Acer is entering the UMPC market with a vengeance with their Acer Aspire One. This 8.9″ UMPC is coming with a native resolution of 1024×768.
At the core is said to be a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom Diamondville processor running Windows XP SP3. It will come with 512mb of RAM and it’s is likely to have a battery life of 2-3 hours.
Sources expect a release as early as next month but are still unsure of regional availability. (more…)
You’re set to buy UMPCs but don’t really like the current crop? Well, if you’re patient enough, you can get your hands on this fine UMPC from Dell.
No official name has been announced yet. For the moment, it’s being called the “mini-Inspiron”.
No word about the processor, memory, the OS or the pricing. However I think it will be sold in the range of ASUS Eee PC’s pricing. It will have three USB ports, a muti card reader, VGA out, and Ethernet.
It comes in your choice of two colors.
Today SanDisk unveiled their latest line of memory cards known as the Extreme III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, and these aren’t your ordinary sticks. What’s special about these cards are their write and read transfer speed of up to 30Mbps. Yes you read that right.
The older non-HG versions were managing 18-20MBps, as opposed to the new accelerated version. It comes in 8Gb or 4GB and both get up to 30Mbps. (more…)
Asus’ new 10-inch Eee PC 1000 UMPC might be launched at the Computex show, this new Eee PC will compete against MSI’s 10-inch Wind mini notebook.
According to the Asus Computex invitation they will show off not only the 901-series but also the 1000-series.
“[ASUS] would also like to specially extend an invitation to you to attend the official global launch of the new Eee PC 901 and 1000 series.”
The 1000-series will be a larger model than the current 701 7-inch model, although some rumors said that Asus was going to fit the new 10″ model in the same form factor as the 701.
This would be a nice addition to the Eee PC range, and depending on the price it might be a very good buy. (more…)
Asus is getting ready to release its new desktop computer on June 3rd, according to new leaked reports.
The computer, dubbed the EBOX, is part of the very successful Eee PC line, and packs 2 GB of ram, a 160 GB hard drive, and Asus’ own version of Xandros Linux all into a tiny, Wii-like form factor.
No other details have been released yet, but the computer is expected to run the new Atom processor that will also ship with the Eee Pc 901, bringing better power management and performance to the Eee line.
The EBOX is expected to retail for around $300 dollars.
The moment I saw the pictures of this machine, I could imagine myself using it.
If you’ve thought of it, chances are their is a computer case mod inspired by it. This year, the modders have really outdone themselves with even more drool-worthy designs!
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Remember Zip drives? Well Iomega, the previous manufacturer of Zip drives, has now switched to creating stylish portable hard drives. The eGo is a 250GB external hard drive, that looks a little like a stylish scotch flask.
At a conference yesterday, Nicolas Negroponte announced the OLPC XO-2, the follow-up to the successful OLPC XO.
The laptop is designed to be significantly smaller than its predecessor, making it more like a book than a computer, given its form factor. In fact, the XO-2 is designed to be flipped on its side and used as a book.
The device features dual touch screens this time around, allowing the device’s functions to change dramatically depending on what the user desires. Gone is the hand crank that was present in the original XO, leading some to speculate that this laptop may draw power from sunlight. (more…)
Acer is set to enter into the high-end gaming PC market with its newest PC, dubbed the Predator.
Designed with a distinct look and feel inspired by military equipment, the orange and black case sports a cover that retracts along the top of the machine and packs in enough high end features to make any power user drool.
Maxed out, the Predator comes with an Intel Core 2 Quad processor, up to 8 GB of DDR2 800/1066 MHz RAM, a Blu-Ray Optical Disc Drive, Liquid Cooling, 4 hot-awappable RAID-enabled drives, easily accessed via the Acer HDD Easyswap cage on the front of the case, and up to 3 512 MB Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX arranged in an SLI configuration.
Other Notable features include:
So you are tired of looking at your regular Xbox 360, Wii or PS3? Feel that the controller for your new console is a bit bland, and nothing special?
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