Mobile

First Dual-Core Phone Leaks From LG With Android

Engadget has received a leaked photo of LG’s 4-inch Tegra 2-toting Android “Star” phone, which will join their flagship Optimus line-up with an 8MP camera (1080p video recording) and forward-facing camera. [Engadget]


October 7, 2010
Mobile

Samsung Transform And Friends Make Personalisation Simple With Sprint ID

Like dogs, smartphones grow to reflect their owners – if those owners are savvy enough. Sprint’s new Sprint ID service offers users its American customers curated “packs” of apps, widgets and themes – from employers, brands, sports teams and more – for simple smartphone personalisation.


September 14, 2010
Mobile

LG Outlines Australian Release Plans For New Optimus Models

Gizmodo AU

Want to know when LG’s new Optimus phones, the not-very-cleverly branded One and Chic, will hit local stores? LG spilled the beans at an Australian event that tied in with the global press launch tonight.


July 29, 2010
Mobile

LG’s Optimus Z Rears Its Square Head, As Android Tablet Is Referred To Again

That mysterious Optimus Z phone from the other week has been formally introduced by LG, but for now it’s only getting a release in the land of kimchi and soju – South Korea. A global release is expected, however.


June 21, 2010
Mobile

Telstra Launches Another Android Phone: The LG Optimus

Gizmodo AU

The Desire is a spectacular handset, but with premium performance comes premium pricing. That’s probably why Telstra have decided to launch the LG Optimus, a smaller cheaper Android powered handset.


April 14, 2010

The Secret Behind Apple’s New MacBook Graphics

The new Intel Core i5/i7 MacBooks come with “automatic graphics switching technology” to instantly toggle between Intel’s onboard graphics and more powerful Nvidia hardware. Sound familiar? Well, weirdly, it’s not Nvidia’s Optimus switcher – it’s something entirely new.


February 20, 2010
Computing

More Evidence Next MacBook Pros Use Nvidia’s Optimus Graphics

Looks like our hunches about what’s inside the next MacBook Pros are panning out: AppleInsider hears that Apple’s got new MacBook Pros running that can switch between integrated and discrete graphics automagically, which exactly describes Nvidia’s Optimus dual graphics tech.


February 10, 2010

Nvidia Optimus Switches Between Amped Up And Power-Sipping Graphics

We’ve seen more than a few Core i5 notebooks recently, all of which have been hamstrung by Intel’s weak integrated graphics. Now, Nvidia’s Optimus enables their discrete GPUs to work in current-generation Intel PCs, whether Intel likes it or not.


January 6, 2010
Computing

Nvidia Optimus The Secret To The New MacBook Guts?

Nvidia’s teasing a new notebook tech called Optimus that “get[s]the performance of discrete graphics from a notebook while still delivering great battery life”. Which would solve the mystery of the next MacBook guts.


July 10, 2009

OCZ Sabre OLED Keyboard (Unofficial Codename: Optimus Budgetus) Priced At $135

The OCZ Sabre asked us to compromise, featuring a sharply limited number of display-integrated keys, so we asked it to do the same: dip below $US200, or else. Today, ZipZoomFly is listing the Sabre at a reasonable $US135.00.