LG makes X120 3G enabled netbook official
At MWC 2009, LG announced their new 3G enabled netbook. This new netbook from LG has the standard netbook specifications. It also has a Smart-on technology, which is nothing but a stripped-down linux OS which boots in mere five seconds. It will let the user to use MP3 player, photo viewer, and Internet suite without booting the Windows OS, which takes several seconds to boot.
160GB HDD- 3G HSPA connectivity
- Weighs just 1.2 kg
- 3 cell battery life offers 3.5 hours and 6 cell battery offers 7 hours
- Built-in 1.3 megapixel camera
- SRS WOW HD and TruSurround XT audio
- LED Backlight display
The X120 will be made available in March 2009
[via NetbookTech]
Lenovo to use Nvidia’s ION platform in their bigger netbooks
Remember the ION platform which the Nvidia revealed about a month back? The Lenovo is already planning to launch bigger netbooks which use the mighty GeForce 9400M GPU (GeForce 9400M GPU+Atom processor = ION). These netbooks will be equipped with 11.6-inch and 12.1-inch screens, which are becoming more and more normal these days.
That is not all, they are even planning to launch a 13-inch model too based on the ION platform. Although the ION platform will allow users to view HD movies and even let them play some of the modern games, but in the end, will they be netbooks anymore? With the bigger displays now pouring into the netbook scene, the border line of netbooks and notebooks has become even more blur than before. [via digitimes]
SONY brings instant-on technology into its VAIO P-series
Instant on is a feature that almost all the manufactures are incorporating these days in their notebooks as-well-as netbooks. With it, the people can do basic stuff like do web-surfing; make Skype calls; chat on the IM client; listen to music etc. Corel’s Instant ON technology has now been adapted by the SONY which will now be included with the VAIO P-series netbook notebook.
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HP signs web-ready deal with Orange for the Compaq Mini 700
HP-Compaq have shaken hands to provide their customers the new Compaq Mini 700, which will allow the users to use the mobile Internet on-the-go for £30 a month. For that, you get 3GB monthly bandwidth and 24 month warranty.
[orange UK shop] [via computerweekly]
Asus releases EEE S101H in Korea [Netbook]
The S101H has been released in Korea. Do not confuse it with the S101, which was released by ASUS a couple of months back. That featured a small 16GB SSD (32GB for linux version). The new S101H features a much spacious 160GB HDD. It is available in same classic brown color. It comes with built-in 3.5G too.
Features:
- 10.2 inch display with 1024x600px
- LED backlight
- 0.3 pixel web camera
- 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor
- 1GB of RAM
- Bluetooth v2.0
- Weight 1kg.
[via blogntech]
"ARM Sparrow" processor for Netbooks, MIDs
ARM processor is widely used in variety of phones including the likes of Windows Mobile, iPhone and Nokia. At the Mobile World Congress, the ARM announced their new processor. This time, it was not for the mobiles, but for the netbooks.
According to the ARM, it’s instruction set is similar to one found in Palm Pre. However, what makes it different is its multi-core technology, which can tremendously increase performance. But, here is the main problem with this processor: it is not x86 compatible, which will not allow you to run your favorite Windows OS on it. Although, it still has huge changes of getting very popular in the netbook space as two very popular linux distributions: Ubuntu and Debian Linux, both can run on this ARM based CPU.
[via pcmag]
Qualcomm to target sub-$150 phones with its new chipset – MSM7227
Qualcomm has announced its new chipset, MSM7227 which is targets cheap phones. Do not underestimate it with its price, it features a 600 MHz applications processor with a floating point unit, a 320 MHz application DSP, a 400 MHz modem processor, hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, integrated Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS, 8-megapixel camera and 30 fps WVGA video encode and decode and display support.
Phones having this chipset are expected to launched later this year. The best part about it is that tt is not restricted to be used on Windows Mobile, but also can be used on Android, Symbian S60, and BREW Mobile Platforms.
[via digitimes]
Lenovo IdeaPad S20 – a 12-inch netbook in the works by Lenovo
Lenovo is planning to launch Ideapad S20, which is going to be a 12-inch netbook. By breaking the Intel’s 10-inch for netbooks, Lenovo will be deprived of the special price of the Intel Atom N280 processor. However, it would not make much of a difference as the Lenovo will have to pay a whopping $10 more than what they normally pay for 10-inch or less netbooks.
Together with the latest Atom N280 processor, it will also comes with GN40 chipset and will be priced at around $586. Personally, I am still not able to figure out the need of the 12-inch netbooks. The netbooks are meant to be highly portable devices. Manufactures like Dell and Lenovo are giving a new name and dimension to the netbook market. So, what is next? 14 and 17 inch netbooks anyone?
[via digitimes]
HTC S740 hardware tour [by PDA.pl] [Windows Mobile]
The HTC S740 is nice Windows Mobile smartphone, which looks like a brother of the HTC DIAMOND. It uses Qualcomm processor clocked at 528Mhz, which makes it the strongest Windows Mobile standard device. Most of the Windows Mobile Standard(non-touch screen) devices come with TI OMAP 200Mhz processor. HTC has put a lot power in the S740 together and with breathtaking looks, HTC sure has a winner in their hands.
PDA.pl has done a hardware tour of it. Although the review is in polish, but you pretty much get the idea how the device looks and works.