Author: Tarandeep Kaur

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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]

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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]

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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]

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HP Mini 1000 VGA cable now available

HP has made available the VGA cable for the mini 1000 series. The cable is modestly priced at $19.99 (excluding shipping charges). So, if you were planning to hook your mini 1000 to your big monitor, now you do so with the help of this accessory.

It is odd to see the manufactures coming with out with so important accessory months after the actual product’s release in the market. Nevertheless, atleast it is now available.

[LINK to hp website]

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T-Mobile to bring T-Mobile Dash replacement soon – HTC MAPLE

Rumor has it that the T-Mobile is going to launch HTC Maple at CTIA trade show, which is supposed to be the long-awaited replacement for the T-Mobile Dash. Just like the original T-Mobile Dash, it will also come with a front-facing keyboard.

By the looks of it, it surely is going to be a Windows Mobile Standard device (non touchscreen WM smartphone). There is no information on its price.

[via pcworld]

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Super Talent now shipping UltraDrive ME and UltraDrive LE SSDs

Super Talent’s 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB UltraDrive LE and 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB UltraDrive ME are immediately available in production volumes.  The UltraDrive LE is rated for a maximum sequential read speed of 230MB/sec and a maximum sequential write speed of 170MB/sec.  The UltraDrive ME is rated for a maximum sequential read speed of 200MB/sec and a maximum sequential write speed of 160MB/sec.

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ASUS plans to limit the netbook storage options

According to ZDNet, Asus is planning to limit the number of choices regarding the storage options. What does this exactly mean? This means that during the launch of a certain model, it will then , e decided by ASUS which model will be offered in the country: SSD-based one or the HDD-based one.

Now, is it a good news? Well, the end-consumer should be given the choice to decide between the HDD or SSD. For example: I like that fact that the EEE 1000 series has SSD as option. There are many people who want the durability of SSD. At the same time, there may be many people who store a lot of data and will want to go for the HDD option. So, the choice should be there.

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Radical Comic Designer Mobile released for Windows Mobile (and reviewed!)

Radical Comic Designer allows to quickly add comic captions and speech bubbles to your images (including the ones that you have taken with your digital camera).

The application installer comes in the form of CAB which is meant to be executed directly on the phone itself. So, copy the CAB file via your PC’s activesync and execute the file on your device itself.

You can open any JPG file located in your device. Unfortunately, no other image formats are supported (at the time of the review atleast). You can also directly take a picture from the camera and work upon that image.

However, the only grip is that there is no way to save your raw work. The file can be exported in only JPG format. A lossless image format like PNG/BMP would have been much better.

To resize the bubble or the caption, use the stylus and start dragging it from the extreme bottom-right of the bubble/caption.

The Radical Comic Designer Mobile is available for $9.95 from the following link: (also its official webpage)

http://www.radicalbreeze.com/rcdwm.html