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Archive for September 8, 2008
Web Storage Coming to Eee PC’s
Sep 8th
According to this article in the Wall Street Journal, Asustek plans to add 20GB online storage to buyers of Eee PC models, along with other new forms of web content.
The article goes on to discuss the upcoming high end S101, Eee Monitor, and that the target of 5 million Eee PC’s in 2008 is still a reality.
Asus N10 Notebook Netbook Gets Priced
Sep 8th
JR.com has put up a pre-order page for the Asus N10 Notebook-Netbook and said machine now has an official price (at least for the said online store). And how much? A whooping $849. And with such a hefty price you’ll get a 10.2-inch Eee PC like notebook/netbook which has the following goodies:
- Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz Processor
- 512 KB L2 Cache, 533 MHz Front Bus speed
- 2GB RAM
- 250 GB SATA Hard Drive
- 10.2″ diagonal WSVGA (1024 x 600) Widescreen Display
- Integrated Webcam
- Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS with 256MB Dedicated Graphics Memory
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Switchable Graphics)
- WiFi
- Card Reader
- Fingerprint reader
I don’t know about you but the price seems to be too stiff for a notebook/netbook of such caliber. But with the graphics card and accelerator, gamers would definitely be happy if not contented it.
Via Engadget
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Asus N10 Notebook Netbook Gets Priced
The Lenovo S9/S10 Netbook and a Tragic Love Affair
Sep 8th
I don’t know about you, but I was really smiling while watching this 6-minute promotional video of the Lenovo S9/S10 in Chinese. The video was promoting the netbook’s “always online” features. Well, probably in China, even the bathrooms are Wi-Fi hotspots. Interestingly the promotional video did not show anything about the S9/S10’s salient features, but instead focused on the finishing the storyline, which thanks to an Engadget reader’s translation is about the couple separating with no apparent reason, only to be found out later on by the girl that the boy is already dead.
It was really a weird way of promoting a powerful netbook such as the Lenovo S9/S10, but I guess Lenovo wanted to capitalize on the popularity of “telenovelas” (read: short love story shown in TVs) to promote their netbook.
But one thing that the video was able to show aside from the fact that you can always stay online with a Lenovo netbook is the fact that it is durable as well. Take note of how the girl smash the keyboard whenever she chats with the boy.
Anyway, hopefully Lenovo could come up with a better and more appropriate promotional video for the Lenovo S9/S10 well suited for the International audience. Frankly, if this kind of video ads goes public in the US and worldwide, we will all just laugh about it.
Via Blog Eee
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
The Lenovo S9/S10 Netbook and a Tragic Love Affair
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