Intel to start shipping remedied Cougar Point chipsets on February 14th
February 11, 2011 No Comment
Well, it looks like Intel’s $700 million problem with its Series 6 Cougar Point chipsets is now one step closer to a resolution — the company has just announced that the fully remedied B3 revision of the chipset will start shipping out on February 14th. That will bring with it an updated BIOS, full pin compatibility with the previous B2 chipset and, most importantly, a “minor metal layer change” that promises to improve “lifetime wear out with no changes to functionality or design specifications” — in other words, a fix for that rogue transistor affecting SATA ports. Hit up the source link below for Intel’s official notice (in PDF form). Intel to start shipping remedied Cougar Point chipsets on February 14th originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Seagate’s GoFlex TV and FreeAgent Theater+ HD media players get iPhone, iPad and iPod remote control app
February 11, 2011 No Comment
Too busy to fiddle with another remote while your iPod touch / iPad / iPhone is already cozily tucked between your arm and chest? Seagate hears you, and it’s just pushed out a new app that’ll transform its bundled remotes into fantastic doorstops for those that adore iOS . The TV Remote app enables any new iOS device to control the functions of Seagate’s GoFlex TV and FreeAgent Theater+ HD media players, and since it relies on WiFi, you need not worry over line-of-sight considerations. You’ll also be able to use iOS’ keyboard to input test into search fields on YouTube, Netflix and Pandora (just to name a few), and users will gain the ability to surf through entire media library (provided you’ve got an HDD connected to your media player) right on your iDevice. Hit the source link to get the download going, but make sure you update the firmware on your box before giving it a go. Continue reading Seagate’s GoFlex TV and FreeAgent Theater+ HD media players get iPhone, iPad and iPod remote control app Seagate’s GoFlex TV and FreeAgent Theater+ HD media players get iPhone, iPad and iPod remote control app originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Sandy Bridge memory performance tested, value of expensive top-shelf memory questioned
February 11, 2011 No Comment
Intel’s Sandy Bridge chipset hasn’t exactly had a flawless launch , but let’s move past that and take a look at how well it performs before it starts breaking. One of the improvements here is meant to be better memory performance, and The Tech Report ran a variety of sticks through the gamut to see what the benefits of high-cost, high-speed memory is versus the cheaper stuff. The results showed that, in the vast majority of cases, DDR3-1333MHz memory was barely outclassed by the DDR3-2133MHz stuff, exhibiting only a modest improvement in games, just a couple FPS at most. Lesson learned? Save your pennies — or go ahead and spend ‘em elsewhere, like that new Thermaltake case . Sandy Bridge memory performance tested, value of expensive top-shelf memory questioned originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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You may remember that we had an oh-so-brief hands-on with the Clamcase back at CES , and at that time we were promised a review unit the following week. Well, here we are a month later and we still don’t have our unit, and according to some unhappy tipsters neither do those who reordered all the way back in December. We spoke with a rep to get to the bottom of the matter and we got some updates on the situation to share with all you eager pre-orderers.. Things got off to a bit of a rough start when the initial January ship date slipped to February, and although an email was sent to preorder customers indicating a few week delay, credit cards were still charged. Apparently, a manufacturing issue early on rendered a small batch of the earliest units un-chargeable, though some of these units made their ways into customers’ hands. We’re told that these problems have since been solved and that units are rolling off the Texas factory lines daily, but we’ve also gotten reports of bunk tracking numbers and ‘shipments’ that never arrive. The last piece of the puzzle is the suspicious disappearance of a discussion thread on the company’s official Facebook page, which apparently got so heated that lawsuits were threatened. We’re told that it was “accidentally taken down while the page was being reorganized”, but we still cannot locate it ourselves. Not all is wrong in the world though, as some Twitter spelunking has revealed that real live people have received real live units in at least some cases, so our best bit of advice would be to either hit the company up for a status report or simply move along to one of the many other iPad keyboard case options available to lighten your wallets. We’ve been assured that our unit should arrive sometime shortly, so stay tuned for the next installment of the Clamcase Chronicles coming in the near future! Debunk: Clamcase now shipping, manufacturing problems remedied originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We know how you feel about the apparent death of Symbian , and you had to figure that those most affected by it wouldn’t be feeling too good either. Those people are, of course, the 1,500-odd workers at Nokia ‘s Tampere office who have crafted the OS through the years, over a thousand of whom apparently walked away from their jobs today as a sort of non-violent protest — or maybe just to get a preview of what their Friday afternoons will look like once Elop starts dropping the axe . It should be noted that they used their flexible work schedules to enable this, so this is one orderly bit of social dissonance that shouldn’t result in any accelerations of whatever layoffs are to come. Nokia workers mourn death of Symbian, thousands walk out originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Okii USB Follow Focus knob makes remote-focusing your Canon DSLR easy (video)
February 11, 2011 No Comment
Touching your camera to re-focus its lens while filming your next budget masterpiece isn’t necessarily a good idea, and lugging a laptop around to handle the task remotely isn’t exactly practical for today’s modern gorilla filmmaker. The $400 USB Follow Focus looks to be a much more simple solution. It’s quite simply a knob in an aluminum enclosure that connects over mini-USB. Plug it in and welcome to your next Oscar — or Emmy, anyway. There are a suite of buttons that can be used to define focal presets and it has compatibility with most Canon HD DSLR shooters. The results? Check the two videos after the break and see for yourself. Gallery: Okii USB Follow Focus Continue reading Okii USB Follow Focus knob makes remote-focusing your Canon DSLR easy (video) Okii USB Follow Focus knob makes remote-focusing your Canon DSLR easy (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Samsung releases 8 and 12 megapixel CMOS smartphone sensors, shoots 1080p on the go
February 11, 2011 No Comment
What the world needs now is more pixels up in your phone, and Samsung has a selection of new offerings that offer just that for stills and vids. It’s released details on two new sensors, one, the S5K3H2, clocking in at eight megapixels and the other, the S5K3L1, at 12. Both will record 1080p video, with the 12 megapixel offering doing it at up to 60 fps — the lesser model makes do with a mere 30. Both can capture full-res stills at 30fps and, naturally, both are really tiny for fitting into things like smartphones. Continue reading Samsung releases 8 and 12 megapixel CMOS smartphone sensors, shoots 1080p on the go Samsung releases 8 and 12 megapixel CMOS smartphone sensors, shoots 1080p on the go originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Hitachi’s 4.5-inch IPS display has 1280 x 720 res, 1,100:1 contrast, plans for mass production in October
February 11, 2011 No Comment
Yo, Apple, you know that Retina Display you’re so proud of? Old news. Hitachi Displays has just announced a 4.5-inch IPS LCD panel that fits 1280 x 720 pixels within its frame, accounting for an eye-watering 329dpi density. That’s higher than you can get on the iPhone 4, but the fun doesn’t stop there. Hitachi’s new goodness also promises an 1,100:1 contrast ratio and 500 nits of brightness coming from an LED backlight. This precious new slice of technology is predictably all geared to land in your future smartphone of choice and we’re told mass production is set to begin in October of this year. That basically means CES 2012 is going to be filthy with handsets offering full 720p resolution — we can’t wait. Hitachi’s 4.5-inch IPS display has 1280 x 720 res, 1,100:1 contrast, plans for mass production in October originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …HP confirms legacy webOS apps will run on webOS 3.0, TouchPad keeps its Mojo
February 11, 2011 No Comment
We know the original Palm Pre models and Pixi won’t get upgraded to webOS 2.0 , and we also know all about the new Enyo app development framework . But what about running those apps written in the older Mojo framework on webOS 3.0 devices, like the TouchPad? They’ll be supported, so says HP Developer Relations and Framework Engineer Ben Combee. A first tweet indicated that “On webOS 3, Mojo apps will run in an emulation window with back and forward buttons at bottom.” He went on to say this won’t be a traditional emulator in the “check out all my Super Metroid ROM, yo” sense, rather “a smaller card with gesture area chrome.” So, good news for existing apps continuing to be supported going forward, but of course it remains to be seen what the experience will look and feel like. It seems we’ll have to wait a bit to find that out. HP confirms legacy webOS apps will run on webOS 3.0, TouchPad keeps its Mojo originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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