drag2share: Toshiba's Dishing Out a 55-inch 3DTV with 4x the HD (And No Glasses!) [Televisions]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5873873/toshibas-dishing-out-a-55+inch-with-4x-the-hd-and-zero-glasses

If you have over $10,000 and a hunger for ludicrously high definition TVs, Toshiba's impending 55-inch predator is gunning for your wallet and cranium. 4k resolution is more spec candy than anything, but glasses-free 3D? Yes please.

If you want 3D, you'll have to do with a measly 720p, but 2D content will enjoy the beastly mega-resolution that smashes 1080p by a factor of four. Engadget says it'll arrive the first quarter of this year. So start saving. Let's hope CES has more headwear-eliminating 3D sets (and 4k resolution monsters). [Engadget via The Verge]

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drag2share: ASUS promises Windows 8 on ARM tablet, 3G Transformer Prime, 7-inch Eee Memo Pad

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/asus-windows-8-tablet-promised/

We're still days away from CES but the promises show no signs of slowing down. ASUS is the latest, hosting a Taipei event in which its representatives rattled off a long list of fabulous devices to whet your appetite. First up is a 3G version of the Transformer Prime, presumably boasting some more capable AGPS onboard. We're told the 7-inch Eee Memo Pad will be on display here at CES as well but, most interestingly, that a tablet running Windows 8 on ARM is coming a little further down the road. It's said to be at least similar in design to the Prime but an indicated release of late 2012 sadly leaves us wanting.

ASUS promises Windows 8 on ARM tablet, 3G Transformer Prime, 7-inch Eee Memo Pad originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Motorola teases wireless power, invites you to 'Stay Unplugged' (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/motorola-wireless-power-ces-2012/

Frowny-faced USB adapters? They're the future, says Motorola. The company has just posted a teaser video inviting us all to "Stay Unplugged," featuring an animated USB brick that will break your heart as it sheds a single tear. What does this mean? Wireless power is going to be a big part of the company's CES plans, we'd say, but we'll all have to wait and see the details. In the interim, don't feel bad for the poor thing. It is, after all, a vampire.

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Motorola teases wireless power, invites you to 'Stay Unplugged' (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Fusion-io breaks one billion IOPS barrier, pauses to congratulate itself

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/fusion-io-one-billion-iops-iodrive-duo-flash-storage-record/

Let's get a little perspective, shall we? Corsair's Force Series 3 SSD -- a wholly awesome product in its own right -- is capable of hitting around 85,000 IOPS. On a good day. Fusion-io has been pushing the NAND storage envelope for years now, but even its recently-unveiled ioDrives deliver between 700,000 and 900,000 IOPS. Today, however, the company's pausing to pat itself squarely on the back -- and rightfully so. It managed to achieve one billion input and output operations per second in a technology demonstration conducted at DEMO Enterprise: An Evening of Innovation.

We're told that it was during a preview of the company's latency reducing Auto Commit Memory (ACM) extension, part of the Fusion ioMemory subsystem, and that it's "rethinking how to provide powerful modern CPUs with the data they need through sophisticated software architectures." The demo utilized eight HP ProLiant DL370 servers, each equipped with eight ioDrive2 Duos, to break the one billion IOP barrier when transferring 64 byte data packets. 'Course, that'd probably cost you a few dozen years of work if you were to buy such a setup yourself, but hey -- at least someone's working to eliminate the mechanical drive sooner rather than later, right?

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Fusion-io breaks one billion IOPS barrier, pauses to congratulate itself originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Vizio's next market? Desktop and laptop PCs (Update: pictures!)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/vizio-desktop-laptop-pc/

Just when it seems like everyone is running away from the PC business, well known HDTV company Vizio has apparently decided that after dabbling in lightbulbs, it's a great time to get in. Chief Technology Officer Matt McRae revealed in an interview with Bloomberg that it will introduce two desktop all-in-ones and three notebooks at CES next week, the former which probably explain that sleek display it flashed during its 2012 Rose Bowl advertisement. As usual, the focus is on value pricing, as he promised they would arrive by June (we're still waiting on the phone from last year, we'll chalk up the missing high end TVs to Google TV delays for now) at prices that "don't seem possible". The desktops are expected to be 24- and 27-inch models, while the laptops are a standard 15-incher, along with 14- and 15-inch ultralight models. We'll get our hands on the new PCs as quickly as possible to see if they match up to the ultrabook competition, and if Vizio can finally provide a PC AIO we're truly interested in.

Update: Check the gallery below for actual pictures of all the models in the lineup (24-inch All-in-One PC, 27-inch All-in-One PC, 14-inch Thin + Light Notebook, 15.6-inch Thin + Light Notebook, 15.6-inch Notebook ), while we don't know how they'll run from here, they certainly have sleek -- and familiar -- designs. Also, if you think Vizio's forgotten its roots, think again (peep the wired subwoofer and remote idling by that 27-incher). Just like its Tablet featured universal IR control built-in, the tie-ins are getting deeper, according to comments in the Wall Street Journal there are plans to allow for second screen information on a laptop or PC on the same network as one of its smart TVs.

Gallery: Vizio Laptops, All-in-ones

Vizio's next market? Desktop and laptop PCs (Update: pictures!) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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