-books-available-in-epu/


The deal may have first been announced somewhat quietly last month, but now that Sony's come out with what's arguably its most attractive e-reader to date, the availability of over a million public domain books in the Sony-friendly EPUB format is sure to garner a fair bit more attention. As Google announced on its Inside Google Books blog, those books are now all available for download starting today and are, of course, completely free and able to be used on the EPUB-supporting device of your choice. The move also takes on a particular prominence in light of Google's recent fight with Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon and the Open Book Alliance, who have taken issue with Google's settlement with book publishers and authors that would give it the right to digitize orphan works and make the now out-of-print (but non-public domain) books widely available.

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