MSI’s first laptop with AMD Fusion technology has been made available to the public. The 15.6-inch Classic Series MSI CR650 is powered by AMD E-350 APU, incorporating dual CPU cores at 1.6GHz which supports DirectX 11. The first Fusion APUs are the E-Series “Zacate” units, designed for mainstream notebooks, all-in-one, and small form factor desktop PCs, and the C-Series “Ontario” for HD-capable netbooks and other emerging form factors.
As to the graphics, the CR650 sports a 1366×768 LED-backlight screen which is given life by a Radeon HD 6310 graphics and UVD 3 HD video decoder. The storage is large enough for a 15.6-inch laptop, it is 500GB. Other features include a DVD Super Multi, Bluetooth, 720p webcam, stereo speakers, 802.11n wireless, three USB ports, and a 4-in-1 media card reader, Gigabit Ethernet LAN., D-Sub and HDMI outputs for connecting an external monitor.
Verizon Wireless said the number of iPhones it sold in the first two hours of availability Thursday exceeded the one-day total for any other device's debut in the carrier's history. Verizon Wireless allowed existing customers to preorder the iPhone Thursday, ahead of the official launch on Feb. 10, and stopped taking orders at night. While the carrier touted a record for first-day sales, it declined to say how many were ordered.
An Apple Inc. iPhone 4 is displayed during an event to announce that Verizon will start selling a version of Apple Inc.'s iPhone in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
"Overall, it was a very good day," Verizon Wireless Chief Executive Dan Mead said. "Yesterday's launch set the pace for next week when we open up sales to everyone across America."
The carrier said that between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. EST it took more orders of iPhones than its previous blockbuster phones, including Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.'s Droid and Research in Motion Ltd.'s Storm, which also benefited from tremendous marketing and hype.
Mr. Mead said the company faced "unprecedented customer orders" on Thursday.
Verizon has warned it will slow down the data connection of its most-active users when the network is jammed, after previously stressing that the company was prepared to handle any surge in usage when the iPhone became available.
When the Verizon iPhone launches next week, it will be sold at Verizon Wireless and Apple stores, as well as Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
The preorder process went relatively smoothly for the carrier, aside from a few error messages and a spike in traffic to Verizon Wireless and Apple's websites during the first hour of availability.
A Verizon Wireless spokeswoman said the carrier dealt directly with customers who encountered problems with their orders. She added the system never shut down, despite early concern that it might have been overwhelmed by the volume of orders.
Verizon Wireless is a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC.
BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM’s foray into the tablet world. They have proclaimed it and they have shown it running Adobe’s Flash and they have unveiled 3 different models. However, they have to give their much anticipated device an exact release date other than to say it will be out sometime in early 2011. RIM needs to get back into the game in a major way, BlackBerry 6 and the Torch don’t count, and the PlayBook very well could be the device to bring them back to the top.
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