Moore’s Law – End of Silicon CHIPs
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, predicted that the number of transistors contained by a chip will double every two years. Chips development have confirmed that The Moore’s Law is not only a theory so far, but everything has a limit and it won’t take long until it’s veracity will end, unless the scientists will find out a new method to replace silicon technology.
Although Moore explained that his axiom will last another 10 to 15 years, Sunman Datta, a researcher at Pennsylvania State University, affirmed that we have only 4 years of shrinking left, using silicon based chips.
ModBook Upgraded to 2.1 – 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 120-160GB HDD
Great news for ModBook fans, that haven’t managed to get one yet. The tablet PC just got upgraded, now featuring a 2.1 or 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, a HDD of 120 or 160GB. Yet those are the only upgrades he’s got, still running Mac OS X Leopard and is priced at $2,290 for the base model and $2,480 for the 2.4Ghz version. Fortunately, it’s already on shelves in the U.S. and Canada.
ModBook Sets Its Release Date For 11 January
According to some emails sent by The Other World Computing Team, Axiotron’s ModBook will finally be launched next year. The Tablet PC has been awaited for over a year and now the marketers of ModBook say that they will actually start shipping. They made a list with available configurations for the potential customers and they also said that some of them may receive an $80 discount. It can feature WAAS Enabled GPS, Apple OS 10.5.x Leopard, Hard Drive available up to 570GB, Memory available up to 4.0 GB, processor speed of 2.2GHz, Intel GMA X3100 Accelerated Video and Apple iLife ‘08 Included. If you believe this, you can be happier as they announced that the product will be very cheap.
Dell Latitude Will Feature Multi Touch, But we Don’t Know When
You’re probably wondering why the Dell Latitude XT’s multi-touch capability is missing from the official launch details, because Michael Dell mentioned it . Well, it seems the laptop does have the hardware part the multi-touch feature needs, but lacks the software and drivers for the capacitive touchscreen.
On one side, that’s good news, because Dell announced it will feature multi-touch in the feature, even the already bought LAtitude XT’s, but on the other is bad, because we have no idea when this will be.
Dell Latitude XT Finally Made Public
We’ve been talking last week about a tablet PC that was going to be released by Dell. Rumors that were saying the new Latitude XT was going to be released this week became true and it has some great feature, i’d say everyone will love it.
It sports a 12.1-inch 1,280×800 WXGA LED-backlit, 400cd/m2 capacitive touchscreen, with palm detection and an active digitizer. It will be powered by a 1.06Ghz Intel Core 2 Solo or 1.2Ghz Duo ULV, ATI Radeon X1250 UMA Graphics, up to 3Gb of RAM and the customer can opt between many storage configurations, as following: 32GB or 64GB SSD, 40GB or 80GB 4,200RPM HDD, 120GB 5,400RPM HDD.
The new Latitude XT features great connectivity options, like the HSDPA, EVDO rev A., 802.11a/b/g/n, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2, ExpressCard54, 1394, SD memory card slot, VGA, three USB 2.0 ports.
It’s standard 43WH battery pack can last 5 hours and the extended 45WH pack can live up to 9 hours, with a super low profile power adapter and also is Energy Star 4.0 compliant. Other features are the scroll wheel, TPM 1.2 and a biometric reader.
The 1-inch think tablet PC only weights 3.57 pounds without battery and it’s price will begin from $2,500.
Portege M700 Tabled Released by Toshiba
A new rugged laptop has been released by Toshiba, with a 12.1-inch LED backlit display, that switches automatically between finger and pen input. The Portege M700 sports a dual layer burner, latchless lid, spill resistand keyboard, a magnesium frame that absorbs shocks and weights 4.4 pounds.
As performances, it’s not something extreme, with a Santa Rosa Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz T7100 or a 2.4Ghz T7700, X3100 integrated graphics, up to 4GB of RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth. It’s prices start from $1,699 and can rise depending on configuration.
Latitude XT To Be Released By Dell Next Week
There are a lot of rumors which state that Dell will release its new Latitude XT tablet PC on December 11th. So you’ve got another way of spending your holiday money, don’t you? We’ll talk about it more next week when the tablet PC is going to be available for buying.
via Engadget
OQO Model E2 With HSDPA Announced In London
OQO made a press conference only to announce an update to the OQO Model E2, which is the European version of the Model 02. This updated model features HSDPA / UMTS 2100MHz and GSM / EDGE / GPRS 900/1800 MHz data. It will be priced at €250, somewhere around $367. That is all that OQO announced, but we hope to heare more about the updated OQO Model E2 soon.
Gateway E-155C Convertible Tablet PC Announced
 Gateway announced another convertible Tablet PC, the E-155C. It sports a 12.1 inches WXGA display, that rotates bidirectionally and a Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage ( ULV ) CPU. The E-155C comes with Windows Vista preloaded, weights 4.5 pounds and is 1.17 inches think, also featuring media reader, fingerprint reader, 1394, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, HDD capacity of up to 120GB and a DVD burner. We don’t know release date or exact price yet.
Fujitsu Announced P50WN and P70WN
Two new convertible tablet PCs have been introduced by Fujitsu. The ultralight P70WN is featuring a Intel Core Solo U1500 processor, while the P50WN runs on a Intel Celeron M443. Both have a 8.9″ 1,280×768 touchscreen, from 60Gb to 80Gb of HDD space and will weight about 2.2 pounds. Price and availability haven’t been disclosed yet, but there are rumors that it will first be available in Japan.
via Engadget
Algiz 8 Tablet PC Announced
A new rugged tablet PC has been announced by Algiz, accompanying the many other rugged laptops, tablet PCs and UMPCs. The Algiz 8 tablet PC is extremely resistant and comes with a ULV M 1.0Ghz low voltage processor, 40GB HDD and up to 1GB of RAM. It has a 8.4″ SVGA display, which is enough for a tablet PC.
The battery is hot swappable and has 5,800mAh. Providing it’s components and battery, it’s lifetime should be high, but we can’t know for sure. The Algiz 8 also has a lot of features, like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and GPRS/CDMA are optional. Currently, we know nothing about price or release dat, but it’s not expected very soon.
OQO Model 02 Available
The OQO 02 has several different input methods. There is a touch screen with active digitizer (digitizer pen optional). There is also a track stick pointer, which is the method that most people use. Along the lower right-hand corner of the screen, a touch sensitive area makes it easy to scroll vertically or horizontally through webpages or documents. There is a “cool blue”-backlit keyboard with excellent tactile feedback.
A great device is now released on the market and available to buy. The OQO Model 02 is a handheld with a great design and features, like Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows XP Tablet preinstalled, a 1.5Ghz ultra low voltage processor, up to 1Gb of RAM and up to 60GB of HDD space.
The Model 02 measures 142 x 84 x 25 and weights less than 450g, varying by configuration. It’s graphics card, the VIA VX700 drives incredible performance to it, in comparison with other devices in it’s class, dynamically allocating RAM memory to the GPU. It’s native resolution is 1,200×720, but at this resolution it’s quite stressing for the eyes, if you need to read text or surf the internet, especially. It supports dual display, via it’s VGA, HDMI and DVI ports with a resolution of up to 1,920×1,200.
The OQO Model 02 has a touch screen with active digitizer and also a track stick pointer, the most used method.The keyboard is blue backlit and excellent to type, also the display has a touch sensitive area for document or browser scrolling.
It will be priced between $1,499 and $2,099 depending on configuration. The standard battery has a lifetime of 3 hours and the enhanced one doubles it.
Motion Computing Released LE1700 High-end Tablet PC
The Motion Computing LE1700 we wrote about 2 days ago has finally got official. It will come with1.5Ghz Core 2 Duo and a 1.2Ghz ULV Core Solo, the first one being priced at $2,000 and the second one at $2,000, but this prices don’t include options like EV-DO, WriteTouch 12.1″ SXGA+ display will definitely raise the price. Also, if you want to run Vista on it, the 512MB RAM included won’t be enough. Also, you can choose to add a convertible keyboard or a USB keyboard with touchpad included.
If you will stay with 512MB of RAM, Windows XP will be your best option, but if you want Vista, the LE1700 can support up to 4GB of RAM. It’s battery lifetime can be extended with 7 hours and the Tablet PC comes with 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi included.
Motion Computing to release high-end LE1700
Motion Computing to release a great high end tablet PC, called LE1700, featuring a Core 2 Duo processor, 1.5Ghz and a 12.1″ SXGA+ display. But there are a lot of other features, like 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, acceletometer, dual mode digitizer, fingerprint reader and a HSDPA mobile broadband. The tablet PC can be configured to come with a Core Solo CPU and should have a long battery lifetime, due to low power processors. Currently price or release date haven’t been disclosed.
Samsung Q2
The Samsung Q2 is a tiny device with a very big identity problem. The result of a collaboration by Microsoft, Samsung, and Intel, the Q2 is the newest product in the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) category, its design falling somewhere between a Pocket PC and an ultralight laptop computer with a small screen.
Samsung has upgraded their UMPC to increase battery life and speeds. The Samsung Q1P SSD has Samsung’s new 32GB SSD (solid-state NAND) flash memory which leads to increases in speed up to 25-50% faster than systems that employ a traditional hard drive. To be exact, that means it is capable of reading 300 times faster (53 MB/s) and writing 150 percent faster (28 MB/s). A new AVS Now feature allows you to enjoy many multimedia applications, including video, movies, music and still photos, without booting up Windows — finally life without Windows. WiFi and Bluetooth are also integrated into this 1.7 lbs. device.We reccomand this device for easier life and more fun.