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Presenting SONY’s new baby: VAIO P-series – comments on keyboard, screen and more

SONY said something big was coming on Jan 7, 2009 and they were right. Actually, it is not big but quite small and thin. The new SONY VAIO P-series is less than an inch thin and weighs just 0.63kg (1.4pounds). This means that it weighs same as the little Fujitsu U2010, but it has a bigger frame. It comes with a new, but slower Atom Z530 processor running at 1.33-GHz and it runs Windows Vista. It also comes with 2GB of RAM.

Presenting SONY's new baby: VAIO P-series - comments on keyboard, screen and more

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Future EEE PCs will have a better keyboard layout

ASUS is planning to do a lot of hardware changes to their EEE PC line. One of those changes is little, but a quite important one. It is about changing the placement of the right shift key and making it bigger, thus making the overall typing experience more pleasant.

Future EEE PCs will have a better keyboard layout

The right shift is now placed at more comfortable and natural position. I touch-type at a fairly high speed and fortunately unfortunately, I am quite used to the right shift key. Although, I’ve been able to adapt my fingers to the little right shift key of the EEE PCs so far, but it does bugs me sometimes, when I have to some programming where it involves the use of characters like “< > { }.” According to some reports, the ASUS has already implemented the above mentioned keyboard in the EEE 1002HA and S101H.

TIP: If you are guy really that uses the right shift key a lot, then I recommend you to swap the keys. Read this article to easily swap the functions of the keys without doing any dangerous registry edits.

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EMTEC launches Gdium Netbook computer

This new netbook from EMTEC boasts a compact size and light weight netbook, while still offering a respected resolution of 1024 x 600 and 10-inch screen size with a full keyboard.

The software application included with Gdium is based entirely on Open Source Software and includes an  impressive variety of programs:  FireFox, Thunderbird e-mail client,  Instant Messaging, VoIP, Blog editor, audio/video players, and security  utilities, as well as a complete Open Office suite of application for word  processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.

What makes Gdium unique is  the G-Key, a bootable USB key on which the Linux operating system,  applications, and personal data are stored.  The G-Key allows each user  to store their personal info and preference securely, without leaving a trace  on the computer. The Gdium will retail for under $400, and comes in 3  colors- White, Black, and Pink.

So, does that means that the Netbook won’t boot without the USB key? Also, there is no update of getting one with Windows XP. It is available for about $400

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ASUS P565 benchmarked – It truly seems to be the Fastest Windows Mobile for sure!

Here comes the highly awaited phone from ASUS, which claims to be world’s fastest PDA-Phone. It arrived yesterday and after posting unboxing pictures, I went straight to do some benchmarking. Without wasting more time, let us take a look at the benchmarks.

For the benchmarking test, we used 3 devices: ASUS P565, ASUS P552W and HTC DIAMOND. The ASUS P565 is the first windows mobile device powered by Intel Marvell Tavor 800MHz processor. Infact, it is the first mobile device to be powered by such a powerful processor. ASUS P552W is also an extremely fast device powered by Intel Marvell Tavor 624MHz processor. The HTC DIAMOND is powered by Qualcomm 528MHz processor.

Let the game begin!

As one can observe, the ASUS P565 scored the best in almost everything. Note that since ASUS P552W is a QVGA device, it’s processor has to do comparatively less work when it comes to graphic processing. Since, the users would be having their eyes on the VGA devices, which in this scene are ASUS P565 and HTC DIAMOND, it would be more appropriate to pay more attention to their performance.

Now, let us take the ASUS P552W out of the scene to make the comparison more fairer.

Leave the benchmarks aside, does it really feel snappy?

Yes, it does. It is definitely lot snappier than the HTC DIAMOND, whose processor is shared by the likes of HTC TOUCH PRO and HTC TOUCH HD too. Overall, a very nicely made device and we are indeed very impressed with the ASUS P565.

On a side note, the touch screen is very very sensitive. Stay tuned for the full review, which will be published in few days!

update: see unboxing pictures here.

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Palm's new website

The Palm has updated the looks of their website. It looks better and more user-friendly although it feels a little slower than the previous one.

May be they are all set for their rumored new unveiling. Palm, don’t let us down this time! Now, if only they could pay same attention to their devices..

Go to Palm.com

Thanks Minie for the tip!

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Indian IT Giant Satyam Computer stock crashes – One of the biggest frauds of Indian capital market

The shareholders of the Satyam Computers have become from Kings to paupers. Although the meaning of the Satyam in Sankrit means “Truth”, but the company has now admitted that they showed inflated profits from the last several years.

What caused it?

The Balance sheet of the Satyam Computers was brimming with non-existent cash and fictitious assets worth around $1 billion, which the company was not able to conceal from the public.

Satyam Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju himself admitted in the letter to the Board of Directors,

Every attempt made to eliminate the gap failed

..and

It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten

The shares of the Satyam computers in the Indian Stock market went down from $3.76 (Rs 177) to mind-boggling $0.70 (Rs 33).

All the major stock exchanges throughout the world have already or are going to de-list this stock. All we can say that deepest condolences to the investors of the Satyam Computer stock. Most probably, the company would be taken over by some other giant as it is ripe for the takeover.

In case, you don’t know about the Satyam Computers, it is the company which has more than 53,000 employees and it operates in 65 countries.

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Apple Introduces iLife ’09

Apple® today introduced iLife® ’09, which features major upgrades to iPhoto®, iMovie® and GarageBand®, and includes iDVD® and an updated version of iWeb™. iPhoto ’09 builds on the ability to automatically organize photos into Events by adding Faces and Places as breakthrough new ways to easily organize and manage your photos. iMovie ’09 expands on the revolutionary super fast movie creation introduced in iMovie ’08 by adding the depth users want through powerful easy-to-use new features such as the incredible new Precision Editor, video stabilization, advanced drag and drop, and animated travel maps.

Apple.com/ilife/

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Songs DRM-free on Apple iTunes very soon!

Beginning today, all four major music labels—Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI, along with thousands of independent labels, are now offering their music in iTunes Plus, Apple’s DRM-free format with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings. iTunes customers can also choose to download their favorite songs from the world’s largest music catalog directly onto their iPhone 3G over their 3G network just as they do with Wi-Fi today, for the same price as downloading to their computer

Distributing DRM-free music is the way to go. With DRM-free music, the trouble of copying music to non-DRM compatible hardware is a big plus. There is one more great news. Most of the songs on iTunes are now priced at $0.69 rather than $1.29.

But, wait! What about the songs that are already in not DRM-free? For that, the Apple is charging a modest 30 cents per song or 30% of the album price. This means that you will still end up paying a lot in the end to make your existing music collection DRM-free.

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ASUS P565 unboxed or shall I say "World's fastest PDA-phone unboxed"

I received the ASUS P565 yesterday and I could not wait for a single second to rip open the box. Here are few pictures that I took of the box and have given brief information about what is there in the box.

..and here is what you get in the box

  • ASUS P565
  • AC adapter
  • A really sleek leather case
  • Battery (1300mAh)
  • Getting started CD and Bonus CD
  • mini-USB cable
  • Wired headset

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The red hot Exper Style Netbook of Turkey

NO, this is not sport car. It’s the Exper Style Netbook. It looks incredibly great in the red hot color . Although the specifications of the Exper Style Netbook are not very different from the netbooks that are currently available in the market, it’s style is enough to give you the feel of owning a red ferrari. Although the price of it is not ferrari-ish. It is priced for ~$470 in Turkey.

The red hot Exper Style Netbook of Turkey

Features:-

8.9-inch display
1GB RAM
Windowx XP
Intel Atom Processor
SSD storage
Webcam

Remember the sports ASUS EEE 1000H that we posted few days back? Well, it looks like folks at Exper Style took some inspiration from that guy and painted their own netbook in red. Yellow Corvette versus Red Ferrari anyone?