A trusted tipster just sent in these internal renders of HP / Palm’s "Topaz" webOS tablet, which is one of two tablets currently being developed in Sunnyvale. That’s right, two tablets: the 9-inch Topaz and a 7-inch model codnamed Opal — a lineup that fits nicely into Palm’s "Something big, Something small, Something beyond" tagline for its upcoming February 9th event. Looking at the render, we’re seeing the no-button design we’d previously heard about (we’re assuming the gesture area rotates with the display), a front-facing camera, a micro USB port on the bottom, and what appears to be a Vizio Tablet-style three speaker arrangement for stereo audio in both landscape and portrait modes — that’s two speakers along the left side and a third on the right. (That’s just a guess, though.) We’d also note the back appears to be a glossy material, which might rule out a giant Touchstone for charging — Touchstone backs have heretofore been soft-touch, but anything can change, we suppose. We’re told that units will start to arrive at Palm HQ in June as production ramps up for launch later this year — a timeline backed up by an internal marketing slide we received that lists WiFi-only, AT&T 3G, and Verizon LTE versions of the Opal arriving in September 2011, and on AT&T LTE in July 2012. The slide also indicates the Opal will have a particular e-reading focus, which makes sense for a 7-inch device, and there’s a mention of "premium audio," which nicely reinforces our speaker hypothesis. Unfortunately, we don’t have any word on specs or pricing yet, but these things had better be packing some serious heat for cheap if Palm is really planning to wait until September to launch them — they’ll be going head-to-head with the Xoom, the PlayBook, and presumably the iPad 2. We’re still digging for more, so keep an eye out — things are going to get crazy leading up to February 9th. Update: We’re told that they both have unspecified 1.2GHz processors, and that Topaz may arrive before Opal. We’ll let you know if we learn anything else.
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with overlooking view
Total contract price = Php 3.2 M..
*reservation fee: 40,000 *equity ani kay 15% sa total contract price: if paid by spot cash naay 12% discount then maka move in na, pwede pud ni payable for 6 months without discounts. *amortization: if through inhouse financing with 18% = naay 5yrs and 10yrs if through bank financing with 12% = naay 10yrs and 20yrs
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One the eve of the 2011 CES show, Intel has officially unveiled the details about its new line of desktop and laptop CPUs. Code-named Sandy Bridge, these chips will in actuality carry the same Core i3/i5/i7 naming as the 2010 generation of Intel processors.
The basics of the Sandy Bridge platform have been known for some time, and a few PCs with the new chips have even leaked onto the market early.
According to Intel, highlights of the second-generation Core processors, built around a new 32nm microarchitecture, include more energy-efficient performance and improved 3D and graphics performance. The latest version of Intel’s Turbo Boost technology, called Turbo Boost 2.0, lets each core boost performance past its base clock speed as needed for dynamic workloads, while balancing the thermal headroom to avoid overheating. Intel claims that with this new generation of CPUs, “content creation is up to 42 percent faster and gaming up to 50 percent faster,” than previous generations. (For more on how these chips will be utilized, see this companion report.)
Probably the most interesting new feature is the completely revamped Intel HD graphics system. Previously, the integrated graphics found in most laptops and desktops weren’t able to play even basic 3D games at reasonable performance levels.
For playing high-end games at higher resolutions, we’re not sure the era of the dedicated video card is behind us, but in some anecdotal use with a generic Sandy Bridge test laptop, the integrated Intel HD graphics were usable, running Street Fighter IV at 1,600×900 at about 27 frames per second. Keep in mind, however, that this was with a high-end quad-core i7-2820QM CPU. Still, for playing World of Warcraft on your basic integrated graphics laptop, it should more than do the job.
Also set for an upgrade is Intel’s Wireless Display technology. Currently built into a handful of laptops, WiDi, as it’s sometimes known, allows one to beam the video output from a laptop to a $99 Netgear receiver box, which in turn connects via HDMI to any TV or other display.
The original version of Wireless Display, one of our Best of CES picks for 2010, had significant limitations. Those included a noticeable delay in the signal, which made it useless as a real-time PC secondary monitor, instead good mainly for video playback or slideshows. It would also not play back protected content, such as DVD or Blu-ray video.
The new Sandy Bridge version of Wireless Display ups the supported resolution from 720p to 1080p, and protected content will be supported alongside a new service called Intel Insider, which acts as a secure path for digital content (and supports HDCP 2). Note that these new features will only be available on Wireless Display-enabled laptops that have Intel’s new second-generation Core CPUs. Intel plans to reveal more information about Intel Insider during CES 2011.
Here is a complete list of the new Intel laptop CPUs (stay tuned for more on the desktop side of Intel’s pre-CES announcements). Only a handful of the quad-core versions will be available in January, with dual-core versions following later in 2011.
Intel Core i7
Extreme Edition i7-2920XM
i7-2820QM
i7-2720QM
i7-2630QM, 2635QM
i7-2620M
i7-2649M
i7-2629M (LV)
i7-2657M
i7-2617M (ULV)
Intel Core i5
i5-2540M
i5-2520M,
i5-2410M,
i5-2537M (ULV)
Intel Core i3
i3-2310M
Source : Cnet
this is one reason i still stick on my reliable core 2 Dou processor rather than upgrading it, new tech and hardware will sprang out anytime and for me it will be waste of money to spend it early, i’ll still wait for another new chip before i’ll upgrade, but for now new hardware are really booming and it gives me a thrill to look forward to what will future desktop processors be capable of.
here are noticeable performance difference from core i7 to sandy core
(Credit: Intel)
