Hardware Observer

OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD

April 26th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD is a new high-speed SSD made by OCZ. It’ll be available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB versions. The technical specifications of the OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD are as follows:
Technical specifications

OnBoard RAID-Controller
PCIe 4X Port
MTBF 1,5 million hours
256MB Cache

Speeds are slightly different in the 3 versions:
250GB Version: Read 450 MB/s – Write 300 MB/s
500GB Version: Read 510 MB/s [...]

Sharp Mebius NJ 70A

April 23rd, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The Sharp Mebius NJ 70A is a new netbook made by sharp featuring a LCD display that doubles as trackpad. The technical specifications of the Sharp Mebius NJ 70A are as follows:
Technical specifications

Intel Atom N270 CPU 1,6GHz
10.1″ display 1024×600 pixels
LCD panel trackpad 854×480 pixel
1GB RAm (up to 2GB)
160GB HDD
USB
WiFi
BlueTooth
1,3MP webcam

Available next month the price of the Sharp Mebius [...]

MSI Wind U100 Plus

April 21st, 2009, Keine Kommentare

MSI does a little polishing and updates the Wind U100 to the Wind U100 Plus. Two new colors “Rose Champagne” and “Metallic Blue” join the lineup as well as the Intel Atom N280 CPU. The technical specifications of the MSI Wind U100 Plus are as follows:
Technical specifications

Intel Atom N280 CPU 1,66 GHz
up to 2GB DDR2-533 RAM
10″ [...]

Toshiba Dynabook UX

April 20th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The Toshiba Dynabook UX is a new netbook made  by Toshiba. It features a 10.1″ display and the Intel Atom N280 CPU. The technical specifications of the Toshiba Dynabook UX are as follews:
Technical specifications

Intel Atom N280 CPU 1,66GHz
10.1″ display 1024×600 pixels
Intel 945GSE Express chipset
160GB HDD
LAN
WiFi
USB
1,3MP webcam
VGA out

Xbox 360 Error E74 – Warranty extended

April 15th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The error E47, hitting some Xbox 360 and being identified by the lit-up lower right part of the power button and it’s “System Error” screen is now covered under Microsofts extended 3-years-warranty which also covers the famous “Red Ring of Death” (RRod) error.

Nikon D5000

April 14th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The Nikon D5000 is a new DSLR made by Nikon. It features a 12.3 megapixel resolution.
Other specs of the Nikon D5000 include:

up to ISO 3200
4fps burst rate
11-point Autofocus
Video recording in 720p@24fps
2.7″ display swivel-mounted
optional geo-tagging module

Packard Bell DOT S / DOT M

April 11th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The Packard Bell DOT S / DOT M are two new netbook made by Packard Bell. The DOT S features a 10.1″ display, the DOT M a 11.6″ display. The technical specifications of the Packard Bell DOT S / DOT M are as follows:
Technical specifications

Intel Atom Z520 (1,33GHz)
10.1″ display 1024×600 (DOT S)
11.6″ display 1366×768 (DOT M)
1GB RAM
160GB [...]

Acer AspireRevo

April 8th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The Acer AspireRevo is a new nettop made by Acer sporting the new NVIDIA ION architecture. With NVIDIA ION it is fast enough to support video in 1080p, even blu-ray discs. The technical specifications of the Acer AspireRevo are as follows:
Technical specifications

Intel Atom 230 CPU (1,6GHz)
NVIDIA ION chipset (DirectX10!)
up to 4GB DDR2-800 RAM
up to 250GB HDD
Card reader
HDMI
VGA [...]

Olympus SP-590UZ

April 7th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The Olympus SP-590UZ is a new digicam made by Olympus. It features an astonishing 26x optical zoom and will have a price tag of $450 which ain’t bad considering the cool zoom and the following technical specifications:
Technical specifications

12.7 MP, effectively 12MP (3968×2976)
1/2.33” CCD sensor
26x optical zoom
2,7″ LCD
Focal length 4.6-119.6 mm equivalent 26-676mm (35mm)
Autofocus 
Manual focus
Video mode 640×480@30FPS
HDMI [...]

Samsung HMX-104 / HMX-105 / HMX-106 Camcorder

April 7th, 2009, Keine Kommentare

The new Samsung HMX camcorder lineup is a set of camcorders that doesn’t rely on HDDs as storage, instead they use SSDs. The use of shockproof SSDs makes them the right choice for activities you couldn’t record with a HDD camcorder like mountainbiking.
The HMX-104 has a 16GB SSD, the HMX-105 a 32GB version and the [...]