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Tech Up Your Kids with PeeWee Power 2.0 Laptop

Any portable computer that could a survive day in a kindergarten play pen is worth a look. At a hand of a child, any gadget could receive a year’s worth of abuse in just a few play hours but not the new PeeWee Power 2.0 laptop. This kiddie version of a military grade laptop features an ultra-portable, easy to carry and child friendly design that’s specially made to survive harsh playground conditions. It features a tough and fall-proof construction (and yes, quite foolproof for up to 50 cm drop), robust hard plastic shell and a spill-resistant keyboard that allows it to take punishment like there’s no recess.

Don’t be fooled by its appearance, underneath that simple toy-like exterior with its built-in carry handle that could not help but remind you of your lunch box, lays a fully functional entry-level computer. The PeeWee Power 2.0 laptop runs on a fully mature Windows XP operating system with Microsoft Works 9.0. It’s powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor augmented by an Intel 945GSE chipset and a gigabyte of DDR2 SO-DIMM RAM. For storage, it uses a 1.8-inch 30 GB PATA HDD, drive capacity can be increased thru a memory slot and USB expansions. It also uses a variety of expansion ports that with any luck won’t get plugged by Play-Doh overtime. For display, PeeWee uses an 8.9-inch LED backlit LCD screen with a hopefully slob-proof built-in camera.

Being the next generation geek hi-tech plaything, PeeWee comes pre-installed with a suite of children’s software including 15 educational games, ArtRage 2 painting tool, and BReader and Foxit e-book and pdf readers.

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New Samsung NF310 Netbook Enters the Fray

Just when the notebook war is on a lockdown, Samsung threw in a monkey’s wrench with a new netbook. As a commitment to provide the best computing solutions from personal to business use, Samsung recently unveiled the latest addition to its signature style and premium performance netbook line-up, the NF310 netbook. The new NF310 inherits the winning factors of the previous models plus made even more versatile and tougher. It’s innovative design, portability, and first class features complements on different lifestyles like people on the go, business use, or personal purposes.

Being robust, the new Samsung NF310 netbook is equipped with an Intel® Atom N550 Dual-Core processor that can speed up performance 50 percent more compared to other models. Couple it with 10.1-inch HD LED backlit display with 1366 x 768 and you have a perfect ulta-portable computing and entertainment device. It has 1GB DDR3 memory with 250GB hard drive capacity and can offer a stunning battery performance of up to 9 hours.

The NF310 netbook is build upon different innovative technologies like Samsung’s USB Sleep & Charge that lets charging of the cell phones, MP3 players and other USB-powered devices possible though the netbook is turned off, Fast Start that lessens power consumption through advanced sleep mode, AllShareTM that offers videos, photos, and music sharing and playing across a range of Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certified devices like TVs, cameras and handsets.

Outside, it boasts a sleek clamshell design in Titan Silver color with spill-resistant keyboard and large touchpad to make the latest netbook more comfortable to use.

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Have it all with the New Acer Z3100 and AZ5700 Slim All-In-One PC

What if you could compress your entire entertainment, multimedia and computer system into a single modern compact design? What if you could get your hands on the new Acer Aspire Z3100 and AZ5700 All-in-One PC? You’ll like that don’t you? And what’s not to like with Z3100’s slim 21.5-inch HD display or AZ5700’s interactive 23-inch HD multi-touch display? The two new AIO PC models are specially designed for customers who want a PC with clean lines and cuts along with a compact design that can eliminate clutter and save desktop space.

The Acer Aspire AZ3100-U3072 has an integrated 21.5-inch display enclosed in a gray and black bezel with an illuminated blue accent strip and four brightness settings for illuminating the wireless keyboard. Adding to the space saving design is a compartment on the side of the chassis for managing cables and an ample room under the elevated chassis for hiding the keyboard. The AZ3100 is powered by a 2.0GHz AMD Athlon II 170u processor and comes with a NVIDIA GeForce 9200 graphics, 3GB DDR3 SDRAM and 500GB hard drive. On the other hand, the Acer Aspire offers a dramatic 23-inch HD display housed in a slim chrome structure accented with a black strip. The display features multi-touch technology for that “hands-on” interactive experience. The AZ5700 is run by a 3.2GHz Intel Core i5 650 processor and comes with 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, Intel HD graphics and 1TB HDD. Both models have Windows Home 7 Premium, an optical drive, Wi-Fi, Gigabit LAN and a plethora of ports to accommodate 5.1 audio and other peripheral devices.

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Shuttle XS35 Slim PC – What’s Your Flavor?

They say that life is full of choices and Shuttle, and industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance small form factor PC solutions and inventor of the XPC, couldn’t agree more. Shuttle is now offering its new XS35 slim PC in three “ready to ship” configurations namely Everyday, Media, and High-Definition, at leading retailers in the U.S. and Canada. All of the three nettops come with a built-in 802.11n WiFi, a dual-core 1.66GHz Atom D510 CPU, 5 USB ports, and a 4-in-1 media card reader, while the pricier two XS35 models also include DVD-RW drives.

Designed for your day to day use, the Shuttle XS35 “everyday” edition is a meager 1.5 inches thin, but nevertheless features a dual-core Intel(R) Atom(TM) D510 processor, on-board Intel(R) GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of memory expandable up to 2GB and a 160GB hard drive. The Shuttle XS35 “media” edition features more performance, more space, and more capabilities than the previous configuration. It has the same processor and GPU as the everyday edition but its memory is upgraded to 2GB, and the hard drive is extended to a 320GB. It also features a built-in slim DVD burner for entertainment.

Finally there’s the Shuttle XS35 GT “high-definition” edition. This top of the line nettop is outfitted with the latest next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics with true 1080p HDMI output. Performance is tricked-out with 2GB of memory, a 500GB hard drive, and a built-in slim DVD burner that may be upgraded to support Blu-ray.

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HP Mini 210 HD Edition – The 10-inch High Definition Mini Monster

You don’t need a supercomputer to take down goliath applications and crunch high definition videos – sometimes a 10.1 inch mini is good enough especially if it’s HP. Introducing the latest addition to entry level HP netbook family, the new Mini 210 HD Edition. The slim and light design measures barely an inch thick and weighs only 2.69 pounds. On the outside, its aesthetics include the usual rounded corners, lightly curved lid edges, and a long tapered body typical of HP netbooks. The basic edition comes silver crystal but for a few extra bucks you can get the cooler sonoma red, pacific blue, black crystal, white crystal with white keyboard and preppy pink with pink keyboard colors. The keyboard is Island-style and about 93% of the standard size. The Mini 210 HD edition has 10.1” screen that natively supports 1,366×768 resolution for a full 720p HD experience. You can move your HD experience to the next level by adding an optional Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Video Accelerator to elevate your mobile entertainment into 1080p HD.

The entry level HP Mini 210 HD Edition relies on the latest Intel Atom N455 (1.66GHz) processor and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 for reliable and energy-efficient performance. The default system memory is 1GB but it can be upgraded up to 2GB. Like other netbooks, it doesn’t come with an internal optical drive but it has 3 USB 2.0 ports to external peripheral devices and storage. Sadly, the default wireless access is still 802.11b/g but if you have the extra cash, it can be upgraded into much faster Wireless-N.

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