Geekie Gadgets

Wind U230 Light – MSI’s Baby

by lyn_l on 25/07/10 at 6:59 am

MSI has got a new baby – the Wind U230 Light. Equipped with 11.6” display, this notebook will sure provide you with a viewing experience that’s better than ever. It has an integrated LED power-saving backlight technology that offers better color fullness and brightness to improve the overall quality of imagery. Every user of Wind U230 will sure love its steamlined design that displays elegance and fluidity. Every curve of this unit is emphasized with smooth contour to make its polished exterior an eye candy. It comes with an exclusive “Color Film Print Technology” which is applied in the cover and palm rest area, so the unit’s glossy texture ensures good quality as well as visual and tactile sensation.

The U230 Light is perfect for every traveler out there because it is ultra lightweight and ultraportable. It is, in fact, smaller than an A4 magazine, measuring only 11.71 x 7.49”. The said notebook is HD ready for clearer and sharper images so it is capable of providing every user with high-quality images and videos with 1366 x 768 screen resolution. What will make you love this notebook even more is its battery that lasts two times longer than other notebook computers. The Wind U230 Light allows four hours operating time without the need to recharge.

Another amazing feature of this MSI notebook is its new Ergonomic De-stress keyboard with a surface area that’s 51% larger. The face of every key is wider, providing you with ultimate typing convenience. It also encourages natural wrist and finger movement, enabling you to work for long hours without any comfort. The MSI U230 Light-087 11.6-Inch Netbook – Black is available at Amazon so you can get one anytime you want to.

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

by twinks on 09/07/10 at 6:25 am

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.

Purchase HP Mini 210 HD Edition with 250GB HD; 1GB Memory here.

Have a More Stylish Lifestyle using VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC

by twinks on 12/06/10 at 6:32 am

At times, there are trendy gadgets that you can easily manipulate since you frequently use them but when slightly broke down, fixing seems a tough one. With the latest VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC, both issues are fail-safe–being stylish and easy-to-use.

The VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC is designed with elegance and functionalities in mind. It is powered by an Intel processor and integrates 2GB DDR2 memory with 533MHz speed. It also has a solid state drive with 128GB capacity to eliminate moving parts thus providing a more silent operation and fast access. The VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC comes with 32-bit Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium edition to enjoy a real feature-packed PC experience. It boasts an 8-inch LED backlit display with 1600×768 resolution without the need for side-to-side scrolling. Through this less scroll feature, the webpage, photo, or any document can automatically change from landscape to portrait view by just rotating the notebook to 90 degree angle. This will give a more convenient viewing and reading experience.

The VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC incorporates a new tool that helps users easily troubleshoot, tune up, and update it with just simple clicks, thanks to the ASSIST button placed on the keyboard. Other features of the Lifestyle PC are Multimedia Card Reader, Built-in MOTION EYE camera and microphone with face-tracking technology, quick-boot option for swift access to the web, email, photos, and user-friendly 83-key QWERTY keyboard.

Check out more VAIO lifestyle PC here.

Explore the Beach and the Web with the Billabong Limited Edition Sony VAIO W Series Notebook

by twinks on 10/06/10 at 6:32 am

What can be a more perfect summer getaway gadget than a mini notebook inspired none other by the sea. There’s nothing like a blend of beachside colors from ocean blue to tropical green hues to bring out the innate surfer dude in you–kowabunga brother!

Introducing the Limited Edition Billabong Sony VAIO W Series mini notebook–a full featured mobile PC for your summer at the beach. The Billabong Sony VAIO W series notebook features an energy efficient ultra-wide 10.1”4 LED backlit display, integrated Built-in MOTION EYE camera and microphone, 250GB2 (5400rpm) Serial ATA hard disk drive and two 2 easy-to-access USB ports. It comes pre-installed with Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Starter and KidZui and Online Family Norton software for a safe and child friendly online experience. Enjoy wireless freedom with an extra boost in speed in any vacation hotspots as the Special Edition Billabong VAIO W series has an integrated Wireless-N technology. It also adapted the latest A2DP Bluetooth technology capable of streaming high quality stereo music to any compatible Bluetooth speakers or headphones.

Experience unprecedented connectivity when you hook up this mini notebook to any DLNA compatible device like the PS3; you can wirelessly enjoy all your multimedia contents on High Definition. Inside the box, this special edition merchandise comes with a Power Cord, Large Capacity Battery (5200mAh) and an AC Adapter.

You can also check out more VAIO atom notebooks here.

Atom Processor Plans and Products Unveiled

by lyn_l on 06/06/10 at 6:22 am

Intel Corporation has just uncovered its new products and features based on the company’s low-power Intel Atom processor family. It also reveals its future plans which will further distinguish the famous netbook category and come up with products for new market segments to expand its PC, laptop, and server product lines. For the past weeks, Intel has released a wide variety of products for a wide range of market. These include a processor and MeeGo software designed for future in-vehicle infotainment of a Chinese carmaker named HawTai Automobile.

The company takes pride in releasing its greater than 50-times platform idle with the company’s next generation Atom processor platform for handheld gadgets like smartphones. Intel has also closed a deal with Sony, Google, and Logitech for the production of Intel-based “Smart TVs” that run Google Android. The Intel Atom processor also powers the Intel Reader and it has lately uncovered the future System on Chip (SoC) Atom-based “Tunnel Creek” that allows other companies to hook up their own custom silicon to Intel’s SoC product.

Furthermore, Intel also discloses Pine Trail, a 14mm razor-thin Canoe Lake innovation platform that runs cooler. It comes 50 percent thinner compared to other netbooks one can find in the market nowadays. And with the Intel Atom platforms ranging from portable and compact netbooks to chic TV gadgets, and innovative tablet designs, Intel Architecture is no doubt bringing genuine innovative products to the market.