Posts by: Stefan Etienne

An Exclusive: Why Core i5 Is Not In The New Macbook Pro 13-inch

With today’s announcement of the new Macbook Pro line, the 15-inch and 17-inch models now either sport new Core i5 or Core i7 processors, but the Macbook Pro 13-inch, which is in fact the most popular Mac sold by Apple is still sticking to a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo. You might be asking yourself, “Why”? After speaking to Tim Bajarin from Creative Strategies at Apple, we have the full scoop as to how it’s excluded from the new Macbook Pro, as well as how Apple engineers could actually do it in the future. Read on past the break!
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Entire HTC Incredible spec sheet flies away from the arms of Verizon

It’s the most leaked of all leaked smartphones of this leaky year. The HTC Incredible gets its name simply because it really is incredible. It’s officially coming out on April 29th exclusively on Verizon Wireless’ 3G speeds. And once more for you dear readers, I’ll repeat the official specs:

  • Android 2.1 with the new Sense UI
  • 1Ghz Snapdragon processor (downclocked to 768Mhz)
  • 8 megapixel camera with dual-flash
  • 3.7″ WVGA (800×480) AMOLED screen
  • 8GB internal storage but with 512 ROM later on in the spec sheet, so it’s a little confusing.
  • 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
  • Flash Lite 4.0
  • All of the Google Experience apps (Gmail, Google Maps Navigation, Calendar, YouTube, Search, etc.)

Our friends at Boy Genius Report have the full spec sheet that’s longer than your arm, so head over there to feast your eyes on leaked Verizon documents, if that’s your thing (it has to be, right?).

Source: BGR

New Macbook Pro lines get spec’d up with Core i5 and Core i7, plus extras

Finally! Jumping the gun and going straight to the news: the Macbook Pro line has been refreshed featuring Core i5 and Core i5 processors. The basic Macbook Pro 13-inch comes with 4GB of RAM, 320GB, and a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, but the 15-inch and 17-inch models are Core i5 and Core i7 for the record. Also, the higher-end models grab the Nvidia GeForce GT 330M graphics with Optimus switching, meaning that web browsing will be the lightest load of all time, and graphics speed will only be called in when you actually need it. While the 2.4Ghz and 2.66 Ghz Core 2 Duos with a claimed 10 hours of battery life in the 13-inch model definitely are to impress (hey, no Core i5 in the 13?), it’s the 15-inch and 17-inch ones that really count: Core i5 2.4GHz (520M), Core i5 2.53GHz (540M), and Core i7 2.66GHz (620M) processors come in the larger models, as well as the faster Nvidia 330M instead of the 13-inchers 320M. Also, Apple claims that you’ll get between 8 and 9 hours of battery life on these bad guys.

All models come with 4GB of sweet DDR3 RAM, 320GB hard drives and 500GB in higher-end ones, you have the stellar and tempting option of a 512GB SSD for $1,300. So to shoot it all down, the 15-incher gets the Core i7 and the 17-inch gets the Core i5. But let’s go to what this will all cost you, right? It’s $1,799 for the 15, $2,299 for the 17, and $1,199 for the 13. And Apple’s not done with you yet: a 1440 x 900 “glossy” display comes basic on the 15, a 1680 x 1050 glossy display goes for $100 more, and an anti-glare hi-res display for another $50 on top of that (making it $150 for a matte display). Everything’s up at the Apple Store with a shipping date of “24 hours” while the 13-inch model is delayed “2-4 days”. Awesome stuff, if you ask us. (Sans not having Core i5 in the 13, but still a great refresh).

Source: Apple

Opera Mini for iPhone Gets The App Store Approval. Whoa

Whoa. Like, whoaaa. Opera Mini for the iPhone has the blessings of Steve Jobs and Co. and should be up on the App Store within 24 hours, while some UK and Australian iPhone owners are already browsing the web on their new, speedy Opera Mini. The app will be so cheap that it’s free, and it’s amazing to see that Apple might just be opening up the the submission of apps, as well as not being such a dictator about them. Press release and promo video after the break. Consider this a win for the iPhone Nation.

Source: Opera

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How Will The HP Slate Wage War Against The iPad? I Think I Know How

It’s been a feature for months now. The HP Slate; a tablet (ahem, slate) with the brains of a conventional laptop, but the qualities of a true “iPad-killer” (or so it seems). Rumored for a launch early this summer, there’s a major question raised on how the HP Slate could redefine that “gap” between your laptop and smartphone. And here’s how.

The HP Slate will come in two configurations, that is in 32GB and 64GB versions, priced at $549 and $599 respectively (according to the numerous leaks). But space isn’t what’s important. In fact on any of the coming slates, whether it be the ExoPC, HP Slate, Notion Ink Adam, or even the Google Tablet. What will turn the consumer industry inside-out is software and simple but capable, good looking hardware. Take this short (or long if you understand it) example into perspective:

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Microsoft launches Kin 1 and Kin 2 phones on Verizon, coming in May

There they are. The Kin One and Kin Two. Both aimed at young whipper-snappers (like myself).  But this is a news report article, so let’s talk about the Kin series first. The Kin 1 (rumored as the “Turtle”), sports a QVGA screen, 5 megapixel camera, 4GB of built-in storage, a Zune music player, and a “one-handed” slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Kin 2 (rumored as the “Pure”) contains an 8 megapixel camera for HD recording, HVGA screen, 8GB of memory (which cannot be expanded on either of the devices), two-handed QWERTY, and the KIN operating system which borrows many elements from Windows Phone 7, except all more social oriented, and supposedly fitted for use on the tiny screens.

Microsoft KIN Announcement Gallery

The main homescreen, called “The Loop” will make you go loopy at how all over the place it is, which raises some questions on to how usable these phones really are. The first things that you see are contacts, Twitter feeds, Facebook, etc. where you can easily tap on them for access to them. The Zune music player works exactly like a Zune music player, that is to say large fonts and lots of slow-motion but cool scrolling. Both phones will also work with the Zune Pass, so technically this is as close as a Zune Phone you’re going to get. Both phones launch in May on Verizon for an undisclosed price.  These phones aren’t what you would call smartphone per se, but they are nice little feature phones which trick you into thinking they are. For example, both Kin phones don’t have a calendar app or an app store. You can check out the rest at Kin.com

Still I wouldn’t have any problems with reviewing them. Press release after the break, kiddies!

Oh, and I’d like to make it clear: “Kin” is not a cool name for a phone. But it’s very interesting.

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A proper myTouch Slide photo makes the rounds…with details

The above is a shot of the successor to the T-Mobile G1, aka the myTouch Slide. This little sport has a 4-row QWERTY slide-out, 1300mAHr battery, optical trackpad, camera with LED flash, a not-so-cool ARM11 processor, 3.5mm headset jack, microSD expansion slot, and a 320x480 screen resolution, which is almost considered blurry compared to newer Android phones which contain 800x480 AMOLED screens. Besides that sorry list of specs, there’s not much to desire here besides slightly updated touch-sensitive buttons, including a hippy-like Google search logo. Ah, good times.

[Thanks! RamboDroid]

Source: TmoNews

Going Once, Going Twice: Palm Is Now Up For Sale

It was an unfortunate and inevitable fate for Palm, makers of the Palm Pre and Pixi, as well as the graphically pleasing webOS platform. Bloomberg has reported that Palm has partnered with Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to find partners, and interestingly HTC and Lenovo are interested — Dell said “meh”. But if HTC rally does buy Palm, could they nearly jump over the lawsuit they have with patent Apple? Palm was the maker of the “original smartphone”. That is to say they practically made the idea of a “do-everything” phone popular. Because of that, they have more patents than HTC could possibly imagine, or at least important software and hardware-related ones that could allow HTC to slip past by any of Apple’s offensives.

The Bloomberg also says that Lenovo might want to buy Palm, too, however most dibs are on HTC right now. As for the webOS platform, I have several reasons to think that it will not survive this buyout, and many features of it might simply get incorporated into Sense UI Android phones like the EVO 4G. In the meantime, only time can tell who buys Palm, Inc.

Source: Bloomberg

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