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AMD Discards ATI Brand Name

AMD Discards ATI Brand Name

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has decided to kill its ATI brand name, judging that the names of its graphics chip products, such as Radeon and FirePro, in combination with the AMD brand, are familiar enough to consumers to stand on their own. AMD had bought graphics chip manufacturer ATI for $5.4 billion back in 2006., in one of the biggest acquisitions ever in the semiconductor industry, and internally, ATI was renamed to AMD...

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2 SIM cards for the iPhone 4 is possible

2 SIM cards for the iPhone 4 is possible

Personally I will buy one prepaid SIM when I am traveling abroad. This is cheaper than that using international roaming. Instead of remove the SIM tray manually, you can use this iPhone 4 Dual SIM Adapter Case for US$28.99. Put the SIM cards on the tool and it can connect with the iPhone 4 like pictured above. Due to the limitation of iPhone 4 software, you can have both SIM cards active at the same time. However, you can easily...

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Time to beat this world’s fastest texting record on iPhone 4

Time to beat this world’s fastest texting record on iPhone 4

How long will it take to type the following words on iPhone 4? “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human” Brian from Gumball Tech Blog did it in less than 21.8 seconds. Some people argue that he uses the auto-correction for some words. Lots of haters leave the comments on YouTube. So, to all of the haters,...

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iPhone 4 Gets Snap-On QWERTY Keyboard Pants

iPhone 4 Gets Snap-On QWERTY Keyboard Pants

Industrial designer Altamash Jiwani, has imagined a nifty pair of QWERTY keyboard pants tailored especially for iPhone 4. His snap-on prototype wraps around the iPhone using carbon steel slider rails, allowing a tactile keyboard to slide away for access to your home button. The frame docks into the iPhone, auto disabling the virtual keyboard. A female dock connector is also provided at the bottom for charging. Although...

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MSI waiting on Intel Oak Trail for Win 7 tablet, Android version will hit before end of the year

MSI waiting on Intel Oak Trail for Win 7 tablet, Android version will hit before end of the year

Remember MSI’s Windows 7 WindPad that we went hands-on with back in June at Computex? Of course you do. Well even though it’s been given a bit of Photoshop polish lately, MSI isn’t planning on launching it until Intel releases its Oak Trail Atom platform for tablets and netbooks at CES 2011. MSI’s Andy Tung told us that the current Atom platform just doesn’t provide adequate battery life and power for the...

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