The Folks at PC PC Perspective have a review up on the ASUS P7P55D-E
“The new USB 3.0 standard runs at 4.8 Gbps (or 600 MB/s) – this is obviously a HUGE jump in performance and has the potential to make external storage a more reasonable high speed solution. Backing up a 2TB hard drive over current USB 2.0 would take about 10 hours or so; with USB 3.0 that could move to as little as an hour.”
Impressive. I want it NOW!
SlashGear has a hands-on video of eviGroup’s Windows 7 powered Pad and reports that the Pad is on sale now for €599 plus €30 shipping ($932); they’ll also sell you an OS-free version for €539 ($799). Only 2 hours on the batter though, so how mobile will this really be? Check out the video at SlashGear
The enTourage eDGe looks like a variation of the Microsoft Courier concept. It incorporates a 9.7” e-Ink screen on the left and a 10.1” 1024 X 600 pixel color touchscreen on the right. The e-ink screen allows input from a stylus to annotate books, choose search words or phrases, or enter handwritten notes in the journal application. The touchscreen to the right works with you fingers, and allows browsing, emailing and instant messaging. There is a virtual keyboard as well as the ability to use an external if so desired. The eDGe also includes a web cam, audio recorder and ability to play mp3’s and videos from it’s onboard 3GB storage, or from an SD card. The eDGe is running Android so the ability to ad apps down the road should be a given. enTourage is claiming a 6 hour battery life, and a user replaceable battery. Check out more at enTourage’s website.
The Pad is a 10.2” 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen tablet coming from the French manufacturer eviGroup. The Pad sports a 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. It also has Wi-Fi a/b/g and 3G, runs Windows 7 and a new “AI UI” called Seline. More info at slashgear.
The Dell Streak, with a 5 inch multitouch screen gets shown off on video. The Streak runs Android 2.0, has dual cameras, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3g. Looking good to me! Check out the video and more pics at Slashgear.
Kevin Tofel of jkOnTheRun.com has successfully installed Android 1.6 on his Q1UP. While not everything is working, including the touchscreen and sound, this is a very cool re-tasking of a Q1. Check out the video and Kevin’s thoughts HERE.
The Q1 is now up and running with Windows 7 on it. I still have some software to install, then I will begin timing boot times and all the rest. If you are interested in how the Q1 performed with Vista or XP Tablet Edition, check out my real world testing of different OS’s HERE.
A reminder for all the procrastinators like me to back up your stuff before disaster strikes.
Logitech today announced the Notebook Kit MK605, which includes a wireless keyboard and mouse, a Logitech Unifying receiver and an adjustable riser stand. The riser has three angles and can fit laptops sized up to 15.6 inches. The kit should ship in Europe and the US in November priced around $100.
Via electonista
The new Toshiba NB205-N330 with a Toshiba reported 9 hour battery life, a 250GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter Edition on it has been unboxed by liliputing.
Check out their article and video at liliputing.
BFG technologies has announced their 18.4” Deimos X-10 with Intel Core 2 Duo, Quad and Extreme CPU options, twin 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs, a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution display, three HDD bays for up to 1.5TB of storage, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM and a Blu-ray optical drive. There is also a built in sub, 4 USB ports, HDMI/DMI port, card reader, WIFI, Bluetooth, 2 megapixel webcam and a bundled in backpack. It is going to come with Windows 7 installed and cost nearly $2000. Read more at engadget.
Check out the second part of my testing of different OS’s in real world testing of an old school Samsung Q1. Check it out HERE
Engadget has 2 videos up of their hands-on time with the HD2. The Windows Mobile 6.5 based phone that has a 4.3” 800 x 480 capacitive display, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 5 megapixel camera and much more. From the sounds of it they were very impressed the HD2, I can’t wait to try one out myself! Watch the videos at engadget.
Masten Space Systems has completed Level 1 in NASA’s Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, joining Armadillo Aerospace, who qualified in September. Masten’s vehicle, “Xombie” lifted 53 meters up, did a 50 meter sideways translation, then touched down during a 90-second flight. They then repeated the flight. Check out more at Wired.
Rugged mobile device maker Getac showed off a new touchscreen that allows for multi-touch inputs even while wearing thick work gloves. Introduced on Wednesday, Getac will integrate the new touchscreen into its future devices. I would love to try this out at my other job. Read more at electonista.
Nokia has published a video showing of the Mozilla-based browser included in Maemo 5, and it looks pretty darn good. Check out more at engadget.
