Pda.pl were able to get their hands on the pre-production unit of the ASUS P835. They have done a quick overview of the hardware and the Glide Interface. Although, Asus seems to have change the glide interface quite a bit, but it looks quite sluggish. But, we are not complaining much as it is still a pre-production unit. Remember?
Asus P835 from pda.pl on Vimeo.
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It looks like that not all the Dell Mini 9s are same or shall I say “Dell has made an improvement”. The hinge of the old Dell Mini 9 (shown on the right) would not allow the screen to go back as the one shown on the left. The ability to go back more can provide better viewing angles in certain positions, say when you are standing.
My trusty ASUS EEE 1000H can go back a great deal, almost 160-deg or so. It is pity that the older Dell Mini 9’s hinge did not allow the users to let their screens go back as compared to the new Dell Mini 9’s hinge.
[related post on DellMini forums]
Asus Eee PC 1000HE is going to be made available in many colors, which includes colors like silver, gold, pink, blue and ofcourse, black and white. There will be no changes hardware-wise or software-wise in these models.
Specifications:
Intel Atom N280 processor @ 1.66GHz
160GB HDD
1GB RAM
10GB EEE storage (read more about it)
WiFi b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.0
SKTools is a ‘all-in-one’ maintenance tool for Windows Mobile. It has been updated to the version 4.4.7.
So, what has been updated?
The Atom Chip is very tiny and is very popular among netbooks. Toradex has unveiled ROBIN chipsets which are the credit card-sized that feature Z510 and Z530 computer modules, which manages to fit quite a bit in fairly small space. They have on-board RAM, support of upto 7 USB ports and even hyper threading support. They’re priced at €129 ($163) for the Z510 Robin and €179 ($227) for the Z530 Robin.
And supported-OS list is long since the Atom is fully X86-compliant:
ASUS EEE PC 1004DN has passed the FCC (link), which increases its chances of making its debut in the US market. The 1004DN is the first EEE PC with a built-in DVD drive. It has two features which makes it different from 1000H:
Specifications:
via netbook3g
HTC has again released another ROM update for the HTC DIAMOND. Although, the last ROM update is just a month old, but they have rolled out another update. The new update does not promise any ground breaking improvements or adds any new features, but does some bug-fixes. Here is the description of the new ROM:
1. When you launch the Camera while the system is working on other programs, the preview screen may become black.
2. When playing a video, sometimes a portion of the video will be cut off a little bit.
3. Fixes Audio playback problem with the speaker. Specific issues: sometimes the music will turn off and on after 10 minutes, or there is a buzzing sound or no sound at all.
4. Fixes the problem of not being able to receive MMS when in standby mode.
5. When launching music via the Music tab on TouchFLO 3D, the sound may intermittently turn off for a second and come back on.
Usual warning: This is a generic update and will commit hard reset. So, you are requested to back up your precious data before performing the update
DOWNLOAD the update
The Samsung has released a SDK, which would allow the developer to make use of the accelerometer used in the Samsung Omnia. Here is the description of the SDK:
The Samsung Windows Mobile SDK offers APIs to use advanced features unique to Samsung phones. You might already have experience using advanced capabilities featured in the Windows Mobile APIs, like GPS, Bluetooth, or multimedia support. In addition to the Microsoft Windows Mobile APIs, you can use Samsung APIs to access phone features such as the accelerometer, notification LEDs, and haptics feedback.
DOWNLOAD the SDK
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I do not think if it is a good idea to walk with a UMPC around your neck though.
Although I could not understand anything as it was all Chinese, but you can easily see the advantages of using UMPC as a mobile device. Also, one more thing is for sure: Chinese and Japanese people are more aware of the term UMPC than any other country in the world.
Also, since it comes with a 2600mAh battery, I doubt you can have all that fun throughout the day that they girl is having in the video.
[via jkkmobile]
If you have just installed the wonderful EEEbuntu, you will have a hard time figuring out the Super Hybrid Engine. The EEEbuntu does not come with SHE, but instead it comes with a SHE-equivalent, CPU FREQUENCY CONTROL.
Soon, after the installation, you may not be able to find it. Here are the steps to put it somewhere so that it is always accessible.
After adding it to the Dock, you can simply click on the the applet to change the CPU frequency. I recommend the onDemand profile which scales the CPU speed as per requirement
