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Sony VAIO P series netbooks to compete Apple iPad
Watch out Apple! Sony and other netbook manufacturers just might jump into the tablet PC manufacturing business soon. In fact, Sony recently released their new Sony VAIO P series netbooks, which feature new Intel Atom processors, as well as several other new features, including an undersized keyboard with a centralized pointing stick, and a touchpad on the right side of the LCD bezel and mouse buttons on the left side of the LCD. The setup is essentially similar to that of a tablet. The Sony VAIO P-Series netbooks also have accelerometers, so users can use the device in portrait mode.
Sony’s newest netbooks will be available in several unique colors: electric orange, neon green, and icy white — definitely sure to catch passerby’s attention. The P-Series netbooks are available for pre-order and start at $800 each for the base model.
New MacBook laptop wit longer battery life
Apple has updated its MacBook laptop line, it recently updated its MacBook Pro line of computers as well. The new MacBook has a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and has a battery life of 10 hours, three hours longer than the previous model.
The new MacBook has 2 GB of memory and a 250 GB hard drive, like the previous model. However, it has a new graphics card, the Nvidia GeForce 320M. The previous model had Nvidia’s GeForce 9400M graphics card, as well as a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
The physical design of the MacBook remains the same: white body with a 13.3-inch screen. For users looking for a reliable laptop but unwilling to spend the money for a MacBook Pro, the MacBook remains a good choice. Since the price same as the previous model, for $999.
Zenitech tablet, an iPad clone?
Zenitech tablet does look an iPad, but what would we be expecting apart from the fact that it has an ARM 1 GHz cortex a8 processor under the hood, which shows that they mean business with this one! For comparison, the iPad runs on Apple’s 1GHz A4 processor. Is an iPad clone?
The Zenitech tablet specs and features:
10″ with 1024 × 600 resolution / 7″ with 800 x 480 resolution – capacitive or resistive display, 1 GHZ ARM Cortex A8 processor, 512 MB of RAM, 16GB Flash storage, 2400 mAH battery, and runs on Google Android 2.1 OS. There’s no word on price.
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For some reason a lot of people are very excited about the fact that the iPad Camera Connection Kit works with peripherals other than cameras. In all honesty, I am not sure I understand precisely why this is so exciting—maybe you have to have an Apple iPad to understand.
The iPad Camera Connection Kit is an adapter that allows an iPad user to connect a camera to the iPad via USB port and import photos from the camera onto the iPad. The images are imported with the equivalent of 3-megapixel resolutions and EXIF data is preserved.
The camera adapter can be used to connect other devices to the iPad, apparently. USB keyboards, headphones, headsets, and microphones can also be connected to the iPad with the camera adapter. This opens the possibility of being able to make VoIP phone calls on the iPad.
The Apple iPads on Colleges
Logically, colleges should be embracing the iPad. After all, the iPad is a revolutionary device that could be extremely useful for students (digital textbooks, anyone?). Some universities have embraced Apple’s newest device—Steton Hall has said it will be giving incoming freshmen iPads (that kind of makes me want to go there…).
However, not all universities have embraced the iPad so heartily. George Washington University has banned iPads from its wireless network due to “security issues” (what these issues may be is anyone’s guess) and Princeton has begun blocking iPads from its network one at a time. Cornell also seems to be afraid of the iPad, but at least it is being honest about why: it is afraid that its wireless network will not be able to handle the influx of data generated by iPads.
Interestingly enough, none of the schools have mentioned any problems with the iPad’s WiFi signal dropping that other users have complained about and Apple has acknowledged.
