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Motorola Xoom in Europe with 4G and 3 versions comparrison

Paul Merak — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:14:36 +0000

Motorola Xoom has gotten in a lot of issues due to the very high price of $800 even going higher than the Apple iPad. Now it was revealed that it will be the unsubsidized version for the 3G capable unit. If you opt for WiFi only version, the price is at $600. Nonetheless, the prices [...]

AMD Ontario C-50 vs. Intel Atom N550

Paul Merak — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:36:09 +0000

There has been a question regarding the power envelope of the AMD Ontario in recent times since it was first announced. One of the newer laptops bearing the AMD Ontario was a Toshiba and it was placed on a test run. It was tested on idle time, regular surfing, video streaming, HD streaming and video [...]

ARM to surpass Intel in mobile PCs in 2013

Brooke — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:11:06 +0000

According to a report by ABI, ARM processors will surpass Intel processor in sales. We are already observing more and more non-x86 based devices being churned-out by OEMs."2010 will be pivotal for building momentum behind non-x86 solutions, and gaining adoption in both distribution channels and by end-user populations worldwide," according to senior analyst Jeff Orr, in a statement issued by ABI.ARM is not restricted to just cellphones now. It is heavily being deployed in MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), Smartbooks, eReaders and PMPs. According to ABI, the market of netbooks is now moving towards ARM platform, more popularly known as Smartbooks.ABI anticipates that in 2010, 25% share will belong to the devices running ARM processors. This share will increase to 40% by the end of year 2012 and in year 2013, ARM will be the proud owner of more than 60% share of the type of processors used in devices.

Pine Trail-M Atom 2010 is smaller than current Atom processors

Twinkle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:25:46 +0000

Intel has in mind to roll out Pine Trail-M mobile netbook platform in the Q1 2010. Good news is that the chip is going to be around 64% smaller than the current slew of Atom processors. Interestingly, it needs less power and its somewhat more cheaper to manufacture.It is commendable that Intel managed to bring down the package footprint by 64 percent. Reason behind this is the fact that it has switched over from three chips to (CPU, Northbridge and Southbridge) to just two chips (CPU and Southbridge) in the Pine View processors.When measured with Mobile Mark 05 office productivity Pine Trail-M platform will get you 20 percent lower power reduction, which in other words means even better battery life in Windows XP.

reduced motherboard realeastate: 2174mm(Atom)->773mm(Pineview).
Better memory support from N270’s DDR2 533 to DDR2 667
GPU core frequencies increased from 133MHz to 200MHz
PCB design now uses only 4 layers compared to 6 layers, which was previously used by Intel Atom
TDP dropped from 8W to 7W

Commentary: Although the overall size will be smaller, but it is highly unlikely that manufactures are going to produce smaller netbooks. It is all about the market demand and most of the consumer want bigger displays and spacious keyboards.

CULV or Intel Atom processor: A Comparison

Paul Merak — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:21:52 +0000

From the past couple months, we have seen an incredible rise in the usage of the CULV processors in the notebooks, especially the ultra-slim ones from MSI.(MSI X400, MSI X610, HP DM3, Wind U120 and so on)CULV processors are more powerful than the Intel Atom processors even at lower clock frequencies. However, there is one thing that has stopped most of the manufactures NOT to use it in their netbooks: PRICE.I feel acutely that once Intel and AMD, reduce the prices of the CULV processors a bit, most of the netbook manufactures will opt for equipping their netbooks with these more powerful CULV processors instead of Intel Atom CPUs.Click on read more to read the full article!

Difference between EEE 1000H and EEE 1000HE

Paul Merak — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:04:43 +0000

I had a chance to play with the EEE 1000HE today. Being the user of 1000H, I could not stop myself in comparing the two and justifying, if the EEE 1000H should upgrade to the 1000HE. The EEE 1000HE brings minor, but useful advancements over the EEE 1000H. In this post, I've enlisted and explained the differences between the two and if you will gain anything by EEE 1000HE over 1000H.

Keyboard: Immediately when you open the lid, you will see that the keyboard has undergone a huge change. Gone is the small right shift key which was placed at somewhat awkward location. The placement of right shift key is more natural now. Also, the location where the right shift key was present in 1000H is not taken by another function (fn) key. The ASUS representative there told me that this will let the consumer use the PageUp and PageDown buttons with one hand. Although, I doubt that one can hold this 1.4kg+ machine for a long time with one hand.
Battery: The EEE 1000H is quite famous for its great battery life thanks to its huge 6600mAh battery, which promised 5-6h of continuous usage. The EEE 1000HE comes with even more capacity (8700mAh). I expected it to be a lot bigger than the 6600mAh one, but it was marginally bigger than it. ASUS claims that it should give 8+ hours of usage and I agree with them.
Processor: The EEE 1000HE comes with a N280 processor, which is 60MHz faster than the N270 that is used in the 1000H. I did not feel any noticeable difference though.

To me, the biggest change is the keyboard. After using it for 3 minutes, I had already become accustomed to the new location of the right shift key. Does the new shift key arrangement makes a difference to me? No. The reason is that I do not use the right shift key much. I made the required change in my typing habits ever since I got my first EEE, which was EEE 701, which also had the small right shift key. So, when I moved to 1000H (I still have my 701), the right shift key did not bother me much.So, the question arises, whether you should upgrade to the new EEE 1000HE. The answer is simple. If you own an EEE or another netbook, where you find the right shift key annoying and you cannot work without it, then you may go ahead and buy it. Otherwise, if you are accustomed to the right shift key or do not use it much, then you should instead get an extended battery for you existing netbook. However, it is different story if you have few hundred dollars begging to be spent.

HTC TOUCH DIAMOND and HTC TOUCH DIAMOND 2 comparison photos [Windows Mobile]

Paul Merak — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:02:30 +0000

CNet has posted several comparison photos of the HTC TOUCH DIAMOND and the upcoming TOUCH DIAMOND 2. Let's take a look at some of the photos:First is the obvious increase in overall size of the device. The Diamond 2 has a bigger display (3.2-inch) as compared to Diamond-1 (2.8-inch). With the bigger display, the Diamond 2 also brings WVGA resolution compared to the VGA resolution found in Diamond-1.

The Diamond-2 looses the Diamond back.

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OQO launches OQO model 2+

Paul Merak — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:34:06 +0000

OQO model 2+ claims to be world’s smallest Vista running PC with OLED screen. The new model 2+ comes with a much faster 1.86GHz Intel Atom processor and 2GB RAM unlike it’s older sibling OQO model 2, which ran a VIA processor and 1GB of RAM. According to the folks at OQO, the new OQO [...]

ASUS P565 benchmarked – It truly seems to be the Fastest Windows Mobile for sure!

Paul Merak — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:56:07 +0000

update: see the speed comparison VIDEO of HTC DIAMOND and ASUS P565 here update: see ASUS super sensitive screen video here update: see unboxing pictures here Here comes the highly awaited phone from ASUS, which claims to be world’s fastest PDA-Phone. It arrived yesterday and after posting unboxing pictures, I went straight to do some [...]