Samsung HMX-E10 Pocket Camcorder is All About Self-recording
In contrast to Flip Slide HD, Samsung already has a pretty impressive portfolio of Flip-type pocket camcorders with the introduction of HMX-U20 and HMX-U15 during early this year. It now adds another member, HMX-E10, to the mix. The E10 is all about self-recording in that the most prominent feature is the swiveling spherical lens. You can easily turn the lens around to do self-recording. Samsung obviously takes a page from Sony Bloggie HD.
The Samsung HMX-E10 aside from its 270-degree rotating lens offers a 2.7" 230k-pixel touch-screen, relatively large for the camcorder size. The LCD is spilt into an electronic live view and touch controls which include record stop and play. The 1080p camcorder itself is however a downgrade, from the U20's 3x optical zoom to 2x digital. It also records to microSD and outputs via HDMI, unlike SD/SDHC and component video output found on U20. The Flip-arm USB arm handles as usual the battery charging and video sync. Interestingly, the U20 and E10 are set at the same MSRP ($199) so you could say the trade-off is in the lens.
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A-Data Gives eSATA+USB Flash Drive Another Shot
eSATA is trying to take another bite out of USB 3.0. This time, Taiwanese A-data comes up with the Nobility N909 hybrid flash drive that plugs into either USB 2.0 or eSATA+USB. (This follows the USB 3.0 version announced just last month.) The company is banking on an increasing number of powerhouse notebooks with eSATA+USB combo port. In fact, you can actually find more laptops with the said dual-interface port than ones with USB 3.0. The beauty of the A-data Nobility N909 is that it can draw power from USB 2.0 while transferring at uber-fast eSATA speed (90MB/s read, 50GB write). And this can be done without an extra USB connection for power. The N909 is actually a second-generation of its kind. Others have tried the hybrid design, but their products suffered from usability issue since they have to draw power from a USB auxiliary cable. The A-data traditionally doesn't make pricing available so we have no way of knowing the the N909 falls into the affordability category.
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AMD Hudson Chipset to Get USB 3.0?
As Intel evidently won't be offering USB 3.0 as chipset integrated feature until 2012, AMD is taking the opportunity to slap its nemesis in the face by integrating USB 3.0 into its upcoming mobile PC platform. The said platform is code-named Hudson D1 which serves as the southbridge chip for Ontario and Llano APUs - AMD's CPU/GPU fusion. It is slated to ship in Q4 2010, and will primarily target at thin-notebooks and notebooks. Rumor has it that AMD is in talks with NEC to license its proven USB 3.0 chipset in order to save R&D money into developing its own solution. NEC seems like an ideal partner as the fab manufacturer has the capacity to ramp up production as soon as orders are received. The talk comes at a time when Intel at last released xHCI spec 1.0 which finalizes the details of the register-level interface for host controller driver in software. The move by AMD will undoubtedly drive the cost per unit even lower to perhaps under $2, and will likely create an incentive for more first-tier manufacturers to adopt SuperSpeed USB.
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