Feb 23
If eight Android phones are not enough for Motorola’s execs, then maybe 11 are good enough? Three unknown devices passed through the FCC last week with FCC IDs IHDP56KZ1 and IHDP56KZ2. The KZ1 model comes with quad band GSM and 3G support for T-Mobile, along with Bluetooth 2.1. The second model, the KZ2, comes with quad band GSM and 3G support for AT&T. Both phones include 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1, and seem to be the same smartphone, likely running Android, but on different networks. As for the third, it support CDMA EVDO and Bluetooth via IHDT56LC1, with the model number WX404. Otherwise there’s not much to go by, and these 3 handsets are probably a few of 20 that Motorola plans to release this year, if you remember (or more precisely, if you read LaptopMemo). Either way, here are the FCC IDs, which a couple of have been pulled down, unusually enough. Now onto more searching….
FCC IHDP56KZ1
FCC IHDP56KZ2
FCC IHDT56LC1
[Thanks! Benjamin]
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Feb 22
Well, well, well. What do we have here? Some final (and official) press shots for the upcoming ExoPC Slate. Complete with Windows 7 and the ExoPC UI layer, Intel Atom processor, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, a 8.9-inch LED 1024 x 600 screen with multitouch, 32GB SSD, SD card reader, 802.11 b/g Wi-FI and Bluetooth, 3 USb ports, 3G card slot, audio in/out, and LAN/VGA. To top off this iPad-killer there’s even a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera. We’ll be reviewing this beast when it comes out. In the meantime for your drooling pleasure here’s the new site that ExoPc just put up. [ExoPC]
[Thanks, Jean!]
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Feb 03
With all of the buzz surrounding the M11x, the smaller sibling of the Alienware gaming notebook line, the M15x had to eventually come in and show which notebook can really perform. The Alienware M15x is all about power. And only power. It weighs a full 9 pounds with a 9-cell battery installed. And a side note for you all: you’ve probably read a thousand reviews of the M15x with a Core i7 processor, but have you ever read one with a 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7? Not many of those for sure. That’s why it’s the most powerful (and awesome looking) ever featured on LaptopMemo. Full review of course is after the jump.
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Jan 31
A leak by ai.rs blog showcases that the HTC Legend will be available in an aluminum casing, and not only in that green overall. A quick recap of the specs is in the image after the break. An interesting thing is that HTC is planning to make the optical trackpad found on the Legend the same as the Bravo, and it will be a sort of standard. It only makes me want to know more details about the Legend, and of course that means finding a way of getting more intel.
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Jan 04
The first laptop to arrive here at LaptopMemo is a slim one, or in other words, and Macbook Air look-alike. The MSI X600 is one slim, mean, powerful machine, with 1366 x 768 pixels gracing its very well-lit 15.6-inch screen. This review unit sent in by MSi is in all-clad black, with silver accents for the logos. Besides the well-lit glossy screen it packs in a 1.4 Ghz Intel ULV processor, Windows 7 Home Premium, 4 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard drive, and an ATi Radeon HD 4330 graphics card, which so far can move its way through some (casual and sometimes demanding) games. It’s going to go through the rough and brutal multitasking tests I’ve come up for it, as well as battery tests, wireless tests, speed tests, etc. tests — you get the picture. But so far what I can say about it is:
- It’s slim, hence the name.
- When under heavy tasks the fan screams for air, and yet it still gets a little warm, mainly the handrests and touchpad.
- The keyboard is very responsive, but the added numpad becomes a nuisance, in fact, while typing this post, I’m hit numbers instead of words, which you might expect, can be distracting at work.
- Lightweight isn’t the correct word when speaking of the weight in this thing, paper-like is more appropriate.
- The trackpad supports glorious multitouch (and it works), but while that is a cool feature, the physical buttons take some reaching to get to, as they have a big dead zone, and only respond at the very end of each button.
So for the meantime enjoy the gallery (new gallery in testing I might add) after the jump, and expect a full review soon, as well as the new “Did you Know” and “Opinion” sections which will come around at the same time.
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Dec 26
Starting off another section of LaptopMemo is very exciting. In the Opinion section, it will be the thoughts (and opinion) of yours truly, as well as any other writers that in the future will come to work here at LM.
Rumors, rumors, rumors. It’s only rumors. But you know what? It’s real. And it should be coming soon, remember that Apple even scheduled for the 26th of January? Well that conference seems — as according to rumors — to be for developers, and a demo of a new device will be shown there, as well as instructions on how developer’s apps can work effectively on this “device”.
In essence, the Apple Tablet is a slate, (hence the rumored name, iSlate, which is basically registered under Apple as a trademark and domain name) with multitouch capabilities, and runs either the iPhone OS or Snow Leopard. According to numerous reports over a course of years (3 to be exact), Sir Steve Jobs has had three Apple Tablets made to date. The first was low on power, the second then had power but less battery life, and the third is what has been puzzling me (and all other tech blogs) for quite a while now. The third one is supposed to be the one that sees a release date (which according to more rumors, is January 26).
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Dec 15
An interesting find while browsing the Internet that I found, is this sticker that you pull off when you first take the Nexus One out of its box. On the sticker it says where you can figure out everything about the Nexus One, which is a top level domain on Google’s server. I also found out that if you go to that URL, you’ll get a 404 error page, but remember that Google’s real 404 page has its old logo on it, while this one doesn’t, which looks more like a place holder than a “real” 404 error . In the meantime, stay tuned, because this could get interesting. [Google.com/phone]
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Dec 13
That’s right. The Google Phone website nexusone.com is a registered domain, but not a full featured website. This probably means tha,t the Google Phone is really called Nexus One. Of course, right now everything with the Nexus 1 is full of rumors, but things are getting closer to being official, don’t ya think?
UPDATE: According to one commenter, the nexusone,com domain name has been registered since 1998. So now why would Google use a name that is basically being used? The true name of the Google Phone is probably in limbo again.
[Via NexusOne.com]
Nov 29
Well, look at what we have here. At a local Barnes & Noble in Aventura, Florida, employees are handing out glossy Nook flyers. It’s double-sided, but doesn’t show the price, release date, or shipping date. According to the worker who handed me this, the Nook is coming out “next week”; we all knew that already. Look for the Nook on November 30th, and report back to LM if you happen to get yours early.
