NVIDIA officially announces new AGP 8È GPUs

Bluetooth hands-free and FM tuner from Sony Ericsson

AMD cuts Mobile Athlon XP wholesale prices

Pioneer DVR-A05-J: new speeds of DVD-R/RW recording

Handspring ships Treo 90 to Europe

Leadtek announces WinFast A280 and WinFast A180 graphics cards on NVIDIA GeForce4 AGP 8x

Inspire 6.1 6600: new 6.1-channel acoustics from Creative

SonyEricsson T100: expected in Q1 2003

NVIDIA officially announces new AGP 8È GPUs

New AGP 8È GPUs feature double bus bandwidth (2.1GB/sec), 533 MHz clock rate, isochronous operation capability. New AGP 8È cards will be compatible with all AGP 2x, 4x, 8È mobos, and new AGP 8È boards will support 2È and 4È cards, meeting AGP 2.0 or 3.0 specifications.

New GeForce 4 Ti 4200 AGP 8X and GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8X, and nForce2 solutions are soon expected from such OEM makers, as ASUStek, Chaintech, EPoX, eVGA.com, Gainward, Jaton, Leadtek Research, MSI, and PNY Technologies. New AGP 8È platforms, based on NVIDIA solutions, will be produced by 4MBO International Electronics AG, Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC), HP, MicronPC.com, and Shuttle Computer.

Bluetooth hands-free and FM tuner from Sony Ericsson

To answer a call with HBH-60, one can give a voice command or use the button on the ourter side. According to Sony Ericsson, the device battery provides 2.5 hours of talking and up to 70 hours of idle mode.

Along with HBH-60 the company announced an FM tuner — Sony Ericsson HPR-20 — including Bluetooth hands-free as well. HBH-60 and HPR-20 are expected for sale closer to Christmas.

Source: InfoSync

AMD cuts Mobile Athlon XP wholesale prices

Pioneer DVR-A05-J: new speeds of DVD-R/RW recording

To reduce vibrations, the company used DRA (Dynamic Resonance Absorber), familiar to Pioneer DVD-ROM users. DVR-A05-J also utilizes new chassis. Recording speeds are: DVD-R — 4È, DVD-RW — 2È, CD-R — 16x, CD-RW — 8x; read speeds are: DVD-R/RW — 6x, DVD-ROM — 12x, CD-ROM — 32 x. DVR-A05-J features 2MB buffer.

DVR-A05-J can work under Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP. The expected retail price is about $290.

DVR-A05-J will start simultaneously with the sales of new 4x DVS-RP470A DVD-R blanks ($5.8 per unit), DVS-RP470AP5 (the same, 5-blank pack) for $25, and 2x DVS-RWP470A DVD-RW blanks for $7.5 per unit and 5-blank DVS-RWP470AP5 packs for about $33.

Handspring ships Treo 90 to Europe

The new device bases on 33 MHz Motorola Dragonball VZ, Palm OS 4.1H, features 16MB RAM, SD/MMC slot, rechargeable battery, and a built-in backlit QWERTY keyboard.

Treo 90 dimensions are 108x71x16 mm, weight is 113 g. The recommended price (at least in UK) is 249 pounds (w/taxes).

Leadtek announces WinFast A280 and WinFast A180 graphics cards on NVIDIA GeForce4 AGP 8x

WinFast A280 series, supporting AGP 8x, continues A250 line and includes MyVIVO cards.

WinFast A280 DDR TH MyVIVO is based on NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP8X, and has 64MB DDR.

WinFast A180 series is also based on the new GeForce4 MX AGP 8x and includes MyVIVO product. Combined with Leadtek WinFast Cinema Box, WinFast A180 TH MyVIVO turns into a ready PC multimedia solution.

WinFast A180 DDR TH MyVIVO is based on NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 AGP8X, and has 64MB DDR.

New WinFast series are supplied with Coloreal calibration utilities, supporting Color Matching Technology from Waytech Development; WinFox II hardware monitoring; Ulead Videos Studio SE DVD and Ulead Cool 3D SE (MyVIVO only), WinFast PVR, WinFastDVD, Cult3D, and Aquanox, Master Rallye, Rouge Spear-Black Thorn games and 6 demos.

P.S. Information about new NVIDIA GPUs is supposed to follow after the official announcement.

Inspire 6.1 6600: new 6.1-channel acoustics from Creative

Combined with 6.1- or 5.1-channel soundcard, Creative Inspire 6.1 6600 supports 6.1-channel sound positioning, already topical for such games, as Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Soldier of Fortune II, and a hundred of other DirectSound 3D, EAX, EAX ADVANCED HD games.

Creative Inspire 6.1 6600 specifications:

• 6 satellites (front, center, rear, rear center)
• 8 W RMS per speaker, 20 W RMS front center speaker, 22 W RMS subwoofer
• Wooden subwoofer, 6.5-inch speaker
• 40Hz-20kHz frequency range
• Front-In, Center/Rear Center/Subwoofer-In, Rear-In jacks
• 13.5 V, 5 A power requirements
• 88x101x162 mm satellite dimensions
• 245x272x246 mm subwoofer dimensions
• Built-in CMSS upmix switch for 6.1 gaming with Sound Blaster 5.1
• Wired remote control

According to the press release, Creative Inspire 6.1 6600 is being shipped already (though it has been posted on the Asian website only). The suggested price is $109.99.

SonyEricsson T100: expected in Q1 2003

Phone dimensions are 99x43.5x18 mm (10 sq.cm), weight — 75 g, screen — 101x67, 4-scale gray. The phone will have three body variants: Icy Blue, Gentle Gold, and Fresh White.

T100 battery will provide 4.5 hours of talking or up to 200 hours of idle mode. the novelty features 5 games, WAP browser and EMS, at that users can select from 30 pictures, 15 animations, and 10 tones.

There´s no information about pricing and shipments date.

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