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Thursday, February 19, 2009

AMD Phenom II X4 and ASUS M4A79T with 4780x2 on CF Tops 3DMark 06!!


ASUS M4A79T Deluxe rules again!
The new World Record of 3DMark06 and CPU-Z was made just a couple of days ago with AMD PhenomII and ASUS M4A79T Deluxe!
Watch it on YouTube: YouTube - AMD Phenom II X4 Sets 3DMark06 World Record in Finland!
See this on XtremeSystem: XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - New 3DMark06 WR with Phenom II X4

3DMark06 ranking page: Futuremark - Community - Hall of Fame - 3DMark06 Users Top 20
CPU-Z Hall of Fame: CPU-Z Highest Records ! (V1.01)



Tuesday, February 17, 2009

HTC touch Pro II and HTC diamond II spotted on the web



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The Touch Pro II


Touch Pro2 specifications:

* Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
* Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Memory: 512 MB ROM / 288 MB RAM
* Dimensions: 116 x 59.2 x 17.25 mm
* Weight: 175 grams (6.17 ounces) with battery
* Display: 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
* Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
o Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
o Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
o Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
(Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
* TouchFLO 3D
* Zoom bar
* Keyboard Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboar
* Internal GPS antenna
* Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
* Wi-Fi
* HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV Out in one)
* camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
* Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
* Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
* Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
* Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
* Capacity: 1500 mAh
* Talk time:
* Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA
* Up to 419 minutes for GSM
* Standby time:
* Up to 454 hours for WCDMA
* Up to 348 hours for GSM
* Video call time: Up to 150 minutes
* microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor


The Diamond II



HTC today announced updates to two of its flagship touchscreen mobile phones, unveiling the Touch Diamond 2 and the Touch Pro 2.

Distinguishing between the two is actuallu pretty difficult, since both handsets mirror one another on features at almost every turn. Only looks truly separate them.

HTC’s equipped both with what it called “Push Internet”. The technology’s designed to alleviate the “slow downloading and rendering” of web pages by allowing users to pre-select - and pre-load - their favourite sites.

The Diamond 2 has the smaller of screen of the duo, at 3.2in, while its sibling – the Pro 2 – has a 3.6in display. The Pro 2’s screen also has the advantage of being able to tilt Xpedia X1-fashion.

Both Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional devices are based on 528MHz Qualcomm chips, with 288MB of on-board memory. HTC’s quipped both phones with its existing TouchFLO 3D UI that, apparently, “brings important information to the top-level UI, including quick access to people, messaging, email, photos, music and weather”.

Both devices sport 7.2Mb/s HSDPA 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge. However, texting and surfing the web could be slightly easier on the Pro 2 because of its slide-out, five-row Qwerty keyboard.

One area where the phones do differ is photography. You’ll get a 3.2Mp shooter on the Pro 2, but a 5Mp camera on the Diamond 2. Both include autofocus, but there’s no mention of smile or facial recognition for either device.

A second, user-facing VGA camera for making video calls features on both devices.

Integrated GPS and Wi-Fi are present on the duo, as is Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP.

Audio support is, again, pretty identical on each phone. Both support AAC, WMA and MP3 – to name just a few formats. Video compatibility ranges from WMV and MP4, to AVI and 3GP.

Avid talkers will prefer the Pro 2’s claimed 419 minutes of talk-time over GSM, but then the Diamond 2 will happily stand-by awaiting orders for up to 360 hours over GSM – the Pro 2 runs for 348 hours in standby. Video call-time on both handsets is 150 minutes.

HTC’s Touch Pro 2 won’t be available globally until early summer, but the firm will ship its Touch Diamond 2 out to Europe during Q2. Prices haven’t been announced yet.

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I personally think they look awesome! I wonder why they did not release them with Windows 6.5? I hope they have improved speed on this similar to the omnia :-)

2 Terrabyte Drives- Wow





Just when I was slowly replacing my old HD's with 1 terrabyte drives, 2TB came. When 1.5Tb was announced, I said, it would'nt be worth it but I did not expect 2TB to come in this fast :-D

Here is a good review of the current king of the 2TB category:
2tb tech Report Review

Thursday, February 12, 2009

The ASUS EAH 4870 and RAMPAGE II Sneak Peak.

I will be doing a full review soon of a lots of Pro Gaming Goodies. This is inline with Techisland's Full Review of www.fineupgrades.com's Ultimate System 09 which will also be set to do a Roadshow amongst all the Companies resellers in Cebu and Manila.

This is not the review yet but I just want to give you a taste of what is to come.
Special Thanks to ASUS Philippines for sending us these Samples.

The Twins. ASUS EAH4870 Matrix 512MB


At first Glance of the box, you will see a minimalist styled gaming box that gives you the inkling to just rip the box out to see the beauty inside.



Low and Behold.. The Twins, waiting to be bridged together.




The board the will most likely do it all? Will it be up to the challenge? Well we will find out very soon!




What lies beneath..



All together now.

Again, this is just a sneak peak, aside form doing individual reviews, I will also be doing the entire system review. There will be two Ultimate Systems by www.fineupgrades.com.

One Intel and One AMD system.

Not all parts have arrived yet so we wait but just so you would know, you will be able to try out these systems for yourself when they go on tour for the roadshow so get ready to be blown away.

Special thanks to:
www.fineupgrades.com
www.asus.com.ph
Steelseries
Silverstone
Sunbeam
OCZ

Friday, January 16, 2009

Meet the Palm "Pre" pare!

I am Palm Junkie, well I was like way back 1998-2001 and it just died. I still think Palm desktop is the best, way better than outlook could ever be in terms of simplicity but like I said, Palm died for me when Sony made their Palm devices exclusive to Japan and when PALM-Mobile phones came out and drowned in a knee deep pool.

Plaque by a lot of troublesome corporate blunders and mishaps, I think they finally got themselves together. If they did it right before I can almost guarantee that they would have been at the top now and WM and iphones would just be playing catchup. They had the perfect OS I tell you.

But like I said, I think they finally got it together with

The Palm Pre

The phone is running Palm's all-new webOS platform, with TI's new OMAP CPU under the hood -- which Palm claims provides laptop-style power, and which juices the phones smooth transitions, scrolling and "deck of cards" app-switching. Other internal specs include EV-DO Rev. A, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP and 8GB of built-in flash storage. There's a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, mass storage-friendly microUSB plug and a good ol' 3.5mm headphone jack, but most exciting is the wireless charger -- a first for a mainstream phone.

Taken from Engagenet


You can meet the Pre in person here Click

(Comment:something wrong with blogger, can add photos.. dangit)


Just look at this slick beauty.

I guess its more competition for the Iphone and HTC, but I have a good feeling about this one. I tell you, watch and see.

Just as soon as I was considering on getting the android, I saw this. I can't wait to get my hands on one!
Enjoy!

Monday, January 12, 2009

Windows 7 Beta version now available for download

Happy New Year everyone!

Some good news to die hard windows fans, on Jan 9 2009 the Beta version of Windows 7 was release for the General Public's consumption.

You may check it out here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

I have to admitted I am quite excited to try it out but just don't have the time too yet. But soon I will.

Hope you guys enjoy it!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from mytechisland

Sorry for the delayed greeting guys, this is prolly one of the most busiest Christmas Seasons I have ever had, but hey, I am not complaining, I am loving it!!

Wohoooo!!!

New Baby, our first born, and I have two new pets as well, my Bearded Dragons! It's like someone gave me a box full of new Gadgets!

Speaking of Gadgets, let me leave you with my top 10 gadgets on my Wishlist for 2009:

10.) Full Pan & Tile Security Camera System with 16 Cameras that can be monitored online. I currently Just have one Camera due to budget constraints :)

9.) I touch - 64GB I know you are just around the corner!

8.) Dual 24" Multi-Touch Screen LCD Monitors for my Home/Office Setup. Yep, I said, MULTI TOUCH, when I saw and tested them in Computex Taipei 2008, I fell in love. Why 2? Having multiple blog sites, editing my photographs, maintaining my online "friend-connection accounts" and moderating multiple forums is not an easy task :-)

7.) 52" LCD TV to replace my good old 40" 720P Sony Bravia in my HT room.

6.) Logitech DiNovo Mini for the HT room as well.

5.) HTC Touch HD- Need I say more?

4.) Canon 18-200mm Lens, Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens, Canon 10-22mm Wide Angle Lens

3.) A canon G10 for the need for extra portable trips!

2.) A full electronically Operated lighting system for my Bearded Dragons Enclosures

1.) A stand alone Multi-Terrabyte NAS storage device for my Multi-Media Collection shared and can be fully operated all over the rooms of my house. A second one to backup the first one (lol) Yeah, I am not kidding!


Ho ho ho ho hoppping for the New YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!