Yugatech has gotten his hands on one of Asus’ external DVD-RWs meant for netbooks, the Asus SDRW-08D1S-U External DVD-RW Drive.
In a nutshell, it’s no different from other external DVD-RWs out there. Check out his review.
Okay, I’m not much of a fan of touchscreens. I admit, they look really cool, they make you look either like a tool or the most awesome guy when you bring out your touchscreen gizmo at the nearest coffee shop. And I admit, finger gestures are pretty cool.
But I’m kind of torn at the fact that Synaptics is out to produce a touchscreen that can recognize 10-finger gestures. As if 2-4 finger gestures aren’t confusing enough already.
Here’s a video. Enjoy.
Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Demo from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
Okay, I’m putting in a bit of a stretch here, but you can use your netbook battery to charge a lot of stuff. Heck, you can even charge your iPod and all.
Check the video out to learn.
I’m really excited about Intel’s newest iteration of the Atom, called Pineview. News is, it’ll come out 4th quarter of 2009. The lineup will include a dual core desktop chip as well as a line of mobile chips aimed at netbooks which will use less power while providing slightly better performance than today’s Atom N270/N280 chips.
And now, we find out that the line will last for a one year or so, as Fudzilla says:
The new dual-core desktop Atom launches in Q4 2009, while the single-core for both desktop and netbooks should launch in Q1 2009.
Manufacturing starts in Q3 2009 for dual-core and in Q4 for single-core Atom and this all integrated platform should sell through the whole 2010. Judging from current plans the new dual and single-core should be coming in late 2010.
Apparently, not so good.
Check out the full review on Liliputing.
If you have an old Eee PC 70x lying around, check out this thread from the Eee User forum.
User RandyLude92 has managed to hack his way around his old Eee PC.
According to Eee User:
Eeeuser forum member RandyLude92 has a long forum thread detailing how he managed to retrieve the larger screen from the 90x and maneuver it into the 70x. This involves carefully lifting the screen from the 90x, placing it into the 70x and even updating the BIOS to support the larger screen (to remove the screen size limitation, otherwise the whole screen would not be properly utilised).
Obviously, this is not for the faint of heart. Go ahead if you’re feeling adventurous.
So, the 1008HA may be the sexiest Eee PC out there, but when it’s opened, it’s another story. As you can see, it’s full of lots of scotch tape, I’m surprised if a single jolt will just shake the netbook’s innards loose. God, I hope not.
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A company called Pixel Qi has developed . The screens offer two different modes, a backlit mode with full color saturation, and an ePaper mode that uses less energy and doesn’t require a backlight. The ePaper mode also makes the display significantly easier to read outdoors in bright sunlight than most computer displays.
This is a great idea, really.
Want to build your own tablet PC out of the Eee? An Eee user owner posted about his experience here. Check it out.
So you’re excited about the Eee 1000HE’s new chiclet-style keyboard but you can’t be bothered to buy the newer netbook?
You can just order a replacement Eee 1000HE keyboard from Asus for $15 and it should fit. Awesome, right?
[via Liliputing]
