Sunday, April 10, 2011

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 09/04/2011



InsideHW
Nokia C7: Beautiful = Forgivable
It might seem that we were too harsh towards the last Nokia model we’ve reviewed, namely their flagship model N8 (Reviews/Gadgets/Nokia-N8-Something-Completely-Different.html). Yet we were as harsh as the phone deserved us to be. There can be no compromise with the flagship model; some things just aren’t forgivable. And while N8 had been hyped up beyond any justification more than six months before it actually hit the market, the press release concerning Nokia’s other three new models went rather unnoticed - C6-01, C7 and E7 didn’t seem to have caught anyone’s attention. The C-series has always been treated by Nokia as the “entrance” category, the initial step into the phone world. Roughly translated into numbers from the previous era, the C-series would cover models marked 1xxx to 5xxx. There’s even a division within the C-series itself, with models from C5 upwards being smartphones with the Symbian operating system. The currently leading model from the C-series, namely C7, is supposedly Nokia’s last model based on the S³ platform.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X301 will have successor
Recently, there were many rumors that Lenovo is ending their X laptop series, and that X301 will remain last one. Fortunately, this is not true if our insider is to be believed. New model is in development, and it will be known either X1 or X320. While 320 is somehow logical choice, we must admit that X1 sounds more appealing. New model will bring some new futures to the table. Instead of using CULV processor like its predecessors, latest model will use standard notebook CPU – Core i5, second generation. This decision won’t have big negative impact on battery life as it should be around 5h with standard battery. On the other hand, it will definitely bring very big speed improvements, and will make that freshly added HDMI output very usable output option.
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ASRock releases 3TB+ Unlocker utility
ASRock officially released their exclusive “3TB+ Unlocker” utility that delivers the maximum potential of the hard disk. The tool offers a tweak-friendly feature, breaking the limitation of 32-bit operation system that could only detect the hard disk within 2048GB. It also allows ASRock motherboards without UEFI Technology to take advantage of the hidden storage space on 3TB and larger HDDs, helping to fully utilize the wasted spaces.
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Eurocom makes Radeon HD 6970M in MXM module form
Introduced early this year, AMD's Radeon HD 6970M mobile solution is now being offered by Eurocom as an MXM 3.0b module which can be put into embedded systems to give them a huge boost in terms of graphics power. According to Eurocom, the HD 6970M MXM module can be very useful for applications like satellite imaging, mapping, surveillance, medical imaging, digital signage, image recognition, robotics, small form-factor computers, and notebook designs.
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Opera Mini reached 100 million users
Opera Mini, the small, light and fast mobile browser from Opera Software has reached two major milestones last month - 100 million users and two billion daily page views. Combines this with Opera Mobile's install base and you have over 115 million devices browsing the web via Opera software.
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