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Lenovo ThinkPad X130e delayed until February, early-adopting school districts to blame
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We’ll be honest: when Lenovo said it would ship the new student-friendly ThinkPad X130e starting on December 20th, we didn’t actually program an alert in our calendars, reminding us to place our orders on the very first day it became available. But it looks like at least a few you did just that, and were quite taken with this durable 11.6-inch laptop. As it turns out, though, you’ll have to wait a little longer to get yours — Lenovo’s product page is now saying it won’t be available for individual purchase until February. Apparently, it’s because the X130e’s rubber bumper, recessed ports, reinforced hinge and Core i3 / Fusion innards were just too irresistible to educators: a Lenovo rep told us all the early units have been scooped up by hungry school districts, meaning individual students and other fans of inexpensive, ruggedized laptops will have to wait for a later batch.
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime review
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Is there any tablet that’s hotter than the Transformer Prime right now? (Please, don’t say the Kindle Fire.) For weeks we geeks, early adopters and people who love their tech toys have been awaiting this, and none too patiently. Make no mistake: this will be one of the slickest products we test this year and it isn’t just because the original Transformer had such an inventive design. The Prime is the first device packing NVIDIA’s hot-off-the-presses Tegra 3 SoC, making it the world’s first quad-core tablet. This comes with promises of longer-than-ever runtime and blazing performance (five times faster than Tegra 2, to be exact), all wrapped in a package measuring just 8.3mm (0.33 inches) thick — even skinnier than the iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 10.1. Throw in specs like a Super IPS+ Gorilla Glass display, eight megapixel rear camera and a confirmed ICS update in the pipe and even we seen-it-all Engadget editors were drooling.
All of which means we dropped just everything when a 32GB Prime showed up on our doorstep earlier this week, and soon enough, you’ll have your chance to nab one too. ASUS announced today that the WiFi-only models will be available through online sellers the week of December 19th, and in retail the week after. (No word yet on 3G versions for the US just yet.) It’ll start at $499 for the 32GB model — not bad considering five hundred bucks is the going rate for a high-end tablet with 16GB of storage. From there you can get a 64GB number for $599, while that signature keyboard dock will set you back a further $149. Worth it? Read on to find out.
How would you change Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1?
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It’s been around in a few different hues, and has since grown into a TouchWiz UX kind of outfit, and we’re guessing it’s about time Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 found its way into our weekly HWYC feature. It’s undoubtedly the Android slate to beat, even today, but that doesn’t mean that it’s spit-shine perfect. For those who opted for this beaut, we’re keenly interested in hearing how your experience has been. Are you still satisfied with Honeycomb as a tablet operating system? Is the screen still wowing you? Any durability issues we should know about it? And if you had the keys to Sammy’s Design Kingdom, what would you do differently on the next Tab 10.1? Realign the aspect ratio? Go matte? Up the screen resolution? Speak up in comments below — and keep it sane, cool?
3M makes Mary Lou Jepsen’s dreams come true, showers Pixel Qi with cash
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Chances are you’ve heard plenty about Pixel Qi’s super-efficient, transreflective displays. The odds are equally as high that you’ve never touched one before, either. Well, 3M aims to change all of that and make good on founder Mary Lou Jepsen’s continued promises to get those screens out into the consumer wild. Infusing the LCD company with an undisclosed amount of cash, 3M’s New Ventures investment arm is betting the combo of its Optical Systems Division’s LCD film technology expertise and funding will not only ramp up production of the sunlight-readable color screens, but also innovate uses for it across “…consumer markets as well as digital signage and touch applications.” It’s a nice shot of confidence for the display maker’s much-touted, albeit scarce tech, and could be the financial boost necessary to take Jepsen from underdog to industry heavyweight. We’ll keep a close eye out for how this develops. In the meantime, you can jump past the break to read the hyperbolic PR for yourself.
Dell to fix faulty M11x hinges the world over regardless of warranty status
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Are you one of the unlucky Alienware M11x owners who had hinge issues with the laptop, but feared you’d be stuck with a faulty folding mechanism due to an out of date warranty? Well, worry no more, because Dell has extended its hinge replacement program to include owners anywhere on earth with an R1 or R2 M11x regardless of warranty status. Getting those busted bits replaced is easy peasy, as affected parties need only contact Dell Tech support to get the repair process started. For full details about getting your afflicted alien fixed hit the source below — and feel free to give Dell some daps for doing the right thing while you’re at it.
Wacom Cintiq 24HD images break cover, we start practicing our stick figures
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We’ve been all giddy since the Cintiq 24HD waltzed through the FCC last month… and now, we have even more reason to be excited. Although unconfirmed, signs continue to point to a 24-inch HD display (1920 x 1200 supported) — upon which Wacom has implemented a stand that appears to allow the user to customize their viewing angle based on the task at hand. According to CG Everything, the peripheral is said to boast 2048 levels of pressure sensors with a 60-degree tilt sensor, 92 percent Adobe RGB color saturation, 190 nits of brightness, 550:1 contrast ratio and a 13ms response time. We’re still waiting on Wacom to corroborate all of this, but those who’d rather throw caution to the wind can indulge below.
Lenovo aims new ThinkPad Edge laptops and ThinkVision monitor at business weaklings
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Lenovo’s come to the aid of road-weary business users who want a second screen for their laptops but think a Spacebook is a little excessive. It’s just released the 14-inch ThinkVision Mobile Monitor to accompany its new ThinkPad Edge laptops, which gets both power and data via USB, has 16 brightness settings and packs an independent kickstand. It can either be used as a dual display for those mammoth spreadsheets or as a presentation screen where lugging around a projector just isn’t practical. The Edge laptops (a 14-inch E425 and a 15.6-inch E525) come with AMD A-Series APUs, an optional fingerprint reader and a choice of “midnight black” (seen above) or “heatwave red” (shot after the break). All three are promised to arrive this month, with the laptops starting at $549 and the monitor priced at $219.99. Of course, if you need a USB-powered display bigger than 14-inches, you might be better off trying one of these.
Window N5 TOP Tablet PC with Android 2.2 System and WiFi
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Window N5 TOP Tablet PC with Android 2.2 System and WiFi/3G/G-sensor Functions – 8GB
Window N5 TOP is a 5.0 inch multi-dot resistance touch screen, 800×480 pixels tablet PC. Adopts the Android 2.2 system. The CPU is Rockchip RK2818 660Mhz, and the device is capable of playing up to 720p HD video supporting the usual suspects of file format and codec types. It also has other functions: Smart handwriting, Games, FM radio, Smart reading. And Built-in G-sensor. Support WiFi, 3G Network.
Product page: http://www.ownta.com/window-n5-top-tablet-pc-with-android-2.2-system-and-wifi-3g-g-sensor-functions-8gb.html
Window N5 TOP Tablet PC Features:
- Screen: 5.0 inch multi-dot resistance touch screen, 800×480 pixels
- OS: Android 2.2 system
- CPU: Rockchip RK2818, 660MHz
- Latest UI design
- Support: WiFi, 3G external doogle
- Memory: 8GB on board, RAM: 256MB DDR2, Support TF card
- Viedo: 720p, MKV、AVI、RMVB、FLV etc. formats
- Audio: MKV、AVI、RMVB、FLV etc. formats
- Built-in G-sensor
- OTG port
- Other functions: Chat on line, Smart handwriting, Games, FM radio, PDF E-book reading etc.
- Battery: Li-lion battery
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Augen mysteriously dies, dirt-cheap Android tablets can’t keep it afloat
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Tragic. Just tragic. It seems like just yesterday we were dashing to our local Kmart in hopes of securing one of the hottest, most demanded products on the market. First, it was the $99 GenBook, and days later, it was the Gentouch 78. Now, it appears that neither of those absolutely astounding pieces of kit will ever be produced again, as Augen’s website has been cold and unresponsive for the better part of a month. It’s not picking up the phone, and it’s not replying to emails. We’d bother to weep, but we have to wonder how bad things truly are if it took the world four full weeks to notice one’s disappearance.
Lenovo U1 tablet arrives at FCC, finally
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Well, hello there little guy. Did you get lost on your way to production? Many, many moons since we got our first hands-on with the thing it looks like the Lenovo U1 has found the way to retail reality, making a stop by at the FCC to ensure that it can, some day, be released — somewhere. When will that magical day come? We still don’t know, but if you’ve forgotten just what this little guy is all about, take a trip down memory lane in the video after the break.