In response to buzz about NVIDIA's Shield console, NVIDIA has moved up the preorder date a few days, May 20th to today, May 17th. Shield will be available for the previously stated $349 price for shoppers in the US. If you're not familiar with NVIDIA's Shield, it's a portable handheld gaming console including a 1.9 GHz Tegra 4 SoC and running Android 4.2.1. This is the first time NVIDIA has sold an Android device directly to consumers and will be supporting it directly with TegraZone marketplace alongside Google Play. NVIDIA SHIELD Shield SoC NVIDIA Tegra 4 - 1.9 GHz Display 5-inch 720p "Retinal" Display RAM 2 GB LPDDR3 Wireless Connectivity 2x2:2 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi + BT 3.0, GPS Storage 16 GB NAND, microSD Expansion I/O microUSB 2.0, mini-HDMI, 3.5mm headphone OS Android 4.2.1, Updates from NVIDIA Price $349.00, Preorders May 20...
GeForce GTX 570M Available in MSI's GT683DXR and GT780DXR
We've known the GTX 570M was coming for a while now, but MSI is the first to start shipping notebooks with the new GPU. Sitting between the GTX 560M...
5 by Jarred Walton on 9/7/2011
Dell XPS 15z: Sincerely Flattering
With the relaunch of their XPS branding, Dell has released quite a few interesting laptops during the past three quarters. Their latest addition to the line is the thin...
76 by Jarred Walton on 9/2/2011
HP Z210 SFF Workstation: Serious Power in Cramped Quarters
We're taking our second excursion into enterprise-class desktop territory with the kind of machine that should be of interest both to IT management and enthusiasts alike: HP's Z210 SFF...
25 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/29/2011
HP EliteBook 8760w: Color, So Dreamy
Just over ten months ago, we had a chance to take a look at a very big, reasonably impressive mobile workstation: HP's EliteBook 8740w. It sported HP's DreamColor IPS...
83 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/25/2011
MYTHLOGIC Pollux 1400: Clevo's W150HR Tested
The past year has seen the vast majority of mainstream notebooks with discrete graphics shift to NVIDIA's Optimus, and with the W150HR Clevo makes the move as well. Equipped...
22 by Jarred Walton on 8/23/2011
WiFi Galaxy Tab 10.1 Gets Improved GPU Performance With TouchWiz UX
So you read our TouchWiz UX Review and thought, "I'll pass on this one." Well, think it over one more time. When Anand discovered that Sammy's LTE Tab was...
7 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/22/2011
The Summer of Honeycomb Grand Finale
The Summer of Honeycomb has come to an end. Congrats to AnandTech reader tsgarp83 for winning our first Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Be sure to respond to my email...
3291 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/18/2011
HTC EVO 3D vs. Motorola Photon 4G: Choosing the Best Sprint Phone
Sprint customers almost always get the short end of the stick. In exchange for some of the more reasonable smartphone plans in the US, Sprint customers typically enjoy a...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/17/2011
Toshiba Qosmio X775: Toshiba's Gamer Grows Up
Toshiba's flagship Qosmio line of notebooks have been, for the longest time, big, flashy, red and black beasts. These juggernauts sported 18" screens with high-end graphics and processing power...
26 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/17/2011
MSI Launches Slim 14" X460 and X460DX Notebooks
If there’s one thing I like about computer technology, it’s progress. Late 2010, the best you could get from the 14” sector would have been something like the discontinued...
13 by Jarred Walton on 8/16/2011
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE Review
Using a tablet outside of the home in areas where WiFi isn't prevalent is unbelievably frustrating. Sure it's nicer to use the larger screen of a tablet compared to...
41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2011
SIGGRAPH 2011: NVIDIA’s Upcoming Workstation Technologies - Project Maximus & Monterey Technology
SIGGRAPH tends to be an interesting mix of announcements and demonstrations. Major vendors like NVIDIA like to make their announcements at their own trade shows – or at the...
12 by Ryan Smith on 8/12/2011
Toshiba Announces First Glasses-Free 3D Laptop
In the rush to move everything into the third dimension, Toshiba has announced their latest glasses-free 3D notebook, the Qosmio F755 3D. The laptop is even capable of displaying...
6 by Jarred Walton on 8/10/2011
Update: Kepler GPUs Shipping This Year? NVIDIA Says No
Although we're barely into August, both AMD and NVIDIA are already making their first moves for their next generation products due at the end of this year and into...
13 by Ryan Smith on 8/3/2011
Android 3.2 on the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer: Tested
Back in June, Google announced that Android 3.2 would be arriving beginning this summer for Honeycomb tablets. Motorola, being Google's launch partner for Honeycomb, was first to get the...
30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2011
The Summer of Honeycomb, Part 3: Win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
It's the Summer of Honeycomb and we now have two lucky readers who have won Eee Pad Transformers thanks to our friends at NVIDIA. Congrats to AnandTech reader unbellum...
2820 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/29/2011
Alienware M11x R3: Portable Powerhouse
We've been keeping track of Alienware's M11x series since the very first one landed and have had the privilege of testing each one. The move from Penryn to Arrandale...
55 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/22/2011
Alienware M14x: the Sound and the Fury
Understanding that many users would just as soon want to be able to game on the go without having to lug a ten pound land monster with them, Alienware...
48 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/19/2011
The Summer of Honeycomb, Part 2: Win an ASUS Eee Pad Transformer
Want to know if you're the winner of our first Summer of Honeycomb giveaway? Congrats to AnandTech reader jdobratz for winning our first Eee Pad Transformer. Be sure to...
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gScreen SpaceBook: Back to the Future with Dual Screens?
gScreen has released two SpaceBook-branded laptops that sport dual 17.3” 1080p monitors. That makes SpaceBook the laptop with the most real screen estate with over four million pixels. gScreen...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 7/17/2011