Author: Tarandeep Kaur

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ASUS Eee Box PC B206 showcased at CeBIT 2009

At CeBIT 2009, ASUS  has showcased the EEE BOX B206. This EEE box features ATI’s Radeon HD 3450 graphics card with 256MB of DDR2 memory. Here are its specifications:

  • Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz CPU
  • 1GB of SO-DIMM DDR2 memory
  • 160GB HDD+10GB Eee Storage
  • Gigabit LAN
  • 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth
  • Card Reader
  • 4 USB 2.0 ports
  • HDMI port with DVI-D via adapter
  • Dimensions: 222x178x26.9mm

Is ASUS going to advertise it as gamer’s EEE? Who knows? Anway, I was expecting to see it with Dual Core Atom processor. Imagine how powerful this nettop would have become then (dual core atom+ATI’s Radeon HD 3450 graphics card)

[via fudzilla]

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HTC's Windows Mobile sales down in Q1 2009

Sales of HTC’s Windows Mobile devices have dropped by nearly a million as compared to last year. HTC shipped 1-1.5 million devices in the Q1 2009 as compared to the 2-2.5 million devices in Q1 2008. Another bad news for Windows Mobile is that the Android sales are picking up at quite a high rate, much higher than what HTC expected. Android sales are going to reach nearly 1 million by the end of Q1 2009.

It is high time for the Microsoft to speed up the development process of Windows Mobile 7, otherwise Microsoft will have a tough time in keeping the Windows Mobile manufactures faithful to Windows Mobile and at the same time, preventing them to jump to other mobile platforms like Android OS.

[via digitimes] [via wmpoweruser]

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Microsoft facebook app is coming for sure and it is working great! [windows mobile]

Looks like folks at Microsoft are working hard in filling the missing essential features of the Windows Mobile OS. People buy smartphones to stay connected with their friends easily. Many of them like to browse the social networking sites. However, most of these websites use AJAX, which does not run very well on the mobile browsers and mobile version of these websites are just do not do justice to the capabilities of Windows Mobile devices.

facebook windows mobile

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ASUS EEE Family Video

As the name suggests, this video shows the EEE family. It is interesting to see how the Asus initially started off with Xandros and lately moved to Windows XP. Infact, in this video they show how well the Windows XP and Live Mesh work together.

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Quanta to make Apple Netbook – So the Apple Netbook is really coming?

Taiwan-based manufacturer, Wintek is all set to supply touch panel for the long-rumored and the shipment is rumored to begin in the third quarter of this year. Also, Quanta will be making these netbooks.

Quanta is a famous Taiwan notebook manufacture which has also made several Windows Mobile phones for the O2 Asia in the past. Also, it is interesting to know the confirmation of the Apple netbook finally coming.

[via digitimes]

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OCZ introduces Neutrino Netbook

OCZ Technology has made its entry into the over-saturated netbook market by introducing OCZ Neutrino. After nine weeks this device will be made available in the US and will come in two variations. The first model is “DIY” (do it yourself) model and it will allow the consumer to select the RAM and HDD.

Second variation is the one where you will have to bear with the standard specifications, which are not bad at all. Here are the standard specs:

  • 10.1-inch screen
  • 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU
  • 2GB of RAM
  • Optional 250GB OCZ SSD
  • 1,024×600 resolutio display
  • Ethernet
  • Wi-Fi
  • 1.3 megapixel webcam
  • 4-cell battery
  • Ubuntu or XP

However the 4-cell battery has capacity of just 2200mAh, which is not going to give you great battery life at all. I figure, this would give you a maximum of 2 hours of battery life. Also, I was expecting a better design from OCZ. That said, it is still a nice thing to see netbooks coming pre-configured with Ubuntu OS.

[via engadget]

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Averatec to enter Netbook Market

Averatec is planning to make an entry into the netbook market in the near future. It is a well known fact that Averatec is quite popular for its ultra portables. The CEO of Averatec agrees as much as we do

“The netbook and ultra-portable lines are quite blurred and we want to bridge that gap.”

Averatec’s first netbook will be launched in the latter part of this year.

via twice via netbookboards

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ASUS EEE 1002HA benchmarks (CrystalDiskMark and CrystalMark), comparison with S101’s SSD [Shocking Result!]

Just benchmarked the 1002HA that I received yesterday. Here are the results. I’ve compared it to its more expensive sibling: EEE S101 (review), which uses 16GB SSD instead of HDD.

comparison with S101 ssd

First, CrystalDiskMark benchmark on the 1002HA:

Results of Crystaldiskmark on S101. S101’s SSD completely nails the HDD of 1002HA

ASUS EEE 1002HA benchmarks

Now, here are the results of Crystalmark on 1002HA:

..and of S101’s. As you can see, the scores are nearly identical except in the HDD department.

ASUS EEE 1002HA benchmarks (CrystalDiskMark and CrystalMark), comparison with S101's SSD

Stay tuned for the full review which will be coming in few days as I am using the machine heavily, which will let me to publish the review as-soon-as possible
Update – The reviews are up. Review of ASUS EEE 1002HA

READ ASUS EEE S101 review

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ASRock launches S330 nettop

At CeBIT 2009, ASRock have entered into the nettop segment by launching S330, a nettop using the dual-core Atom 330 processor. For storage, it comes with 160GB HDD. It comes with a total of 6 USB ports which should be enough for your USB peripherals. ASRock have also included their popular Instant Boot to make the overall package even more attractive. No information is given on the RAM although the Asrock has put 2xDIMM slots which lets the user expand the RAM upto 4GB.

[Asrock]