Xbox 360

Well, we already talk about the Nintendo Wii, so it would be propper to talk about the other consoles :) ... this is the Xbox 360 specifications:



Хboх 360 System Performance

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU


* 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
* 2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total
* 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total
* 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
* 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance


* 9 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor


* 500 MHz
* 10 MB embedded DRAM
* 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines
* Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance


* 500 million triangles per second

Pixel Fill Rate


* 16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA

Shader Performance


* 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory


* 512 MB GDDR3 RAM
* 700 MHz DDR
* Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth


* 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
* 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
* 21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance


* 1 TFLOP

Storage


* Detachable and upgradeable 20 GB hard drive
* 12X dual-layer DVD-ROM
* Memory unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O


* Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers
* 3 USB 2.0 ports
* 2 memory unit slots

Optimized for Online


* Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
* Built in Ethernet Port
* Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G
* Video Camera Ready

Digital Media Support


* Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
* Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs
* Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive
* Custom playlists in every game
* Windows Media Center Extender built in
* Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers

HD Game Support


* All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
* Standard definition and high definition video output supported

Audio


* Multichannel surround sound output
* Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio
* 320 independent decompression channels
* 32-bit audio processing
* Over 256 audio channels

System Orientation


* Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Face Plates


* Interchangeable to personalize the console

Nintendo wii

Design Featuring a compact design that makes it a natural addition to any television setup, the Wii console is white in color and can be displayed either vertically or horizontally.

Size

About 8.5 inches long, 6 inches wide and less than 2 inches thick (roughly the size of 3 DVD cases stacked on top of each other).

Network

The Wii console communicates wirelessly with the Internet via wireless or a Wii LAN adaptor. Wii also can connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS.

CPU / GPU

PowerPC CPU (code-named “Broadway”), made with a 90nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with and manufactured by IBM; GPU developed with ATI.

Media

A single self-loading media bay plays single- or double-layered 12-cm optical discs for the Wii console, as well as 8-cm Nintendo GameCube discs.

Input / Output

Input: Four Wii Remotes can communicate with Wii, which features a bay for an SD memory card.

Output: An AV Multi-output port for component, composite or S-video.

WiiConnect24

The Wii console can communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off. The WiiConnect24 service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if the system is idle. Users can connect wirelessly or by using a Wii LAN adaptor.

BlackBird 002

The new HP desktop its now available for customers. This pc its the future of gaming pcs, The Blackbird, with an incredible design and perfect performance. The price of this baby starts at $5,500.00 (USD). Here are the up to specifications...

Processor
AMD® X2 Dual Core Architecture

* 64 bit data paths and registers
* Hypertransport™ I/O Bus
* Up to SSE 3 support
* Integrated DDR2 memory Controler

Configurations

* Athlon™ AMD X2 6000+ 3.0GHz
o 1MB of L2 cache per processor


Intel® Core™ Micro architecture

* Up to SSE 3 support
* Energy efficiency optimization
* Thermal cut-outs to mitigate damage from system overclocking

Configurations

* Intel® Core2™ Extreme Quad-Core 3.0GHz [QX6850]; Quad Core; 8MB of L2 cache; 1333MHz

Memory

* 2 or 4 GB 1066MHz CORSAIR PC2-8500 DDR2 SDRAM SLI Ready

Four DIMM slots supporting up to 4 GB of main memory
256-bit-wide memory architecture

Graphics and Displays
Two Doublewide, 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot with one or more of the following graphic cards installed:

* NVIDIA GeForce 8800 ULTRA, with 756MB of GDDR3 SDRAM supports Dual-Link DVI (available with liquid cooling)
* ATI RADEON X2900™ XT 1GB, with 1GB of GDDR4 SDRAM, SDRAM supports Dual-Link DVI (available with liquid-cooling)
* ATI RADEON™ HD 2600 XT, with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, supports Dual-Link DVI (dual configuration only)

Supports both ATI Crossfire and NVDIA SLI multiple graphic card configurations

Ageia PhysX™ PCI-E GFX Accelerator Card

Four slots to support NVIDIA SLI or ATI Crossfire configurations with two PCIe graphics cards

Dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 by 1600 pixels.
Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels at 85HZ
DVI to VGA adapter included
Dual-display support for extended desktops and video cloning mode

Communications

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) ports that can support jumbo frames with low latency on gigabit connections

Storage

Five independent Serial ATA hard drive bays
Up to 4TB of internal storage using drives with the following capacities:

* Hard drive bays 1 – 5 can be configured with the following drives
o 160GB 10,000 rpm SATA (Western Digital Raptor)
o 320GB 7200 rpm SATA
o 500GB 7200 rpm SATA
o 750GB 7200 rpm SATA

Two Super multi-drive, slim slots with Lightscribe (DVD+/-R/RW+/-DL)

* Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed
* Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 4x speed

A single 5 1/4 bay for Blu-ray Rewriter and HD DVD-ROM Super multi-drive with LightScribe BD-R/RE SL/DL read and write compatible

* HD DVD-ROM/R read compatible


Electrical and environmental requirements

* Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)
* Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz single phase
* Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)
* Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
* Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)
* Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
* Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet

Peripherals and audio
Back panel:

* One PS/2 mouse port
* One PS/2 keyboard port
* Two eSATA ports
* One IEEE1394 port
* LCD screen (for diagnostics and status)
* LCD back light button (some boards only)
* SPDIF out and optical out port
* Two RJ-45 (Gigabit Ethernet) ports (number depends on MB)
* Four USB 2.0 ports (number depends on MB)

Top panel:

* 15 in 1 multi-card reader
* One IEEE1394 port
* Two USB 2.0 ports
* One 1/8" microphone jack
* One 1/8" headphone jack

ADI onboard audio optional audio cards:

* Creative Audio Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer
* Creative Audio Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional

Features

* Speaker and Headphone connections: Stereo to 7.1 (Line Out via three 3.5mm mini jacks)
* Flexijack: Line In / Microphone In / Digital Out / Digital I/O via shared 3.5mm mini jack
* Auxiliary Line level Input: 4-pin Molex connector

Expansion slots

* 3 PCIe x16 slots (The two blue PCIe x16 slots operate with a full compliment of 16 PCI Express lanes, while the third white slot operates with only 8)
* 1 PCIe x1 slot
* 2 PCI v2.2 slots

Size and weight

* Height: 598.64 mm (23.5 inches)
* Width: 266.96 mm (9 inches)
* Length: 557.23 mm (22 inches)
* Weight (full configuration): 72 pounds (32.659 kg)

New Ipod Touch

The new IPod Touch is almost the same as the IPhone. At a first look i almost confuse it with the IPhone, the only thing that this new IPod doesn't do, its a call... =P well, enough talking, this are the Specifications..

Size and weight

* Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
* Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
* Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
* Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams)

Capacity

* 8GB or 16GB flash drive
* Holds up to 1,750 or 3,500 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
* Holds up to 10,000 or 20,000 iPod-viewable photos
* Holds up to 10 hours or 20 hours of video

Display

* 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch display
* 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch

Audio

* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Video

* H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Wireless data

* Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Headphones

* Earphones
* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

* Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
* Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
* iTunes 7.4 or later

Windows system requirements

* PC with USB 2.0 port
* Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
* iTunes 7.4 or later

Languages

* English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
* International keyboard support for English, UK English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, and Portuguese
* Dictionary support for English, UK English, French, and German

Environmental requirements

* Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
* Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
* Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
* Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Input and output

* Dock connector
* 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

Power and battery

* Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
* Playback time
o Music playback time: Up to 22 hours when fully charged
o Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged

Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)

* Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
* Full-charge time: about 3 hours

In the box

* iPod touch
* Earphones
* USB 2.0 cable
* Dock adapter
* Polishing cloth
* Stand
* Quick Start guide

A Musical Smartphone, Aiming to Increase the Cool Quotient

A funny thing happened when Motorola first introduced its Q smartphone. It found that many buyers were casual users, not BlackBerry converts itching for an e-mail fix. The company decided to make the Q look a little cooler and added music and easy-to-use messaging features — thus the new Q Music 9M.
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The 5-ounce 9M, which costs $249 with a two-year contract and discounts, has a 2.5-inch screen and rubberized keys and back panel. It runs on Verizon’s high-speed data network and works with the V Cast music service, so you can wirelessly download songs for $1.99 over the air — although you can also put your own music into the phone’s 64 megabytes of memory or a supplemental mini SD card (not included).

The phone also has a unique user interface that focuses on many of the music- and media-playing functions and hides most of the complex features. A small program automatically connects to many standard e-mail services, including GMail and Hotmail. Meanwhile, the red-and- black color scheme will help in your efforts to look cool and casual.