Seagate and Samsung — not exactly rivals in every facet, but certainly not buddy-buddy in the storage realm. These two have been attempting to one-up each other for as long as platters have been stacked within 3.5-inch HDD enclosures (and before, probably), but they’re putting their differences aside today and announcing a tag-team arrangement meant to jointly develop controller technology for enterprise SSDs. Under the newfangled agreement, the two mega-corps will work hand-in-hand and cross-license related controller technologies for solid state drive devices, with a goal to increase reliability and endurance for use in business environments. Curiously enough, the companies didn’t hand out any press imagery nor any specific details about what future devices would be emerging from the partnership; and yeah, we’re also wondering which logo is going to end up splashed across the packaging. While this may all seem distanced from you and your laptop at the moment, it’s surely just a matter of time before enterprise demands become consumer demands. Right, fellas? Continue reading Samsung and Seagate to jointly improve SSDs, give each other noogies behind the barn Samsung and Seagate to jointly improve SSDs, give each other noogies behind the barn originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
There’s nothing outwardly different about the new iMacs Apple just released last Tuesday, but the hardware underneath that familiar aluminum chassis has gotten faster — particularly on the low end, where a new 3.06GHz Intel Core i3 processor and discrete ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics chip have taken over for the previous gen’s 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo and integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400m. That’s a big boost — Apple claims the new version is some 50 percent faster — and so we actually turned down the hot-rod 27-inch 2.93GHz Core i7 iMac in favor of a stock $1,199 21.5-inch Core i3 when it came time to pick up a review unit. We wanted to see just how much bang Apple’s delivering for the entry-level buck, and we weren’t disappointed when the tests came back. Read on for the full review! Continue reading iMac (mid 2010) Core i3 review iMac (mid 2010) Core i3 review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Looking for something a bit more basic (and less expensive) than Lenovo’s A300 series of all-in-one PCs? Then you might want to consider the company’s IdeaCentre B305 , which is now finally shipping after making its debut back in May. It’ll set you back just $699, which will get you a 21.5-inch, 1920 x 1080 multitouch display, a 2.7GHz AMD Athlon II X2 235e AM3 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, and a DVD burner, among other standard fare — higher-end configurations are also available, of course, and top out at $949. Lenovo’s multitouch IdeaCentre B305 all-in-one now shipping originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
2-Bay Alloy 3.5-inch External Hard Drive Enclosure (SATA, FW800, FW400, USB2, UK) by GMAX (5) Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 14 May 2010 Buy new: £9.99 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Hot Future Releases in Electronics & Photo list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.)
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It’s approaching mid 2010 and you know what’s missing. Jetpacks. Jetpacks and those 30-inch and larger OLED TVs we were promised . Hell, the largest OLED TV available for retail currently is only 15-inches… if you can both find and afford it. Now OLEDNet claims that Samsung Mobile Display — you know, the cellphone OLED guys — is purchasing equipment in preparation for bringing its 5.5 generation facility on-line in the first half of 2011. That should give Samsung the ability make 42-inch AMOLED TVs on a trial basis by the end of the twenty-eleven. But with relatively cheap LCDs steadily closing the gap on AMOLEDs size, contrast, and power savings advantages, well, we’ll believe it when we see the first big screen OLED TVs in our living rooms. And with 3D LCDs (and plasmas) all the rage amongst distracted and financially-vested television manufacturers, we don’t see that happening anytime soon. Samsung preparing for 42-inch OLED TV trials in 2011? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 06:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
You know you can’t stop talking about (or showing off ) the Dell Streak / Mini 5 ? Company CEO Michael Dell , that’s who. The man once again returned with his Android -powered 5-inch display of choice, showing it off on stage at the Citrix Synergy conference this morning. Sure, we’ve seen the handset ad nauseum at this point — we’re even a proud owner of one prototype — but here’s the quote that piqued our interest: “this [phone] will be available starting next month, first with our partner 02 Telefonica [sic] in Europe, then later this summer with our pretty good partner here in the United States, AT&T.” He couldn’t be much more direct, and we couldn’t get it from a more knowing source. Excited for the near future yet? Dell CEO: Streak coming next month to Telefonica O2, ‘later this summer’ to AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Enterprise solid state drives aren’t typically our foray, but when they support SATA 6G , we pay attention. It also doesn’t hurt when they sport a fantastic name. The SATAsfaction drives from Accelerated Memory Production (AMP) have both Sandforce controllers and the speedy ports to match, alongside 12 byte per sector ECC error correction and TRIM support. Still, they’re not the fastest SSDs around, clocking in at only 260MB / sec reads and 150MB / sec writes, but they do have SLC flash memory for likely higher reliability than the current speed demon . No pricing or availability yet, but SLC NAND is pretty expensive stuff… so unless you’re buying for a corporation with a large bankroll, better count on waiting for the cheaper Devo version. Continue reading (You can’t get no) SATAsfaction 6Gbps SSDs (yet) (You can’t get no) SATAsfaction 6Gbps SSDs (yet) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
As usual with OLED displays , we’re taking one step forward only to find there are hundreds more to go. LG has today officially announced a new $226 million investment in its OLED production facilities, which will markedly expand its ability to churn out ultrathin canvases of wonder. The not so good news, however, is that this production line is still being built — with a planned activation in the third quarter of 2010 — and the effects of the new cash infusion will not be felt until the second half of next year. Should you have the patience to endure such protracted roadmaps, you should be seeing a lot more from LG in the mobile display space — where Samsung currently holds the technological lead with its Super AMOLED screens — as well as the luxury TV market that already counts the 15-inch 15EL9500 among its numbers. The Korean manufacturer describes OLED screens as one of its “new growth engines,” alongside e-paper and solar cells, so even if we may consider development slow, it’s looking increasingly likely that OLED TVs will eventually make their way into the mainstream. LG Display set to triple OLED production capacity with $226m facility expansion originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
