Apacer launches its brand new Serial ATA Flash Drive (SAFD) 254 for industrial and embedded applications. The new product offers Apacer customers industrial SSD solution in the present market and supports high capacity requirement and wide operating temperature demand.
The NAND SLC memory and the SAFD 254 is capable of read/write speeds of up to 150/130 MB/sec. Apacer’s SAFD 254 makes use of the global wear leveling technology, which manages the rough “wear” on the sectors of a flash media memory by distributing the writes through whole sectors of the flash media to extend its life cycle.
The built-in S.M.A.R.T technology (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) provides users an interface that allows immediate display of key information, comprising spare blocks and erase counts. This minimizes the risk of sudden disk damage and proactively alerts customers to backup system and data. In addition to this, the built-in low power detector initiates cached data saving before the device’s power supply gets too low.
In addition to this, Apacer SAFD 254 comes with the SSD+ Optimizer software, developed particularly for Apacer SSD products. The Optimizer efficiently maintains the product’s long term peak operational performance. It utilizes the patented InvisiTasking technology and operates in the background to automatically perform error detection without disturbing normal system operation.
Apacer is also launching the cost-effective Multi-Level Cell SAFD254-M for Notebook, Netbook and MID use. The SAFD-M product has a read/write speed of 150/90 MB/sec, and is available in capacities ranging from 8GB to 128GB. The main highlight of the SAFD 254-M is that it is impact-resistant and power efficient, and can effectively withstand accidental bumps from erasing valuable storage data.
The SAFD 254 128GB Extended Temperature model is now available in prototype at the suggested selling price of USD 900 (Rs. 44,400 approximately). The product line is likely to go into production by the second quarter of 2009.
Forget about Apple and their multitouch trackpad – Sharp goes one up in this department with the Mebius PC-NJ70A that features an LCD touchpad which boasts a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.
This unique trackpad is able to adjust its brightness automatically based on surrounding light, and can also double up as a secondary display including adjusting an equalizer using your finger. It is a pity to see this appear on a netbook as it would be much more apt on a notebook considering the former’s lack of processing power.
Other features of the Mebius PC-NJ70A netbook include :-
The word on the street is that Apple has specific instructions for its retailers to put all those old iPhone/iPod touch A/V cords on clearance as there’s a new set coming.
In fact the new cord will support HD output for Apple TV functions. It will use six RCA connectors which will deal very well with both SD or HD content. Now we need more details about what the new iPhone and iPod touch will be able to do when it comes to HD content.
Folks who own the HTC Touch HD will be glad to hear that HTC has released yet another update for the device, which promises to fix several browsing issues and title-bar flicker. GPS Lock should also be faster, and the Connection Setup database has been updated and also the emergency call handling when you’re in flight mode has been improved.
This update is a generic update, meant for folks who purchased the device unlocked. As usual, do remember to back up your data before you try to perform such updates.
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 might be already common place in many countries globally, but it’s not in Korea – yet. Sony Ericsson will be launching the Xperia X1 smartphone in Korea with SK Telecom, which will no doubt bring smiles of joy to the Sony Ericsson fans who reside in Korea.
Word is going around that HTC’s Maple might be delayed. While it was initially reported to be launched in May, there are rumblings that HTC doesn’t want to divert attention from its 2 flagship products in the first half of 2009, which will result in the HTC Maple being pushed back to around August 2009.
A glance at HTC’s Touch Pro2 is all you need to take interest in it. With features like a high-resolution 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, improved battery life, expandable memory, 2 speakers, 2 microphones, touch-sensitive zoom bar, gravity, ambient light and proximity sensors, HTC sure looks like it has a winner on its hands.
One of the stand-out features of the Touch Pro2 is Straight Talk, which gives users an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience, allowing them to transition from email to conference calls via its new acoustic design that uses asymmetric speakers, noise suppression and full-duplex acoustics.
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