The long-awaited Eee might finally see the light of day. It looks like we don’t have to wait for it as long as we have for the Eee Keyboard too – we might finally get our hands on one come summer. It might come out late July, to be exact. More »
We could be getting Bluetooth 4.0 devices this late 2010 or 2011, according to Brad of Liliputing:
The vast majority of Bluetooth devices are still toting Bluetooth 2.1 or earlier instead of the more recent Bluetooth 3.0 technology. But the folks behind the short distance wireless data standard have announced the Bluetooth 4.0 standard is ready to go.
The update will bring support for a low energy mode for devixes like remote controls and watches that don’t need as much power as a laptop computer or smartphone. Bluetooth 4.0 will also support transmitting data over longer distances of up to 200 feet.
Holy wow, 200 feet of data transfer? That’s totally amazing. Read on for the complete press release. More »
Netbooked was able to get their hands on a netbook suspiciously resembling Macbook Pros -the Asus Eee PC 1201T – and they took it out for a spin. The verdict? They’re pretty much satisfied with this new netbook from Asus. Well except for a few caveats:
I am pretty pleased overall with the ASUS Eee PC 1201T apart from the battery life (2-3 hours), limited upgradability and perhaps the noise. Other than that the form factor allows for comfortable usage for long periods of time. Keyboard is great to type on and the trackpad is large and has responsive scrolling.
If you’re looking for something more powerful than a netbook but don’t want to pay the prices that dual core CULV notebooks reach, than the ASUS Eee PC 1201T is one to consider. When it comes to games, it’ll cream most netbooks and even Intel CULV notebooks powered with Intel GMA graphics.
If you’re wondering what the specs of this impressive-looking netbook are, look no further:
Honestly, I was disappointed to read that the 6-cell battery only provides 2-3 hours of juice. I know of a lot of netbooks that can provide you with longer running time with a 6-cell battery. And to be quite honest, I’m not impressed with AMD processors as well. I guess we’ll just have to watch the net to see if people start raving or ranting about this netbook.
For those willing to give their aging Eee PC 901s another lease at life, you can upgrade your favorite netbooks with a new SSD. Runcore Pro IV Light mini-SATA SSDs have 16GB, 32GB and 64GB iterations.
From EeeUser:
Two videos have been uploaded on YouTube by user 1walkgirl showing the Runcore Pro IV Light miniSATA SSD successfully working on the Eee PC 901. The first video gives a general idea of the speed, and the second video shows a Crystal diskmark test and the results.
From Engadget:
We’ve been hearing about the ET2010 model since CES, then got another glimpse at CeBIT a few weeks ago, and now the all-in-one machine is making its international debut — and ASUS has more than one to share with us. The five models range from the ET2010AG, with an AMD Athlon II processor, up to the ET2010PNT, with an Atom D510. All models have a 20-inch, 1600 x 900 displays, but only two of them sport multitouch. Storage ranges from 160GB to 500GB, 1 or 2GB of RAM is available, and graphics options include an integrated Intel GMA chipset, ATI’s Radeon HD 5470, or, most interestingly, Ion 2 graphics in the two Atom-powered options. All offer a DVD drive and all sport the same, wall-mountable and 1-inch thick design. What we don’t know is when these will be shipping or how much they’ll cost, but you’ll surely be the first to hear after we do.
Honestly, that is one sweet-looking nettop, and I’d love to get my hands on one of those.
So the Asus Tablet may be one of the most anticipated devices yet. Well, for me. There’s some confusion, however, as to what operating system it’ll run. Will it run Windows 7, or some Linux flavor? Apparently, Asus has confirmed that it will run not only one but two operating systems!
From Engadget:
Now company chairman Jonney Shih has confirmed not only one tablet, but two. “Netbooks are the best combination of personal computing and cloud computing, but between netbooks and smartphones and e-readers, we think there will be a space for something like a tablet or slate PC.” This is where ASUS will insert a pair of models set to be unveiled sometime this year. One is said to run a Google OS of some sort, either Android or Chrome, the other running Windows. We’re expecting some level of hardware differentiation between the two as well, but at this point we don’t know anything else — except that the Google flavored version “will have a lot of media.” We like media.
We all know that Asus is aiming to release a tablet worthy of competing with the iPad here. And I sure do hope that they come out with something that’ll be as good as Apple’s tablet. Honestly, I don’t think the Windows version will be good enough (Windows 7 isn’t the best OS to use on a touchscreen; Windows Phone 7 Series would be a better bet) but the tablets running Google Chrome OS will probably be good enough. Let’s just wait and see.
