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Adesso wireless mini trackball keyboard more useful as a bludgeon [review]

Adesso wireless mini trackball keyboard more useful as a bludgeon [review]Different ExperienceI have a more positive experience, but my use is different. I use it with a PC connected to a home theater. I use the trackball more than the keyboard. From a recliner, I surf the web and view...

Tags: Keyboards, touchpad, Adesso, keyboard, Adesso wireless, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

The campaign for real keyboards

The campaign for real keyboardsI think the sweet spot will be about 11 inch screens, which will leave roomfor a good keyboard. You could do that in a size a little bigger than the 9 inch Aspire One, if you eliminate the border around the screen. After getting used to...

Tags: Keyboards, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, touchpad, keyboard, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Review: New REDFLY C8N Smartphone Terminal serves as a media player too

The REDFLY Mobile Companion now marketed as the REDFLY Smartphone Terminal has served me well for a few months as I have stated in my first and second impressions. In October the price on the original C8 model was dropped to US$199 and then extended until mid-November. With today's announcement...

Tags: Smartphone, Media Player, Media Players, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Matthew Miller, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Battery, Video, C8, C8N, C7, Media Cable, Celio, N, Touchpad, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Review: MSI Wind netbook doesn't compromise on the keyboard

Review: MSI Wind netbook doesn't compromise on the keyboard6-cell batteryA better buy for a couple more dollars. It's $479 on newegg and the better battery makes the users happier and will last for 4hours or more.These are better choices where most netbooks have tiny keyboards making it hard to...

Tags: Keyboards, Engineering, keyboard, MSI

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

3 days from Shanghai

I'm typing away here on my new MacBook, freshly arrived today from Shanghai, via Anchorage and Indianapolis. A mere 3 days after it left the factory in China, I received a tracking notice on my phone from FedEx that it had been delivered and signed for by my favorite...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Jury, Teacher, Touchpad, Desktops, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-02-14

LG Trax CU575 (AT&T)

LG was one of the first companies to release a HSDPA phone, with the LG CU500, and it was also the first to support AT&T's Video Share video calling service, with the LG CU500V. This cutting-edge streak continues with the LG Trax, a brand-new flip phone that will have all...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Trax, LG Electronics Inc., external screen, music player, phone

Product reviews 2007-08-20

One MacBook with a Thinkpad keyboard please (or OS X running on Windows, when hell freezes over)

Just because almost everybody is doing it, does that mean it's a good idea? Or does that mean that we've somehow been hoodwinked into thinking this makes sense. I'm talking about touchpads. Somehow, users have been convinced that these kissin-cousins to the digitizing tablets that graphics artists use (where...

Tags: Keyboard, Apple Macintosh, Virtualization, IBM ThinkPad, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Virtual Machine, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-08-10

Fujitsu LifeBook S2210

Thin-and-light laptops are the preferred style for many business travelers, offering a delicate balance between portability and usability. Larger, 15-inch systems are too bulky for regular travel, and ultraportables feature screens and keyboards that are too small for everyday use. The $1,979 Fujitsu LifeBook S2210 (configurations start at $1,299) is...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Fujitsu LifeBook, jack, Fujitsu Ltd.

Product reviews 2007-03-17

Apple step aside: GUI on Synaptics' concept smartphone is a total game changer

When you take a step back and look at the new crop of cell and smart phones coming onto the market these days, its almost as if all of the entries are working off of one or two designers playbooks. Whereas one handful of entries (ie: Motorolas Q, Samsungs Blackjack,...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, game, Apple Computer Inc., Synaptics Inc., telephone, touchpad, GUI, smart phone

Blog posts 2007-01-08

Ultra-Mobile PC (aka Origami) now official

Ultra-Mobile PC aka Origami now officialAmen, Brotha!I really don't know what is wrong with Engadget either. UMPC's are obviously going to be a big deal. Maybe not until 3 or 4 generation, hell, even Apple has a fifth gen iPod now, which many people day is the first killer...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, Handhelds, Notebooks, Desktops, Touchpad, text messaging, ultramobile PC, Pocket PC, Origami, laptop computer, Oragami, keyboard, PC

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

Apple patents new wider "touchpad"

Apple patents new wider "touchpad"wider space for problems.The first time someone spills a snapple on their crapple, they'll wish they'd not went with this design.Can someone tell me..why this would deserve a patent?Maybe Apple has this in mind...http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~rdivecha/archives/2006/02/the_world_of_sm.html(It is running on OS X and apparently Apple is involved and/or has...

Tags: patent, Apple Inc., touchpad

Discussion threads 2006-03-03

Apple patents new wider "touchpad"

One of the things that cracks me up is the depths that a company will go to obscure their patent filings. It's even funnier that the maker of arguably the best graphic design computers in the world with some of the best designers on their payroll files patent drawings that...

Tags: base assembly

Blog posts 2006-03-03

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Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298

hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Lenovo's Windows 7 lineup of IdeaPad, IdeaCentre PCs dazzle (Lenovo's Windows 7 lineup of IdeaPad, IdeaCentre PCs dazzle)

Not bad but Apple still much betterNo one else can hold a candle to them, but Some of these PC companies must be getting an ear bashing from MS to come up with some stuff that competes with the Cupertino Style Kingseven the name where Apple comes from is trendyIf...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Lenovo Group Ltd., IdeaCentre PC, IdeaPad, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Asus K50IJ-RX05

asus k50IJThe ASUS K50IJ series is one of the latest budget notebooks designed to provide better performance than a netbook and a larger screen for only a modest price increase. ASUS K50IJ-C1 Specifications:Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6500 Processor (2.1GHz)15.6" 16:9 Wide Format (1366 x...

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), notebook, battery, ASUS, speaker, RAM, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Apple releases new wireless "magic" multitouch mouse

I'm surprised...that they've 'taken' a lead from video gaming? If it's magic, then shouldn't it be simply a 'wave of the hand'?http://tinyurl.com/ykr2yqbWell, it [i]could[/i] be coolI'm not sure I get the full functionality of it. Is it more akin to an iphone-style touchscreen obviously sans screen or is it...

Tags: Mice, Keyboards, wireless, mouse, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Magic Mouse: Apple tries to reinvent something that already works fine

Has Apple made its first good mouse? I can't tell if it looks like a spacecraft, or a waffle maker... The whole thing is a button, and you can use gestures to scroll and pan around, just like the touchpad on Apple laptops....

Tags: Mouse, Apple Inc., Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Netbooks may not be for everyone, but they're peachy in Ed

No netbooks hereI'm at a campus with 2000 students, have not seen a netbook yet.Students have to do a LOT of typing for papers, and need a full size keyboard.RE: Netbooks may not be for everyone, but they're peachy in EdOur children are experienced users and will not be happy...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

First Clarksfield reviews: Core i7 laptops look impressive

Since Intel unveiled its Core i7 quad-core mobile processors at IDF a couple weeks ago, several PC companies have announced mainstream and desktop replacement laptops using these Clarksfield chips. Many sites have reviewed the new platform--known as Calpella--in whitebox notebooks, but so far I haven't seen many reviews of real...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Nvidia GeForce, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Clarksfield, Alienware M15x, Envy 15, Asus M60J, Studio 17, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-07