Canada Rogers’ Staff Going Through Curve 8520 Training Now
According to various reports, Rogers’ employees are now going through training for the BlackBerry Curve 8520. Since the staff is going through training now, we should see this smartphone launch early next month (October). You can wait for that or the Bold 9700 if you’re patient enough.
PSP Go Appearing Exclusively At Sony Style Stores
According to Sony Insider, they have spotted the PSP Go at Sony Style stores. In case they’re not in stores yet, apparently they will be in Sony Style stores exclusively starting tomorrow. Check out what they thought below.
“Oh my, I see an improved Mylo device I have back in my VAIO Dooney & Bourke messenger bag.” The engineers who stood behind the design of Mylo definitely shared some ideas with PSP hardware team in one of the backrooms. First thing that attracted me was the brightness of the screen (and I so smell the next gen PSP to have an OLED display), it was pretty crisp too and I did not notice the smaller size of the LCD at all compared to its older brother. The UI was fluid – something we are used to already, however I really liked the way you can switch between the Home menu to the screen saver menu. I asked if that same functionality will be ported to the older PSPs, however was told that it would stay exclusive to PSPgo. Reps also had a couple of games like Gran Turismo for PSP available to showcase.
Intel Launches Atom Developer Program, App Store On the Way
Apple started it all with their App Store and I give a lot of credit to them for doing that. It looks like even Intel is going to start their own app store in the future. They are kicking off their “Intel Atom Developer Program” which will “unlock a netbook’s potential while opening a new sales and distribution channel.” Those are just fancy words for an incoming app store.
Intel Shows Off Moblin 2.1 At IDF, Perfect For Multi-Tasking On Mobile Phones
Intel Shows Off Notebook Prototype With 3 Multi-Touch OLED Displays
Intel has just unveiled their latest notebook that will definitely be expensive, but it’ll definitely be awesome. This new notebook concept / prototype by Intel has three (yes, three) OLED displays right above the keyboard. “They can be used to play media without taking up space on the main display but can also interact with each other: a video queued in one can be played on the other. Content can also be dragged to and from the sub-displays as well as the main LCD.” We don’t know if / when this will hit the shelves, but if you’re really interested you should start saving your money now.
Intel Shows Off Pine Trail Atom CPU / GPU Hybrids At IDF
At IDF 2009, Intel has just announced their Pine Trail CPU / GPU hybrids, which will be in some netbooks next year since it’s part of Intel’s Atom line-up. Unfortunately, all they showed off was some measly 480p resolution video, but Intel did mention that it does have 780p capabilities “if pushed”. If you want 1080p playback it’ll cost you about $30 more for the Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator.
Engadget also mentioned that they also showed off “demo machines running 32nm Arrandale chips, with Intel’s Clear HD video playback system, and the next-gen Gulftown gaming chip, which has six cores and will slot right into your X58 mobo to provide more power than you possibly need sometime next year.” Excited yet?
[Engadget]
Samsung Dual-Slider M3310 Unveiled, Probably Headed To Asia First
Samsung looks like they’re ready to unleash another cell phone to the world – but probably Asia first. The Samsung M3310 will be a dual-slider handset. Slide it up and you’ll unveil the numeric keypad; slide it down and you’ll unveil some speakers, so that you can listen to your music while annoying everyone else around you. The M3310 has: a QVGA display, an FM radio, a 3.2MP camera, 40MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, and quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity. As of right now we don’t know the release details of this handset.
Samsung Go (N310) Netbook Hitting US Soon With 3G Integration
Samsung is finally looking to ship that Samsung Go (N310) netbook with 3G integration pretty soon. As of right now we don’t know which carrier in the US will be carrying the 3G-equipped netbook, but it could be coming about a month from now. This means that it could be pre-installed with Windows 7 Starter Edition. With all of the netbooks having Nvidia’s Ion nowadays, would this be something you’d be interested it? I know, I’m not. I’m going to have to play my StarCraft 2 on something.
Italy Now Taking Pre-Orders For Asus Eee PC’s With Pre-Installed Windows 7
In Italy, they are now taking pre-orders of Asus Eee PC’s (1005HA, 1008HA, 1101HA) with Windows 7 pre-installed. Fortunately, the HDDs are also a bit larger now that they have Windows 7 on it – 250GB for everyone. Check out the pre-orders for the 1005HA here, 1008HA here, and the 1101HA here.
Samsung InstinctQ M900 Android Handset Passes FCC, Sprint Announcement Coming?
Some good news for those Android / Samsung lovers out there. The InstinctQ M900 has just passed the FCC, so Sprint could be announcing this handset soon. The FCC lists that this handset will have: Bluetooth / WiFi support, CDMA / EV-DO connectivity, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard – obviously. Check out the official FCC listing here.
