ASUS has released new BIOS for the ASUS EEE 904HA. According to ASUS, it supports pressing Fn+F3/F4/Space to modify touchpad, resolution and SHE (Super Hybrid Engine). Get it from the following link:
HP planning mini 1100 series – more models coming: 1133CL, 1135NR and 1140NR [Netbooks]
More HP mini rumors! According to various souces,, HP is very soon going to unveil another netbook. Rumor has it that HP is going to roll out nine different models in the 1100 series, which includes: 1130NR, 1133CL, 1135NR, 1141NR and a 1100 Vivienne Tam edition. What makes them different from the rest of the netbooks is the inclusion of Express Card slot.
Features of HP Mini 1133CL and HP Mini 1140NR are:
- 1.60GHz Intel Atom N270
- 1GB RAM
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- 60GB HDD
- 10.1-inch LED Display
- WLAN 802.11 b/g
- touch pad with horizontal/vertical scroll up/down
- 2-in-1 media card reader, 2 USB ports,
- 3-cell battery
Here are the links to some of the netbooks. 1135NR is similar to 1133CL, but does not include bluetooth. 1140NR is also similar to 1133CL, but is a Vivienne Tam edition. Continue reading “HP planning mini 1100 series – more models coming: 1133CL, 1135NR and 1140NR [Netbooks]”
HTC updates Touch Cruise [Windows Mobile]
Previously codenamed as HTC Lolite has now been formally announced as HTC TOUCH CRUISE. The Touch Cruise has been given an updated look. Other than different looks, HTC has bought numerous software enhancements on the Touch Cruise.
The new HTC Touch Cruise is the first mobile phone to offer HTC Footprints, an application experience that enables people to permanently chronicle their special moments by capturing a digital postcard on their phone. Once captured, Footprints provides the ability to take notes and an audio clip of that favourite restaurant or special place while identifying its specific geographical location. In addition to identifying each postcard with its specific GPS co-ordinates, Footprints also auto-names each postcard with its general location or area.
When placed into its accompanying car cradle, the HTC Touch Cruise automatically transforms its user interface into an easy-to-use, one-touch interface.
HTC Touch Cruise Specifications
- Size: 102 x 53.5 x 14.5mm
- Weight: 103 grams
- Connectivity: WCDMA/HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Display: 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution
- Control panel: HTC TouchFLO™, 4-Way navigation wheel with Enter and HTC Footprints™ buttons
- Camera: 3.2 MP, with fixed focus
- Internal memory: 512 MB flash ROM, 256 MB RAM
- Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
- Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
- Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- GPS: GPS/A-GPS
- Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
- Battery: 1100 mAh
- Talk time: GSM: up to 400 minutes
- Standby time: GSM: up to two weeks
- Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7225™, 528 MHz
Both RAM and ROM have been doubled from the older Touch Cruise. Battery capacity has been reduced to 1100mAh from 1350mAh though.
HP to come up with bigger MiniNotes [Netbook]
There is a rumor that the HP is planning to expand it’s mininote series. Rumor has it that 13.3-inch and a 11.6 mininote is in the works. Both are expected to use the Intel Atom processor.
With the MSI, ASUS and Dell, HP too would be coming out with bigger ‘netbooks’, which means that the competition will get tougher. The year 2009 is surely going to be very exciting.
[engadget]
Intel Atom's successor = Intel Pineview CPU [Netbook]
Intel is planning to launch Intel Pineview in the second half of 2009 to replace the Intel Atom in netbooks and nettops. Intel still do not plan to introduce dual-core processors in Netbooks in near future. On the other hand, dual-core Pineview processor is in the tunnel.
The main advantage that the Intel Pineview processor brings over the Intel Atom CPU is the possibility to use higher clock frequencies. This means that we can now expect to see Netbooks and NetTops with more than 1.6GHz clock speed in 2009. Other advancements include:
- reduced motherboard realeastate: 2174mm(Atom)->773mm(Pineview).
- Better memory support from N270’s DDR2 533 to DDR2 667
- GPU core frequencies increased from 133MHz to 200MHz
- PCB design now uses only 4 layers compared to 6 layers, which was previously used by Intel Atom
- TDP dropped from 8W to 7W
BIOS upgrades for ASUS EEE 1000H and EEE 900HA [Netbook]
ASUS has rolled out new BIOS updates for the ASUS EEE 1000H as-well-as for the EEE 900HA. According to BIOS, the new BIOS for 1000H aims at “optimizing memory”. Nothing more is known about it at this point.
The new 900HA BIOS updates “thermal policy”