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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Samsung MU200 caught on camera, begging for its screen to be touched

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/samsung-mu200-caught-on-camera-begging-for-its-screen-to-be-tou/

Somehow we missed giving the Samsung MU200 a groping at CES, and we're pretty sure we'd forgive ourselves for that if NewGadgets.de hadn't caught some pretty incomplete video of the 20-inch touchscreen all-in-one. Though it has some responsive touch buttons, we've got no idea how its multitouch display performs since the German-chap forgot to test it out. We know CES can be an exhausting time, but we're not sure how you forget to try out the most important part of the machine (there's even a big cartoon finger demanding onlookers to touch it!). But we do learn from the video that the system packs a 2.2GHz Intel Pentium T4400 processor, 2GB of RAM, 320GB of storage, and GeForce G310 graphics and that it got a fair share of ports along the backside and an optical drive on its right side. For now we'll just be left wondering what's its like to drag our fingers over that digital fish pond, and if the MU200 will making it past the Korean market. Hit the break for the video.

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Samsung MU200 caught on camera, begging for its screen to be touched originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HP shows off 'wall of touch' concept, touching optional

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/hp-shows-off-wall-of-touch-concept-touching-optional/

We're not quite sure why HP didn't bother setting one of these up at CES, but the company's so-called "wall of touch" is apparently already in use by a handful of companies in prototype form, and HP has now shown it off to The Wall Street Journal. Interestingly, while you're welcome to touch the wall all you want, you don't actually have to, as it makes use of a camera-based system and a magnetic strip to detect where you're pointing and when you near the wall. Of course, HP is mostly pitching this one towards companies intending to use these in public spaces (Continental Airlines has one of the first at the Houston Airport), but HP does say that if there's enough interest it will turn it into a "mainstream product" -- albeit a mainstream product that costs anywhere from "a couple thousand dollars" to $100,000 for something with more advanced features like HD video conferencing. Head on past the break for a quick video overview.

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HP shows off 'wall of touch' concept, touching optional originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba's Intel Wireless Display-supporting Satellite E205 now shipping for $900

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/toshibas-intel-wireless-display-equipped-satellite-e205-now-shi/

CES is great and all, but one of the bones we choose to pick with the show is the typically long gap between the Vegas introduction and the mass market ship date. Thankfully for us, Toshiba has no interest in keeping us waiting for one of the world's first Intel Wireless Display-equipped (or WiDi, as it were) laptops. The Satellite E205 -- which comes stocked with a 2.53GHz Core i5-430M processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a dual-layer DVD writer, 14-inch display (1,366 x 768 resolution), 500GB hard drive and a Netgear Push2TV wireless display adapter -- is now shipping from Best Buy. Of course, you'll have to deal with integrated Intel graphics, but the inbuilt wireless display technology, multicard reader, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Ethernet jack and media buttons are nice inclusions when you consider the respectable $899.99 price point. So, what's the hesitation?

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Toshiba's Intel Wireless Display-supporting Satellite E205 now shipping for $900 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple finally brings official Windows 7 support to Boot Camp

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/apple-finally-brings-official-windows-7-support-to-boot-camp/

Either Apple isn't operating on the Gregorian calender, or these updates are just straight-up late. Either way, we're pretty stoked to see the suits in Cupertino finally wise up and allow Microsoft's best OS ever to work on its machines, as it has today issued new Boot Camp software (v3.1) for both 32-bit and 64-bit users of Windows 7. The updates add native support for Win7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate, and in case that wasn't enough, they also fix "issues" with the Apple trackpad and add support for Apple's wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse. You'll also find model-specific drivers floating around to add even more support, and the Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7 Upgrade is said to "safely unmount the read-only Macintosh volume on Windows Vista" when upgrading from Vista to Windows 7. Hit those links below for all the bits and bytes that you've been so desperately waiting for.

Apple finally brings official Windows 7 support to Boot Camp originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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