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ASUS EEE 1000H vs S101 comparison

A lot of people in the 10″ netbook market are confused between ASUS EEE 1000H and S101 netbooks. They’ve quite similar specifications, but still the S101 beats the 1000H in terms of price by (huge) $200. What makes the S101 costs $200 more than the 1000H? Folks at laptops-tech.com were able to get their hands-on both of the units at the same time.

Here are few highlights of the article:

  • Upgradability: EEE 1000H wins the battle. SSD is not upgradable in S101. Only RAM and wifi card is upgradeable
  • Performance: SSD in the S101 is quicker than the HDD in EEE 1000H. Booting is faster in S101 than the already pretty quick booting of the 1000H (nearly 26s)
  • Storage space: 1000H comes with 160GB HDD. S101 comes with 16GB SSD. If you hate moving parts, then you’ve no choice but S101. Otherwise, if you store a lot of data, movies etc, then EEE 1000H is the way to go
  • S101 is much slimmer and lighter than EEE 1000H
  • Both have almost same battery life
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MSI Bravo EX620 Global Launch event pictures

MSI Chairman Joseph Hsu in the middle surrounded by beautiful (MSI) models

MSI Notebook is continuing to power ahead with the launch of its flagship multimedia entertainment notebook, the MSI Bravo EX620. At the global launch, the Cinema Pro technology aboard the Bravo EX620 delivered a cinema-grade sensory experience and stunned the audience with its superb performance! The grand launch of the MSI Bravo EX620 was not only attended by some of the top names in the industry but also a horde of interested media.

MSI Bravo EX620 global launch, Angel Chang, a well-known model

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Indamixx Music Netbook – Rock On!

The Indamixx netbook is built for who wants to create music on the go. It is all set to jump into netbook market with price $499 with preloaded music software. It’s may not versatile as the latest netbooks currently in the market, but it’s so cute and smaller. You can easily carry it and keep anywhere. It comes with a custom Linux distro too.

If you want to get it on pre-order before christmas, then you will have to $99 deposit before
the 15th December (2008)

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Youtube and Flash working inside Opera Mobile

Yes! This is not a mirage. It is reality. Thanks to great folks at xda-devs, who have impressive knowledge about finding ways to get things working. A day before yesterday, we reviewed Skyfire, which has the ability to run a youtube and flash content inside the browser window itself.

The upcoming build (2808) of Opera Mobile will let you do exactly that! The download instructions are provided at the end of this post. Also, instructions of how to install and get the stuff working are provided at the end of this post.

About the youtube video

It is working. At low framerates (~7-12fps perhaps), but it is working. Sound output is perfect. Video quality is ok. Also, the Opera Mobile behaves a little weird. It pops up the SIP every time it encounters a flash object (including youtube (flv) video)

Youtube and Flash working inside Opera Mobile

Is the flash working?

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O2 XDA Ignito User Manual

Facing problems in using the O2 Ignito? Cannot understand a particular function(s) of the device? Here comes the user manual to rescue you. Here is the link to the O2 XDA Ignito User Manual.

In the manual, you will not only find safety instructions, but also how to set up and use your O2 XDA Ignito. Usual topics like how to take the battery in and out are also covered in the PDF.

O2 XDA Ignito User Manual

To install the battery
1. Align the battery’s exposed
copper contacts with the battery
connectors inside the battery
compartment.
2. Insert the contact’s side of the
battery first and then gently push
the battery into place.
3. Replace the back cover.

To remove the battery
1. Make sure your device is turned off.
2. Remove the back cover.
3. The top left and right sides of the
battery have protruding grips. Lift a
protruding grip from either side to
remove the battery

Read the ApoTheTech’s O2 XDA IGNITO REVIEW

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Quick Look – Lenovo IdeaPad S10

I’d a chance to play with Lenovo Ideapad S10 at the International Trade show, New Delhi. After my introduction with their product manager at the booth, I used the unit for nearly half-an-hour. Unfortunately, I had not previously decided that I would be going to the Trade Show so I was not carrying my digital camera with me. So, I was left with no option but to take pictures from my HTC Diamond. Also, since this is going to be my quick thoughts, don’t consider it to be final review.

Here are the quick specifications of the Lenovo S10:

  • 10.2″ WSVGA (1024 x 600) display
  • 1.6GHz N270 Intel Atom Processor
  • 1GB  DDR2 SDRAM @ 667MHz
  • Windows XP Home Edition
  • 1.3MP camera
  • 160GB HDD @ 5400rpm
  • Intel GMA 950 Integrated Graphics
  • Broadcom 11b/g Wi-Fi wireless and Bluetooth
  • 4-in-1 Media card reader and ExpressCard slot
  • 3-Cell Li-ion battery
  • Size 9.8″ x 7.2″ x 1.2″
  • Price: $499 (Rs 25000)

Design, Build Quality

The unit I used was black in color. The unit was solid and the body is plastic. The plastic was quite tough and does not flex at all, which is a nice thing.
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Quick Look Lenovo IdeaPad S10

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Zune-based phone may be coming sooner than you expected

Jim Goldman at CNBC claims that Microsoft may be planning a Zune-phone. Yes, we have heard that before too. Sometimes we heard that it will be a windows mobile device with zune software and sometimes we even thought it would be made by Nokia! This time, it is about a device codenamed “Pink”, which will be a cross of zune and technology borrowed from Sidekick (which is now owned by Microsoft).

Zune-based phone may be coming sooner than you expected

Rumor has it that it may get unveiled at the upcoming CES going to held in January, 2009 or 3GSM conference.

thanks Jamie!

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Quick Review – Skyfire Browser (beta), comparison with Opera Mobile, VGA screenshots

The much liked Skyfire browser is now available more widely and especially to the ones living in US, Canada and UK getting special attention. But, it works fine for other countries too. Just go to get.skyfire.com and download it. Do note that for the Skyfire site to recognize your device, you must make your device recognize as Pocket PC (which is the default setting of IE mobile)

The best part: youtube works flawlessly

Well, this was the first thing I did as-soon-as I loaded up Skyfire: load Youtube.com since it promises to let you see youtube in the webpage itself. I must say that they are successful. The quality is great.

Comparison with Opera Mobile

These days, many OEMs and Carriers are bundling Opera Mobile with their devices to provide the users decent mobile experience. So I thought that the comparison was much required.

Here is the screenshot of ApoTheTech.com opened in Skyfire. Note that the text is not readble in the page-overview. So, one can hardly make out the text written.

Now the same webpage rendered in Opera Mobile. The screenshot speaks the truth itself. Also, you cannot zoom-in with the scroll wheel of HTC Diamond in Skyfire, the way one can do in Opera Mobile.

Double tapping any area in Opera Mobile zoom in and wraps the text around the screen (in VGA devices). This is not done in Skyfire. Here is the screenshot of area zoomed-in. See how the texts nicely wraps around the screen for easy-reading.

Unfortunately, this is not the story in case of Skyfire. Also notice that the images are also not clear like Opera.

However, skyfire does provide an option to wrap the text around the screen and it does infact wraps the text around the screen, but it keeps it that way even in zoom-out mode! This feature is not done correctly at all. The whole feature is pointless so far.

However, I did like the great speed at which the page was loaded. It simply blows away the Opera Mobile in terms of speed. I should say that the winner is:

  • Skyfire if you want speed
  • Opera Mobile if you want quality browsing

It also comes with a nifty Today plugin which lets you do web search from the today screen itself. It uses google for searching.

However, it won’t run on the newly released WVGA Windows Mobile devices. This includes HTC TOUCH HD and SE Xperia X1. Owners of WVGA devices will have to wait a bit more to enjoy the amazing skyfire browsing experience.

We should not complain much considering the fact that it is still in Beta and I hope that it gets better in the upcoming/final versions.

As I said before, it is still in Open Beta stage and one can grab it for free for the time being. Get it from get.skyfire.com and visit the following link for more details.

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HP also launches its very own Nettop to compete with ASUS EEEbox

HP has launched a Nettop in the Taiwanese market: HP Compaq Mini desktop Q 2030 and Q 2020.

As you can see/observe in the photo above, it has Atom processor(1.6Ghz). It also comes with:

  • 2GB RAM in 2030 model and 1GB RAM in 2020 model
  • Double layer DVD burner
  • 160GB HDD
  • 6-in one card reader
  • Windows Vista basic in 2030 and Windows XP in 2020
  • 1 year warrenty ( of the nettop ;) )

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Samsung NC10 is now black and blue!

The Samsung NC10 was originally launched in only white color and now it would be available in two more colors: blue and black.

The NC10 Black is available on several UK retailer websites, but, it is more expensive than the white NC10. Th black NC10’s supply is also short in the US. On the other hand, NC10 Blue has good  supply in US, but not so good in UK.

The newly released Samsung NC10 comes with same specification as the white NC10 – 10.2 inch screen, 1GB of RAM and an Intel Atom processor.

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