Archive for January, 2008

Digi Connect WAN 3G: yet another portable HSDPA / EV-DO router

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Yeah, we’re starting to feel slightly bombarded with portable cellular routers, but we can’t help but crack a smile each time one of these wonderful creations rolls into the commercial realm. Today, we’ve got Digi unveiling its new Digi Connect WAN 3G, which is hailed as an upgradeable 3G WWAN router for […]

It’s a done deal: Dell puts an end to all 140 US mall kiosks

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Just as we feared, Dell will indeed be axing 100-percent of its US mall kiosks — 140 in total. Unsurprisingly, the official word attributes the move to Dell’s shift into big box retail stores, but we’re sure that’s not the least bit consoling to the fine folks who were pushing Round Rock’s […]

QNAP gets official with TS-409 Pro Turbo NAS

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Filed under: Storage

Believe us, we know just how foggy things get when trying to remember back to the 13th day of December 2007, but sure enough, it was on that fateful Thursday that we received our first sneak peek at QNAP’s (then) forthcoming TS-409. Today, however, we’re looking at the official product: a 4-bay, hot-swappable […]

HP’s Penryn-stuffed Pavilion HDX-9000 gets reviewed

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Filed under: Laptops

Dubbed “the best-looking 20-inch laptop on the market” by PC Mag, HP’s monolithic HDX-9000 was recently hoisted onto the test bench and put through a number of paces to see if it really was worth the fortunes it demands. The stunning 1080p display and LED-backlit keyboard were both highly praised, and while one […]

Gateway’s new GM5664 desktop does Blu-ray and HD DVD, has kid brother that doesn’t

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Filed under: Desktops
Gateway is releasing two new desktops today, both sporting some features we’ve grown accustomed to, but also introducing some new hotness into the typically stale market. The new models — the GM5664 and GT5662 — share a slew of the same features, like the ATI Radeon HD 2400XT graphics card, 3GB of RAM, […]