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ASUS Eee Videophone – Another EEE accersory

Since the launch of the first EEE PC, the ASUS has been paying special attention to their EEE product line. They started off with just the EEE PCs and gradually added more products under the EEE brand. Their recent addition is the EEE Videophone, which claims to be the “World’s First PC-free Videophone for Skype”. It comes with a large 7-inch display and a rather shabby 0.3MP camera. The display resolution is WVGA (800×480)

It comes with built in wifi to effortlessly connect it to the skype and do video calling. For the folks who do not have wifi at home, they can use the not-so-sleek Ethernet connection to get online. It comes with a rechargeable battery. Weighing at 1.6kg, it just offers 20mins talk time and a rather long 2 hour charging time. You better use it on power adapter as you are not going to be able to do a lot of talking if you are not on AC adapter.

Dimensions: 202 mm (L) x 123 mm (W) x 253 mm (H)

Skype Services:

  • Skype-to-Skype calls (audio and video)
  • SkypeOut (call fixed lines and mobiles)
  • SkypeIn (receive incoming calls via an online number)
  • Call forwarding
  • Skype Voicemail
  • Conference calls (as a guest only)

[EEE VIDEOPHONE webpage]

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2-second Boot Time? Now, that is what I call an Instant-on OS! [Netbooks]

Moblin is an open source project that is build upon the Linux platform, which is geared towards netbooks, MIDs and UMPCs. At the Linux Collaboration Summit, which was held in San Fransisco, Intel discussed its plans about the upcoming major version of the Mobilin platform. Tests of the latest Moblin 2 alpha release show that the major components (including graphics system) can start up in mere seconds. Intel is stubborn that with the new Moblin platform, 2 second boot time is infact possible.

Within last few months, we have been hearing about plethora of instant-on operating systems. But, so far no OS has been able to boot in 2 seconds. If the folks at Moblin are able to do so, it can totally change the way we perceive our netbooks. For example: People on the go will prefer to use their netbook or MID instead of using their cellphone to check their email.

Sousou, who is the managing director of the Intel Open Source Technology Center said that the aim of Moblin is to improve the quality of the Linux user experience on Atom-based devices. We say that if they can get us online in just 2 seconds, then our experience would

Visit Moblin.org

[via arstechnia]

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Acer AspireRevo ION NetTop – gaming console?

Acer has launched its first ION powered nettop, which offers advanced graphics capabilities when compared to the other nettops already in the market. If you’ve been living under the shelves and have not heard about the ION platform, then you have missed something really big. Remember that a couple of months back, we brought you news that the first ION based hardware will be a nettop. General manager of Nvidia says

“You will be stunned and amazed watching HD videos, editing photos, surfing the web and playing the latest online games.”

Yes, Acer promises that you can easily play directX 10 games and play 1080p HD movies on this mighty little nettop.  You can equip the nettop with HDD or SSD although I do not see the benefit of using SSD in a nettop. RAM can be increased to a total of 4GB RAM.

[press release]

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Netbook Car Kit Mount

This universal netbook car kit mount will hold most 7″-10″ netbooks securely to your dashboard via either the rigid suction mount or the extra long flexi suction mount. This car it is ideal for anyone that requires to use their netbook in a vehicle, keep your netbook of your laptop and make it easier to operate.

You have the option of getting a rigid mount or long flexi mount.

Features:

  • Lightweight
  • Durable
  • Secure
  • 2 x connection points
  • 2x different suction mount options
  • Sudden Weight Load: 15kg
  • Constant Weight Load: 5kg
  • Suitable width of device: 150~250mm
  • Suitable height of device: 175mm
  • Operating Temperature: -40 – 65
  • Lever Lifetime: 10,000 times

It costs just £19.99 and worldwide shipping is supported.

You can order from the following link

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Acer 11-inch Aspire One pictures

Engadget was able to take some exclusive pictures of the Acer 11-inch Aspire one. It looks quite huge to me in pictures, much wider than I expected it to be.

Here are its specifications:

  • Atom Z530 + Intel SCH USW15S chipset
  • Intel GMA 500 integrated graphics
  • 1366 x 768 (16:9)
  • Power consumption: 4.3W
  • 8-hour lifespan with 6-cell battery (5200mAh)
  • 160GB HDD
  • 802.11 b/g WiFi
  • Bluetooth
  • 3G
  • Dolby Pro Logic Sound
  • multicard reader

Here are more pictures of it:

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Asus Eee PC 1008HA shows up at FCC

The US release date of the EEE 1008HA is now even more closer. How can we say that? The ultra thin 10-inch netbook from ASUS has been passed by FCC. So, it will be released in the US market any day now. Although I am a huge fan of thin netbooks/notebooks, I hate the fact that there is NO user replaceable battery in the 1008HA. It just does not make sense to send the netbook back to ASUS just to get the battery replaced.

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