Friday, March 20, 2009


I guess you are bored with the Eee PC competitor news. But here is a new Eee-PC competitor which is powered with a new Atom CPU. The Akoya Mini from Medion is a 10 inch small notebook which is powered by Intel’s Atom processor, on-board Linux, 1GB RAM, two USB 2.0 ports, a memory card slot, VGA out, and a 1.3MP webcam. This UMPC will be released in Europe soon for €399

Genius will be dropping two new pen tablets called the G-Pen M712 and M609. Both featuring Vista / Mac-compatible software, 4,000 LPI resolutions, rolling pads at the top for scrolling, zooming and adjusting volume. The M609 features a display of 9- x 5.5-inches (wide) / 7.25- x 5.5-inches (standard) 26 hot keys in comparison to the M712 featuring a display of 12- x 7.25-inches (wide) / 9.5- x 7.25-inches (standard) and 34 hot keys. Both should be dropping soon for $195 and $249. [

Here is a new Lenovo IdeaPad U110 promotional video. Priced at $1,899, the IdeaPad U110 is an 11.1 inch desktop replacement that features face recognition technology, and some hot keys on the keyboard. The laptop is currently available in red and black. Watch the promotional video after the jump

The Alienware Area-52 m17x gaming laptop will be dropping very soon. It comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, twin GPUs for great SLI action, a WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) display, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, lots of hard drive space, a dual-layer DVD writer (or optional Blu-ray burner), several ports and a 12-cell battery that lasts about an hour. The m17x starts at $2,949 in late May.



Running Linux on IBM Laptop Lenovo ThinkPad T60 The Lenovo ThinkPad T60 series is the first ThinkPad to be released with the new Intel Core Duo processor. The ThinkPad T-series can be thought of as the flagship of the ThinkPad brand, it's squarely targeted towards business users and professionals. Durability, security, usability and performance are all important characteristics of the ThinkPad T-series. The T60 carries on these traditions with a jump in performance from the most recent T43 and some changes to configuration options available and the port and keyboard layout.
An important thing to note regarding the ThinkPad T60 is the fact it comes in two flavors: a 14" screen variety and 15" screen variety. The 14" type offers lighter weight and longer battery life at the expense of a smaller screen. The 15" type T60 offers higher end performance configurations and also the option of a FlexView screen, but at the cost of a higher weight and less power life per battery cell. Under review here is a high end configuration of the T60 15" variety. Following are the specs

Thursday, March 19, 2009











Nokia 7500 PrismA long time has passed since Nokia dared to introduce such an innovative design that users can admire when looking at the 7500 and 7900 Prism handsets. At a first glance, you might have the impression that there something wrong with the keypad, but the triangular form of the keys is quite comfortable, giving a stylish sensibility to the mobile phone. The unusual bar form of the Prism devices intends to twist people?s minds and conquer the market. A market where most buyers are trendsetters who change their mobile phones according to the fashion trend or simply by their look. Fewer and fewer people are trying to look beyond the design of a handset and choose what is good for them. That?s not necessarily a bad thing, but you must be very careful these days, as the offer is tremendously large.Nokia 7500 Prism has been announced in August 2007 and made available on the market in September 2007, for a nifty price of 320 USD.

Nokia 7390The Nokia 7390 is a mobile phone featuring the Series 40 interface from the L'Amour Collection. It was released in the United States in early 2007, elsewhere in late 2006. One of the useful features of the phone is the ability to play music or take pictures without opening it. The camera's maximum resolution is at 3 megapixels. The on-board music player can play MP3, AAC, eAAC+, and WMA formats and more.