Dell launches 624MHz Axim handheld

Dell today launched a new Pocket PC PDA at its annual EMEA Product Showcase in Cannes, France, with wireless connectivity and Intel's new PXA270 processor. The Axim X30 features the latest version of Microsoft's OS for handhelds - Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC - and is available in three configurations. Two of these include both Bluetooth and 802. ...more

Motorola says iTunes phone debut is imminent

The CEO of Motorola has denied that mobile phone network operators are not prepared to carry its iTunes-playing mobile phone, the Rokr. Ed Zander said that the phone will be available in the US, in a couple of months. 'There is no resistance on anybody's part,' Zander said. ...more

Videoseven launches ?300 19in TFT

Videoseven has added the 19in L19PS to its Entertainment Line of displays. The silver and black LCD screen has a brightness of 300 cd/m?, a contrast ratio of 500:1 and a viewing angle of 170?. Its response time is 21ms, which means it is not really one for ultra-serious gamers. ...more

Nintendo online future still shaky

Online gaming is set to be 'fairly niche for a long time' - that's the damning verdict of Nintendo's US vice president of corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan, speaking at a press event in Las Vegas recently. Kaplan reiterated Nintendo's stance, namely that online gaming, so enthusiastically seized upon by Sony and Microsoft, does not appeal to a wide enough audience to make for a profitable business model. 'I think some of our interests instead lie in building community on the wireless play front as opposed to the online one,' said Kaplan, when questioned on the future of online games. ...more

AMD rolls out 90nm Opterons from its Dresden fab

AMD is reported to have started rolling sample quantities 90nm versions of its Opteron processors from its Fab30 factory in Dresden. The company says it plans to start shipping processors to OEMs in the third quarter of this year. The company is reported to be using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) manufacturing process as well as Applied Material's Black Diamond low-k technology. ...more