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Friday, February 20, 2009

OCZ Solid State Drive hits Japan!



OCZ very famous for it's DDR RAMS but lately they have also been growing strong in the Solid State Category. Here is proof that their SSD drives are really one of the strongest SSD drive's out there!

our APEX series SSD is featured for the first time on the cover of popular “PC PARTS Perfect Catalogue 2009” published by the leading DOS/V Power Report magazine. This catalogue is a must for any serious DIY user in Japan

-OCZ

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Silverstone SLIM Bluray and DVD player

Silverstone is well known for a lot of their HTPC cases like the Silverstone ML02, which is one the sleekest HTPC cases we have seen in the market today. The ML02 though requires a very specific type of DVD player, similar to those you see in a laptop. The problem though is it is very hard to have access to these type of players in the market as they are usually just built in the laptop's. So Silverstone has just released 2 new products. A Slim Bluray Player and Slim Multi DVD drive.





These products are exclusively distributed by:
Fine Upgrades Technologies Unlimited


Side Note:
I have been quite busy lately that is why I have not been able to update this blog a lot but today I found time to upload three topics. More to come very soon! Hope you enjoy my site!

Sunbeam Acrylic Ultra Tech Station

Surprisingly, even with the world's economic crisis, The enthusiast community is still growing more and more each day and as they grow, so does the hunger for more new and exciting Enthusiast level PC equipments. If you are an enthusiasts, then you should know that one of our favorite things to do is to overclock our rig's and when we do OC, then we need to have an easy to access very cool system, usually an OPEN SYSTEM. An open system is basically having a platform to mount all your parts and have quick access to them anytime you have to without the need to open and close a case. I have seen a lot of this in the market but this is the first time I have seen one in acrylic and hellyah, it look's very coool!

Enjoy!



These products are exclusively distributed by:
Fine Upgrades Technologies Unlimited

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