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Acer Iconia Tab W500 – a tablet and a laptop
Intel announces third generation SSDs: Intel Solid-State Drive 320
Apple iPad 2 ship times extend to a month worldwide
Nintendo 3DS struck by black screen of death

Acer Iconia Tab W500 – a tablet and a laptop

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Acer already has a date and a price for their new creation, Acer Iconia Tab W500. This tablet, which can become a laptop with a keyboard when attached to its dock, comes with Windows 7 Home Premium as customised software along with Acer Ring and SocialJogger.

With a 10.1″ screen capable of delivering up to 1280 x 800 pixels, the W500 comes equipped with an AMD C-50 processor and AMD Radeon HD6250 graphics card. The device is equipped with Wi-Fi, 3G (dependent on chosen model), bluetooth 3.0 and two Acer Crystal Eye webcams at 1.3 MP.

Given the flood of different models of tablets, Acer wanted to stand out with the Acer Iconia Tab W500. This device is really impressive in that it allows the possibility of adding a keyboard-shaped base, which makes it a ‘hybrid tablet’ in a full-fledged laptop. We’ll keep updated on its availability and pricing soon.

[via iTechNews]

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Intel announces third generation SSDs: Intel Solid-State Drive 320

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PDT

The largest chip manufacturer in the world, Intel has announced the third generation of SSDs, Intel Solid-State Drive 320. The new SSD drives have ample storage capacity and the price of the new units is advantageous for many users, with a cost of up to 30% lower than previous generation SSD – Intel X25-M SATA.

Intel SSD 320 Series is available in 40GB, 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, 300GB or 600GB. Continuing to provide high read and write speeds, the new Intel SSD 32 units produce up to 39,500 IOPS random readings and writes at 23,000 IOPS random high-capacity drives.

Additionally, Intel has increased by more than 100% sequential writing speeds compared to the second generation of SSDs, reaching 220MB/S. This improves multitasking capabilities. A user can listen to music or download a video while working on a document, without compromising the system and decreasing its performance.

Now here comes the pricing, 40GB at $89, 80GB at $159, 120GB at $209, 160GB at $289, 300GB at $529 and 600GB at $1,069. All models include a 3 year warranty.

[via iTechNews]

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Apple iPad 2 ship times extend to a month worldwide

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PDT

If you’re looking to buy the new iPad 2, we’re sorry to dissapoint you but the shipping times have now been extended due to its high demand.

People in Australia, UK, Germany and Canada have already started camping out and forming a line as early as last Wednesday. As for online ship dates, those also point to high demand – as the original waiting time of 2 to 3 weeks has been increased to 3 to 4 weeks, signifying the huge demand for the device.

So, if you really want an Apple iPad 2, though online shipping dates have been extended its still better to order iPad 2 online than to stand in extraordinary long queues to buy it. This shipping delay is probably going to have no effect on iPad 2 sales but does it signal to Apple a possible need to boost the speed of their production line?

[via UberGizmo]

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Nintendo 3DS struck by black screen of death

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Screens of death have long been present on Microsoft's products for a while, but after blue screen of death on Windows and red ring of death on the Xbox360, for the first time, we've seen screen of death on a Nintendo console.

Nintendo 3DS is the first Nintendo's console to fall under the infamous black screen of death, and according to 3DS users, it appears this screen shows when you put your game in "suspend mode". After putting games in this mode, 3DS locks and crashes while informing you that an error has occurred and that you're advised to turn on your 3DS again.

Games that suffer from this screen of death currently are Super Monkey Ball, Street Fighter IV 3D, Pilotwings, Ghost Recon, Lego Star Wars III and several Mii apps. Although we haven't heard of an official solution yet, some users are reporting that formatting their SD cards to FAT32 solves the problem.

While we wait for the official solution, Nintendo has advised 3DS users to update their console to the latest firmware before contacting them. We just hope that Nintendo will fix this error soon.

[via Ubergizmo]

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