Apple has released the iPad, an iPhone OS-based multi-touch tablet device with a 9.7-inch display.
The device is primarily designed for web surfing, multimedia, gaming, and e-book reading. For business use, it could be interesting that it also runs iWork for iPad, the “first desktop-class productivity suite designed specifically for Multi-Touch.”
Google has released Google Voice app for iPhone OS 3.0 and higher and Palm Web OS devices.
Google Voice mobile web app lets iPhone and Palm Web users access a streamlined version of the Google Voice inbox, as well as display user’s Google Voice number as the outbound caller ID, send and receive free SMS messages, and place international calls at affordable rates, the company says.
Buffalo Technology has announced the TeraStation ES TS-XEL/R5, a network attached storage (NAS) device for small businesses.
The TeraStation ES TS-XEL/R5 is available with capacities of 2TB, 4TB, 6TB and 8TB. It has four hard drive bays, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and two USBs 2.0, and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD.
Cisco Capital SM today announced a three-year, zero-percent financing offer for US based small and medium-sized businesses.
The financing offer applies to all Cisco products and services from $1,000 up to $250,000.
Lenovo has unveiled the ThinkCentre A63 desktop, an affordable PC for small business users.
The ThinkCentre A63 features a tower form factor, AMD’s processors including Athon II and Sempron, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, integrated AMD RS760 or dedicated NVDIA GeForce 310 512MB graphics, up to 500GB of hard drive space, and an optional DVD-ROM or DVD burner.
IBM and RIM today announced new social networking applications for BlackBerry smartphones – the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr and a new version of the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections.
The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections offers enterprise social networking capabilities for people-based collaboration, while the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr is document-based collaboration software.
Dell has launched the PowerVault MD1200 and PowerVault MD1220 direct attached storage.
The MD1200 and MD1220 are designed for 6Gb/s SAS environments and Dell PowerEdge servers with the new PERC H800 HostRAID adapter.
VMware has announced the availability of VMware Go web service that allows small or medium businesses to virtualize servers and create running virtual machines “with just a few clicks of a mouse”.
According to the company, VMware Go provides a simple three-step virtualization: Initial ESXi server setup, virtual machine creation, and ESXi management.
Lenovo has announced four new business-class ThinkPad notebooks – the T410s thin-and-light laptop with a 14-inch display and optional multi-touch screen, the mainstream 14″ T410 and 15.6″ T510, and the W510 15.6″ mobile workstation.
The notebooks feature the new Intel Core processors, up to Core i7.
Google announced today the Nexus One, the company’s first cell phone.
The Nexus One mobile phone/smartphone, or also called “superphone”, combines HTC’s hardware and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform with Google’s Adnroid mobile operating system.
HP has released the Compaq 8000f Elite Ultra-slim Desktop PC for business users, “the first Windows-based desktop PC to be free of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from the wall to the mouse”.
The space saving Compaq 8000f Elite comes with Intel’s Core 2 processors, Intel vPro technology, the GMA 4500 series integrated graphics, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, up to 250GB of hard drive space or a 64GB solid state drive, and a DVD burner.
Hewlett-Packard has released the refreshed HP EliteBook and HP ProBook business laptop series for 2010, featuring the latest Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors.
The HP EliteBook 8440p/w and 8540p/w series are military-grade ruggedized notebooks with magnesium-alloy cases. On the other side, the ProBook b series – the 6440b and 6540b – are affordable business laptops.
Lenovo has released the ThinkPad Edge, a new small business class laptop series.
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge includes Intel or AMD-powered 13-inch, and Intel-based 14- and 15-inch models. The laptops feature “a new contemporary keyboard”, a over eight hours battery life, optional 3G and WiMAX connectivity, and black, red or silver chassis.