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Monday, January 21st, 2008 |
Fujitsu’s marvelously light LOOX U50XN — better known as the U810 here in the States — just keeps getting better. Apparently, to-be owners in Japan can now snag one with an oh-so-coveted 64GB SSD, though all the other specs look to remain identical to what we’ve already seen. ‘Course, adding such a fine piece of hardware won’t come cheap — as a matter of fact, you’ll be forced to cough up an extra ¥95,000 ($887) for the privilege. Oh, and the unconfirmed word on the street has the new drive option coming stateside in March, but don’t bet the farm on that just yet, alright?
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 |
If you’re the type who just has to be the first to have everything, then don’t waste any time and rush over to Apple.com to pre-order your MacBook Air. Aside from the regular list of MacBook accessories, you’ll have to decide if it’s worth $300 to go from a 1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo to a 1.8Ghz. The only other choice to ponder is if your also the SSD type. Sure, SSDs are faster and use less power than their spinning brothers, but at $999 — and 16GBs less capacity — it’s a hard pill to swallow. Of course you can get the ultimate MacBook Air for $3,098 and while you’re at it, go ahead and get an all but useless optical drive for $99 and what is almost sure to be a required accessory on any first gen product; AppleCare at $249.
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Monday, January 14th, 2008 |
While Amtek is a bit short on history in the tablet and UMPC scene, the company seems to be making some pretty sweet moves. The latest from Amtek is this iTablet T221, which we found just as stylish in person as it looks in pictures. The version with the flush display is digitizer (pen) input only, while the white version adds a highly responsive and accurate capacitive touch capability (fingers) — if sacrificing a bit of the sexy in the process.
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Monday, January 14th, 2008 |
German hardware outfit Maxdata have converted Via’s simply named NanoBook prototype into the awkwardly named Belinea s.book 1 Mini-Note, powered by Via’s miserly 1.2 GHz C7-M processor.But just because it’s short on electricity (and branding smarts) doesn’t mean it’s totally watered down: you’ve got an 840×480 screen, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, and a DVI port all prettied up in a 2.2-lb., €629 ($924) piece of kit measuring a svelte 9-inches by 6.75-inches by 1.16-inches. But that’s not the best part: we’re still digging that detachable Skype handset. Hey, 1995 called. It wants its mobile phone design back.
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 |
If you’ve ever wanted to use a flash memory card to run your PC’s operating system, you’re not alone. Flash memory has proven itself to be fast, quiet and less susceptible to damage due to shock and vibration. The easiest way I have found to do this with an SD/MMC card would be to use this IDE to SD/MMC adapter.
This adapter is awesome because the BIOS actually detects your card as a regular IDE drive. Just hook it up and you’re ready to install your favorite OS. The adapter is cheap, as you’ll only pay around $25.
[ GizFever ] VIA [ RedFerret ]
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