Yeah, they’re all the rage at the moment, tablets are most definitely in! And here’s Vizio’s offering, an 8 inch Android tablet with Wi-Fi. It’s also got an IR blaster to control other hardware and has a front-facing camera for chatting with friends when you’re not busy being entertained by that other hardware. There’s a 1GHz processor powering Vizio’s tablet and 4GB of internal storgae which can be upgraded to 32GB with an apprpriate microSD card. And at the moment the Amazon price tag for Vizio tablet pre-orders reads $350.

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Apparently there’s some big sporting event going down in China soon, so RAmos have decided to try and part visiting spectators with their hard-earned yuan by releasing the T8 iMovie touchscreen PMP. We’re not too sure what the marketing department were smoking when they came up this sucker’s moniker but it certainly boasts some intriguing stats

* 4.3 inch 480×272 res touchscreen display
* 32 GB storage
* Support for RMVB, AVI, FLV, WMV, MPG, MP4, DAT, 3GP video formats
* TV-OUT port

Unfortunately no more bells and whistles are available other than a price tag of 1500 yuan or US$220 for the 32 GB version, with 16 GB and 8 GB options rocking in at US$150 and US$100 respectively.

So if you’re over in Beijing for the Olympics, it may well be worth checking the RAmos T8 iMovie, not a gold medal winner but certainly on the podium.

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The latest DAP offering from SanDisk, the Sansa Fuze is getting some good reviews around the web, not great but good. It gets a thumbs up from the guys over at anythingbutipod and there’s a nice video to boot. Here’s the low-down on the Fuze

* 3 capacity options, 2, 4 and 8 GB
* 1.9 inch display
* handles mp3, wma, secure wma and wav audio files
* handles mpeg-4 vid
* FM tuner
* microSD slot
* Audio battery life of 24 hours
* Video battery life of 5 hours
* talks nicely with Windows, OS and Linux

The price tag rocks in at US$80 for the 2 GB, jumping up to US$100 for 4 GBs and US$130 for the 8 GB version. The specs are not amazing but coupled with the price tags the Fuze doesn’t look too shabby.

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Those lucky Europeans can get their hands on iRiver’s latest DAP offering, the E100, right now. This sexy little unit boasts a 2.4 inch QVGA display plus built in stereo speakers. The E100 was first seen at this year’s CES back in January and here we are no more than two months later and its out in Europe and hopefully elsewhere soon. Here are some more details on the E100

* microSD slot
* audio support for FLAC, MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG
* video support for MPEG-4, WMV9 and XVID
* image support for JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF
* FM radio
* 320 x 240 res display
* 30 fps
* 92.8 x 47.8 x 11.3 mm
* 59.3 g

79 Euros (US$120) will get you a 2GB version, whilst an 8GB version ramps the price tag up to 129 Euros (US$200). This certainly looks like good value to us, so come on iRiver share your toys with the rest of us!

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We took a look at the Asus leather clad laptop, the U2, last year and today we shall take a gander at their ultra-portable offering the U6S another leather unit. Over at HotHardware they have done a full review and give the U6S a thumbs-up despite noting an issue re short battery-life and with it weighing in at 1.57 kg you could argue that it’s not really ‘ultra-portable’. However here are the stats that did grab their attention

* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz,4M L2 Cache,800MHz FSB)
* Vista Business
* 2 GB Memory
* 12.1″ LED 1280×800 res display
* 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
* 802.11a/b/g/n connectivity
* Bluetooth 2.0, 3G/3.5G, HSPDA connectivity
* 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
* Ultra Slim DVD Super Multi Double Layer
* 300 x 220 x 31.6 mm
* 1.57 kg
* 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI, 1 x RJ11, 1 x RJ45 ethernet ports

The U6S is indeed feature-rich and with a price tag of US$1650 looks like good value. However the short battery life and weight are real downers for me – surely the idea of an ultra-portable laptop is, err, its portability. I’d rather shell out a few more bucks for a lighter and longer battery life model – but if that doesn’t concern you and you like the feel of leather in your lap then the U6S is probably right up your street!

Source: HotHardware

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The title on Rock’s home page states that they deal in the ‘Ultimate performance gaming laptops and notebooks’. Well their latest offering, the Xtreme XL8, certainly seems to fit the bill and here are the specs to back up the claim.

* Intel X6800 quad processor
* 2 GeForce 8800M GTX video cards
* 1 TB HDD spinning at 5,400 rpm
* 17 inch 1,920 x 1,200 res display
* Wireless connectivity 802.11a/b/g/draft-n
* HD-DVD drive

Of course any sucker stacked full of these kind of features is not going to come with a wafer thin price tag and the Xtreme XL8 is no exception coming in at a range of US$5,000 to US$6,000 depending on spec. However if power computing in a notebook is what your after then the Xtreme XL8 could just be the solution.

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I’ve scoured over the specs for this puppy a few times now and there really is nothing to write home about, so I’m not too sure what Epoq are trying to pull with this release. Their latest PMP, the Nextgen 4 GB, will be unleashed at CES 2008 and sports the following features and specs

* 3 inch, 320 x 240 res display
* 4 GB internal storage
* Video support for AVI, DAT and FLV files
* Audio support for MP3 and WMA files
* USB connectivity
* SD expansion slot
* FM radio
* 90g
* 98mm x 60mm x 12mm

With an uncomfortably high price tag of US$250, I can’t imagine there’ll be a stampede towards the Epoq stand to catch a glimpse of this puppy when it is launched at CES. In fact with a 4 GB offering from MPIO at almost half the price (assuming it’s priced in the US as it is Japan) plus DIVX, MPEG4 and APE support, is anyone actually going to buy one of these?

Source: engadget

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