Items tagged with Jet
It's no Android phone, but it's still pretty snazzy. Samsung's latest entry into the smartphone arena goes simply by "Jet," and it definitely sports a motif that matches its label. Boasting a sleek, full touchscreen design, the Jet is said to be "smarter than a smartphone." Samsung has included a multi-task manager and support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, and the interface is the company's own TouchWiz. As for specifications, you'll find a 3.1" WVGA AMOLED display, which will supposedly outshine even the display in Apple's iPhone and the T-Mobile G1. The WVGA resolution also provides loads of screen real estate, and the 800MHz processor makes the iPhone 3G S look like just another...
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If you own a Blackberry 8820 or 8320 curve device and are spend a lot of time flying from meeting to meeting, then this tidbit is for you:“JetBlue Airways Corp. plans to be the first U.S. airline to provide free in-flight email and instant-messaging services when one of its A320 planes equipped with an onboard wireless network takes wing Tuesday.”Despite being a low-fare carrier, this is major step forward and will hopefully push the larger carriers to make similar upgrades instead of just talking about doing so. JetBlue also plans to extend the functionality to other devices in the future, but no timetable for this has been mentioned. We'll be sure to stay on top of this and give...
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Power -- It's one of the most important factors for peak system performance and stability. Yet, the PSU is still an often overlooked PC component. While not as sexy as a high-end motherboard, video card or RAM, the power supplying these components is just as important as the components themselves. With the heightened demands of the latest computing hardware, ample power is an increasingly important consideration for performance and stability. Dual GPU configurations are now commonplace and CPUs are sporting multiple cores, all of which place greater demand on the PSU. Throw some overclocking into the mix and a common 550w PSU will crack under the stress, which can end up...
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Hey folks, here's the last of the news for today. Goodnight! FSP BlueStorm AX500-A Power Supply Unit Review @ X-Bit labs "We would like to introduce to you a BlueStorm AX500-A power supply, which continues the successful THN series we have already told you about in our previous articles. Its maximum output wattage has been increased to 460W. The PSU is neatly manufactured and has good characteristics; it is powerful even for very serious systems with two graphics cards and a top-end processor." ECS Editor's Day @ Viperlair "A SIMA card will allow you to turn that PF88 Extreme Hybrid into an AMD motherboard, or perhaps a low powered Intel motherboard using their mobile part. The...
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Hey folks, here's the latest news to cap off your night. If your a fan of CS:S, Valve has released a new update that introduces new Terrorist models, and has a bunch of other fixes and extra content such as CS_Assault and new animations. Unfortunately the problem with the hostage AI and a few other annoyances still remain. Intel And Revelations Drive New Online Film Distribution Models SUN VALLEY, Idaho, July 6, 2005 – Revelations Entertainment and Intel Corporation today announced the formation of a new digital entertainment company focused on distributing premium movies directly to consumers over the Internet, connecting filmmakers to film fans worldwide. Revelations, a partnership between...
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Hey folks, how's the weekend treating ya? Whatever your situation, I bet there's time for a little tech news, so dig in! Inside ECS - Motherboard Factory Tour @ Hardware Zone "www.hardwarezone.com(R) took a tour of Elitegroup Computer System's motherboard fabrication factories in China. Here we witnessed the heart of ECS' manufacturing operations and learned that 'Progress' is their most important product." Jetart ThermoEye @ Techniz | Image "The ThermoEye from Jetart will be a very good temperature monitoring devices for all the computer lovers and especially the overclockers to use this device to monitor the temperature of the devices such as the CPU, VGA card, HDD and others...
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Hey folks, my internet is back and so is the news :) Today we have a few articles that shy away from the actual hardware review, such as the "Basics of RAID", and "Are you addicted to the internet". Am I? Are you? Maybe, maybe not, but I'll bet many of the people who answer "no", probably are. Enjoy! Jetart JACSH1 Universal VGA Cooler Review @ 3DXtreme "Today 3DXtreme is reviewing the Jetart JACSH1 Universal VGA Cooler. With video processing units becoming more complex than CPU's, users are wanting better solutions to cool their video cards. The old days of passive heatsinks are long gone, and active cooling solutions need to be better and better designed to...
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Hey guys, how is everyone doing? The winter is still not over, and there's no better reminder than another cold. In between my schedule of cold medicine and sleep, I've come to bring you this afternoon's load of tech news. One item that caught my eye, is a Gigabyte Factory tour, which gives some good insight into the amount of work it takes to build and test a motherboard. Read on, and enjoy! How Motherboards Are Made: A Gigabyte Factory Tour @ PCStats "Without a doubt, motherboards are the most complex and essential part of the modern PC. With this in mind, it's surprising to learn the amount of work and machinery involved in manufacturing a single motherboard. As PCSTATS recent trip to...
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Good morning all :) Last night I decided that I should hit up the local shopping mall in hopes of finishing up the last of my Xmas shopping. Thankfully I was able to get in and out in a short period of time. I don't like crowds to begin with, but, there is nothing worse then a large crowd of people in the "Christmas sprit" shopping... *shudder* ;) Go grab a mug and pull up a chair. Here is your first shot of juice for the day... OCZ ModStream Power Supply Roundup @ CoolTechZone "There is a new trend that recently emerged in the world of power supplies, the wireless trend. Yes, the industry is moving towards reducing the unnecessary wires from the power...
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Good evening all, glad to see you are back :) I came home tonight and to my surprise, my high-speed account was actually working. Needless to say, I am itching to get back to abusing my bandwidth ;) However, before I begin my downloading binge let's get some news posted... ABIT Announces ACON DOOM 3T Media FragFest Do they got game? On October 31st, we are going to find out. ABIT and VIA are proud to announce the ACON DOOM 3™ Media FragFest. The ACON DOOM 3™ Media FragFest invites the world's top IT media to an online DOOM 3™ tournament to the finish. Your favorite IT publications will be in attendance to find out once and for all which ones have the skill...
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Happy Sunday all! It's turning out to be another gorgeous day here in the North East. Makes a guy almost want to get out in it and get a life... What is that round bright yellow thing in the sky anyway? OK, so once you're done with this morning's shot of HH News goodness, you need to go do just that, cool? On with it then... HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO iFan Edition @ Bytesector "Recently, everyone's attention has been directed at the wave of reviews about the X800's and the 6800's. However, for people who can't afford to pay an arm and a leg but still want great multimedia use and acceptable performance that can handle today's high end games, such as Far Cry and...
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Good evening friends, welcome back to HH. With most people enjoying the long weekend (US and Canadian alike), the news front has been dreadfully slow. However, we managed to scrape-up a few tasty morsels for you to sink your teeth into. So, grab a drink and pull up your chair; here is your evening nightcap... Jetart Xcool NP5000 Laptop Cooler Review @ ExtensionTech.net "Although laptop coolers are nothing new to the enthusiast market, one would question the real necessity of them. I mean, if your laptop would get too hot, the whole 4 or 5 real manufacturers of laptops would catch that, and put in better cooling, right? But one could say that a cooler system will last...
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Greetings and Salutations loyal HotHardware fans! This is your favorite oversized Italian hardware geek, checking in with a mid-afternoon helping of hardware goodness. I'm fighting off a cold (or allergies - I'm not sure yet), and need to get back to benchmarking, so I'll unfortunately have to be brief. So here goes... Mega Roundup 2: Twenty Two Hard Disk Drives with 120GB Storage Capacity @ Xbit: "This time we would like to offer you a detailed test session for 22 hard disk drives with 120GB storage capacity from the five leading HDD makers, such as Western Digital, IBM/Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Maxtor. More tests results and analysis than ever in our new mega...
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