by Marcus Yam July 30, 2008
Among the hardcore gaming crowd, John Carmack’s work with id Software is legendary for producing 3D gaming works such as Doom and Quake. Although Carmack is clearly comfortable pushing the limits of PC hardware, his latest interest appears to be in mobile games – and his sights are now set on the Apple iPhone . "We wanted to do something for the iPhone , but we just didn’t have the scheduling or the resources available," Carmack said to Forbes. "I really regret not having something at launch." The launch that Carmack referred to was the launch of the App Store on iTunes, which coincided with the release of the iPhone 3G. The App Store allows iPhone and IPod Touch users to download and install applications and games for use on their mobile device. While Carmack won’t have the usual dual-core CPU and blazing AMD or NVIDIA GPUs on tap, he seems more than confident that the iPhone is capable of delivering the graphical goods. "The iPhone, as a device, is in the same generation power-wise as the PS2 or Xbox," he said. "The graphics are a little lower but the RAM is a lot higher. … You could easily spend $10 million on an iPhone game, but the market just can’t support that yet."
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Dell tests music player to renew iPod battle: report
by Purwa Naveen Raman Wed Jul 30, 2008
In recent months, personal computer maker Dell Inc., has been testing a digital music player that could go on sale as early as September, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said, citing several Dell officials. Dell's new foray would put it into an Apple-led market that has defied assaults. Companies like Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp have tried -- and failed -- to make a dent in the market dominated by Apple's iPod players and iTunes store, the Journal said. The music player which Dell has been testing features a small navigation screen and basic button controls to scroll through music play lists, the Journal reported. It would connect to online music services via a Wi-Fi Internet connection, and Dell would likely price the model at less than $100, the Journal said. Dell's first foray into the music market in 2003 was a huge disappointment. It withdrew from the music-player market after its DJ Ditty player failed to make major inroads.
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In recent months, personal computer maker Dell Inc., has been testing a digital music player that could go on sale as early as September, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said, citing several Dell officials. Dell's new foray would put it into an Apple-led market that has defied assaults. Companies like Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp have tried -- and failed -- to make a dent in the market dominated by Apple's iPod players and iTunes store, the Journal said. The music player which Dell has been testing features a small navigation screen and basic button controls to scroll through music play lists, the Journal reported. It would connect to online music services via a Wi-Fi Internet connection, and Dell would likely price the model at less than $100, the Journal said. Dell's first foray into the music market in 2003 was a huge disappointment. It withdrew from the music-player market after its DJ Ditty player failed to make major inroads.
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Apple rumored to be ignoring Centrino 2 chipset
By Wolfgang Gruener Wednesday, July 30, 2008
AppleInsider recently ran a story that got us scratching our heads. Apparently, Apple’s upcoming notebooks will not transition to Intel’s Centrino 2 (Montevina) chipset. It could be business as usual or it could be another sign of Apple’s growing purchasing power that enables the company to milk Intel. Sources however suggest that Apple could be returning to custom chipset design to differentiate its products from the competition. Apple Insider cites people “familiar with these plans” that claim a “trio of redesigned” notebooks will not adopt Montevina and the new “new wave of Macs may have little or nothing to do with Intel at all.” This statement is somewhat surprising, as most Mac announcements over the past two years were all about Intel. Apple transitioned its higher-end notebooks and iMacs quickly to a new Intel platform (Santa Rosa) and we know of at least two “special SKU” processors that were made available to Apple only. So is it business as usual and these new notebooks are just lower-end models (read: not Macbook Pro) that won’t get the privilege of running Centrino 2? Perhaps. Your guess is as good as ours.
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AppleInsider recently ran a story that got us scratching our heads. Apparently, Apple’s upcoming notebooks will not transition to Intel’s Centrino 2 (Montevina) chipset. It could be business as usual or it could be another sign of Apple’s growing purchasing power that enables the company to milk Intel. Sources however suggest that Apple could be returning to custom chipset design to differentiate its products from the competition. Apple Insider cites people “familiar with these plans” that claim a “trio of redesigned” notebooks will not adopt Montevina and the new “new wave of Macs may have little or nothing to do with Intel at all.” This statement is somewhat surprising, as most Mac announcements over the past two years were all about Intel. Apple transitioned its higher-end notebooks and iMacs quickly to a new Intel platform (Santa Rosa) and we know of at least two “special SKU” processors that were made available to Apple only. So is it business as usual and these new notebooks are just lower-end models (read: not Macbook Pro) that won’t get the privilege of running Centrino 2? Perhaps. Your guess is as good as ours.
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