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announced its new Battalion Touch gaming laptop at the beginning of CES last week, but it’s just now made the multitouch rig available to order, and finally revealed a price. As expected, there are a whole range of configuration options (including a $150 “Flame” add-on), but if you just want to get your hands on the first multitouch gaming laptop, you can snag a system for $999 that includes Core 2 Duo Mobile P8700 processor, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 graphics. Not quite enough for you? Then hit up the link below to check out some of the other upgrade options that can fully triple the base price.
iBuyPower Battalion Touch now available to order, starting at $999 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Amazing what a little success will do to a company, isn’t it? The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Motorola has put the brakes on its search for a buyer for its Home and Networks Mobility division that’s responsible for the company’s set-top boxes and network infrastructure equipment. It’s easy to see why this might be a good time for Moto to pause and take stock of its situation — while no one’s even close to calling the Mobile Devices division’s turnaround complete, the focus on Android appears to have injected fresh interest (and commercial success) in a lineup plagued with countless duds just a year ago. Apparently the company is also discouraged by the fact that suitors have lowballed Motorola’s expected sale price by a billion or two, but make no mistake, the split isn’t off altogether — the executive board is expected to convene in the next few days to figure this all out before the next round of bidding is due in February. Stay tuned — by the end of the year, we could realistically be looking at one, two, or even three Motos depending on how this goes down.
Motorola pauses split to mull options originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Toshiba’s showing it has moved on from the horrors of the format war, today announcing Three Non-HD DVD Recorders and a few other Japan only Blu-ray products. The top of the line D-BW1005K DVR connects with the future via a 1TB HDD, several tuners and the aforementioned disc burning capability but also gives a nod to the past and our old copies of Days of Thunder, A History of Violence and The Young Teacher thanks to its included VHS deck. Ditching the tape player, 1TB HDD or recording capability saves a few yen, while all-in-one fans can opt for the R1BDP series of REGZA LCDs, an offshoot of the R9000 line in 32- and 26-inch sizes with Blu-ray burning drives tucked in behind just like Sharp & Mitsubishi’s HDTVs. All are due over the next few months, check Impress for the prices and dates, but we’d wait to see what kind of Blu-ray upgrade is heading the Cell TV’s way before buying, even with the potential return of sweet, sweet VHS to our lives (it’s amazing how a few years of nostalgia has made us forget all those worn out rentals, poor quality and the need for something called a “rewinder.”)
Toshiba updates VARDIA line of DVRs with Blu-ray, VHS… wait, what? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sony doesn’t seem to have gotten around to an official announcement for this one just yet, but its WHG-SLK1 iPod shelf system was on hand at CES 2010, and the folks at Sony Insider managed to get a quick peek at it. Designed as much for video as for audio, this one packs a fairly large 9-inch screen front and center, and promises a full 100W of power, along with an iPod dock, a built-in DVD player, a USB port, and accommodations for both Memory Sticks and SD cards. You’ll also get video in/out ports to connect other devices or connect the system itself to a larger screen, but there’s unfortunately no indication of a price or release date.
Sony WHG-SLK1 iPod shelf system surfaces at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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