January 25, 2006

Sony VAIO type F TV and type S Series Notebooks with Intel Core Duo

Sony VAIO type F TV and type S Series Notebooks

Sony, Japan has announced the elease of 2 new PC's based on the Intel Duo Core.

The SZ series r will come with a 945GM Express or GeForce Go 7400 graphics card and a 13.3" WXGA screen that uses LED's on the high end models. the casing is made out of Carbon Black or Premium Carbon. The CPU's range from a T2300 (1.66GHz) to a T2600 (2.16GHz).

The F TV series, aimed for TV use with their 15.4" screens. The F will get a new Mpeg card for the video part, and will have at least a T2300 at 1.66Ghz, a 160GB HDD, a DL burner and a 945GX Xpress graphics card that offers a 1280x800 resolution.

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Nokia, Motorola, Intel form alliance for mobile TV

Nokia, Motorola, Intel form alliance for mobile TV

Nokia has teamed up with Intel Corp., Motorola, Texas Instruments and Modeo, owned by Crown Castle International Corp, to promote the DVB-H technology standard for mobile TV.

DVB-H stands for Digital Video Broadcasting: Handhelds

DVB-H is a terrestial digital TV standard that allows the receiving device to move freely while receiving the transmission, thus making it ideal for mobile phones and haldheld computers to receive digital TV broadcasting over the digiTV network (without using mobile phone networks at all).

The tie-up, called the Mobile DTV Alliance, aims to encourage open standards for TV broadcasts to mobiles, focusing on the North American market.

The Mobile DTV Alliance said more than 10 DVB-H network trials are under way or have been completed, including in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Britain and the United States.

Nokia, Motorola, Intel form alliance for mobile TV - Reuters

January 12, 2006

dual-core Napa notebook

Micro-Star International (MSI) today launched the S262, its first notebook based on Intel’s new Centrino Duo mobile technology, featuring a carbon-fiber cover and a 12.1-inch widescreen LCD display.

With Intel’s Napa platform, the MSI S262 supports 65nm dual-core Yonah processors, the 945GM chipset series and the Intel PRO/ Wireless 3945 a/b/g network solution. The Napa-based model also provides tri-band 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity, enabling users to use the Internet wherever they are.

In addition, the S262 series delivers Dolby surround sound capability and has a DVD burner, offering up to 8.5GB in storage capacity.

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January 5, 2006

AMD Unveils Digital Media Vision To Deliver Enhanced Entertainment Experiences

AMD yesterday, unveiled its vision to apply the power and flexibility of the PC to enable enhanced digital entertainment experiences on all the screens in peoples’ lives. AKA AMD unvieled their Intel Viiv Clone..

As part of this vision, AMD plans to extend the professional AMD LIVE! brand to full-featured consumer multimedia desktop and notebook PCs expected to be delivered in mid-2006. True to AMD’s customer-centric approach, AMD LIVE! is meant for innovative, complementary, industry-friendly solutions that enhance the consumer electronics and broadcast devices already accepted and used by consumers today. AMD LIVE! experiences should offer users the ability to seamlessly connect, store, distribute, access and enjoy digital media content in multiple rooms throughout their home and even take it with them to enjoy on the go, virtually anytime, anywhere.