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MSI WindPad 100 10-inch, Intel Atom-powered Windows 7 tablet

Posted by ts On 10.06.2010

source – engadget.com by Joanna Stern

Oh, hello WindPad! MSI just took the wraps off its 10-inch, Windows 7 tablet during the company’s Computex press conference. The tablet is powered by a 1.66GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 2GB of RAM, and packs a 32GB SSD that boots Windows 7 Home Premium, though MSI has created a Wind Touch UI layer. While they were showing early prototypes, it will have two USB ports, an HDMI and a webcam when all is finalized. According to an MSI product manager on hand, the WindPad 100 will hit the market later this year for around $499. We just caught a few minutes with the tablet so hit the break for some early impressions and a short hands-on clip.

MSI WindPad 100 hands-on

The 10-inch tablet is made entirely of plastic — it does feel quite cheap, but on the other hand it’s incredibly light (it’s only 1.7 pounds). The prototype they had out didn’t have any of the final ports, but eventually it will have an HDMI jack that should be able to output 720p video to an HDTV. Our biggest concern about the tablet comes with the speed. We noticed it taking a few seconds for applications to launch, and the Wind Touch UI was incredibly sluggish. Speaking of the interface, it’s just a basic skin on top of Windows and should provide easy access to applications. The 1024×600-resolution capacitive display did seem responsive, though we would have rather it had a higher resolution.

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ASUS EeeKeyboard

Posted by ts On 03.05.2010

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

Viliv S10 Delayed Until May

Posted by ts On 19.04.2010

source – netbooked.net/

The Viliv S10 tablet netbook series, originally slated for an April 22 release late this month has been pushed forward to various dates listed below, as seen on Dynamism. One customer who ordered a Viliv S10 received an email with the reason “delayed by the factory”. This might also explain why it hasn’t shown up at Best Buy like other Viliv products have.

Atom Z530 CPU, 64GB SSD models -> April 27
Atom Z530 CPU, 32GB SSD models -> May 5
Atom Z530 CPU, 60GB HDD model -> May 7
Atom Z550 CPU models -> May 10

A little more time to save up those pennies for the $1,000+ Atom Z550 / 64GB SSD / 3G / Windows 7 HP model!

Source: Engadget, SlashGear

Asus with new All in One Eee Top models

Posted by ts On 31.03.2010

source – alltouchtablet.com/ by John Pope

This post is the first one of the many that will speak about All-in-One Touchscreen Desktop PCs, which are gaining more and more popularity thanks to the increase interest in compact devices with touch support. Today we’ll talk about the latest announced models from the Asus EEE Top series of desktop All in Ones, the ET2010PNT, ET2010P, ET2010PN, ET2010AGT, ET2010AGT and ET1610PT models. The first five are 20 inch models and the last one is a 15.6 inch model, all touch, but not all multitouch enabled.
The ASUS Eee Top ET2010PNT and ET2010PN are powered by the Atom D510 CPU running at 1.66 GHz with Nvidia Ion 2 graphic chip, 2 GB RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium OS. The ET2010PN model has a smaller 320 GB hard drive (vs 500 GB) and no multi touch on the display. ET2010P uses the D410 Atom CPU at 1.6 GHz with Intel NW10 graphics and non touchscreen display.

Asus EEE TOP ET2010AGT

ASUS Eee Top ET2010AGT and ET2010AG models are powered by Athlon X2 250u CPUs at 1.6 GHz, ATI Radeon HD 5470 512MB graphics. The ET2010AGT features a touchscreen display, double the RAM (4GB) and a 500 GB Hard drive. Both have HDMI and DVD burners. From what I understand all 20 inch displays have 1440 x 900 pixels resolution.
Eee Top ET1610PT is the low budget model, with a 15.6 inch screen, Atom D410 CPU, 160 GB hard drive, 1 GB RAM and Intel GMA 3150 graphics chip. Windows XP is the standard OS here. I would stay away from this model, even if it seems a cheap alternative is worth spending mode on a more potent models with touchscreen display.
Price and availability are still unknown but I bet it will be sooner rather than later this year.

Nice design for all of the new EEE Top models

original source : Slashgear

Archos 9 Tablet with 1.2 GHz Atom CPU

Posted by ts On 26.03.2010

source – alltouchtablet.com by John Pope

Archos 9 Tablet with a slightly faster CPU

We’ve reviewed the Archos 9 Tablet running Windows 7 Started edition a few weeks ago and the general conclusion was that the 1.1 GHz Atom CPU was not powerful enough to get a smooth user interaction. It seems that Archos took this thought into consideration as it just recently bumped the CPU found inside the Archos 9 to 1.2 GHz via the Atom Z515 chip.
Now, don’t expect major changes, as the overall speed increase is under 10%, but expect it to run a little smooth, and if you turn down some of the Windows 7 Starter effects (even if this is a stripped version of Windows 7) you can get a pretty decent feedback to your touches.
The price was also reviewed a little, as you can now purchase the Archos 9 Tablet from Amazon for 539$. Throw in an SSD drive and another gig of RAM and you have a pretty interesting touch tablet here.

ASUS EEE PC T101MT starts shipping in April for 499$

Posted by ts On 26.03.2010

The Asus EEE PC T101MT

The ASUS Eee PC T101MT has already appeared in store listings in Europe and has just been announced in Italy where it’ll be priced at 499 Euros and be available in April. Same goes for the US – It’ll be available early April for around $499 though this model is likely to have 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and Windows 7 Starter, which won’t work the multi-touch capabilities.

You can see that some stores like OnSale and Amazon have started to list a T101MT-EU17-BK model for around that price mark.

The specs: 10.1” 1024 x 600 resistive multi-touch display, Atom N450 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 0.3MP webcam, 6.5 hour battery (35Wh, li-poly) and Windows 7 Starter.

Source: Liliputing alltouchtablet.com netbooked.net

Viliv S7 mini convertible tablet

Posted by ts On 23.03.2010

source – alltouchtablet.com/

Viliv S7 convertible tablet. It’s not in the same league as the Asus EEE PC T101MT and Lenovo S10-3t, mainly because it features a smaller 7 inch screen with the same number of pixels (1024 x 600) as the two mentioned before. Hardware specs are somehow at the same level of performance because of the Intel Atom CPU.
If portability is what you seek, then you can’t get something better and cheaper than the 799 grams Viliv S7 that offers up to 9.5 hours of typical battery life and 7 hours video playback (I suppose DivX Video, not HD). Smaller size also means smaller keyboard but if you ever used one of the first netbook on market, the ASUS EEE PC 701 then you’ll be OK with this one, plus you can always use your fingers for typing.

Viliv S7 is only availablet in white

Another inconvenient of the Viliv S7 is the OS, Windows XP in this case, but you’ll always be able to upgrade to Windows 7 Starter of Home Premium if you feel constrained by the old Microsoft OS. Alternatively you can buy the Viliv S7 Premium that adds Windows 7 Starter and a 32 GB SSD (versus the 60 GB HDD or 16 GB SSD on the base model) but that adds almost 300$ to the base 549 $ price.

Now let’s see the specs of the Viliv S7 convertible tablet:

  • Intel Atom 1.33GHz (Z520)
  • 1 GB DDR2 RAM
  • 16, 32 GB SSD or 60 GB ‘classic’ HDD
  • 7″ WSVGA (1024 x 600) with Swiveling Touch Screen
  • 34Wh battery
  • 9.05(w) x 5.6(h) x 1.02(t) inches
  • 800 ~ 830g (with battery) / 1.76~1.82lb (with battery)
  • Built in HSPA modem (optional on the S7 Premium model), WLAN 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
  • SDHC, Audio, USBx2, USB (link), Multi I/O, VGA, Mic, 1.3M pixel Webcam
  • Shuffle UI special designed finger friendly interface on top of Windows XP

Don’t expect too much performance thanks to the Atom Z CPU, but basic tasks will be no problem for this small convertible tablet. I would definitely see it as a choice for my third computer (after my desktop and laptop) that I would take away with me while on vacation and don’t plan to do too much office work. It’s definitely a better alternative to the other 9-10 inch convertible tablets and doesn’t cost more either.

Here’s a video preview hands on with the Viliv S7:

From the video above I can draw some conclusions: device is pretty well built (not Vaio X levels of course), speakers are strong, the Shuffle UI is better than on other convertible tablets and is quite useful in this small netbook tablet, the touchscreen accuracy is very nice, the trackpad positioned on the right top side of the keyboard is good enough but size is the real problem here, the keyboard bends a little while typing but nothing out of the ordinary, screen pivoting happens very fast which is always good when switching modes.

About construction I can tell you that the hinge seems pretty solid, but reliability is not something you test in two or three hours so we’ll have to wait and see what customers who bought the Viliv S7 will tell us in a few months.

So here are the prices on Amazon for the three babies:

Read on entire article and see the photo gallery of the Viliv S7 at alltouchtablet.com

    HP Slate €400 with Atom comes in June

    Posted by ts On 19.03.2010

    source – engadget.com/ by Vladislav Savov

    Reputable Spanish publication Clipset has the first concrete report on pricing and internal specs for HP’s Slate. Seemingly obtained from HP itself, the €400 ($546) price tag positions the Slate a notch above netbooks and bodes well for the expectation that it’ll undercut the iPad’s entry level pricing. Straight currency conversations are inadvisable in such situations, so we’ll just have to wait until official stickers for the iPad in Europe are known or HP announces US prices for the Slate. Further info includes an Atom CPU, Flash support, USB connectivity, a memory card reader, and a back-mounted webcam (see it after the break). The launch of this Windows 7 device is slated for June, while retail availability in Europe is said to be expected at some point “before September.” It’s not clear what all that means for the US, but we doubt HP will be making its home turf wait longer than the rest of the world. Rest assured, we’ll be reaching out to HP HQ before they’ve had their first cup of green tea to find out.

    Hanvon BC10C review

    Posted by ts On 18.03.2010

    source – alltouchtablet.com/
    Hanvon BC10C is pretty slim for a 10 inch tablet

    Remember the Hanvon BC10C and the BA10E slate tablets presented at CeBIT a few weeks ago? It seems that Hanvon made real nice progress since then and got a few samples to the press to review them, which JKKmobiledid and here’s what they’ve found out about the BC10C, the model with a 1.3 GHz Celeron M ULV 743 CPU and GMA4500 graphics. If you wonder why no Atom CPU then think about performance and you have your answer. The BA10E is fitted with an Atom CPU, just like the ASUS EEE PC T101MT and it’s not a pleasant view.

    The Celeron M CPU gives the BC10C a serious multimedia carriage, like 1080p playback (with a help of an additional chip I suppose) and HDMI output capabilities, smooth everyday operation in apps like Google Maps where frequent zooming is required and overall improved user experience. The downside, as there is one, is battery life, as BC10C managed just 3.5 hours of autonomy in real life scenarios, but mind you this is a pre-production unit so the final version could improve on this field, but I don’t expect wonders.

    If you’re already set on the Hanvon BC10C wait a sec till I tell you about price: 877$, not too pocket friendly, but if it’s as good as in the video below I believe it is worth the money and maybe in the future this sum will be lowered if production ramps up in numbers.

    see the whole review with video at alltouchtablet.com

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