Category: Gadgets

Samsung’s multitouch all-in-one 23-inch U250 and 20-inch U200

source – engadget.com by Darren Murph

SAMSUNG ADDS A TOUCH OF CLASS TO PC MARKET WITH NEW ALL-IN-ONE
Scintillating style coming to the UK in stunning 20″ and 23″ models

London, UK – May 11, 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a market leader in consumer electronics and world leader in IT technology, today announced its entry into the UK desktop PC market with the launch of two new ultra-stylish touch-screen All-in-One PCs for the home; the powerful, super-slim 23 inch U250 and ultra-stylish 20 inch U200.

Designed to bring the multi-touch functionality of the Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system to life, the full 1080p HD screen U250 and 1600 x 900 resolution U200 offer users an unparalleled multimedia touch-screen computing experience.

The new All-in-One designs combine the monitor and computer in one slick unit, offering a smaller footprint to help save space on the work surface. Samsung’s new All-in-One PCs can serve as the focal point for family home entertainment whilst looking great – the 23 inch U250 features a cutting-edge, slim line design and the 20 inch U200 is curvaceous, bold and beautiful.
The incredibly intuitive display helps the U250 and U200 amplify the capabilities of Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium’s multi-touch functions, offering users a powerful and fully touch optimised PC experience for editing photos, playing games and viewing video content.

Graham Long, Vice President of Samsung’s IT Business Division, said “Through the new U250 and U200, we’re offering customers the ultimate touch-screen computing experience for the home.
“We’ve combined class-leading design with a simple to use interactive experience to create the next generation of home PC. We’re confident that the look and performance of these new models will prove popular with a wide range of home computing users.”

The launch of the new All-in-One range marks Samsung’s first venture into the home PC market in the UK. Graham Long added “The sector has been growing steadily since 2005, and we decided to use the strengths from our market-leading netbooks and notebooks to create a Samsung solution for the home, perfect for complimenting our Note PC offerings.”

The Samsung U200 and U250 will be available exclusively at PC World and PCWorld.co.uk from May 2010.

engadget : Eager for more of Samsung‘s outlay? Good. Officially unveiled today over in the UK, the company’s new 23-inch U250 and 20-inch U200 all-in-one PCs are going where loads of AIO machines already have: the multitouch galaxy. The former offers up a full 1080p resolution, while the latter steps down to 1,600 x 900; both of ’em ship with Windows 7 Home Premium, and the company would have you know that these two mark its “first venture into the home PC market in the UK.” Regrettably, the excitement was tempered by the lack of a real specification sheet, but we’re told they’ll ship later this month for those who couldn’t care less about nuts, bolts, gigahertz and megabytes.

Kobo eReader available for 149$

source – engadget.com by Sean Hollister

Looking for a no-frills alternative to the Kindle or Nook? For $150, you’ll probably find it in the Kobo eReader — now available for purchase at Borders, and shipping June 17th. Engadget went hands-on with Kobo in March and rather enjoyed the barebones aesthetic; though an early review cited long load times, we thought the 6-inch E Ink slate got the basics just about right. That’s just us, though — if you get it for Father’s Day as Borders clearly suggests, we’re not sure your picky old man will agree.

HP TouchSmart tm2 with Core i3 and i5

source – engadget.com by Joanna Stern

This is just a rumor at this point, but it’s definitely one we’d file in the believable column. According to NewGadgets.de, HP’s planning to update its 12.1-inch tm2 convertible tablet with Core i3 and i5 processors in June. Considering we’ve heard that Intel will be releasing its Core i5 ULV processors around then, this certainly makes sense — after all, we’d expect HP to swap out the current Core 2 Duo ULV processors for something more powerful, yet power efficient. Time will tell if the new chips make it into the multitouch laptop, but it’s good to know that HP’s still working on at least some sort of Windows 7 tablet.

Fujitsu color e-paper, might be the next revolution in the ereader world

source – engadget.com/ By Darren Murph

Fujitsu’s been dabbling in the color e-paper market for years, showing off prototype readers during a time when the iPad was simply a twinkle in the eye of Steve-o. Now, the e-reader realm as a whole is having to reevaluate itself with the explosion of multifaceted tablets, but we’re not giving up hope just yet — Qualcomm’s downright stunning color Mirasol display could turn the tables once more later this year, and Fujitsu’s new and improved color e-paper might do the same later this month. Scheduled to debut at the Fujitsu Forum in Japan, this newly developed color electronic paper utilizes a redesigned panel structure and image re-write methods, and there’s also an improved contrast ratio to boot. Unfortunately, there’s no public commercialization plans just yet, but we’re hoping it’ll hit a few products sooner rather than later — time’s a wastin’, Fujitsu!

Microsoft Kin One and Two review

source – engadget.com/ By Joshua Topolsky

Make no mistake: the Kin One and Two are coming into the world as the black sheep of the phone industry, and Microsoft would have it no other way. Straddling the fence somewhere between a dedicated smartphone and high-spec featurephone, they’ve been tricky to understand since the day they were first leaked (even Microsoft seemed unsure of what the devices meant until very recently). Billed as a Gen-Y (the “upload generation”) social networking tool — and sold in advertisements as the gateway to the time of your young, freewheeling life — the Kin phones have admittedly been something of head-scratcher to those of us in the gadget world. Built atop a core similar (but not identical) to the Windows Phone 7 devices coming later this year, manufactured by Sharp, and tied into partnerships with Verizon and Vodafone, the phones dangerously preempt Microsoft’s reemergence into the smartphone market. Hell, they’re even called Windows Phones. But the One and Two aren’t like any Windows Phones you’ve ever seen. With stripped-down interfaces, deep social networking integration, and a focus on very particular type of user, Microsoft is aiming for something altogether different with Kin. So do these devices deliver on that unique, social experience that Redmond has been selling, or does this experiment fall flat? We’ve taken both handsets for a spin, and we’ve got all the answers in our full review… so read on to find out!

read on the entire review of the two devices at engadget.com

ASUS Eee Top ET2010 all-in-one

source – engadget.com / ASUS [PDF]

ASUS Launch Next Generation Eee Top PC ET2010

ASUS have announced the UK launch of the Eee Top PC ET2010
series – a superior all-in-one PC which brings everyday computing and
outstanding multimedia performance together inside a minimalist and
stylish package.
With a super-slim 1” profile, multi-touch 20” screen and impressive
multimedia capabilities thanks to the latest processor and graphics
technology, the ET2010 is the ideal solution for home users seeking the
best of the computer and home entertainment worlds.
The ET2010 is available now from a range of retailers and e-tailers at a
price of £619.99 SRP (inc VAT).

Specifications – ET2010PNT

Specifications – ET2010AGT

ASUS Eee Top ET2010

ASUS EeeKeyboard

source – netbooked.net/

As we saw earlier, the ASUS EeeKeyboard is up for preorder on Amazon.com for $599, and that’s the lower end 16GB SSD model.

ASUS EeeKeyboard EK1542

  • Windows XP Home
  • 5” 800 x 480 multi-touch capacitive touchscreen
  • Intel Atom N270 processor
  • Intel 945GSE chipset
  • 16GB / 32GB SSD
  • UWB technology for wireless video / data transfer
  • Broadcom Crystal HD Accelerator
  • Gigabit LAN
  • 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1
  • 4 hour battery life
  • 3x USB 2.0, HDMI, VGA, Gigabit LAN, audio jacks
  • 1.1 kg / 2.4 pounds

Source: Engadget

ASUS Eee PC T101MT review

source – engadget.com by Joanna Stern

Engadget got their hands on the Eee PC T101MT, unfortunately it seem that ASUS have not made much progress from the T91! Here is the wrap up of the review:

What can we say? We wanted the Eee PC T101MT to be that perfect tablet / netbook mutt. But for $499, we simply cannot recommend it. Sure, you can upgrade to Windows Home Premium for a bit more cash, but at that point you’re spending $550 and still getting a pretty shoddy touchscreen experience. While the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t has a better capacitive screen, we found its performance and viewing angles to be pretty unpleasant. We wish we had better news, but we’re still in a place where we can’t say there’s a well-rounded netvertible out there. And for that, our search continues…

for more you can visit engadget’s full review with images and video of the device.

Review: Lenovo ThinkPad W510 mobile workstation

source – thinkpads.com/

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Specs Lenovo ThinkPad W510
Processor
Intel Core i7-920XM Extreme (2.0GHz – 3.2GHz, 8MB Cache)
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Memory
16GB DDR3
Graphics
NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M graphics with 1GB DDR3 RAM
Storage
500GB 7200rpm SATA
Display
15.6-inch Full HD (1920×1080), LED backlit, 242 nit, 95% color gamut, multitouch (2-finger input)
Optical
Blu-ray ROM, DVDRW
Ports ExpressCard/34
5-in-1 card reader
2 USB 3.0
1 USB 2.0 (powered)
1 USB 2.0/eSATA combo
DisplayPort (w/audio) & VGA output
Ethernet & modem
FireWire 400 (4-pin)
Dimensions
14.7 x 9.7 x 1.26-1.41 inches
Weight
6-cell: 5.66 lb, 9-cell: 6.01 lb
Price
$1599 starting, $3700+ as tested

Catch your interest? Then don’t miss out on the entire awesome review at thinkpads.com

HOW TO: Install Android On An iPhone 2G

source – androidalot.com/
Want to know how to install Android on your iPhone 2G? Well the guys at androidalot.com wrote a good 68-step howto guide on the subject.

In a nutshell, you’ll use iPhone Explorer to copy over the Android files, then turn your Mac or PC into an Ubuntu virtual machine to install the OpeniBoot software. When you’re done, you’ll probably have a dual-booting iPhone that can swap between iPhone OS and an experimental version of Android 1.6 at startup.

read on the entire how-to at androidalot.com

source engadget.com

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