AMIMON RELEASES WHDI MODULE TO STREAM VIDEO CONTENT WIRELESSLY

A large number of netbooks now come with graphics capable of decoding HD videos. The only problem is that while these machines can decode 1080p HD videos, many of them don’t have 1080p displays. Of course, if your netbook has an HDMI port, you can transfer the video to an external monitor. But that requires some cables. What if you could do away with the cables?

Well, chipmaker Amimon has released a WHDI module with which you can stream 1080p video wirelessly. The new module is designed for portable computing devices such as netbooks and laptops. It will allow you to stream HD video to any WHDI-enabled devices like set-top boxes, TVs and Blu-ray players.

The Mini-PCI card is thin enough to fit in even the smallest netbooks. But don’t expect this technology to be available with low-cost netbooks any time soon.

WILL INTEL'S UPCOMING CEDAR TRAIL PLATFORM SUPPORT HD VIDEO PLAYBACK?

Intel doesn’t normally talk about unreleased products, but bloggers do. Some rumors doing the rounds suggest that the successor to the Intel Atom Pine Trail platform would be known by the name Cedar Trail. There is no confirmation from Intel yet, but now it seems that more details have emerged.

Unofficial sources claim that the Cedar Trail platform could be based on a 32nm process. The Cedar Trail chips are expected to support DDR3 1066 RAM, HD Video and DirectX 10.1 standard. The platform is expected to be released in 2011 but the processors may not be available until at least 2013.

If the Cedar chips do support HD video playback, they would considerably improve the performance of netbooks. The current generation of Atom processors have very limited HD video capabilities and the upcoming Pine Trail processors won’t improve the situation much either as they are meant to consume less power than the existing Atom processors with n

CREATIVE ZIILABS LAUNCHES ZMS-08 CHIPS TO BRING FLASH AND HD VIDEO TO NETBBOKS

Creative ZiiLABS has launched its next-generation ZMS-08 chip that brings flash and HD video to netbooks. The new Zii chip is based on a 1GHz ARM Cortex-8 processor. It supports 1080p HD video playback and Flash acceleration. The chip also supports OpenGL ES 2.0.

The Zii chips were originally built for use in hand held media devices. But the new ZMS-08 chip is built for use in low power and high performance devices such as web tablets, netbooks, home media hubs, video conferencing systems and connected TVs.

The ZMS-08 supports the company’s Plaszma operating system and ZiiLABS’ Google Android version. ZiiLABS has already started offering samples of the chip to some partners and plans to start shipping them early next year. It is still not yet known when netbooks based on this chip will start hitting the market.

7-INCH TOSHIBA JOURNE TABLET PLAYS HD VIDEO

Toshiba unveiled a new 7-inch touch screen tablet at IFA in Germany. The device called JournE is powered by an ARM-based processor and runs on the Windows CE 6.0 Pro operating system. The touch screen has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

Through its HDMI output the JournE can play back sub-1080p video or full HD video. It supports a wide range of codecs including H.264, DivX and WMV. Other features of this tablet include Wi-Fi (b/g) and 1 GB of storage. There is also an SD card slot for expanding the storage space.

The JournE measures just 14mm in thickness. It is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of this year. It will cost around €249.

MOBLIN 2.0 VIDEO DEMO RELEASED

You're probably aware of Intel's efforts to create an O.S specifically geared towards the netbook arena. The name of that project has been Moblin and has gotten the official blessings of Linux (what its built off of). That said, we now have a video demo of version 2.0.

While we haven't been much of a fan of any other netbook O.S except for Ubantu or Window's XP (and soon to be Window's 7), we have to say this one looks pretty slick. But you can see for yourself in the video below.

VIDEO: SNAPDRAGON RUNS ANDROID

No doubt you've been hearing rumors that Android was coming to a netbook near you. You probably might have remembered we covered a few stories last week about home mods doing it. Well finally we have something better to show for it.

Here at Computex (yes its going on now), an ASUS Eee PC smartbook is up and running with Android on a 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. The benefits of this of course is circumvent the expensive licensing fees of Windows XP as well as some cool things such as 720p HD video capabilities. The chipset runs on a 1.3GHz build. But fear not for dual-CPU 1.5GHz are on the way.

You can check out the full details in the video below.

UMID M1 GETS VIDEO DEMO

We're going to be pretty quick with this one. Turns out that the UMID mBook M1 has gotten a little video demo all its own. You might remember that said HSDPA support device was not getting a US release date.

SAMSUNG N310 GETS VIDEO HANDS ON

Remember that Atom N270 packing netbook that we talked about last week that debuted from Samsung? Well said netbook has gotten its proper video dissection and its not half as bad as we thought.

VILIV S5 GETS PERSONAL VIDEO DEMO

You might remember that back in January Viliv introduced the S5 and S7 models. Well the former model has gotten its little screen time courtesy of UMPC Portal, and has been causing quite a few green eyes among prospective buyers.

So far the system looks pretty tight and we kinda like that XP skin that Viliv has going for them. There are some minor drawbacks though such as the lack of microphone or physical mouse pointer. But that should not be too much of an issue as the entire system is touchscreen.

The battery gets high marks as well as the overall design, which according to UMPC Pocktables is "the best pocketable UMPC."

We'd go on with more ramblings but you're probably not reading this anyway (instead watching the video below. So go right ahead and take a look.

MOTION J3400 RUGGED TABLET PC DEMOED ON VIDEO

We're going to be short here because we're sure you're dying to get to the video. The tablet PC you're about to see demoed on video is from Motion and comes with a 2 megapixel camera, GPS, biometric sensor, Bluetooth 2.1, Qualcomm's dual-mode Gobi WWAN, Wifi, 1.8-inch shock-mounted HDD or a 64GB SSD option.

DURABOOK AND TOUGHBOOK TAKE THE BEATING OF THEIR LIVES ON VIDEO

We're sure this won't appeal to everyone, but if you are interested in checking out what Durabook and Panasonic's Toughbook can handle then you might want to check out the videos we have included below as well as check out an indepth review of the whole thing.

For one both notebooks are not for everyone and most naturally the average user will not like th thickness of the notebooks (3" in some places), but durability is there. They can be dropped, stepped on, sprayed with water and just about anything else you can throw at them.

So if you want to check out what they can take check out the video below and head HERE for a full review.

VILIV S5 GETS LOOKED AT UNDER VIDEO CAMERA

We're going to be quite short with this as you're probably more interested in watching the actual video. But that Viliv S5 that was posing for the cameras at CES a month ago has been unboxed on video.

MODBOOK STOP MOTION VIDEO

If you've been wondering how the processes goes that Axiotron uses to convert a Macbook Pro into a Modbook Pro than today is your lucky day.

While we cannot verify 100% that this is the processes that Aciotron uses it is almost identical in the least bit. Everything is pretty straight forward and only involves (in simple terms) removing the keyboard and none touch screen and replacing those. Than rearranging the rest of components and screwing in the top.

And walla! You have yourself a Modbook Pro that Aiotron charges nearly $3000 for. A complete video of the processes can be viewed below.

HP COMPAQ MINI 700 UNBOXING VIDEO

Remember that HP Compaq netbook that was destined for Europe? Well its finally landed on the good old British soil and some random guy has decided to give it a proper unboxing. Just to recap here, we're talking about a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 10.2 inch screen (1024 x 600) among others. The price tag for this one is £399 ($594).

But less talking and more watching so please take a look at the video below this text for first impressions.

MEANS TO AVOID NEEDLESS POWER USAGE OF PROCESSOR AND VIDEO CARD

Disable all needless programs, which run in the backdrop. Also minute tools in the task bar time and again need some percent of concert.

Decrease the flaunt brightness: Decrease the screen brightness as low as possible and still a pleasing working is probable. Good contemporary displays show clarity of over 150cd/m². If one does not use the notebook outside in fresh air or direct sunshine the intensity can be reverted back to 100cd/m². This can bank some watts. With the most recent tested mobile computer we could gauge a difference of 10 watts flanked by minimum and maximum intensity!
Enable current saving function: Current mobile video cards got individual current optimizing functions implemented. So one can border the performance, but also pin down the current need. Commanding graphic cards like NVidia go 7800gtx or ATI Radeon Mobility X800 require very high power. ATI names the current savings tasks "Power play" and boasts the battery overall runtime with the setting "optimal battery life" (about 4 watts of savings is possible when a system is coupled with a ATI X700). With NVidia graphics cards that cater to the same function is called "Powermizer".

Disable LAN and Bluetooth connectivity: If you do not require incorporated functions such as Wireless LAN, Bluetooth or infrared, twirl these functions to off condition (best by presented hardware switches) for contemporary current saving saving.

NVIDIA 8800M GTX VIDEO CARD FOR POWERFUL LAPTOPS

NVidia, leaders in graphics visual technology, recently launched its latest product, the NVidia 8800M GTX graphics processor which is claimed to provide the world's best gaming platform. According to NVidia, this graphics card will allow the gamers to play games the way they were meant to be. This graphics chip provides stunning visual effects and providing high performance at the same time. It also provides excellent Blu-Ray Disc and HD DVD clarity along with smooth and sharp color display. It features 96 stream processors, up to three times its previous version, and sports 512MB of maximum memory along with a 256 bit memory interface.