Section: Computers, Netbooks
Earlier in the month we saw the Asus Eee PC 1005PR netbook come available as a pre-order item at several online retailers including Amazon and Newegg and now in a little bit of good news for those that felt as if they could not wait any longer—that model is now shipping.
Well, truth be told it is still listed as a pre-order item with Amazon, however Newegg is currently shipping it. The Eee PC 1005PR is priced at $399.99 which comes along with free shipping.
As for what you will get in return for your 400 bucks, well, you will get a netbook that is packing a 10.1 inch display with a 1366 x 768 resolution, GMA 3150 graphics, Broadcom HD Accelerator, 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, 6-cell battery and Windows 7 Starter.
Product [Asus Eee PC 1005PR at Newegg]
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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers
According to some recent reports, it looks like Microsoft has killed the Courier, and killed in before it was even officially announced. Seems funny that this would be cancelled, after all, this was one Microsoft product that people were really buzzing about. But alas, it will not be coming to market and here is the official statement, which comes courtesy of Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s VP of corporate communications;
“At any given time, we’re looking at new ideas, investigating, testing, incubating them. It’s in our DNA to develop new form factors and natural user interfaces to foster productivity and creativity. The Courier project is an example of this type of effort. It will be evaluated for use in future offerings, but we have no plans to build such a device at this time.”
Read [Engadget] and [Gizmodo]
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Section: Communications, Computers, Gadgets / Other, Features, Originals, Columns, Who's On Crack
Heck yeah, it’s time for another go round of the moves in the tech world that seem so outlandish, only illegal narcotics could fuel their insanity. This weeks nominees for rehab include:
- Apple v. Adobe - sour grapes?
- Android’s hot Flash
- Your webOS is in my iPaq
- Shake it like a floppy
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Adobe and Apple, really over this time?
“Adobe has changed their status to *available*. No longer in a committed relationship with Apple, Adobe finds itself on the outside of the iParty looking in. The two companies have spat more like spurned lovers than companies that sometimes work together. Take a look at the new personal ad Adobe posted on singles.com:
Me: flashy, wild, adventurous. Needs a patient lover. Some say unstable but I say I’ve got an unpredictability that developers just can resist. I make everything hot, especially gadgets.
You: Must be a patient lover and posses a fat wallet. Applicants must not be afraid to crash and burn. No seriously, you must be patient while I load up. Must hate fruit.
It looks pretty serious. Serious enough for Senor Jobs to take pen in hand and post a letter on apple.com explaining: “perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind." Facebook translation: “maybe you should stop call me names, Adobe. I don’t answer your calls for a reason. Get a frickin clue.”
Will the note on Apple finally give Adobe the idea it’s time to find another obsession? I don’t know, like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Apple and Adobe spats have come to bore me. Work, don’t work, I don’t care. I’ve come to like the black boxes/missing elements on my iPhone and would miss them if they were gone.
Android’s hot Flash
Continuing the story like a supermarket tabloid that I one day hope to write for, we’ll move on to who has been seen doing the walk-of-shame from Adobe’s house in the morning: Android. The cute little robot was seen leaving Adobe’s after a raging night at some robots-gone-wild filming party, clothes looking all rumpled and a look of sheer exhaustion on its face.
Yes, it seems Android loves Adobe. Or at least wants to. Our Natesh Sood explains, “with Flash, many more videos and websites will be accessible on Android smartphones, making the overall web experience that much better.” Word is Flash is in Android 2.2.
So in this season’s big cliff hanger, in true will-they-or-won’t-they fashion, the timing is anyone’s guess. Like Sam and Diane from Cheers; Rachel and Ross from Friends or Will Shuester and Sue Silvester on Glee; these lovers have to find a way into each others, er, arms? They just have to. When is still anyone’s guess.
Your iPaq is in my webOS
The big, big news this week involves $1.2 billion dollars and a whole lot of love for webOS. As a group, we bloggers seem mixed, torn into equal parts rooting for webOS and the remnants of Palm and saddened on what a bland, corporate beast HP might do to our beloved underdog. Our Natesh Sood, again with the hot pen, quotes HP as, "Palm's innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP's mobility strategy and create a unique HP experience spanning multiple mobile connected devices."
Frankly, I am torn too. Scared that HP’s sheer size will lose sight of what makes webOS so darn cool. Scared that consumers will be overridden by corporate users as the target market (scares me because I think webOS is so compelling). But yet, I am hopeful HP’s bankroll will find suitable hardware for the worthy OS. Hopeful that one day, my son will ask, “hey what ever happened to that iPhone you used to have” which he’ll text me from his webOS 23.8 based smartphone chip in his head.
Will HP be the savior or just one of tech’s many that squandered something really great? Magic 8-balls says, “answer cloudy, cracker”
Sony drops a new floppy
No kids, Sony is not a rapper and floppy is not a moniker for a new album or hit single. Instead, Sony is ending floppy production. Once “awe inspiring” (I am quoting me from 1992) and “wow, I’ll never bend another 8” floppy again! Huzzah!”, Sony has seen demand drop from 47 million in 2002 fall to just 12 million last year. Sony will end production in 2011.
I fondly recall loading Windows onto machines in a basement at a computer store I worked at back in the 90s. Disc after painfully slow disc. The “errr err” sounds the drives would make. But wait, there is hope from Natesh: “you may want to hold onto your old floppy discs - who knows - maybe one day it will become a collector's item.” Yes, because the only thing more geeky than collecting stamps, is collecting floppies. Natesh, keep your eyes open for DEA tailing you from school.
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Section: Computers, Netbooks
Its been a while since we last seen a 9 inch netbook coming from Asus, but that does not seem to have stopped them from rolling out the 8.9 inch Eee PC 900AX. The netbook has recently made an appearance on the official Asus website showing itself off in a bunch of images with full specs and details included.
As for the netbook specs, the Eee PC 900AX will come sporting an 8.9 inch LED backlit WXGA display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 4-cell battery and Windows XP Home.
Other features include a weight of 2.48 pounds, VGA out, two USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, audio jack, built-in microphone, built-in card reader and an optional 0.3 megapixel webcam.
Of course, in true Asus fashion—the pricing and release date have been left off.
Read [Asus]
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Section: Computers, Software / Applications, Web, Google
From Rosetta Stones point of view, Google is profiting from their trademarks. By selling keywords based on Rosetta Stone trademarks, Google is offering others the chance to sell their solution and as Rosetta Stone believes, it’s illegal. A US District court has dismissed Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement lawsuit.
"We are deeply disappointed that Rosetta Stone was not given an opportunity to present at a public trial the facts underlying Google’s practices and the motivation that led Google to adopt its current trademark policies," stated Tom Adams, President and CEO of Rosetta Stone Inc. "Google has a corporate responsibility to protect consumers and promote trust in its search results. Without question, Google knows that counterfeit software is being advertised in its Adwords program and takes no effective steps to stop this illicit activity."
In essence, Rosetta Stone believes that Google shouldn’t be selling trademarked terms as nefarious companies could use these terms to sell counterfeit products. The company goes further to insist that Google should have a role in protecting consumers from their search results. The courts disagreed.
Rosetta Stone is considering an appeal.
Read: [Rosetta Stone]
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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers
As you may recall, the most interesting, possibly the only interesting thing Microsoft showed off on stage at the CES 2010 keynote was the HP Slate prototype. The HP Slate was said to be released by mid 2010, and would use the full WIndows 7 to combat what was then the theoretical iPad. Now, just a few days after HP buys up Palm, it looks like the Slate may be dead.
According to TechCrunch, HP is killing the Slate because it is unhappy with the performance of the device. More specifically, HP is not satisfied with Windows 7 as a tablet OS despite, or perhaps because of the full features it supports. Along with the OS, HP could be leaving behind the netbook-esque specs including the Intel Atom as it is simply too power hungry for a long lasting tablet device.
In a way this announcement makes sense. Having a desktop OS on a tablet only seems to work when the tablet is a convertible laptop, and then it is still only few select customers. This makes HP’s acquisition of Palm all the more interesting. HP does seem quite interested in WebOS as a platform, and who’s to say it wouldn’t work well on a tablet of some sort. The iPad has proven that scaled-up mobile OSes work well on tablets, and we’re seeing a ton of Android based tablets coming our way soon. If HP could possibly bring WebOS to a tablet and get some more apps, it may well prove to be a worthwhile device.
Read [TechCrunch]
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