Tablet PC Will Defeat Netbook in 2012

Nowadays, netbook is the king. In the last four years, netbook has become a very important thing for most people, after their cell phone of course. But it seems the time is almost up for netbook. Here it comes the tablet PC. The launches of iPad from Apple is believed as the trigger of this new trend. Just like iPod, this time Apple is so successful in bringing other vendors to produce similar gadgets to compete with iPad. More products means competition between the vendors. And we will have more choices, either to make a review, or use it until the next gadget is coming.
Take a look at this Asus Eee Pad EP101TC. It is ready to challenge iPad.

Forrester Research predicts that the popularity of tablet PC will go far beyond the netbook in just two years from now. The result of its research shows that there will be more tablet PC sold than netbook in 2012.

Rotman Epps – the main writer of the research – said that the trend is caused by consumers’ tendency to buy a more sleek and light but strong gadget. Beside that, there is also a prediction that desktop PC will be replaced by this new tablet PC.
Tablet PC itself is not a new gadget. Some vendors have already made some models since years ago. But the Apple’s iPad breaks the market with its intuitive user’s interface.


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Want To Buy iPad? Wait For Asus Eee Pad EP121

Want to buy iPad? You’d better wait for its competitor, the new Asus Eee Pad EP121. Why is that so? Up to now, Apple doesn’t support iPad with ability to play flash on it. Apple promote the HTML5 for iPad. While the new Asus Eee Pad EP121 with its Windows 7 Home Premium OS definitely supports flash.

This new gadget from Asus tries to compete with Apple’s iPad in tablet PC market. Seems that the prediction that netbook’s dawn has come is coming to live. What’s good in Eee Pad?
From Eee Pad’s specification, we can see that this gadget is quite strong for our daily computing needs.
What can we do with it? It can do everything just like your netbook or even notebook. It can be a multimedia player, e-reader, compact PC, surfing the net. It is also strong enough for you to run some applications together.

You’ll also be able to type your report or blog’s post with its virtual keyboard. If you want to type more comfortably, there is also a docking station that functions as your optional keyboard.
What can we do with a flash supporting Pad like Eee Pad? Playing youtube movies!!! hehe… this including playing an HD (high definition) movies.
Actually, Asus has launched some Eee Pad types. The Asus Eee Pad EP121 has 12 inch touch screen display. If you think that it is too big or too heavy, you can pick Asus Eee Pad T101T, with 10 inch screen, 1.22 cm thick, and 675 gram weight. This T101T is for students and highly mobile person. It is powered with Windows Embedded Compact 7.
Buy Asus Eee Pad EP121 or Asus Eee Pad T101T on Amazon.com


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Sony Vaio Z Specification

Sony Vaio Z is a part of newest Sony Vaio’s series that will enable you to have a Wi-Fi hotspot only with the notebook, really a great feature no else has offered. Well, this Wi-Fi Access Point ability is not the only feature you’ll get from Vaio Z. Sony has equipped the Vaio Z series with many other great features. Do you want to have illuminating keyboard so that you can type even in a dark room? You’ll get it. This Vaio Z series exclusively using Dynamic Hybrid Graphics System that lets user to set notebook’s graphics performance to deliver power without sacrificing battery life savings when you don't. The user can even select the performance level on the fly without rebooting using the unique 3-position switch. Changing from internal graphics to NVIDIA® GeForce® Graphics with 1GB VRAM, or just leave it in Auto mode and the Z will choose the best option. Wonder what is inside this great premium notebook?
Here is the Sony Vaio Z specification:

• Color Options: Silver
• Performance: Up to 2.66GHz Intel® Core™ i7-620M processor with up to 3.33GHz using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology4, up to 4MB L3 Cache
• Memory & Storage: Up to 512GB (256GBx2) Solid State Drive with RAID 0 technology available, up to 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
• Power: Estimated Battery Life with Standard Battery9 (included), default Settings: up to 7 hours, full brightness: up to 6.5 hours, DVD Playback: up to 3.5 hours
  Estimated Battery Life with Extended Battery9 (sold separately), Default Settings: Up to 10.5 hours, Max. Brightness: Up to 9.5 hours
  Power Requirements: 105W or less
• Expansion Slots: Memory Stick PRO™ (Std / Duo) with MagicGate® functionality, ExpressCard® /34 slot, SD™ memory card slot
• Communications: 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T, WiFi: Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 (802.11abgn), Available Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband Built-In16, Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology, WiFi CERTIFIED
• Hardware: Backlit, QWERTY keyboard, 82 keys with 2.0mm stroke and 19.05mm pitch, Built-in MOTION EYE® camera and microphone, Electro-Static touch pad, Biometric Fingerprint Sensor
• Display: 13.1" Screen1, 1600 x 900 or 1920 x 1080 (Full High Definition) Resolution, LED Backlight
• Optical: Built-in CD/DVD playback/burning drive or Blu-ray Disc™ player/burner with CD/DVD playback/burning drive
• Graphics: Dynamic Hybrid Graphics, NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M GPU (1GB VRAM) with Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD Intel® HM57 Express Chipset, HDMI™ out and VGA out
• Audio: Intel® High Definition Audio
• Software: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Professional 64-bit or Ultimate 64-bit, Microsoft® Streets and Trips, Norton Internet Security™ 2010 30-Day Trial Offer, Microsoft® 2010 Starter17, Adobe® Bundle
• Service & Warranty information: 1 year limited warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service10
  Online and Email Support available from http://www.esupport.sony.com/EN/VAIO
  1 year international service plan. Registration required. See http://www.sony.com/IRSPfor details
  Sony Original Software: VAIO® Media Gallery, PMB VAIO® Edition, VAIO® Care™ system diagnostics and maintenance

Check Sony Vaio Z on Amazon.

New Sony Vaio with Share My Connection Lets Your Laptop Into a Wi-Fi Hotspot.

This is really a great offer: to have a laptop with the ability to share your internet connection with up to five other enabled PCs or devices without having to spend extra money to buy a Wi-Fi Access Point. It is all can be done with your laptop. Isn’t that great?

Sony has just launched its newest notebook series, the Sony Vaio Y and Z notebook series. This two new notebook series is completed with Share My Connection™ technology. It enables your Vaio to be a Wi-Fi access point. No doubt that this feature is really a great wireless solution for small businesses, families, and students.

The only problem that can arise is that it is only applicable if you are using the Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband service. It requires activation. So, if you live in countries where Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband is not exist, all you can do is wait for Sony to sign an agreement with your local Mobile Broadband services to let you have it. Any other possibilities?

Sony Vaio Y series Specification

Sony Vaio Z series Specification

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Samsung Captivate: The Android Smartphone with Bluetooth 3.0

Samsung Captivate or Samsung Galaxy S will enter US market on this July through AT&T. This smart phone uses Android 2.1 with 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor. This newest Samsung gadget will provide you entertainment, messaging, and or course fulfill your web social activities through its 4 inch Super AMOLED screen.

Samsung Captivate supports your internet based tasks for it is ready with HSPA and Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n). You can access any Google Mobile Services including Android Market, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and Google talk, or you can also utilize the Samsung Social Hub comfortably. Beside that, this Samsung smart phone won’t let you lost with its GPS receiver, completed with its voice navigation.

Samsung designs Captivate to have 6-axis censors combined with accelerometer and gyroscope, so you can play  your game smoothly just by swaying the phone. Samsung Captivate also has touch screen gesture ability, like multi-touch pinch, long tap, zoom, or vertical and horizontal swipe. Need a good sound? Don’t worry, it has 3D sound out put. You can play your stereo surround-sound via its headset.

This Captivate smart phone is more than enough to support your business. It supports push email, including Yahoo and Google Mail, or even ActiveSync. Its Swype virtual QWERTY keyboard makes you easily type every message.

Now, what about entertainment? Samsung Captivate dedicates Samsung Media Hub, and All Share to connect to DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) peripherals. It has 5.0 MP camera with auto-focus, able to record 720p video HD, a nice and sleek MP3 player, and a standard 3.5 mm female jack. It also gives you a chance to have up to 16 GB external memory, while it has 16 GB on-board memory. You have enough space to store your music and videos on it. One more thing, this latest Samsung Android smart phone is using Bluetooth 3.0. It assures you to exchange files with your friends much faster.

Find the latest Samsung smart phones on Amazon!!!

HTC Desire, An Android Smart Phone With Optical Joystick

HTC announced the new Android smart phone – HTC Desire. This Android gadget will be available in the mid of June. Equipped with Snap Dragon 1 GHz processor and Qualcomm's Android operating system 2.1.

HTC Desire will also be completed with HTC Sense, which is useful to improve its performance to be more natural. You’ll get some pre-installed application, such as Friend Stream, some useful widgets, a new newsreader, and the newest form of the thumbnail display screen. Friend Applications Stream can combine a variety of social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, Flicker, etc.) into a single user interface, really a great application for anyone who wants to be connected with everyone without being secluded with numerous application just to update short status.

Another good thing is the presence of Adobe Flash, optical joystick, 3.7-inch WVGA capacitive scratch free screen, 512 MB ROM memory and 576 MB RAM, WiFi, and support for 3G networks, HSPA / WCDMA 900/2100.

The HTC Desire’s optical joystick navigation is a great improvement to replace the commonly used trackball button. The optical joystick gives this gadget a better navigational performance.

HTC EVO 4G, The First WiMax Android Smart Phone

HTC will be the first smart phone vendor that releases the first WiMax Android smart phone. WiMax is known as the fourth generation of promising internet connection. This gadget will be called HTC EVO 4G, not HTC Supersonic as what have been rumored for a while.
It is Sprint, one of CDMA cellular operator in US, which has leaked the plan. According to the plan, the HTC EVO 4G itself will be launched on this June or July.
Compared to other Android smart phone on the market today, it can be said that HTC EVO 4G’'s specification is really superior. Hopefully, it will be able to run many ‘heavy’ application on it smoothly. It is supported with the Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 1GB internal memory, and 512 MB RAM. Unfortunately, it will only be equipped with 8GB external memory.

The screen is also better than just good. It has 4.3 inch TFT LCD with 480x800 resolution. Its GPU is able to play high definition video 720p. HTC EVO 4G completed with HDMI port to display high quality video on an external monitor that supports it. Its camera is also good. The main camera has 8 MP resolution, while its front camera has 1.3 MP.
This HTC’s gadget fully takes the advantage of the most promising mobile OS, Android 2.1. For the user interface, HTC is using Sense UI, that is commonly used on HTC’s smart phones. Beside WiMax, you’ll also have option to use WiFi 802.11b/g and CDMA200 1X EVDO internet connection.

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Toshiba AC100 Specification

Toshiba AC100 is trying to reconstruct the Atom’s minded netbook makers. This newest Toshiba netbook is using 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra CPU. We could fall to underestimate the Toshiba AC100 specification from the first time we see it. But, this gadget is actuallu made as a cloud-based netbook. It means most of users actions on the netbook are expected to be dealt with the server-side.

 

Take a look at this Toshiba AC100 specification:

CPU: 1GHz Nvidia Tegra2 (Dual Cortex A9)
RAM: 512MB DDR2
Storage: 32GB SSD
OS: Google Android 2.1 OS
Display: 10”, 1024x600 LED display
Weight                    867gm / 30.6 oz.
  Size (w/h/d mm)     262/190/21 mm
  Size (w/h/d inches) 10.3/7.5/0.8

Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
USB Ports
HDMI
Line-out / Headphone (3.5mm)
Mini-USB 2.0
SD card slot
Wireless Interfaces
802.11 b/g/n
3G (optional)
Software: Documents to Go, email client, Opera Mobile Browser, Tosh Media Player

What’s amazing about this new intriguing Toshiba’s netbook? It is capable to give you 8 hours of internet browsing and video playback, and 7 days standby before needing a recharge, isn’t that great?

Need A Great Sound From Your Notebook? Asus NX90

If you are a notebook user that also uses desktop PC, you’ll definitely experience this, a your notebook produces a poor sound quality. The sound from notebook is not as rich as what you hear from your desktop PC’s speakers. Everyone knows it.

You know that a great sound needs a great speaker driver, and notebook doesn’t have enough space for that. Great driver is not enough, there must be a great bass sound that converted into an acoustic power. 100-500 Hz sound frequency cannot be produced properly by conventional notebook. Loud is not enough. There are some small moving parts in the notebook that make a lot of noises.

Now, if you need a great sound from your notebook, here it comes the Asus NX90 that claims to produce a really great sound.

As you can see, Asus NX90 has two big speakers on the right and left side of its LCD panel. This speakers’ positioning is believed as the best position in order to produce the best sound out of them.

The result is quite incredible. When the sound volume is set to the highest level, it still can maintain a clear and undistorted sound. The bass sounds deep, the treble is clear and able to fill the room just perfectly. Is there any secret on this?

Asus proudly equip NX90 with Asus SonicMaster technology that was developed with Bang & Olufsen, a well known vendor in audio equipment gadgets. NX90’s speakers are 10 times better than any regular notebook. It will give a different experience at enjoying music and movies through the great speakers, including an echo and cinematic feeling. Another special thing you’ll get from Asus NX90 is the fact that the is the first notebook in the world that uses two touch pads!! They are placed on the left and right side of the keyboard. No so common than, we have to get used to them.

What’s not so good about Asus NX90?

It is heavy, about 4 kg. Asus said that this notebook is not for people who travel a lot. Asus NX90 is designed to be always in an open position. The great and beautiful casing shows that whoever has it is never hesitate to show off.

SonicMaster technology is not only planted into Asus’ NX notebooks series. It is also available in the N series, and Asus’ PC AiO – the EeeTop PC ET2400.

What is SonicMaster technology anyway?

SonicMaster is a result from a combined audio hardware and software that focused on reproducing natural sound without interferencing certain sound’s frequencies. So, by using SonicMaster listeners are assured that they are hearing a real natural sound, not a software generated sound.

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Specification of Sony W370, W350, W330, W310, S2100

Here are the specification of Sony W370, W350, W330, W310, S2100 digital camera.

Sony W370 ($229)
14-megapixel resolution
7X zoom
3-inch LCD
HDMI output
Optical image stabilization
Intelligent Auto, Easy Mode, and Smile Shutter

Sony W350 ($199)
14-megapixel resolution
4X zoom
Slimmer shape than others
Records 720p video
Optical image stabilization
Panorama mode (not the newest iteration of this technology)
Intelligent Auto, Easy Mode, and Smile Shutter
2.7-inch LCD

Sony W330 ($169)
14-megapixel resolution
4X optical zoom
3-inch LCD
Optical image stabilization
Intelligent Auto, Easy Mode, and Smile Shutter 

Sony W310 ($149)
12-megapixel resolution
4X optical zoom
Optical image stabilization
2.7-inch LCD
Intelligent Auto, Easy Mode, and Smile Shutter

 

Sony S2100 ($119)
12-megapixel resolution
3X optical zoom
Digital image stabilization
3-inch LCD
Intelligent Auto, Easy Mode, and Smile Shutter

Hope that this can help you to find your digital camera.

Bump Technologies, a 3D Desktop Developer Has Been Seized by Google

What other plans are being designed by Google? This time, Bump Technologies, a technology company that develops a three-dimensional (3D) has been seized.

Bump Technologies has been known as the maker of BumpTop, a free application that can change the appearance of two-dimensional images into three dimensions on the screen. In addition, BumpTop also has a great feature that enable motion sensor which is used on a touch screen.

"We are proud to announce that we have acquired the Google," said an announcement on the front page of the company's website, written on Friday (4/30/2010). BumpTop free version can still be downloaded but only until next Friday. Bump is not planning to release the next update. Meanwhile, for users who pay a pro BumpTop will still get lifetime support.

Currently, there is no information yet on where these technologies will be developed. However, so far related to the development of desktop operating system, Google Chrome is currently developing the OS. On the other hand, Google has also developed Android operating system for smart phones and netbooks  to tablets.

Sennheiser PC 230 Multimedia Headset

Sennheiser PC 230 Multimedia Headset winning international product design award of the Red Dot Design Award 2010. This multimedia headset won in the category of sound entertainment.
This achievement shows that the Sennheiser successfully combines audio expertise with excellent design skills. PC 230 is already available from June through Sennheiser authorized distributor in Indonesia, PT Astrindo Senayasa.
With high-quality speakers and Sennheiser stereo sound, PC 230 combines first-class performance with a compact design. Despite the modest dimensions, this headset reproduces music, soundtrack, and dialogue with clarity and detail in each volume - while the noise canceling microphone technology is advanced to ensure the occurrence of a very clear conversation every time you talk on the internet.

When you're trying new music or using Skype, the controls of this multimedia headset gadget are intuitive and its ergonomic intelligent design make this headset so user friendly. Volume control has been integrated into one ear cup, so you no longer need to change the position to adjust the settings on your computer - or wasting your time to search for in-line controls.
The ergonomic microphone on the PC 230 is so effective and allows you to customize your headset. This microphone is designed to rotate almost 360°, so you can choose which side to wear the microphone and adjust the boom’s position as you want. Moreover, this microphone will automatically switch to mute when you push it upwards away from your face, and with its special hinge, you will be able to make small adjustments - so you'll always have a microphone you anywhere you want.
When you spend much time in front of your computer at home, comfort must be a top priority - and this is where the PC 230 lightweight design takes the action. Even after hours of use, the PC 230 will not feel heavy and the super-soft cushions that will not hurt your ears. Thanks to the greatness of its user friendly features an ergonomic and intuitive, you may have forgotten all that you're wearing a headset. The question is maybe how much this Sennheiser is on Amazon? Or this one: Sennheiser headphone deals starting at $12.99 from Newegg.com

Other recommended headsets:
Logitech Gaming Headset G330 (Black) ($27.28)
Plantronics GameCom 367 Closed-Ear Gaming Headset ($24.84)
Logitech ClearChat Comfort USB Headset (Black)  ($24.99)
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset  ($22.99)
PlayStation 3 Bluetooth Headset 2.0 ($41.99)
Logitech USB Headset H530 with Premium Laser-Tuned Audio (981-000195) ($34.99)