Toshiba's Brazil unit peddling Blu-ray hardware?

Posted in News by Nicr on the April 30th, 2008

While Toshiba still hasn't announced any new HD moves since withdrawing from the format war earlier this year, its Brazilian arm may be moving on with a hybrid HTPC. Powered by a Core Duo 6300 and Vista Home Premium, Semp Toshiba's Spectra packs a TV tuner and an optical drive ready for Blu-ray and H……

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Eee PC-like Deep Blue H1 mini laptop hits the Philippines

Posted in News by Nicr on the April 23rd, 2008

There's certainly no shortage of Eee PC competitors these days, and it looks like another one recently snuck its way into the Philippines, where Blue Digital's diminutive Deep Blue H1 is apparently now on sale. Unlike the Eee PC, this one packs a 1.0GHz VIA Esther processor, though it boasts a simila……

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Blue Wave 4 firmware for Samsung P2 previewed?

Posted in News by Nicr on the April 16th, 2008

Samsung just launched the Blue Wave 3 firmware for the YP-P2 and T10 today, but we're already hearing whispers of Blue Wave 4 — check out this image that's popped up on some forums. Apparently all you P2 owners out there can look forward to customizable (and shareable) UI skins, some new Bluetooth-b……

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Xbox 360 with Blu-ray to spark price war with Sony PS3?

Posted in News by Nicr on the April 16th, 2008

DigiTimes is feeling pretty confident about the rumors they started yesterday regarding the Xbox 360 with integrated Blu-ray. They are so confident that they're predicting a price war as Microsoft takes on Sony's PS3 at its own game. Their sources claim that the Blu-ray Disc drive will cost Microsoft ……

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Microsoft hoses down latest Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumor

Posted in News by Nicr on the April 16th, 2008

If you're suddenly overcome with a feeling akin to déjà vu, go ahead and kill that speed dial to your physician. For the second time in a month, Microsoft has actually come forward to squash a Blu-ray Xbox 360 rumor. This go 'round, an alleged statement from Redmond states quite outright……

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