Monday, May 30, 2011

Asus Eee Slate

You can expect the power and compatibility of a full-powered PC because the Eee Slate features an Intel Core i5 processor, Windows 7, and up to 4 GB of RAM. See what else is Very PC about this PC:
  • Software you already know: Microsoft Outlook 2010, Quicken, and Photoshop Elements.
  • All of the benefits of Windows 7: Snap, Jump Lists, Flip 3D, Live Taskbar Previews and more.
  • An extraordinary screen: 175-degree viewing angles on a 12.1-inch, high-definition, ultra-tough Corning Gorilla Glass screen.
  • Free your (solid-state) hard drive: Access all your photos, movies, videos, and recorded TV on your home PC virtually anywhere with Remote Media Streaming in Windows 7 and a high-speed Internet connection.
  • Connect your devices: Connect virtually every device—cameras, printers, Xbox, TV—right out of the box with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, memory card slots, USB, and mini-HDMI ports.
  • Connect your PCs: Use HomeGroup to easily share printers and access and share files, photos, music, and video on two or more PCs running Windows 7 on your home network.


Get more games: Have more fun because many more games are available for PCs running Windows. And your slate PC can connect you to millions of opponents all over the world with Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live.

Connect to the whole web With Windows 7 and Windows Internet Explorer 9*, you can enjoy the web even more. Internet Explorer 9's SmartScreen filter helps protect you from fraudulent phishing websites and malware and works with the latest web technologies to deliver superior graphics and faster, smoother animations.

Once you take the Eee Slate off its stand, you can also expect infinite possibilities anywhere. Use the built-in stylus on its capacitive, 0.67-inch multi-touch screen to compose email, convert handwritten notes to text, or illustrate in a variety of programs. See what else is Not Very PC about this PC.

Intuitive input for great output: Use the full-sized Bluetooth keyboard or write notes or sketch out ideas using the advanced pen and ink technology provided with the concealed stylus.

Share photos face to face: Video chat with Windows Live Messenger and a built-in front-facing camera and webcam that make you feel close to actually being there. And with Messenger, you can share photos with slide shows you both can see while you chat.

Connect with your content: The Asus Eee Slate comes with Windows Live Mesh installed, so you can keep files on it automatically synchronized with files you've created on any other PC running Windows 7. And you can log on to your other PCs remotely from your slate for free with just a high-speed Internet connection.

See whatever's on the web: The Eee Slate runs Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. Access YouTube, Hulu, Netflix - if it's online, it can be on your Eee Slate.

Entertainment and productivity at your fingertips: Browse websites, flick through photo albums, and shuffle files and folders using nothing but your fingers on the touch-sensitive screen.

Turn your slate into the remote control: Stream photos, music, or home videos to entertainment devices around your home with Play To, and use Eee Slate as the command center to control it all.

Get apps: Read Amazon Kindle books. Flip through pages, pinch and zoom with just your hands. Use your fingers to paint and draw with ArtRage. Launch Windows Product Scout from your Eee Slate to discover more great touch-only apps, such as Flickr for Windows 7 and USA TODAY for Windows.

Samsung Sliding PC 7


One of the more attractive Windows 7 tablets at CES, Samsung’s Sliding PC7 has a nifty slide-out keyboard, a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 touchscreen and either 32GB or 64GB of storage. Asus unveiled a similar product that runs on Andriod 3.0 instead of Windows, dubbed the Asus Eee Pad Slider.

amsung has combined a netbook and tablet to create its new Sliding PC 7, a 10.1 inch 1366 x 768-resolution touchscreen tablet equipped with a full slide out keyboard. The new device runs Windows 7 and is powered by an Intel Atom Z670 CPU, 2GB of RAM with either 32 or 64GB of solid state drive storage that allows it to boot in around 20 seconds. For connectivity the Samsung Sliding PC 7 can use either 3G or WiMAX.

Samsung Sliding PC 7 Features
  • CPU: Intel® ATOMTM Oak Trail Z670 @ 1.66GHz
  • Operating System
    • Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
    • Samsung Touch Launcher

  • Memory: 2GB DDR2
  • Hard Drive (max): 32GB or 64GB (mSATA SSD)
  • Screen: 10.1-inch touchscreen HD LCD display (340 nit)
  • Resolution: 1366 x 768
  • Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics
  • Audio Technology: Integrated speaker (0.8W x 2)
  • I/O:
    • USB 2.0
    • 4-in-1 memory card reader
    • HMDI out
  • Webcam: 1.3MP
  • Battery: Lithium Polymer; up to 9 hours
  • Wireless: 802.11b/g/n; WiMax; 3G
  • Dimensions: 10.47 x 6.88 x 0.78 inches (W x D x H)
  • Weight: Starting at 2.18 lbs.

HP Touchpad


HP’s TouchPad tablet could go on sale this June for a starting price of $699, according to a report in sfgate.com.That’s high, but not outrageous. It’s $100 cheaper than the latest rumored prices for Motorola’s upcoming Xoom, which which runs Google’s Android 3.0 “Honeycomb.”

HP has a distribution edge over Motorola thanks to its huge retail footprint - the company’s computers and printers already occupy about 8% of all shelf space at consumer electronics retailers. The tablets are also competitive on specs and look and feel surprisingly similar - perhaps because a lot of Android folks originally came from Palm, which created the WebOS operating system that HP is using on the TouchPad. However, Android has far more apps - a problem that HP is trying to fix by releasing WebOS on PCs later this year.

The real competitor in the space is Apple’s iPad, which starts at $499. Apple is reportedly due to release an iPad successor as early as March, and if the iPhone is any guide, the low-end version will have a dramatic price drop. HP is going to have a hard time competing with that. HP’s TouchPad tablet could go on sale this June for a starting price of $699, according to a report in sfgate.com.That’s high, but not outrageous. It’s $100 cheaper than the latest rumored prices for Motorola’s upcoming Xoom, which which runs Google’s Android 3.0 “Honeycomb.”

HP has a distribution edge over Motorola thanks to its huge retail footprint - the company’s computers and printers already occupy about 8% of all shelf space at consumer electronics retailers. The tablets are also competitive on specs and look and feel surprisingly similar - perhaps because a lot of Android folks originally came from Palm, which created the WebOS operating system that HP is using on the TouchPad. However, Android has far more apps - a problem that HP is trying to fix by releasing WebOS on PCs later this year. The real competitor in the space is Apple’s iPad, which starts at $499. Apple is reportedly due to release an iPad successor as early as March, and if the iPhone is any guide, the low-end version will have a dramatic price drop. HP is going to have a hard time competing with that.

Sony Alpha 900


In the cut-throat digital camera market it's increasingly unusual for products to be shown in prototype form or announced more than a matter of weeks before they hit the stores. There's several reasons for the manufacturers' habit of playing their cards so close to their chests, not least that they can't afford to harm sales of the models they've already released. Sony, the newest 'new kid' on the DLSR block, has no such worries, this being its first proper 'high end' DSLR. In fact, if anything the pressure was on the company to show it was committed to becoming a major SLR system player and that it wasn't going to squander Minolta's long legacy in this market after picking up the assets Konica Minolta shed when it pulled out of the photography market. Thus we saw the first prototype of the Alpha 900 - Sony's flagship full frame digital SLR - back in early 2007 (it appeared behind glass at trade shows such as PMA in March 07), and information has been trickling out ever since; most significantly with the announcement in January of this year of a 35mm full frame CMOS sensor.

And so when Sony finally showed the finished Alpha 900 to us back in the late summer there were few surprises at the basic specification or the appearance of the camera. As we started to dig a little deeper, pore over the fine print and actually use the Alpha 900 we were, however, increasingly surprised - and almost always pleasantly so - at some of the decisions made by Sony's engineers when designing its flagship SLR.

The success of the Alpha 900 amongst the Minolta, Konica Minolta and Sony faithful seems assured; at a launch price of just shy of $3000 it offers a lot of 'bang for your buck' and there is undoubtedly a significant number of Minolta film SLR users who've been waiting years for a full frame digital body on which to use their existing lenses. The challenge for Sony, however, is to generate some interest from people without an existing investment in the Minolta (or subsequent Alpha) system. And on paper the Alpha 900 looks promising - and we're already impressed with the build, handling and viewfinder, so let's find out how well the latest addition to the small but growing 'full frame club' performs.

Key features
  • 24.6 MP 35mm format full-frame CMOS sensor (highest res in class)
  • SteadyShot INSIDE full frame image sensor shift stabilization (world first)
  • High Speed Dual Bionz processors
  • Eye-level glass Penta-prism OVF, 100% coverage, 0.74x magnification
  • 9 point AF with 10 assist points, center dual-cross AF w/2.8 sensor
  • 5 frames per second burst, newly developed mirror box
  • Intelligent Preview Function
  • 3 User programmable custom memory modes on mode dial
  • Advanced Dynamic Range Optimizer (5 step selectable)
  • 40 segment honeycomb metering
  • 3.0" 921K pixel Photo Quality (270 dpi) LCD display, 100% coverage
  • Direct HDMI output
  • ISO 200-3200 (ISO 100-6400 expanded range)
  • User interchangeable focusing screens (3 options)
  • CF Type I/II and MS slots, LI-ION battery, STAMINA 880 shots
  • Weight 850g (without battery, card, accs)
  • New Image Data Converter SR software (includes vignetting control)
  • New Vertical Grip
  • Supplied with wireless remote control
  • Magnesium Alloy body and rubber seals for dust and moisture resistance
  • AF micro adjustment
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sony Android Honeycomb


Sony Corporation just announced their two new Sony Android Tablet, called Sony S1 and Sony S2 Tablet. Both of the Sony tablets is designed in a wedge shape, larger screen sizes and particularly tablets for optimal usability and performance. The S1 and S2 Android tablet delivers perfect combination of hardware, content and network for easy and portable entertainment, web browsing, access to email, viewing videos, games, books and preloaded with Android 3.0 Honeycomb for operating system.

Features
Both of the tablets features have access to networked content via Sony’s Qriocity Music and Video Services, download ebook content from Reader Store, DLNA support that allows users to stream their content to large screen televisions or music to wireless speakers, PlayStation Network for gaming, and Sony’s rapid response technologies, users can perform smooth, quick touch-screen operations and enjoy fast and efficient website loading.

Sony S1 Specifications
Sony S1 tablet comes with off-center of gravity form factor design and has been optimized for rich media entertainment. Powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor with a 9.4-inch touchscreen display with front and rear cameras, The S1 Android tablet also boast Wi-Fi ready with WAN (3G/4G) connectivity, “Quick and Smooth” touch panel UI and a “Swift” web browser. It’s offers stability and a sense of lightness, offering comfortable use for hours.

Sony S2 Specifications
Sony S2 tablet comes with an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, front and rear facing cameras, Wi-Fi ready with WAN (3G/4G) connectivity and dual 5.5-inch touchscreen displays with a resolution of 1024 x 480 pixels which allows its displays to be combined and used as a large screen or for different functions, such as as one large screen to browse websites, playing video on one screen while showing control buttons on the other or playing game on one screen while bottom screen can work as a game controlle.

Release Date
“‘Sony Tablet’ delivers an entertainment experience where users can enjoy cloud-based services on-the-go at any time. We’re aiming to create a new lifestyle by integrating consumer hardware, including ‘Sony Tablet’ with content and network,” said Kunimasa Suzuki, Corporate Executive, SVP, and Deputy President of Consumer Products & Services Group. Sony S1 Tablet and Sony S2 Tablet will be release in the global market starting in fall 2011, with expected price $600 for Sony S1, while Sony S2 would be $700.

Canon 1100D

The bottom-end of the interchangeable lens camera has become fiercely competitive with manufacturers culling features and cutting-corners to offer a tempting upgrade path from compact cameras, at the most attractive price. As a result we've seen control dials, orientation sensors and even focus motors disappear to reduce the manufacturing costs of these entry-level, gateway cameras. From the consumer's perspective, of course, we've also seen technologies once only in the reach of the professionals filter down to almost compact camera prices.

For several years, Canon and then Nikon were able to carve up the sub-$1000 DSLR market between themselves, without any particular concern about other players in the market. But this hegemony was never likely to last, especially once the electronics giants such as Panasonic, Sony and Samsung had time to prepare their own competitors. Eventually even Canon had to respond to the arrival of these companies' increasingly impressive low-end offerings, most notably with the splitting of its Rebel series into a multiple model range.
In June 2008, rather than just letting the outgoing model's price drop when the next camera was introduced, Canon launched a completely new model that sat below its then very recent Rebel XSi/450D. The Rebel XS (EOS 1000D in Europe) was unashamedly a cut-down version of the XSi but its mixture of a well trusted sensor and compelling price tag have seen it continue to sell strongly, particularly at the price-conscious end of the market.

Two-and-a-half years is nearly two lifetimes in contemporary camera terms, so it was beginning to look like the XS might turn out to be a one-off, until the launch of its replacement in February 2011. The Rebel T3 (EOS 1100D) builds on a successful formula and takes it further, offering a strong (if not exactly cutting-edge) set of features in a body that suggests it should be very capable of competing on price.

The 1100D takes a series of familiar-sounding components and folds them together in a distinctly conventional but still capable-sounding package. So there's a 12MP CMOS chip that is likely to date back to the 450D/XSi, coupled with Canon's now-standard 9-point AF system and the 63-area iFCL (Focus, color and luminance sensitive) metering system first seen in the EOS 7D. These combine with the equally well-known Digic 4 processor to offer a camera that's unlikely to offer much in the way of surprises (which should also mean the avoidance of any nasty ones).

Canon EOS 1100D specification highlights:
  • 12MP CMOS sensor
  • 9-point AF system (up from 7 on the 1000D)
  • 63-area iFCL color-sensitive metering (from EOS 7D)
  • 720p movie recording at 30 or 25fps (H.264 compression)
  • 2.7" LCD, 230,000 dots
  • ISO 100-6400 (no expansion)
  • Basic+ creative point-and-shoot mode
  • Eye-Fi wireless SD card compatible menu options

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Nikon D5000


The recent boom in DSLR sales has seen all the major manufacturers adding bulked-up or stripped-down entry level models, repositioning their offerings to make sure that anyone willing to put up with the size and weight of a DSLR will look at one of their models. The whole thing has often left existing DSLR owners a little lost - 'why isn't there a direct replacement for my camera?' - but has undoubtedly meant there are many more attractive, accessible cameras on the market just waiting to entice first-time DSLR owners.

And its into this maelstrom of DSLR proliferation that Nikon launches its latest baby DSLR, the D5000. Nikon's recent strategy of inexpensive, simplified models caused a lot of confusion. The D40, D40X and D60 removed the autofocus motor, making them smaller and less expensive but limiting the choice of lenses that could be autofocused. Despite this oft-criticised move, the cameras sold very well, prompting the major third-party lens makers to create versions of their popular budget lenses that would focus on these baby Nikons. However, it appears Nikon has again decided that simply replacing models isn't the best way to address the market. So here we have a camera that genuinely seems to sit above the D60 (rather than continuing in parallel until the stock runs out), and below the D90. Like the baby Nikons, the D5000 doesn't have an autofocus motor built into the body but does gain a tilt-and-swivel LCD.

The idea of an upper-entry-level DSLR (for want of a better term), that sits below the 'enthusiast' grade D90 (with its twin control dials, big battery and pentaprism viewfinder), is hardly a radical one - the Canon EOS 500D and Olympus E-620 seem to cater to a similar market. So what does this new Nikon have to offer either the tech-savvy first-time DSLR buyer, or the owner of an older entry-level model wanting newer features but unwilling to slavishly follow the manufacturer's 'upgrade path'?

Nikon D5000 Key Features
  • 12.9 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor (effective pixels: 12.3 million)
  • 2.7" tilt and swivel LCD monitor (230,000 dots)
  • Movie capture at up to 1280 x 720 (720p) 24 fps with mono sound
  • Live View with contrast-detect AF, face detection and subject tracking
  • Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
  • 11 AF points (with 3D tracking)
  • IS0 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded)
  • 4 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 7 RAW, 25 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
  • Expeed image processing engine
  • Extensive in-camera retouching including raw development and straightening
  • Connector for optional GPS unit (fits on hot shoe)
  • New battery with increased capacity
  • 72 thumbnail and calendar view in playback
  • Nikon D5000 vs D60: Key Differences
The D5000 could easily be seen as a D60 with a tilting screen added, and most of a D90 stuffed into it. As such it offers quite a few feature improvements over its little brother:
  • 12.3 MP CMOS sensor (D60: 10.2 MP CCD)
  • Tilt/swivel screen
  • Live View with contrast detect AF
  • Movie Mode
  • Wider ISO range
  • 11 point AF system with 3D tracking (D60: 3 point AF)
  • Control of Active D-Lighting intensity
  • Automatic correction of lateral chromatic aberration
  • Choice of JPEG quality in RAW+JPEG shooting
  • Extra retouching options
  • More scene modes
  • Faster continuous shooting
  • Exposure bracketing