Filed under: Cellphones

Besides the RAZR, few handsets have milked longevity like Nokia’s 8800 slider — first introduced in April 2005. Unlike RAZR, however, the 8800 somehow manages not to annoy… too much. The latest Carbon Arte model brings 3G, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 4GB of flash memory, and OLED display with anti-fingerprint coating. Fine, but it’s the rocket-esque carbon fiber, titanium, and stainless steel materials that help push the price tag to €1,100 (that’s about $1,600) before taxes and of course, carrier subsidies. Expected to brazenly appear in the smoking dens of Europe’s finest gentlemens’ clubs sometime in Q3.

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Filed under: Desktops

Sure, it’s all well and good to play around with the Folding@Home client on toys like the PS3, but if you’re really serious about out-nerding the rest of the pack, you need big-boy hardware, like this 51-card NVIDIA-based rig built by nitteo of the overclock.net forums. That’s 51 8800-series GPUs on 13 MSI P6N Diamond mobos, enough for an estimated 265,200 folding points per day when they all go online — and we’re guessing that number will go up when that new CUDA-based folding client released yesterday is installed. Now let’s just hope all those cards can stand the heat, hmm? More pics at the read link — and remember, we’re always down for more help on the Engadget Folding@Home team!

[Via x64bit.net]

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Filed under: Cellphones

We don’t know what it is about Nokia’s 8800, but fashionistas and high-end designers just can’t seem to keep their fingerprints off of it. Enter Thomas Heyerdahl, the same artisan who gussied-up an iPod shuffle earlier this year. This fellow has crafted a version of the handset laced with 112 authentic diamonds, and it’s said that only 100 of the coveted (and individually numbered) mobiles will be made available. All told, you’ll find 0.7 carats of United Nations-approved diamonds per phone, and while the bulk of these things will be sold in select outlets for 30,000 Norwegian kroner ($5,933), numero uno is set to be auctioned for charity to the highest bidder. Pony up, son!

[Via LuxuryLaunches]

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Filed under: GPS

Multifunction PNDs are starting to hit the low end of the price spectrum, which is always welcome — check out G-Sol’s Marbella 8800 nav unit, which sports PMP functions, AV-in, and a 2 megapixel digital camera for a wholesale price of $160. That means the retail price will probably be around $200, but you’re actually getting a decent piece of kit — there’s a SiRF Star III GPS chip in there, which is pretty respectable. Of course, some eager wholesaler’s got to be willing to bring this bad boy to the States first, but hey — that could be you, if you’re ready to fence a couple thousand of these a month.

[Via Navigadget]

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Filed under: Gaming

Not even two months after NVIDIA tempted gamers on a budget with the GeForce 8800 GT, the outfit has loosed a new beast just in time for those eleventh hour holiday shoppers. Based on 65-nanometer fabrication, the 8800 GTS 512MB boasts 128 stream processors, twin dual-link DVI ports, PureVideo HD technology, DirectX 10 support, a 650MHz core clock / 970MHz memory clock and hardware decode acceleration for smooth playback of “H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and SD movies.” According to the company, this card provides some 25-percent more processing power than NVIDIA products previously offered at the same price point, which, if you’re wondering, is around $299 to $349.

[Via HotHardware]

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