Given how often we hear about manufacturers using Android for their mobile devices, it’s a surprise dedicated sat-nav units don’t feature more highly. Chinese firm ArcherMind Technology have been showing off what they’re saying is the world’s first embedded Android-based navigation system, complete with 7-inch touchscreen display and integrated 3G.
ArcherMind – who were mainly responsible for the software development, partnering with local hardware manufacturers who came up with the reference design – claim to have set fifty engineers to work over a four month period in order to come up with the unnamed head unit. Full story...
While we were hoping for a Core i7 style refresh to the MacBook Pro range today that never materialised, Intel’s rumored plans for a new processor in the range do have us curious.
Looks like Apple have sorted their 27-inch iMac production issues. Having apparently frozen production of the largest iMac desktop at the beginning of this month, shortly after new orders faced long delays, those waiting for their computers have reportedly begun receiving notification that they’re preparing to ship out.
Hardly glamorous, but Lenovo’s latest budget workstation could bring graphics crunching happily within reach of entry-level renderers.
While we focused more on Texas Instruments’ eye-catching OMAP4 development device when we visited the company a few weeks ago, we also had a chance to talk to their wireless chipset team.
Ah, the elusive ASUS Eee PC T101MT, the multitouch convertible 10.1-inch netbook that just refuses to arrive.
NVIDIA has offered its hybrid graphics system for a while now that lets the notebook user take advantage of either an integrated GPU when demands are low and battery life is the goal, or a discrete graphics processor when more GPU power is needed.
Remember Marvell’s third-gen Sheevaplug? The newest server-in-a-wall-wart made its debut at CES 2010 last month, adding WiFi and Bluetooth along with a faster, more capable chipset.
I just mentioned that Wisair has a wireless docking station for Mac computers coming in March. It seems that there will be lots of manufacturers taking advantage of the new Mac support in Wisair hardware.
Many people like to use notebooks exclusively because it allows them to take their work on the road if they need to.
Intel offers products in just about every category that a CPU can be used in. Most of us know the company most for its line of CPUs and GPUs for desktop and notebook computers.