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Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr Netbook With Verizon 4G LTE
Friday, August 5, 2011
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HP 635 Affordable Business Laptop
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Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr netbook to be launched August 4th
The Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr is slated to be released on the 4th of August (which is tomorrow) and will come with a price tag of $449.99 with a 2 year new customer agreement contract. Considering that it's a netbook that is meant to be online all the time, you will be required to purchase a monthly data plan of either 2GB at $30 a month, 5GB at $50 a month or 10GB at $80 a month.
Specs wise nothing has changed, but in case you forgot, the Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr will be featuring:
1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor N455
1GB DDR3 RAM
256MB (shared) Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
250GB HDD
10.1″ WSVGA Anti-Glare LED Display (1024 x 600)
Battery life: 8 hours 45 mins
Verizon Wireless 3G and 4G LTE support
Windows 7 Starter
source: Ubergizmo
Toshiba Qosmio F755 Glasses-free 3D Laptop
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MSI GT683DX 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop
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Find My Mac Helps Locate Your Lost MacBook
The Find My Mac software has been released for registered iOS developers. It also requires a OS X Lion-powered computer and an iCloud subscription to download. The software uses WiFi networks to locate missing MacBooks, which can be displayed either through a web browser or iOS device. Once the MacBook is found, the tool offers the user several anti-theft options such as sending a threatening message, remotely locking the machine, or even wiping off the laptop's data.
The Find My Mac, an iCloud service, is expected to be available for consumers in fall. A beta version has also been released earlier this week.
source: Gadget.com
Gogo And American Airlines Now Streaming In-Flight Movies to Your Laptop
Now, customers of American Airlines can watch in flight TV and movies on their own computers, instead of being forced to stare at the terrible seat-back screens of old. Gogo Vision, as it is called, is provided by in-flight Wi-Fi company Gogo, and has been installed on all 15 of AA's Boeing 767-200 aircraft.
Right now, you're probably having the same reaction as me. Why would you want to pay to watch content on your own laptop computer, when you doubtless have movies and TV shows on there already?
On the upside, the “introductory” prices aren't bad, costing more or less the same as services like iTunes. A TV show will cost you a dollar, and a movie will be four bucks. If you don't manage to watch the whole thing then you can finish up back on the ground, TV shows stay available for 72 hours, and movies for 24 hours. You will not have to pay for Wi-Fi to access the service, either.
If these prices stick around, this could be a great emergency service for nerds who have forgotten to load up on in-flight entertainment ahed of time.
I see a bigger advantage, though. I'm over six feet tall, and I'm also terrible at picking a good seat. Often I end up in the seat with the in-flight entertainment machine taking up half of the legroom. If these bulky boxes could be replaced with invisible Wi-Fi waves, that would only be a good thing.
source: Gadget Lab
Acer Aspire 7250 17.3-Inch Laptop
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Getac B300 Rugged Notebook – Upgraded
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The B300 is certified to MIL-STD-810G for ruggedness and shock protection and is certified to IP65 rating for protection from water and dust. Additional options for the B300 include the MIL-STD-810F - 509.4 for protection from Salt Fog, MIL-STD-3009 NRA & NRB for Night Vision and every B300 is Mil-STD-461F ready requiring only the purchase of a MIL-STD-461F power supply for electromagnetic interference applications.
source: LAPTOPGRAM
ASUS U31SD-A1 13.3-inch Laptop
The ASUS U31SD-A1 is an attractive 13-inch laptop with decent overall performance, good graphics power, and superb battery life. Overall, we prefer the Acer Aspire Timeline 3830TG, which offers even more graphics oomph and a faster Core i5 processor for the same price. The caveat with the Acer is that you have to give up about 2.5 hours of unplugged time. If you want all-day endurance along with the ability to game between classes or meetings, the U31SD-A1 is a fine choice.
The ASUS U31SD-A1 13.3-inch laptop is priced at $799. [LaptopMag]
source: TechFresh
MSI new GE620DX is every Gamers dreamed laptop
No word on the pricing yet but I can bet this one won't come for cheap!
Taipei-MSI has introduced its new GE620DX gaming laptop, featuring the Intel second generation Core i7-2630QM quad core processor (core speeds of 2.00GHz) and nVidia's top-end GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics card. Not only does the GE620DX offer more powerful graphics performance and enhanced resolution, it supports nVidia's PhysX and Microsoft's DirectX 11 for great graphics with more detailed and convincing details, like cooler explosions and more realistic flowing water, to maximize your gaming pleasure.
Eric Kuo, associate vice president for global sales, MSI Notebook, points out that MSI's superior Premium Sound and THX TruStudio Pro wrap around sound team up to offer you the perfect combination of sound and visuals for the ultimate multimedia experience. This gaming dream machine also boasts an exterior with awesome high tech lines. The letters “MSI” are emblazoned in the center of the GE620DX' cover in luminescent white script which is set off by the metal brush finish. Not only is this machine a dream to play, it's a dream to look at, too.
Power is the name of the game
Intel 2nd generation Core i7 quad core CPU: The GE620DX features the latest Core i7-2630QM quad core processor with core speeds of 2.00GHz. The new generation Intel Core i7 processor supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 and Quick Sync Video. Intel's Turbo Boost 2.0 greatly enhances performance in each core, automatically allocating processor resources to boost core clock speeds and overall computer performance, while Quick Sync Video revs up efficiency when ripping, synchronizing, and editing multimedia files.
nVidia's high end GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics card: The GE620DX packs nVidia's new generation GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics card with 2GB of display memory. The nVidia PhysX technology offers the serious gamer some seriously realistic visuals. In addition, the GE620DX supports DirectX 11 for higher resolution, allowing you to see, for example, details of distant buildings for more realistic gaming.
GPU Boost: The GE620DX laptop supports MSI GPU Boost technology which automatically switches back and forth between the discrete graphics card and the graphics chip. When your computer is processing graphics-heavy applications, it automatically kicks into the discrete graphics card mode to give you superior graphics processing capabilities and when performing general word processing tasks or browsing the Internet, it cuts to the power-sipping integrated graphics chip mode, striking the ideal balance between performance and battery life.
Realistic multimedia experience
Top cinema-grade sound: The GE620DX comes with MSI's Premium Sound to meet the need of even the most demanding audiophiles for crisp, clean sound. Now, you can experience sounds like you've never heard them before in an NB computer. The GE620DX also comes with THX TruStudio Pro smart surround sound technology previously found only in cinemas, which when coupled with its top-end internal speakers, reproduces any music type or frequency faithfully.
Cinema Pro technology: The GE620DX features powerful multimedia processing and MSI's own Cinema Pro technology for superior graphics. One touch of the Cinema Pro hotkey instantly switches you to film mode for higher resolution and richer colors.
Full array of HD hardware: The MSI GE620DX sports a 720p webcam to give you high definition, smooth, bright pictures when video conferencing with friends and family. If you want something bigger than a high definition computer screen to view films, it comes with an HDMI port, so any type of high-fidelity, high-definition video can be played on your NB, but viewed via a cable on a large-screen LCD TV.
Designed with you in mind
USB3.0: The GE620DX comes with new USB3.0 ports which boast transfer speeds of 4.8Gbps-10 times faster than USB2.0, and 80% higher power transmission, providing vastly higher data transfer rates and charging speeds for external hard drives, flash drives, and other handheld electronic devices.
Shortcuts to shut off power to idle hardware: Located above the GE620DX' keyboard are six shortcuts. With one click of the mouse, you can eject a DVD, turn off the screen, or turn on the S-Bar, Turbo Battery+, Cinema Pro, or power, so don't waste battery power when you're away from your computer for a few minutes.
MSI S-Bar: Just one click of the GE620DX' S-Bar hotkey calls up all functions onto the screen, so you can control everything from the webcam, projector, network, and Bluetooth to volume control, screen brightness, and standby mode.
source: Akihabara News
Ergo-Tilt Laptop Stand Review
Ergo-Tilt is a Canadian company, but they ship internationally. To make things easy on us here in the US, they even have a US page with prices shown in American dollars. They are a socially responsible company. Ergo-Tilt stands are assembled in workshops for challenged individuals. They are all plastic with no metals, so the stands are easily recyclable. Even their packaging is made from recycled materials.
The Ergo-Tilt is a one-size-fits-all-laptops product. I measured it at about 13.6" X 12.10" X 0.75" when closed. I couldn't fit it on my digital kitchen scale very easily, but the website says the stand weighs 8.9 oz. There's a hinge at the back that opens to raise the back end of the stand to about 3 inches.
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It is currently available in black, yellow, lime, and pink, although they also show a couple other colors in pictures on their website. I requested a yellow stand. I was surprised when I received both a yellow and a pink stand. The Ergo-Tilt URL is molded into the raised lip. There is a large paper label on the surface of the stand area and a small one centered on the raised lip area. The labels have the Ergo-Tilt logo and URL on them. The stands can be branded for any reseller by replacing these stickers with another logo.
The front of the stand has a raised lip to prevent the laptop from sliding off the stand. At first, I thought both the yellow and pink stands were exactly the same, but I quickly realized that the pink stand had a raised tab at each end of the raised lip. Info from Herb said they had recently added the tabs to their molds to prevent laptops with very rounded fronts from slipping over the raised lip.
My MacBook Pro worked well on the yellow stand without the retaining tabs. Of course, I tried out both stands with my laptop. I was a little afraid that the retaining tabs would dig into my wrists and make using the stand uncomfortable, but that wasn't the case. The front of my laptop is tall enough that the tabs were below the level of the laptop's wrist rest area.
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I already mentioned that the Ergo-Tilt is one-size-fits-all-laptops. Because I have a 13" MacBook Pro, you can see that the stand is bigger than the laptop. It's not very much wider, but it is about 2.25" deeper than needed for my laptop. That means the stand takes up much more real estate on my tiny laptop table than it should to fit my laptop.
The angle/height of the Ergo-Tilt stand isn't adjustable. You unfold the leg at the back into a single position. I've mentioned my tiny laptop table (too?) many times. Not only is the tabletop small, but the stand is very low, too. Normal desks are usually about 29" tall, but my stand is only about 24" tall. Even being 5-foot-nothing, I find this table a bit low, so I was hoping the stand would make using the computer more comfortable. It does raise the screen enough that I don't slouch as much to view the screen, so my back and neck feel a bit more comfortable. The stand, when sitting on the very low table, isn't as comfortable for my wrists as I'd like, though. My wrists are too flexed, with the hands angled back toward my arms, when I'm using the very low table. However, I do plan to replace this table with a standard desk, so I decided I should also try the Ergo-Tilt on something with a standard height. My kitchen table is about the same height as a desk, so I tried the stand on it. With the higher table, I found the angle much more comfortable. My arm/wrist/hand was almost a straight line as I typed. Since having your wrists bent in weird angles while typing is the root cause of wrist pain and damage, having my wrists straight should help. Of course, I did mention that I'm only 5' tall, so taller people using a standard desk may have the same problem I have on my low table.
I was a little concerned by the way the hinge flexes when pressure is applied to the laptop area. I don't think there's any way that the weight of any laptop I've seen would cause the hinge to flex too far and break, though. However, the Ergo-Tilt is covered by a 5-year warranty, so you'll probably be covered if you do have a problem with the hinge.
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The Ergo-Tilt stand is designed to fold up fairly flat so you can carry it in your laptop bag. I carry my laptop in the Cocoon Kips Bay bag for the 13" MacBook Pro, and the Ergo-Tilt is far too big to fit in my bag.
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You'll notice that the Ergo-Tilt is vented. Like many laptop stands, the Ergo-Tilt says it will help keep your laptop cooler. The stand doesn't have any fans that require power from your laptop battery. It is a passive cooler that simply allows airflow under the laptop, and the vents are designed to allow the cooling air to reach the bottom of the laptop itself.
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I put the cooling claims to the test using the same method I used before. I used the MagicanPaster app from the Mac App store to measure the CPU, battery, and disk temperatures to quantify the cooling function of the stand. I used the MagicanPaster app to see the internal temperatures of my laptop as I used it in normal conditions. I don't use my laptop under carefully controlled testing facility conditions. I do use it in an air-conditioned room. I do a lot of surfing, photo editing, word-processing, emailing, and the like on my laptop. I am not a gamer. I started out with the laptop just sitting flat on my laptop table. I never took a temperature reading immediately after waking up the laptop. I would wait until I had been using the laptop for more than an hour before I took a temperature. After a few days of collecting temperatures with no stand, I placed the laptop on the yellow Ergo-Tilt stand and collected temperatures during use just as described for the no-stand period. You can see from the data (above, click for a larger view) that there is no clear evidence that the stand cools the laptop during use.
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I also ran a flash test to see how the stand cooled while my laptop was being used at heavier load than normal. There were no golf games I could use like in my earlier test, so I used the Flash Stress Test at the Munsie Games website. The stress test exercises your computer by displaying a lot of images on your screen in a 30-second burst. I started by testing with no stand. I took a starting temperature reading, then I ran the test two times, immediately back-to-back, then re-checked the temperatures using MagicanPaster. I waited about 30 minutes (with the laptop in sleep mode) while the laptop cooled down, put it on the Ergo-Tilt stand, took a starting temperature, then ran the flash stress test just as before. Again, I don't see any strong evidence that the stand keeps the laptop running cooler.
I found the Ergo-Tilt laptop stand elevated my laptop screen to a good viewing angle and kept my wrists at a comfortable, straight angle when I used it on a standard-height table. I didn't find any cooling benefits, but you might find it more effective if you laptop tends to run hotter than mine does normally or if your laptop has cooling vents on its bottom. You should be able to fold up and take the Ergo-Stand along with you in your laptop bag, so you can type comfortably where ever you are.
source: The Gadgeteer
Acer Aspire One AOD257-13876 10.1-Inch Netbook (Seashell White)
The Aspire One AOD257-13876 is another budget-friendly 10.1-inch netbook from Acer that packs a 10.1-inch WSVGA LED-backlit display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N570 dual-core processor, an Intel GMA 3150 graphics card, a 1GB DDR3 RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 0.3MP webcam, a card reader, WiFi, a 3-cell battery and runs on Windows 7 Starter OS. If you're interested, the Acer Aspire One AOD257-13876 can be yours for just $269.99 via Amazon.
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PC-Koubou AEX 17L2-16GXR 17.3-Inch Notebook
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Tough Case Makes iPad Look Like 1990s Laptop
The case is from Pelican, and if you know anything about Pelican gear you'll know that it is pretty much indestructible. The Pelican 1075 HardBack is designed to work with the iPad or iPad 2, but is big enough to fit a netbook if you still have one that works. In the latter case, you can install the standard “pick and pluck” foam lining, or a netbook-shaped pad.
For either iPad, a custom-shaped insert is available. This will also prop up the iPad when the case is open, letting you put a Bluetooth keyboard on the bottom section and making the thing really look like an old, ugly laptop. These is also space under the keyboard for various cables and accessories — this isn't the case for you if you want something slim and stylish.
In fact, the Pelican is most likely to be used by people in harsh environments. Tony Stark might use it next time he takes a trip to the Middle East, for example.
The case is pretty reasonable. And calling a Pelican case affordable says more about the crazy overpricing in the iPad case world. You can pick on up for $70.
Pelican 1075 HardBack [Pelican. Thanks, Kiersten!]
source: Gadget Lab
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