Posts Tagged ‘Toshiba’
Toshiba NB100 Netbook Gets Official In Europe
ARRRRGH…this is getting way overcrowded, but who cares, when there’s a competition around and the joiner is Toshiba, that officially Introduces its latest NB100 netbook, to be released in October, with the expected Atom N270 processor and the 8.9-inch, 1024 x 600 display. You can also find either Ubuntu or Windows XP onboard, together with 1GB of RAM, built-in WiFi, 120GB storage capacity and 3 covering colors to choose from, including Champagne Gold, Bright Silver or Cosmic Black. As mentioned, it’s going to make a debut across Europe next month for £260 ($470).
Update1: more pictures in here.
Update2: Checkout the video after the break (Courtesy of mobilecomputermag).
[via stuff.tv]
Tags: Europe, Laptop, NB 100, NB100, netbook, Toshiba, Toshiba NB100
Greenpeace Guide Marks The Greener Within Electronics Companies
Every year, Greenpeace releases the “Guide to Greener Electronics”, indicating the “green” level of electronic companies and placing them on a 0-10 analog meter scale. The guide, which rates performance based on policies and practices on toxic chemicals and electronic waste, shows that Asian companies like Samsung and Toshiba have won the highest score, gaining 7.7 points, while Nintendo has scored only 0.3 points, “earning” the most feckless e-waste company of 2008. Other 18 tech companies in the guide, include Microsoft, Sharp, Sony Ericsson, Philips, Acer, Hp, Motorola, and more. According to Greenpeace toxic waste campaigner, Iza Kruszewska, “The challenge is clear. To be truly green, the IT industry needs to commit to designing products that are free of toxic chemicals, are energy efficient, durable, and recyclable while taking full responsibility for them globally, including when they become waste“, and we say - Amen.
[via slashgear]
Tags: electronics, greenpeace, guide, Microsoft, Nintendo, Samsung, Toshiba, toxic
Toshiba Officialy Announces The Death Of The HD DVD - Long Live The New King
It’s the END. “Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses”. Today’s press conference wasn’t surprising, we all knew it was just a matter of time, but Toshiba insisted postponing the official surrender. I guess the straw that broke the camel’s back was recent farewell statement from Wal-Mart, joining early declarations from Best Buy, Netflix and Warner. As for the rival, Toshiba has no plans to adopt the Blu-ray, nor developing any other next gen optical disc, for the time being. The cessation of HD DVD players and recorders is expected to come into force around march and Toshiba will be committed to supply recording media for early adopters who already purchased HD DVD devices. This announcement concludes the fierce formats war between Toshiba & Sony - and today, there is only one winner: The Blue-Ray. The death toll reports almost 1.3 million casualties around the world, who purchased HD DVD on early stages. Mind you, the competition for the most original HD DVD block usage has just started.
[via engadget]
Toshiba’s full announcement after the break.
Tags: best-buy, blue-ray, HD-DVD, News, press-conference, Sony, Toshiba, Video, wal-mart
Wal-Mart Votes For Blue-Ray Exclusively
Wal-Mart has decided to join Best Buy. The company officially confirmed it will promote the Blue-Ray format, exclusively. The biggest retailer, has started phasing out HD-DVD products and expects to finish the rearrangements by June. This move is probably the straw that broke the camel’s back and we’re expecting Toshiba to announce the death of the HD-DVD format in the upcoming weeks. Wal-Mart’s decision is second to Netflix and Best Buy, that already announced the preferment of Blue-Ray products, believing they are the real winners. I guess we shall see more retailers joining this act, making it unanimously.
Update: Sooner than we’ve expected, Toshiba is officially shutting down its HD-DVD production and closing the Aomori Prefecture perimeter in Japan. A statement is expected to be given soon.
[via slashgear]
Tags: best-buy, blue-ray, General, HD-DVD, News, Toshiba, Video, walmart
Toshiba Storms With New Gigabeat PMP Series
Toshiba announces an update release for its Gigabeat lineup, including the Gigabeat V81, T802, U407 and U408 players.
Gigabeat V81 (Replacing the V41 model)
- Display: 3.5″ LCD TFT screen (320×240).
- TV Tuner: 1Seg (Japanese digital signal).
- Storage: 8GB.
- Audio: WMA , Lossless, MP3, WAV.
- Video: AVI, WMV.
- Pictures: JPEG.
- Features: portable digital TV, USB 2.0, SD slot.
- Battery: audio - 40 hours, video - 13 hours, broadcasting - 10 hours.
- Size: 115 x 75 x 14.2 mm 168gm
- Price: $330. Available in Japan from this month.
Tags: Audio, gigabeat, Media Players, Music, PMP, portable-TV, t802, Toshiba, TV, u407, u408, v81, Video
Toshiba Qosmio G40 With HD DVD-RW Drive
The new Toshiba Qosmio G40 is not just another notebook stud, it is the first laptop to include HD DVD-RW drive - pretty neat isn’t it?
Toshiba was the first company to announce on HD DVD-RW drive for notebooks, on June this year. Now they released this multimedia laptop, equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2Ghz, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphic card, 17″ WUXGA screen, 2x 200GB HDDs, HDMI out, WiFI, Gigabit LAN, 4GB of memory, HDTV tuners and more. Price should be around $3,530.
[via engadget]
Tags: Computers, DVD-RW, General, Hardware, HD-DVD, Laptops, Multimedia, Notebooks, Toshiba