There are rumors that the partnership for Netbooks and MIDs between VIA and NVIDIA are now over.
It would have been great if the deal between the VIA and NVIDIA was successful. It could have given rise to netbooks with powerful GPUs. Running more powerful Operating system and games would also have been possible.
Want to see what homes are available in your area?
On your G1, if you direct your browser to www.realestate.com/android, you will see a website optimzed for navigation on the T-Mobile G1.
Nice effort by the folks at RealEstate.com. I hope that more and more websites come up with special version of their website for the Android browser
Some people say that Sidekick is for the kid and T-Mobile G1 is for the grown up user. Hardware wise (as-well-as software wise), you cannot even get close to T-Mobile G1, but no one can stop you from faking your Sidekick that it runs Android.
Get the themes from this link and bend it like Android!
Witty is a free, open source Twitter client for Windows Vista and XP. If you are a twitter fan, then this application will let you twit without going to twitter.com and then pressing F5 again and again just to see the new tweets.
Witty includes the following functionalities:
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DropZone Corporation, the creator of HangTimer™, today launched a new sports technology application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. HangTimer uses the iPhone’s accelerometer to determine your airtime starting from the moment you leave the ground. The HangTimer tracks your airtime and keeps a list of your ten best jumps. In addition to the measuring your air time the HangTimer application also detects your ski resort automatically anywhere in the world and downloads ski reports, lift status and trail maps. Webcam access is also available through HangTimer at select resorts.
With the iPhone 3G, HangTimer offers bonus features using the built-in GPS system that include the detailed speed and location of every jump, a link to Google Maps to plot your hits as well as a record of the top speed at takeoff for every jump.
The HangTimer application can be purchased from the iTunes store online via the HangTimer website at: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292748877&mt=8
More about HangTimer:
The HangTimer sports technology application for the iPhone and iPod touch is designed to measure users’ air time. Continue reading “HangTimer: New iPhone App Sets Bar Higher Than You Can Jump!”
I bit the bullet and installed Windows 7 on the ASUS EEE 1000H.
Here is the Video of experience of Windows 7 on ASUS EEE 1000H
The vista gave me a modest Vista experience index of 2.0 (click on screenshot to see it’s original size screenshot). Overall, the performance is quite satisfactory. It is not slower than Vista, if not faster.
So, all in all, Windows 7 should work without problems when it is finally released. Is it too early to comment on the perfomance? Yes, it is. But, so far, no problems at all right now.
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See this link to make the drivers run properly on Windows 7. That article is about making the Vista run nicely on the 1000H and applies for Windows 7 too.
If you are in the habit of using the right key a lot, you must have found yourself a little uncomfortable while writing on the ASUS EEE 1000H. No doubt, the keyboard is fantastic for writing purposes, but that little right shift key can drive some people crazy.
Well, I have a EASY solution for this: Continue reading “ASUS EEE 1000H – Annoyed with that little right shift key?”
Fujitsu has launched a new notebook: Fujitsu N7010. It has a 16″ screen. But, that is not the interesting part. It has an additional 4″ display, which is actually a touchscreen display. This second display is just above the keyboard.
I fail to understand the main purpose of this little 4″ display. One reason can be that the Fujitsu wanted to make it stand apart from the rest of the crowd.
Interesting concept anyway. Link to the N7010 page
The ASUS EEE 1000H comes with Windows XP Home edition. People have often asked me, if Vista would work nicely on it. I was pretty sure it would be able to run it, but I never thought that it would be able to run the Vista so nicely!
Installation
I went for the best version of Vista. Vista Ultimate. I installed it from the DVD and everything went fine. Just as I expected.
Wait, what about the drivers?
True, Vista drivers are not made available to the end users. Fortunately, the drivers for the XP work just fine. After reading this article, you will be running Vista on your EEE 1000H with Aero on! So, read on.
Can it Multitask without any hiccups?
As one would think that the Vista would make the EEE 1000H crawl. Well, it does not. In fact, the overall experience is better than the XP. Folks at ASUS should have made a Vista version of the ASUS 1000H and I bet, the would have loved it.
Vista Experience Index
This is not a core 2 due machine with 4GB of RAM. It is a Intel Atom machine. But, it manages to provide the user a decent Vista experience. Keep in mind that I have not changed anything on the 1000H hardware-wise. It still has the factory fitted 80GB HDD with 1GB RAM.
At first, you will get a shabby 1.0 experience index. This is due to the fact that the Video drivers have not been installed. You can click on the images to see the full screenshot
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You can download the Video drivers from this link
After the installation of the Vista drivers, you should tell the Vista to recalculate the Vista experience Index. Here is my updated Experience Index
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Ok, so what is not working?
Sound works without loading any drivers. Also, do not install the VGA driver from the CD. Use the updated Intel driver I mentioned above. This will enable Aero on Vista and much better performance too.
Install the drivers from the DVD that came with the ASUS 1000H. Go to the drivers folder. Whatever setup you run, make sure you run it in the XP mode unless I have pointed out not to do so in case of specific component. To do this, right click on the setup and choose properties. Go to the properties(tab) and choose “XP service pack 2”. The setup should then run fine.
For bluetooth driver, go to drivers>bluetooth>win32 and run Inst.exe. No compatibility mode required here. For the LAN, Vista drivers have been included on the CD. It is not a setup file and you will have to do it manually. Otherwise, you can just run the setup file in the compatibility mode and everything will go just fine.
But, any hacks to make them work?
At first, it will say that the BT hardware is not detected. Just cancel it and proceed. 
Install the ACPI driver then in compatibility mode and it will detect the BT driver automatically. Note that the ACPI driver will give you errors everytime you restart you restart the 1000H. To overcome this problem, Slevin, a coder has come up with a fix. Just download these files (acpi fix) and follow the instructions. It will cure the problem.
Battery life
I was able to get nearly 5.5 hours of battery life with WiFi and BT off. With Wifi on, I was able to get nearly 4.5 hours with light surfing via Firefox. This is impressive.
You may be able to get a lot more as I was using the default “balanced power plan”. I am sure, you can get more battery life if you use “power saver power plan”
Any recommended upgrades?
Well, it is not a hidden truth that the Vista loves RAM. RAM is quite cheap days. Upgrade the RAM to 2GB and you will make vista more comfortable as it eats nearly 400MB after the bootup. But still, I didn’t face any problems even after opening several tabs in firefox; running music via WMP 11 and running Photoshop CS3 all at the same time.
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Click here to know about its performance in Windows 7.
CLICK here to read 1000H’s review.
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Go to twitvote.twitmarks.com and cast your vote today! As mentioned before, you will need a twitter account to vote. Mr McCain won’t be too happy with the results so far!
