Garmin, a popular GPS manufacture is going to cut jobs for the first time since the begining of the economic downturn. Employees are being laid off from Garmin’s human resources, marketing administration and operations divisions. 141 employees will be laid off in US (Kansas City).
via gpsbusinessnews
We already know that Microsoft keeps coming out with some interesting accessories for the computers, but I’m sure no one ever thought that the Microsoft would ever enter the market of USB-powered Notebook accessories. According to Microsoft, this notebook cooling pad measures only 1.16-inch thick. Also, it will go on sale in July at an affordable price of $29.95. Looks like Microsoft is well aware of the recession.
This is going to be a great accessory for my EEE 1000H as it does sometimes becomes very warm when do some heavy photoshop work on it or when I play some CPU intensive games.
[via Engadget]
As its name suggest,
“PhoneLog is a simple Windows Mobile application that logs all missed and placed phone calls to your calendar with the call duration. The application requires the .Net CF v3.5 installed on the device.”
Features:
– log missed calls to calendar
– log placed calls to calendar
– log incoming sms messages
The CAB file size is just 246 Bytes.
[download here]
Asus showed its folding netbook concept at CeBIT 2009. According the designers, they took the main idea from origami. Origami is a Japanese art of making objects by folding paper. When the netbook is closed, it looks like as if two pieces of paper are stacked upon each other. But, the real magic happens when you open it. The keyboard slides when you open the unit. This unique design allows room for the larger trackpad. Also, the keyboard also tilts up a little letting the user to type at much comfortable angle.
Here is even more interesting part. ASUS has got plans to launch this so-called concept netbook in the 3rd quarter this year!
[via techradar]
Clevo is going to launch its own netbook this year, M810L. Although hardware-wise, it looks similar to the current netbooks, but due to its squarish chassis, it looks far different than the other netbooks you would come across so far. According to the theinquirer, it looks like a book. I did not believe them until I saw this photo. A book with a microphone and earphone jack in the front?
Specifications
It is planned to be launched later this month.
[via liliputing]
A month back, we said that the Acer had plans to launch the SSD version of Acer Aspire One D150. It has now been made available at a French retailer and will cost you 299 euros. The SSD capacity is mere 16GB. Rest of the specifications have not undergone any change.
Continue reading “Meet the Acer Aspire One D150’s brother – Acer Aspire One D110”
With so many companies launching their own appstores, why would Acer want to sit back? But, we do not want to get our hopes up so much. Why? Because whenever we expect these companies to launch a proper app store, these companies comes with app stores that are nothing more than glorified mobile versions of pocket gear or handango website that open in IE mobile (see this, and this).
Continue reading “Acer to launch App Store for Windows Mobile devices”
Lenovo has launched Ideapad S9e in Japan. It is quite similar to the Lenovo Ideadpad S10 which we reviewedfew days back except for the fact that it has 8.9-inch display compared to the 10.2-inch display found in S10. Another major difference is the battery capacity. While the S10 came with a 3-cell battery which barely lasted 2.5 hours, the S9e comes with extended battery, which claims to give you 6.5 hours. Here are some specs of it:
Remember the Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots that we published a couple of weeks back that confirmed the presence of Marketplace, which is the Microsoft’s answer to the Apple’s AppStore? Odd rumors are flowing all over the Windows Mobile world that it is also going to be just like one of those mobile-formatted website like the pocketgear’s app.
Continue reading “Microsoft much-anticipated marketplace is just a mobile webpage?”
The original EEE 700-series first came with Linux distro, Xandros. However, soon the company learned that the majority of the people want to run Windows OS on their netbooks. Currently, almost all the netbooks run Windows XP as their OS.
Personally, it is due to fact that people have developed a perception that Linux is only for hardcore geeks which is not true at all. However, we have to admit that the App Store (package manager) in Linux needs to be more friendly. Users often get confused when they are required to execute scripts, grant access etc.
[via liliputing]
