Asus Announces Its M70 Notebook

Asus M70 Notebook aired recently is the new offering by Taiwan-based Company, Asus (ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated), but the notebook’s official launch date or price hasn’t been revealed yet.

Asus M70 Notebook, the HD laptop comes with superb storage capacity of 1TB, better picture quality with enhanced audio, and several other multimedia features. It is compatible with Blu-ray format and HDMI port. Featuring built in Altec Lansing Speakers and Dolby Home Theatre, the M70 Notebook packs a 17-inches WUXGA wide-screen displaying 1920 x 1200 pixels with a 16:10 aspect ratio, plus a 1.3 mega pixels swivel Web cam. The Asus AI Light automatically adjusts the brightness of the display according to ambient lighting for optimal viewing comfort.

Asus M70 Laptop features the Splendid Video Intelligence Technology improves contrast, brightness, skin tone and colour saturation. Furthermore, it comes along with Genuine Windows Vista operating system, and Mobile Intel PM965. It is powered by Intel Centrino Processor technology and users have the option to choose from five Core 2 Duo processors including T7500, T7700, T8100, T8300, or T9300.

Asus M70 Laptop offers gamers the option to choose from two graphics cards -- ATI Mobile Radeon HD3650 with 1G VRAM (500GBx2) or ATI Mobile Radeon HD3470 with 256MB VRAM, DDRII 667MHz, 2 up to 4GB and Intel Turbo Memory support. Its RAM is expandable up to 4GB. It also offers consumers the option to choose from a range of HDD including 12.5-inches HDD 500G or 9.5-inches HDD 160/200/250/320GB. While not in use as cursor platform, the touch pad of the M70 can be converted into a control deck for video or music entertainment.

LG large-screen laptop gives new dimension to entertainment - LG S900 provides total mobility and quality entertainment

Global and regional digital leader LG Electronics has released a 19-inch large-screen S900 built on the Santa Rosa platform. The S900 boasts the ease of mobility and installation of a laptop, with the level of performance you would expect from a desktop.Taking home entertainment to a whole new level, the S900 offers low-loss viewing in 16:10 and a viewing angle of up to 160 degrees from left to right, top to bottom. The S900 also comes equipped with a Dolby Home Theatre sound with which you can enjoy virtual 5.1 channel surround sound.With this latest release, LG Electronics has constructed a laptop line-up that offers everything from a 10.4-inch notebook to large-screen desknote.“This product was designed to reflect what our research showed were the main needs of stay-at-home moms and singles,” explained Mr. K.W. Kim, CEO and President of LG Electronics Middle East and Africa Regional Company. “Built on a foundation of strong performance and portability, this is the perfect product for our target consumer group.”

In addition, the unit offers a variety of features created with user convenience in mind. With a dedicated numerical keypad just like a desktop, ports on the side and back to help keep connector cables tidy, and a 1.3 mega-pixel built-in webcam, the array of features speaks for itself.
When the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) is being used, moving the computer in a powered-on state is possible, and even in the event of a sudden power loss, data can be preserved. With the interior of house or office in mind, the computer was given an elegant silver-toned casing.

About LG Electronics, Inc:
LG Electronics, Inc. is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications, employing more than 82,000 people working in over 120 operations including 80 subsidiaries around the world. Comprising four business units – Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital Display and Digital Media with 2006 global sales of US $38.6 billion – LG Electronics is the world’s largest producer of CDMA handsets, air conditioners, optical storage products, DVD players and home theatre systems.LG Electronics Digital Media Company provides digitally integrated products such as audio-video systems, optical storage, PC and car infotainment focusing on next-generation businesses.

ZX1 Lamborghini PDA phone

ZX1 Lamborghini PDA phone by ASUS looks and acts much like the iPhone. Italian auto manufacturer Lamborghini is releasing their own touch-screen phone, which is speculated to look and act very similar to the Apple iPhone.The ZX1 Lamborghini PDA phone will be made by ASUS who will unveil the luxury gadget in Germany later this month at the CeBit tech show. Asus ZX1 will be a touchscreen phone with the interface similar to that of HTC Touch or iPhone, with a completely flat display integrated into the housing and will use Lamborghini colors for branding.

Asus ZX1 is a very high end smartphone running Windows Mobile 6 Pro (probably WM 6.1 when it finally ships), 3G+ data support, 520 MHz Qualcomm CPU, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Asus ZX1 price will be around 650 EUR, when it is finally released in Europe during the summer months.

Android running on HTC’s TyTN II

The quest to get Android running on any hardware possible continues apace, with the gang over at the XDA-Developer Forum to fettle the OS for HTC hardware. They’ve managed it, too, albeit in a roundabout way; apparently the TyTN II is basically running Android as an emulation: an .EXE on top of the original Windows Mobile OS. That’s a new approach; previous hacks to get the software working - such as on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet we saw earlier in the week- took advantage of Android’s compatibility with things like OMAP chipsets, which are relatively common among mobile devices, to force the OS to install.

Their demo video is pretty basic - it simply shows one of the developers loading and running Android on their TyTN II - and there are ongoing issues with how the controls are mapped. Even once that is sorted, some people are having issues getting Android to do anything at all. It seems that running two operating systems simultaneously is too much for the smartphone’s memory and processor capabilities, and a number of people are finding it simply freezes at 12:04.

Still, forum members are working on slimming down the Android SDK for a more usable version, and there are instructions for how to get it working on your own TyTN I1

Samsung G810 5.0 megapixel camera phone

The Samsung G810 is a solid mobile phone, designed around the S60 operating system. This new handset from Samsung is destined to challenge the Nokia N95 the ultimate mobile handset.

First impressions, it looks the part. It is encased in a brush metallic style body, and the front panel has four soft keys and a D-Pad style navigation key. The send/end keys on the handset are not situated where you would normally expect to find them, instead they are located further down the keypad, near the standard keypad. This does prove annoying in ever day-to-day usage.

The screen of the phone is a quality TFT screen, supporting up to 256,000 colours, and measuring in at 320 x 240 pixels and 2.6 inches in size. The screen is bright and clear in most conditions except when viewed in the brightest of sunlight outside.

Incorporated into the handset is a 5MP with autofocus and a Xenon flash. This helps produce quality pictures in even the poorest lighting conditions. Face recognition helps with the autofocus to produce really clear, sharp pictures. The camera also includes a 3 x optical zoom, similar to that found on the Samsung G800. Video recording is equipped, and records video at VGA resolution.

Built in is a GPS receiver, which would allow you to use the handset as a portable . This works well, for example with the latest version of Google Maps. Google maps has a native S60 application available, and worked extremely well when tested on a Nokia N82. Support for GPS also means you can utilise the Geotagging feature. Geotagging allows you to record location details of a picture taken on the handset, so when you upload the photos to your favoured online storage space or blog details of where the picture was taken can be seen by friends and family.

The Samsung G810 has a built in music player which supports a wide variety of music formats, including MP3, AAC, AAC+, aAAC+ and WMA. With support for Bluetooth 2.0 you can listen to your music with a compatible set of wireless headphones. Should you get bored with your own music collection the G810 has a built in FM Stereo radio so you can log in to your favourite FM radio station. A wired headset is needed for radio use, but the Samsung G810 does have a 3.5mm audio output jack so you can use your own favourite headphones.

Connectivity wise the G810 is enabled with WiFi and HSDPA mobile Broadband, offering complimentary options for downloading large files at high speed. Memory isn’t an issue for storage, with 130MB onboard memory and support for Micro SD cards, currently available up to 8GB in capacity.

Overall the Samsung G810 is a nice looking handset and its feature set suggests it should prove an appealing alternative to the top end S60 Nokia phones