A newly leaked specs for HP Slate have been surfaced at Engadget where they compare it to a newly released iPad.  The specs show that the HP Slate will have a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and five-plus hours of battery life.

The other details also show that it will carry a $549 price tag for the base 32GB flash memory storage, while a 64GB version will be available for $599. The Slate’s going to have a 8.9-inch 1024×600 capacitive multitouch display, 1GB RAM, Intel UMA graphics with 1080p playback, an SD card slot, SIM card tray for optional WWAN, USB 2.0 port, and an inward-facing VGA webcam/outward-facing 3MP camera.

It’s interesting that despite all those extra goodies, the Slate’s still going to come in at equal weight to the Wi-Fi iPad and a little lighter than the 3G version.

For those of you wondering exactly how the tablet battlefield’s shaping up, checkout the Engadget

Just  a little while ago Apple issued a news release that they have filed a suit against HTC, alleging that the company is infringing on 20 patents, like iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware.  We just have to sit back, and wait for more details to unfold!

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Google is planning to unveil an all new social product Today at 10AM that will integrate with at least two existing Google products.  Some details emerged earlier today on the Wall Street Journal (“a new feature that makes it easier and faster for users of Gmail to view media and status updates”).  From the rumors that we have heard, this product will go far beyond a Gmail integration.  Sounds very exciting.

Will this be a Facebook rival?  We will have to wait and see for the complete announcement!

Finally a long awaited Apple iPad has been unveiled, but is it all it cracked out to be?  Well lets first take a quick look at what it has, and then we can look at what it lacks.  Then you cam make your own decision weather this device is for you or not.

• The device is half-inch thick and weighs at 1.5 pounds
• 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display
• Custom 1GHz Apple “A4″ chip
• 10-hour battery life and a month of standby
• Will come in flavors of 16, 32, and 64GB
• 30-pin Dock connector
• speaker
• microphone
• Bluetooth
• 802.11n WiFi
• 3G (optional) Service through ATT Wireless
• accelerometer and a compass

Just like iPhone and iTouch, the iPad is managed by iTunes.  As promissed, it can run (most) iPhone apps ether in pixel-for-pixel or or pixel-doubled fullscreen mode.  As mentioned above, 3G version of iPad will run on AT&T network, and can be had with one of the new data plans, 250MB for $14.99 or an unlimited plan for $29.99 a month (contract-free), so you can activate and cancel whenever you want.  There are no details on the international service just yet.

The iPad will come at different pricing, $499 for 16GB, 32GB for $599, and $699 64GB.  A 3G option will set you back another $130,  so the most expensive model (64GB / 3G) will cost you $829.  The WiFi-only model will ship in 60 days, and the 3G models will come in 90.

Now for things that everyone would have liked to see but are missing:

• There’s no multitasking.  this a a huge disappointment!
• No built in camera. Which means No video conferencing.
• iPhone OS 3.2 (why?)
• No Flash support! What aret hey thinking about???
• No memory slot for any kind of external expansion.

Well we gave you the details on what it has and what it lacks (some major lacking there), but at the end of the day it is up to you to decide whether this device is for you.  Let us know what you think.

Source:  GDGT, Engadget

Microsoft has just announced the ‘Game Room’ virtual arcade for Games for Windows and Xbox Live.  The arcade is a virtual space where you can play your Xbox Live games via old school arcade cabinets.  According to Microsoft, the Game Room will launch this spring.

According to the latest press release by Microsoft, you will be able to watch TV on Windows 7 PCs.  The details are not very clear on weather any special hardware like a tuner will be required, but when you upgrade to Mediaroom 2.0, Media Center will have access to all the content like HD and on-demand, which is very nice idea.  

For a complete list of details read the press release below.

Source: Microsoft

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A really hyped Nexus One Smartphone (previously known as Google Phone) is finally launched. 

The phone is powered by Snapdragon processor and built by HTC.  The phone specs look very promising and the phone itself looks very sleek, but nothing ground breaking. 

Everyone expected this phone to be very sexy, but did Google Succeed?  Well The phone looks very sleek but the beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.  It sort of looks like a stretched version of Palm Pre with a trackball in the middle minus the keyboard.  The body of the handset is dark gray with lighter gray outer wrapper. 

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(Cambridge, Massachusetts–December 23, 2009) wondertouch by GenArts announced today the immediate availability of particleIllusion™ for After Effects (pIAE) for users of Adobe After Effects on Windows. Available as a plug-in for the first time, particleIllusion for After Effects enables artists to create gorgeous particle effects directly within After Effects, producing a more efficient workflow and significantly enhanced productivity. Like its stand-alone sibling particleIllusion 3.0, pIAE is built on the industry’s most robust 2D particle generation engine.

As a result, it features the same highly acclaimed speed and ease of use that have made wondertouch products so popular with more than 10,000 compositing artists around the world. In addition, pIAE provides access to the thousands of existing wondertouch emitters — downloadable presets designed to allow users to effortlessly create natural, high-quality effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, sparkles, fireworks and countless abstract effects — without ever leaving the After Effects environment.
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A very eagerly awaited CES will ramp up this week.  The following sites will have a very up to date information directly from the CES floor.    

Engadget (Official CES 2010 Blog)

SlashGear

CNET

Lots of new products are expected to be announced at the show, so stay tuned for more information and details.

Notion Ink has released some more information regarding their future upcoming tablet named Adam.  

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