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Check if your netbook has a free mini PCIe slot
Jan 4th
What does it mean if your netbook has a free mini PCIe slot? Well, it’s an easy way to add an internal device like an SSD, 3G module or Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator. The last one is something you might want to try if you do have a free slot as it will give your Atom netbook a much needed boost in the HD video department. The list is below:
Asus 7″ series: 1 available, free (very early models only)
Asus 9″ series: 1 available (occupied by SSD)
Asus 1000HE: 1 available (3G available in Europe; cannot import; 2 slots)
Asus N10: Unclear; appear to be 3, but one seems to be designed for SSD only
Acer 8.9″: 2 available in 3G-enabled models; otherwise 1 (tnkgrl has added a slot successfully)
Acer AOD150: 2 available (3G available in Europe; cannot import; still 2)
Acer AOD250: 1 available
Dell Mini 9: 3 available in 3G-enabled models; otherwise 2; WIFI is half-height
Dell Mini 10: 3 available in 3G-enabled models; otherwise 2; WIFI is half-height
Fujitsu U2010/U820: 1 available (free) for 3G, both on WWAN model and original.
Gigabyte M912: 2 available
HP 2140: 1 available [2150 model will have 3G]
HP Mini 1000; 2 available in 3G-enabled models; otherwise 1
HP Mini 311: 2 slots, both USB + PCI-E, whitelist present, hackable
HP DV2: 1 available
Lenovo S9: only 1, USB+PCI-E, no whitelist
Lenovo S10: 1 available (3G available in Europe; cannot import; 2 slots)
LG X110: 2 available (3G and WIFI seem to be the only configuration) [AT&T will sell it]
MSI Wind 9″ and 10″: 1 available (3G available in Europe; cannot import; 2 slots)
OCZ Neutrino: 2 available (WIFI is half-height)
Samsung NC10: 1 available (3G available in Europe; cannot import; 2 slots)
Toshiba NB100: 3G available in Europe; cannot import; 2 slots
source Pocketables via Netbook Reports, liliputing, pic from tweakers.net
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Check if your netbook has a free mini PCIe slot
Foldable keyboard for your UMPC – an update
Nov 5th
For all those users without free USB ports on their smartphones, PDAs, MIDs and other devices, or those with an aversion against cables in general, there are also bluetooth versions of those full-sized foldable keyboards I mentioned already on this blog few days ago – namely I’d like to make mention here of the “Freedom Universal Keyboard²” (from a company called Freedom Input Ltd) with its own two AAA sized batteries and – most important – bluetooth! The manufacturer claims that due to support for both HID mode (used and recognized by all PCs, most PDAs, UMPCs and smartphones) and SPP mode, a bluetooth serial port emulation protocol utilized by the blackberry family of smartphones for example, this gadget enjoys comaptibility to > 200 different devices. Sure is that every device with bluetooth and either Blackberry OS 4.0 and upwards, symbian OS v9, or windows mobile 5 & 6 ( both PPC and smartphone edition), as well as Windows 2000 and WinXP is supported without need to install any drivers. No mention of linux though, and what about windows CE??
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Foldable keyboard for your UMPC – an update
HowTo: formatting SD cards using linux
Nov 5th
Its nice to see that during the past year, the number of linux distributions custom tailored to fit the needs of netbooks has increased dramatically. While this is a great advancement, it cannot be denied that this is mainly the merit of one linux distribution – ubuntu linux, on which most of nowadays “netbook linux” are based (ubuntu in turn is debian-based, btw). While these custom netbook linux flavors usually come equipped with all the device drivers you’ll need for your netbook, there’s one thing that is missing (at least in Ubuntu 8.04 or “Ubuntu eee”): an easy possibility of formatting SD memory cards with the usual FAT16 (or the faster FAT32) file system with the card reader that is built into all eeePC models – but sometimes you just need an empty and freshly formatted SD card, for example to “burn” the newest ubuntu ISO image onto and install right from the SD card (which is quite handy if you don’t have a DVD/CD drive).
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HowTo: formatting SD cards using linux
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