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AMD-powered Asus EeeTop PC ET2010AGT launched
All the Asus EeeTops have been Atom-powered, until now. Meet the Asus EeeTop PC ET2010AGT that sports the AMD Athlon X2 250u 1.6GHz, AMD RX780 chipset, ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 with 512MB dedicated, and 4GB of RAM. If you are not down with that, you can also add the super sleek 20-inch multi-touch screen with 1400×900 resolution to the package.
Asus is also throwing-in a comfy keyboard and USB mouse to complete the whole package. Sadly, Asus does not have any plans to bring this beauty to US anytime soon. Available only in France for about 599 Euros
Deal of the Day – Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet – $1,375.20
Today’s Deal of the Day is the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet which has faster Core 2 Duo CPU, two-finger capacitive multi-touch screen & pre-installed SimpleTap application (an icon-based control panel).
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MOD: Dell Mini 9 with Capacitive Touch Screen
Once again, some talented guy (gowtham) at mydellmini forum was able to mod his Dell mini 9 with a capacitive touch screen. Last time, when we mentioned the MOD, the hack was done with a resistive touch screen. The capacitive screen, which he got for $50 is working very fine under Ubuntu. The dude kept the hinges intact as he wanted to use them as stand.
So far, he has been working diligently in order to get his screen working under the Moblin OS.
We have seen people putting accelerometers and resistive touch screens into the small frame of Dell Mini 9 and now we have capacitive screen MOD which shows that it can give the upcoming iTablet very tough competition, especially when you takes its overall price into consideration: <$300. Can you beat that Apple? Of course, YOU (Apple) Cannot!
Camangi WebStation UMPC coming December 2009
Camangi is actually a MID that runs Android OS. It is quite funny when a company calls its product a UMPC when it cannot even run a Desktop OS like XP, Vista or 7. Anyway, Camangi is going to launch its Android MID this coming December (2009). Price is expected to be around $399.
It runs on a Marvell 624MHz processor; has built-in WiFi (b/g), Bluetooth, GPS and can even act as USB host. This would be great for those who wish to plugin their external keyboard and mouse for easy input.
There are two cameras: one in the front (0.3MP) and another one at its back (2MP). Battery life is expected to be around 4-5 hours.
Sharp RD-PM1 MID – nothing great about this MID
Sharp has rolled out another great looking MID: RD-PM1. This design employs use of slider mechanism.
It comes with a 4.3-inch touch-screen and a rather shabby resolution of 480×272. It has a sliding keyboard which it cleverly hides itself beneath its screen when not in use. It is powered by Windows CE 5.0 operating system. It has 8GB flash-storage, micro-SD slot (upto 16GB supported), built-in Bluetooth and WiFi. It is set to carry a price-tag of $290.
To be honest, we were more impressed by the two other MIDs that the Sharp rolled out (Sharp PM-MID and Sharp PC-Z1). At least, they sported better resolution. Whats up with the pathetic resolution in RD-PM1? Heck, even iPhone has better resolution than that!
Sinchun 891A Tablet Netbook – An 8.9-inch UMPC
Sunchun’s 8.9-inch 891A UMPC, a tablet netbook that is made in China. It has 1024 x 600 pixel touch screen display which supports finger as-well-as stylus input. It comes with same boring netbook specs that you used to find in an year old netbook: Intel Atom processor N270 (1.6GHz), 1GB RAM, 8/16/32GB SSD, Wi-Fi and Windows XP Home. It is possible to get one with build-in 3G modem. It is very light (weighs approx 1kg).
The weakest part of this netbook in term of specs is its small battery, whose capacity is just 1700mAh. It will barely be able to provide you with 2 hours of battery life. Expect the price to be around $441 USD
Archos 9 tablet PC hands-on video
This Archos has a big 9-inch display and a touch screen display. This is first tablet by Archos that runs Windows OS (Windows 7 Starter to be specific). It has no multi-touch and is bulky at 1.2 pounds. It can either be used with stylus or your fingers. It has Intel Atom Z515 processor, 1GB RAM and 60GB HDD. The Archos 9 comes with a removable 4-cell battery which should give you up to 3 hours of runtime.
At $500, we think it is aptly priced as:
- there are not many similar devices around
- Archos is a good brand
- it runs Windows 7 (although we expected something better than the Starter edition)
Here is the hands on video:
Hands-On With Archos 9 Tablet PC from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
Most of the upcoming netbooks will have Touch-Screen displays
A lot of touchpanel manufactures are predicting the netbook manufactures to adopt the touch screen displays for their upcoming netbooks to utilize some of the features in Windows 7 OS. It would require just $30 to add a touch panel to a netbook that has less than 12-inch screen.
It would also allow the possibility to completely do away with the trackpad and further shrink the size of the netbook.
Mac Tablet: potential best seller in healthcare?
There have been a lot of rumors about an upcoming Apple “iTablet.” Just as this could be a success in the consumer market, it could be a huge bestseller in healthcare. Why?
Well, a Mac Tablet would be the ultimate user interface for electronic medical records (EMR) software. With a touch-screen display like the iPhone, it could help physicians speed up normal EMR operations. For example, when physicians evaluate a patient’s illness, they have to enter an evaluation and management (E&M) code into the EMR. The code represents what service the physician performed during the visit. This process would be simplified using a Mac Tablet; the doctor could “dial in” the code with a swipe of a finger.
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Touchscreen Acer netbooks to appear by the end of the year
President of Acer (JT Wang) himself has confirmed that the Acer has been working on touchscreen netbooks, which will be made available by the end of this year. The EEE T101 is NOT going to left alone in competition of touch screen netbooks/tablets. I hope they make them with swivel display so that they can be used as tablets
