Nokia N9 in 'Beautifully Simple' Marketing Campaign in Australia

The MeeGo-based Nokia N9 is currently shipping to users, and Nokia has decided to kick off a marketing campaign to rise the awareness on its unique device.  In Australia, for example, the Finnish mobile phone maker will run a ‘Beautifully Simple’ celebrity campaign for the new device, an extension of the marketing campaign it put in place for the new handset.  As B&T notes in a recent article, the campaign will involve celebrities from the world of fashion, film, sport and TV, including Catriona Rowntree, Emma Freedman, Firass Dirani, Kate Waterhouse and Luke Ricketson. The 'Beautifully Simple' campaign has been put in place in collaboration with Nine Entertainment Company, the news site notes.  The campaign should kick off...

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iPhone 4S' Launch Beneficial for Android and Windows Phone

Apple has just announced the release of a new iPhone model, based on the new iOS 5, only that this is not the iPhone 5 device that everyone was waiting for to arrive, but only the iPhone 4S, a highly spec'd iPhone 4 model.  Apparently, the lack of an iPhone 5 might prove beneficial for other mobile operating systems out there.  Fans were disappointed with Apple's decision to push back the iPhone 5, and chances are that mobile platforms like Android and Windows Phone will manage to seize the moment and conquer a larger portion of the smartphone market.  Handsets coming from companies like HTC, Samsung or Nokia are expected to prove more popular on shelves than they would have if Apple launched the iPhone 5, industry sources suggest,...

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AMD's FX-8150 Desktop Bulldozer CPU Listed in Europe

With less than a week to go until AMD will introduce its first FX-Series processors based on the Bulldozer core, these high-performance CPUs have started to make their appearance in various stores all over the world, including Europe. The latest sighting comes from a Swedish price comparison engine, which has uncovered the FX-8150 in the offer of several national retailers. Pricing for the chip varies between 2500 and 2700 SEK including VAT, which translates into about $287-$310 US (€218-€235), once taxes are taken out of the equation. This is quite a bit higher than the $245 (€186) price tag recommended by AMD for the FX-8150, but prices are expected to decrease when the chips get nearer to release. The FX-8150 is the most powerful of the...

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AMD Will Discontinue Its First E-Series APUs in Q4 2011

By the end of this year, AMD plans to retire its first E-series accelerated processing units released at the start of this year, in order to make room in its CPU lineup for a new series of APUs which carry faster operating clock speeds and other minor improvements. AMD's plans target the single-core E-240 and the dual-core E-350, both of these Fusion chips being built by joining together the out-of-order x86 Bobcat core with a Radeon on-die GPU. According to Fudzilla, the E-240 can be ordered until mid-Q4 2011 and the last units are scheduled to ship in the second quarter of 2012. As far as the AMD E-Series E-350 is concerned, this can still be ordered until the end of Q4 2011, and the last shipment date is set at the end of the second quarter...

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New BlackBerry Messenger for Android Screenshots Available

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has already announced plans to bring the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) application to more mobile platforms out there, and some screenshots with the Android flavor of the software are now available for your viewing pleasure.  Some shots with the application already emerged into the wild a few days ago, and the new ones show us a little more of what the application is all about, courtesy of TechnoBuffalo.  The news site claims that these photos, along with a series of details on the application, come from a source claiming that RIM might be set to make the application official at the BlackBerry DevCon set for October 18th – 20th in San Francisco.  For the time being, however, we'll take...

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HTC HD7S Only $0.01 at AT&T Now

HTC HD7S, the fourth Windows Phone device to arrive on shelves at wireless carrier AT&T, is now available for purchase for only $0.01 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement. The reduced price tag is available for a limited period of time, and the company announced via twitter that it will end on October 11th.  The smartphone comes to the market with a large 4.3-inch touchscreen display and with a fast 1GHz application processor inside, 16GB of internal memory, and a 5-megapixel photo snapper on the back.  This was the largest Windows Phone device to have been unveiled last year, but lost that position to the HTC TITAN, which sports a 4.7-inch screen and a faster 1.5GHz application processor.  The HTC HD7S is available...

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BlackBerry OS 6 vs. OS 7 Boot Time Race: Bold 9900, Torch 9800 and Bold 9780

BlackBerry OS 7 devices are already making their way to select markets around the world, as part of RIM’s plan to turn the tide and win back some of their losses on the business segment. But how does the new operating system perform in terms of speed? We decided to run a simple test using what BlackBerry devices were readily available in our office.  After getting hold of a Bold 9900, a Torch 9800 and a Bold 9780, we removed their batteries to turn them off completely and set them up to a race.  The time each device required to fully boot up to the security PIN prompt was measured and the results pretty much speak for themselves: 1st place: BlackBerry Bold 9900 (OS 7) - 1 minute 30 seconds2rd place: BlackBerry Torch 9800 (OS 6) -...

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Intel's Unreleased Core i7-2700K CPU Overclocked to 5GHz on Air

Expected to arrive later in the fourth quarter of this year, Intel's Core i7-2700K processor has already found its way into the hands of enthusiasts who have recently managed to overclocked the CPU to an impressive 5GHz using only air cooling. The processor to reach this overclock was an engineering sample chip, meant to be used by Intel's partners to test the compatibility of their hardware with this part. Despite the early nature of this CPU, an enthusiast has recently managed to push the chip to an impressive 5GHz using only air cooling. In order to do so, the vCore of the CPU was pushed to 1.384V while its multiplier and BCLK clock were set at 50x and 100MHz, respectively. The Intel CPU was also able to complete a series of benchmarks at...

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OCZ Acquires UK Design Team from PLX Technology

OCZ technology, a well renowned manufacturer of SSDs and various other computer hardware, just announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the UK Design Team and certain assets from PLX Technology, to further strengthen the company’s global research and development group. PLX’s UK Design Team was in charge with building system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for NAS servers and other similar storage devices. Apart from the acquisition of the engineering team, OCZ will also gain access to the intellectual property (IP) developed by this group, which the company states it will allow it to accelerate solid state drive development. This will help reduce the time to market of next generation SSD products, while also decreasing development...

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Nokia Lumia and Samsung Monument Show Up in Game Stats

Following the recently leaked Nokia SeaRay and Sabre smartphones comes yet another unannounced Windows Phone device, the Nokia Lumia. The phone is listed in the game stats of the Occasional Gamer website as Nokia Lumia 800, which points to a rather high-end device. The 800 part of the phone's codename might indicate that the Windows Phone is of the same category range as the Nokia SeaRay, which received a similar tag name. No additional information has been disclosed yet, but Stephen Elop confirmed that a few Windows Phone devices with the Nokia branding will be released by the end of the year, possibly at the end of the month at Nokia World. Along with the Nokia Lumia 800, a Samsung Monument is mentioned as well, but just like the former there...

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Fujitsu Puts DTS Audio Tech in FH, DH, NH and AH PCs

Fujitsu announced a new partnership with DTS, one through which the latter's UltraPC II Plus technology will be integrated into a number of PCs due out before 2011 is concluded. In a move obviously meant to prepare consumer expectations and ensure that the next line of products get the needed level of attention, Fujitsu made its newest announcement about the FH, DH, NH and AH series computers. Composed of all-in-one PCs and laptops, the lines have been revealed to possess the advantages granted by a set of seven audio technologies from DTS. DTS Surround Sensation, Audio Restoration, Enhance, Clear Voice, Boost, Symmetry and Clear Audio are what makes up the DTS UltraPC II Plus offer. All of these will make it into the Fujitsu FH, DH, NH and...

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS a.k.a. Precise Pangolin

Mark Shuttleworth, father of the popular Ubuntu operating system, proudly announced last evening (October 5th) the name and the goals for the next version of Ubuntu. Yes dear readers, we are talking about Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, dubbed Precise Pangolin and scheduled for release next year on April 26th. "It’s a perennial pleasure to pick pertinent and/or pithy placeholder names for Ubuntu releases. At least, I like to think of them as pertinent and/or pithy." "Balancing all of those options, I think we have just the right mix in our designated mascot for 12.04 LTS. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Precise Pangolin." - said Mark Shuttleworth in his blog announcement. For the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), the Ubuntu development team will...

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AMD FX-6100 Bundled with Motherboards and System Prematurely

For processors to get leaked ahead of time is fairly common on the web, and this is precisely what happened to an upcoming FX-Series CPU from Advanced Micro Devices.  Since new processor series always promise better performance and/or power efficiency, market watchers make it a point to keep their eyes and ears peeled.  AMD is an obvious target, what with the FX-series of chips raising such hype left and right.  The series will officially debut on October 12, 2011 (just under a week from now), but, as one might have expected, the mystery of their capabilities is unraveling already.  It is this report that has shed some more light on the matter or, to be more specific, on one of the series' members.  Known as FX-6100,...

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AMD Demos Working 28nm Radeon HD 7000 GPU Yet Again

About a month ago, during IDF 2011, AMD demonstrated a working 28nm graphics core from the Radeon HD 7000 series, and recently the Sunnyvale-based chip maker showed off this GPU yet again in order to put to rest all the rumors suggesting that Southern Islands won't come out until 2012.  The demo was apparently similar to the last one with AMD presenting a mobile 28nm GPU running Dragon Age 2, and this wasn't accompanied by any new info regarding the state of the HD 7000 series. "AMD strives to be at the forefront of every key inflection point in graphics technology, as demonstrated by our leadership in everything from process node transitions, to adoption of the latest graphics memory," said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general...

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Prysm LPD Displays Get Recognized by Dubai TV

Prysm managed to make an impression last year, when it revealed the revolutionary LPD display technology and it looks like it finally got to announce the first Middle East broadcast installation.  The Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) technology from Prysm is something that can take any shape, size and resolution.  Intended for large format display installations, the display type has now been adopted by Dubai TV for its sports channel (and not only).  A large, 13ft x 4ft video wall (3.96 x 1.21 meters) will show a large scale map of the world “as the backdrop of the Dubai News desk.”  Different sporting events will be easily highlighted, from across the world, and then zoomed in, to the event pictures, by means of special graphics...

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Nokia Sun Windows Phone Leaks

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of their first handsets to run under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and another device that might be based on this platform has just leaked into the wild.  Supposedly called Nokia Sun, the new mobile phone is expected to arrive on shelves with specifications that will bring it in line with already official Windows Phone handsets, such as the Samsung Omnia W or the HTC Radar.  The new device was just spotted on a leaked document from Orange France published on Mon Windows Phone here, were other new mobile phones headed for the wireless carrier were also listed.  Some details on the hardware of this mobile phone also emerged, showing that it might be released...

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Samsung Prime to Land at Verizon on October 27th

Samsung Prime, which was long rumored to be on its way to the market as the Nexus Prime, or next Google Phone, is said to be on its way to Verizon Wireless' airwaves come October 27th.  Apparently, a recently leaked internal memo from the wireless carrier is the base for the new rumor.  In the said message, Verizon informs employees on the upcoming availability of five new devices, and the Samsung Prime is one of them.  The said internal memo (which emerged over at Droid-life) states clearly that the new handset should arrive on shelves on the 27th of this month, and that it will be made available as a replacement for the Charge.  Moreover, the said email mentions devices such as the Motorola Xoom 4G LTE Tablet or the Pantech...

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