World’s Cheapest PC?
How cheap can a Linux computerbe? If we are to believe the English Foundation Raspberry Pi may be just £15 or roughly $25. This includes a circuit with an ARM processor, 128 megabytes of memory, a USB port and an HDMI port for the display. There will also be support for SD memory.
The computer, which also is one of the world’s smallest, is still at the prototype stage, but Raspberry think they may be for sale within a year. The OS is a stripped down version of Ubuntu 9.04. The computer should be able to run 1080p displays, capable of OpenGL and even touchscreens.
The price is just for the bare necessities though. You will have to “upgrade” it with a keyboard, monitor and USB hub, but the sticker price away is nevertheless the lowest we’ve seen so far. According to the Foundation these little machines are targeted for schools and institutes.
Via Linux Devices
Tablets are considerably faster in the next generation
Chip manufacturers have some hot processors on the way to the next generations of iPads and Android tablets. Most of them will have multiple cores with ARM architecture, which hold back the power consumption.
For people who dream of buying an iPAD or an Android tablet, one thing is now clear – there is considerably more horsepower under the bonnet of the next generation.
What do we want from tablets?
Here are a few suggestions. (more…)
Intel hit by severe chipset error
Intel’s new chipset for Sandy Bridge have problems with the SATA ports. Intel issued a press release Monday afternoon that the company’s Cougar Point chipset has a design flaw, which has now been identified and corrected.
The design flaw meant that the chipset could eventually get unstable SATA ports, which could affect communication between the processor and SSDs, hard drives and optical drives.
The problem applies only to relatively few customers, those who have already invested in a Sandy Bridge processor, characterized by using a socket LGA 1155, not used by other Intel processors. Some laptops are also affected, including Dell’s newly released third revision of the Alienware m17x.
Intel starts to supply the new version of the chipset in February and expects full volume in April. This hardware blunder could result in severe economical consequenses for Intel.
New Androids from Samsung
Samsung has presented four brand new Android phones. In other words, the manufacturer has chosen to concentrate heavily on the Android market . These four Android phones are located on the affordable end of the spectrum.
Galaxy Ace looks like a mini version of Galaxy S both in design and specifications. The processor runs at 800 MHz and the screen is 3.5 inches. It comes with Android 2.2 Froyo and in addition it is equipped with 150 MB of RAM, a 5 megapixel camera, 1350 mAh battery and a regular 3.5 mm. jack. The price is still unknown.
Galaxy Fit
Galaxy Fit also comes with Android 2.2 (Froyo). The screen is 3.3″ QVGA and the processor runs at 600 MHz. It has 150 MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera and 1350 mAh battery.
Galaxy Gio
Galaxy Gio comes with Android 2.2 and has a 3.2-inch HVGA screen. The processor is 800 MHz and it has a camera with 3 megapixels.
Galaxy Mini
The Galaxy Mini is logically the smallest of the new phones. It features a QVGA screen at 3.1 inches and a 600MHz processor. The camera is 3 megapixels and it also runs on Android 2.2.
Source: Samsung.com
Upcoming HTC Android devices
The picture above reportedly shows HTC’s upcoming Android devices that are likely emerge, at Mobile World Congress in February. It seems that there is a successor to HTC Desire, a successor to HTC Wildfire that resembles a mini Nexus One with a trackball and last a new HTC Smart, also with the trackball. There are no further information related to the image, so we must await further rumors.
Critics: Adobe Flash costs two hours of battery on Macbook Air
Apple’s new version of the Macbook Air comes without Adobe Flash, and it may be good reason to. The difference was two hours of battery life with and without Flash, writes reviewers.
Apple has fallen out with Adobe to Adobe Flash technology, which Apple accused of being responsible for most crashes on the Mac, and Apple also claims that flash will ruin the battery life and performance on iPhone and iPad.Now it may seem that Apple will be supported until at least the last claim from reviewers at Ars Technica. They’ve tested Apple’s new Macbook Air with 11-inch screen, which Apple promises five hours of battery life. It also proved to be true during normal use, according to Ars Technica.
There is too much flash on websites today. Flash is an excellent product if you want to make small online games or interactive programs. CPU usage is also thereafter.It is clear that Flash works inefficiently when it instead be used to display banner ads with hidden links that do not use a standard cookies and therefore can not be easily blocked, but actually seems that could be replicated with simple HTML links and image.
So it’s probably not Adobe’s fault, nor can you raise a finger at Apple. There is too much flash on websites today. Flash is an excellent product if you want to make small online games or interactive programs. CPU usage is also thereafter. It is clear that Flash works inefficiently when it is used to display banner ads with hidden links that do not use a standard cookies and therefore can not be easily blocked, but actually seems to be replicated with simple HTML links and images.
It’s like running 7 programs in the background.You can direct blame at poor web developers and ad agencies.
Flashblock can be used for Chrome and Firefox. https: // addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 / http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/flashblock/
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 gets limited mulitouch
Sony Ericsson has long ago announced that Xperia X10 would not get multi-touch , due to hardware specifications. (more…)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 multi-touch
There has been much talk back and forth about multi-touch at Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 . Sony Ericsson has even been out and refuse to X10′en should be able to multi-touch, due to hardware limitations. It now has not stopped people from trying to get it to work. And now it might seem to be succeeding. There are certainly appeared more videos by X10 ‘is with multi-touch.
Sales of smartphones will overtake sales of PCs
Google launched Android, for approx. 2 years ago and since then, sales and dissemination of “smartphones” soared.
Traffic on Android network is doubled within the last year and searches from Android devices has tripled the first half of 2010. Alone “YouTube Mobile” has 160 million. mobile links a day
Right now there are 60 different Android “smartphone” by 20 different manufacturers and there are constantly new ones.
If these numbers continue to rise, then the global sales of “smartphones” overtake sales of PCs, said Google director, Eric Scmidt, Disrupt TechCrunch conference in San Francisco .
