Elgato Thunderbolt SSD

Thunderbolt, the high-speed port technology from Intel that so far appears only on Apple computers, just got a shot in the arm from Elgato with new portable solid-state drives. At the CES few weeks back, Elgato announced two models of its new Thunderbolt SSD. The $429.95 120GB model and the $699.95 240GB model will ship [...]

Plextor Releases 512GB SSD – M3 Pro

Plextor has shaken up the SSD market by announcing its new M3 Pro range of solid-state drives at this year’s CES. The 2.5-inch models squeeze into a 7mm-high shell, making them suitable for ultrabooks. The Plextor M3 Pro will be available in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB sizes. The Japanese component-maker will begin shipping the devices [...]

Corsair new SATA 3 SSDs

Corsair has revealed its newest solid-state drives – the 128 GB and 256 GB Performance Pro Series, which feature a 6GB per second interface and a metal casing. Their multilevel cell organisation and flash RAM chips unable them to reach speeds of 515 MB/s and 440MB/s for sequential reads and writes. These SATA 3 SSDs [...]

Another Slate running Windows XP – Motom M7

Meet the Motom M7 MID from China that is powered by the Intel Z510 processor that runs at 1.1GHz. This is a typical slate, which means that there is no keyboard and you will have to rely 100% on the on-screen keyboard or the bundled hand-writing recognition software to input data.

Other specs include a 7-inch 1024×600 touchscreen, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD, 1.3 mega-pixel camera, 2 USB ports and a 4800mAh battery to power the unit. Interestingly, there  is a tiny touchpad below the screen to control the mouse pointer. No words on its price and availability in US or EU.

HP DM1 now with 80GB SSD

HP is now offering the DM1 with 80GB solid state drive. However, that offer is currently available only in Japan. So, the final specs look like this:

• 11.6″ 1366 x 768 screen
• 1.2GHz Intel Celeron CULV SU2300
• 3GB RAM (5GB Max)
• 80GB SSD
• 802.11b/g WiFi
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 2 x USB, HDMI and VGA out, Ethernet, combo audio (mic + headphone) jack
• 5-in-1 card reader
• 6-cell battery (8 hours battery life)
• 1.5kg

In addition to the 80GB SSD bump, you also get 3GB RAM under the hood. The 80GB SSD DM1 carries a price tag of ¥74970 (US$834).

Onkyo BX 407A4 – Another re-branded Umid

Onkyo has announced BX 407A4 which is basically a re-branded Umid M2. In this cute device, you get an Intel Atom 1.2GHz processor. It comes with 512MB of RAM and a 32GB SSD for storage. It has good battery life of 7-hours.

Although equipped with a tiny 5-inch screen, it sports a mighty 1024×600 resolution which means the text should be really sharp on that little display. It will carry a price tag of $729.

Commentary: So after releasing one re-branded product yesterday, the Onkyo DX, which is actually a Kohjinsha DZ, here we have another re-branded product, the BX 407A4. Excuse my bluntness, but it is high time to churn out something original, not something with re-branded tag slapped upon

SSDs to become very important in year 2011

According to major memory industry players are of the views that SSDs to become very active in the PC market in 2011. Chipmakers are expected to switch over to new 20nm-class processes by then, and will also bring down its cost which will result in SSDs into important choice for low cost storage. In an event in Taipei, memory makers from Chinese and Taiwanese requested all companies to develop and standardize SSD specifications so that it can be challenged to core technologies currently controlled by major international vendors.

Q: Which is the fastest SSD in the world? A: Micron C300 with 6Gbps

Micron has launched the world’s fastest SSD (solid state drive), the RealSSD C300 that uses the SATA 6gbit/s interface which would give you upto 355MB/s of read speed and 215MB/s of write speed. That is mighty fast compared to what is available right now! Currently, the industry standard is SATA 3Gbit/s. This makes this new SSD almost 2 times as fast as the SSD based on previous interface.

The new SSD uses MLC Nand flash. The C300 will be available in two sizes: 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch and two capacitites: 128GB and 256GB. It will be in production in the first quarter of 2010

Thin Adamo XPS launched by Dell

Adamo XPS, an 13-incher just 9.9mm thick is the thinnest notebook in the market. Sporting very smart and stylish looks and costing $1799, this is something you will love to flaunt around.

The Adamo XPS has a Intel Core 2 Duo processor that runs at 1.4GHz, GS45 chipset, 4GB of DDR3 and a 128GB SSD. No matter how nice it looks, the biggest question is: will its design allow the user to use it on his lap?

Forget ARM Cortex A8! Meet AMD Super Mobile CPU

Looks like XP is immortal! We thought that the XP would finally meet its fate on Oct 22. After netbooks, it is now turn for the phones to get equipped with XP.

Meet the phone powered by AMD Super Mobile CPU. It has GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3G too. For storage, you can get upto 64GB of SSD storage which would certainly make the current iPhone 3GS owners a bit angry. You can get 1GB RAM (512MB version is available)

Compared to the fruit-phone, it has bigger display (4.8-inch) which means that it can easily be used as a MID. You get built-in WiFi and WiMax too. GPS is there too so that you don’t get lost.

Commentary: ARM Cortex, the CPU that is being used in iPhone and iPod Touch is, as its name implies, ARM based. Naturally, it is not x86 and thus cannot run Windows OS. However, AMD Super Mobile CPU is fully x86 compatible and runs Windows XP OS without a hitch!