We already announced Seagate and Intel reveled their SSD (solid state drive) and today Samsung presented its new solution based on the flash memory.

The new product presented today is an improved version of last year’s 32 GB SSD Samsung introduced, providing 20% better performance. Achieving speeds of 64 MB/s (megabytes per second) at reading and 45 MB/s at writing the SSD is a major improvement over conventional magnetic based drives due to lower power requirements and higher reliability. However a major downsize is the price for now.

The mass production for this device is expected to start in the second quarter of the year and no price has yet been announced.

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Asus U1F is a new super slim, very powerful mobile computer delivering extreme performance and ultra-portability at the same time.

Weighing under 1 Kg the 27.5×19.0×2 cm device is based on the powerful Core Duo Intel processor (Centrino mobile technology) and it uses DDR II RAM memory. Users can chose between a 40,60 or 80 GB hard drive and a Blu Ray optical drive is also available. The display is a 11.1″ LCD and a 0.3 MP digital camera is included to serve as a webcam. Asus also added a 8-in-1 card reader to the 4 USB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.0, LAN and phone connectivity options.

[Further details at Asus]

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Sony-Ericsson has just announced the development of their first phone that supports tri-band HSDPA and Quad-band EDGE. “HSDPA is a big leap forward in the speed of mobile functionality, but as ever Sony Ericsson does not deliver technology for its own sake,” said Miles Flint, President of Sony-Ericsson.

The Z750 mobile phone is a clamshell produced in two colors: Phantom Grey and Rose Pink. The Z750 is a perfect mobile partner. It offers broadband web access, email and RSS feeds right on the desktop. All of these are packed in a stylish case with jewel-qualities.

The phone has two displays. The external one lights up to show an incoming call or a message. The internal display is a 2.2” QVGA 262k color TFT. A powerful 2 megapixel camera takes great shots. Using the HSDPA technology, its users can upload the photos or videos directly to a blogsite. The device features a media player which supports the major audio and video files. A built-in FM radio with RDS will help you pass the boring long trips. In addition, the phone is compatible with 3D gaming.

Other key features are: Bluetooth, expandable memory up to 2GB, USB, VGA video call camera. The Sony Ericsson Z750 will be available from Q3 2007.

[via Sony Ericsson]

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Parrot has announced the new 3200 LS-COLOR PLUS Bluetooth car kit. It is an installed Bluetooth handsfree car kit. The device features a large TFT screen with 160 x 128 pixels and 262,144 colors. Using the Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR PLUS, the drivers are more safe. They don’t have to use their mobile, because Parrot’s Bluetooth device does them all.

It can pair with up to five mobiles. When paired the 3200 LS-COLOR PLUS syncs with the phone book and if you receive a call the device will display the number, the name, and even a photo if it exists. The gadget is equipped with Parrot Beamforming Technology for noise reduction. The car kit is easy to install an looks very nice.
The Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR PLUS car kit will be available in the U.S. from this summer. No price was announced yet.

[Check the Product Page]

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Probably everybody knows by now that Commodore, one of the pioneering companies in computing is relaunching its brand
and will present its hardware to customers. I wanted to talk to you on one of its next products, the Commodore xx line of high power computers and I will present you the advertised specifications.

As they are based on the latest Intel Quad core processors (basically 4 CPUsCPUs on the same die) the new computers have under the hood the maximum available computing power for desktops. After the CPU, probably the second most important component is the RAM, and the Commodore xx reaches 4 GB off DDR2 using two modules (2 GB each) of CorsDominator Dominator 2xTwin2×2048-8500C5D modules running at 1066 MHz.

For the best video quality two NVIDIA 8800 GTX graphic cards with 768 MB of dedicated memory are linked together using SLI and extreme audio quality is delivered using the SoundBlasterSoundBlasterXtremeFi X-Fi Xtremed writing optic disks.

The new products are expected to ship starting this April and according to Commodore’s website the specifications are customizable so prices aren’t yet specified but they will certainly won’t be cheap.

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