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Fujitsu M2010 Netbook – just a drawing of some random netbook?

A forum member at UMPCfever has posted a hand drawn picture of a new mysterious netbook from Fujitsu. It has been named M2010 and will be unveiled in the month of July (2009). By the looks of it, it seems to have a 10-inch screen. But, the netbook in that picture looks like any other netbook in the market. If you ask me, it looks more like EEE 1000H or EEE 901 with smaller touchpad. The month of July is not far away and if you ask me, it will be too for difficult for Fujitsu to leak just hand drawings to the world before its launch.

Z550 Atom processor reaches 2.0GHz

Information about two Z-series Atom processors was leaked today. One is 1.2GHz processor (Z515), which is extremely power-frugal and consumes just 1.4W when running at full power and as-little-as 0.65W when scaled back to 800MHz clock speed. However, with all  these fancy low number, you will have to bear with slower 400MHz system bus and a 100MHz slower graphics core.

The second Atom is the first one to achive 2GHz clock speed (Z550). Interestingly, it still consumes 2.4W of power which is same as consumed by the 1.86GHz version.

The Z515 will be targeted at the low-powered MIDs and low-cost netbooks. Onviously, the Z550 will be targeted towards hi-end netbooks.

[via electronista]

LG and Apple team together for Apple netbook?

Looks like the rumors of Apple netbook are not going to die until the Apple finally release their over-talked about netbook. According to the latest rumor, LG is going to make OLED displays for the Apple’s netbook. The new rumor may not be so true as the last time, when we heard about the Apple netbook, the Quanta was given the contract to make them. So, from where did the LG came into play?

These rumors are surely going to make the Apple think about making a netbook now, incase they have not given a thought about it until now.

[via]

Meet the very cheap MID – SmartQ 5 MID

The SmartQ 5 MID from China, costs just $130 (900 Yuan) and runs ARM-based Ubuntu. It has a 4.3-inch display with WVGA (800×480) resolution. The display should be crisp at that resolution. It also comes with built-in BT connectivity and WiFi b/g/a.  It also comes with some pre-installed applications (StarDict dictionary and FBReader ebook reader).

It may not be running the best CPU around, but we should not underestimate ARM-processor, which powers more than 80% of the phones that we use in our daily life. Also, I need not reiterate the fact how less power the ARM processors consume.

[via itechnews]

Windows 7 is going to increase NAND flash memory demand – yes, it is a more SSD friendly OS

Windows XP is already more than half-decade old now. At that time NAND based SSDs were not sold that openly in the consumer market. That is the reason the users are not able to make the most of the capabilities of the SSDs while running Windows XP. Unfortunately, the Vista also is not optimized for the SSDs. Actually, the Vista thrashes the disk even more than the XP making it even less ideal for SSDs.
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HTC opens its first Customer Care center in Europe

HTC has opened Customer Care centers in Moscow, Russia today. The customer care center can repair phones as-well-as advice customers too for their phones. It is nice to see HTC opening customer care center in Russia as it is the only country where the HTC MAX 4G is available. HTC MAX 4G is the HTC’s first phone with WiMax built-in.

Still, no HTC customer care center can be found in western europe.

[via msmobiles]

Shuttle X50 – EEEtop's cousin?

Shuttle, a Taiwan based company announced the X50. Hardware-wise the X50 is very similar to the general netbooks in the market right now, but not so similar from the outside. It comes with a huge 15.6-inch display with 1366×768 resolution. It comes with the mighty Atom A330 processor, 1 GB RAM and 160GB HDD. It also has a 1.3MP webcam

The screen is sadly, does not supports multi-touch. It comes with 3 USB ports. Regarding the OS, you have choice between XP home and Vista basic. Price is going to be near $500.

[shuttle] [via akihabaranews]