Features5 Most Awesome Things at CES
Posted 01/14/09 at 10:00:00 AM by Norman Chan
1. Palm Pre is All Win
Finally, someone has announced an iPhone killer that we can all get behind. The Palm Pre surprised everyone at CES with its best-of-all-worlds specs and features. We’re talking about a multi-touch phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a truly innovative web-integrated user interface.
Early impressions indicate a really smooth and fast interface and web-browsing experience, with all the productivity and media features that we’ve come to expect from a modern smartphone. It’s as if Palm designers made a list of everything that was lacking from the iPhone and made a point to incorporate it here. Real GPS, MMS messaging, USB port, and removable battery lets Palm blow a raspberry at the competition. Copy and paste is just gravy. But too bad it won’t be converting iPhone users anytime in the near future – the Pre is a Sprint exclusive.
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NewsHands-on with Asus's 18.4" Gaming Laptop and New Netbooks
Posted 01/09/09 at 02:30:39 PM by Norman Chan
Asus is here in full force at CES, showing off their vast selection of netbooks and notebooks. We darted straight to the systems that featured the most updates to existing lineups, including the 1000HE, S121, and 101H tablet. We also got our hands on Asus's newly announced W90Vp gigantic gaming laptop. 18.4 inches comes close to Dell and HP's record of 20.1 inches in their previous lap crushers, and is still too unwieldy, in our opinion. Still, we admire the effort and can't help but be awed by the alleged 15000+ 3DMark 2006 score in this "portable" beast.
Much more after the jump!
NewsCES 2009: Opera Flaunts Device 9.7 SDK, Browsing on Wii Expected to Improve
Posted 01/08/09 at 08:14:18 AM by Pulkit Chandna
It took nearly the whole of last year for Opera Software to develop version 9.7 of its Device SDK. Now that the SDK is ready, Opera has decided to flaunt it blithely at CES. Among the major additions to the SDK is Opera Link, which “continuously synchronizes your bookmarks and Speed Dial between any computers, mobile phones and now devices.”
The future of the internet is in providing an experience that traverses various platforms and so Opera has made a decent start with Opera Link. Cnet expects the Opera Device 9.7 SDK to shine brightest on the Wii’ Internet Channel as it will allow Wii users to easily circumvent the console’s tedious input method.
The 9.7 SDK also brings along a much smoother hardware accelerated version of Opera Zoom. The SDK is available to all device manufactures interested in offering an enhanced internet experience on their devices.
FeaturesCES 2009 Keynote Liveblog
Posted 01/07/09 at 08:30:00 PM by Will Smith
Team Maximum PC is here at the Venetian hotel/casino in Las Vegas, attending the Microsoft CES keynote. This will be the first keynote since Bill Gate's retirement, and Steve "Developers! Developers! Developers!" Ballmer is filling in to kick off the conference. This is Microsoft's chance to wow techies after Apple dropped the ball yesterday with its decidedly unspectacular MacWorld keynote. Windows 7 will undoubtedly be the hot topic of tonight's presentation, but we're hoping for a few surprises as well. Ballmer has also historically been an energetic and entertaining speaker, so we know we're in for a good show, at least. Keep your eyes peeled on MaximumPC.com and this liveblog page for all the latest updates!
Read on to see what Microsoft has to announce at CES 2009!
NewsToshiba Updates Qosmio and Satellite Laptop Lines
Posted 01/07/09 at 07:11:38 PM by Pulkit Chandna
Toshiba has expanded its Qosmio and Satellite laptop families. Up first is the new Qosmio X305-Q725 that has been designed keeping the gamer in mind. The notebook has a 17-inch display and derives all its muscle from an Intel Core 2 Quad processor and its NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX GPU. As for storage, it has a 64GB SSD. The design is unpalatable and nearly every sensible man can be expected to bristle at its very sight. The ugly Qosmio can be yours for $2,699.99 only.
Toshiba has also unveiled a 15-inch budget notebook under its Satellite sub-brand with a price tag of $549. The Satellite L305-S5921 is a no-frills notebook with a T3400 Pentium processor, 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM, a 160GB HDD and 128MB of Intel integrated graphics.
The Satellite E105-S1402 is the third notebook to have been launched. It has a 14-inch display, an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor, 320GB HDD, 4GB memory and 320GB HDD. It is available now for 1,199.
Lastly, Toshiba has also rolled out customized color lids for many of its Protégé family of notebooks.
NewsHow Will CES be Affected by the Recession?
Posted 01/06/09 at 03:41:39 PM by Andy Salisbury
In this tough economy just about everyone is feeling the strain. Car companies, internet business and the computer manufacturing industry have all felt pressure from the dwindling U.S. dollar, and because of this it’s expected that CES won’t be the monument that it has been in previous years.
CES 2009 is reporting that only 130,000 people will be attending this year’s show, down from the 141,000 that attended last year. The exhibitors aren’t showing up with the same force either, down from last year’s 3,000 to 2,700. Supposedly, there’s still plenty of room left at some of Vegas’ more convenient hotels, something that was blasphemy in past years.
It’s expected that this year’s show will mostly contain green gadgets, aimed at a frugal crowd. Items such as netbooks and OLED displays are expected to dominate just about every booth.
NewsNew Flexible OLED Screen Demoed, Designed to be Worn Around Wrist
Posted 01/06/09 at 02:09:35 PM by Andy Salisbury
The Universal Display Corporation (UDC) has finally started handing out details about their wrist-worn, flexible OLED prototype that they’ve been building with assistance from the US Department of Defense.
The 4-inch OLED screen will be meant for military servicemen in the near future. But, as you can see, the prototype still has plenty of work that needs to be done. UDC does plan to bring a working version with them to CES, allowing the curious public a hands-on chance with the OLED future. We’ll be sure to keep an eye out.
News"Thin is In," Says Lenovo with its New "Y" Series IdeaPads
Posted 01/06/09 at 01:28:19 PM by Mark Edward Soper
Don't want to trade power and and versatility for light, thin, portability? Lenovo says, 'Why should you?' with its new Y-series IdeaPad laptops. The new IdeaPad Y series features three different models, all of which include:
- 16x9 HD screens
- Up to 500GB hard disks
- Lenovo OneKey Theater display and sound effects settings to optimize gameplay or movie watching
- Intel processors
- Up to 4GB of DDR3 memory
- VeriFace facial recognition technology
- OneKey Rescue system recovery
- Multi-touch touchpad
Optional features include NVIDIA GFX graphics and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.
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