Laptops Arena

The new notebook announced by Zonbu is a model based on the Everex laptop but with the Zonbu operating system installed.
This means that it has a 15.4-inch display with a resolution of 1440x900 pixels, and a VIA C7-M processor at 1.5GHz, plus 512 MB memory.
The VIA Chrome9 HC is the integrated graphics card.

Its hard drive has a storage of 60GB and there is also a Combo optical drive.
The wireless connectivity is based on the 802.11b/g module, and the notebook has also an Ethernet LAN connection and 3 USB ports.

Zonbu notebook is an eco-friendly model that weights 5.3 pounds and its battery’s working time is of up to 2h30min.

With a $279 upfront and a $14.95 monthly subscription fee this model includes services such as 20 software applications, automatic data back-up, generous online storage, free and automatic software upgrades, file remote access and sharing, unlimited online tech support, and free hardware replacement in case of damage.

Remember the project received by the students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
They had to build a device that converts mechanical power into efficient electrical power, during a course called Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, and so they came up with an exercise bicycle that uses “pedaling power” to charge a notebook.

Well, in April, the Intel Corporation launched a contest including the European universities that had to design a smart device capable of powering notebooks by using renewable, sustainable energy sources.
The contest has ended and Intel awarded the winners of the Intel University Competition On Renewable Energy (CORE).

Nir Tessler, professor at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Eszter Morvay from the international IT analyst house IDC, and Ofri Wechsler from Intel were the jury and they had to review the projects coming from the universities in Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy and Spain.

And the winners are:
From Polytechnic of Madrid students came up with a pedal machine powered by human energy, so the pedaling produces energy and it’s turned into the electricity necessary to power the notebook by a power electronics converter.
Their innovative solution is easy to implement and uses quality electronic components, so the team is rewarded with €10,000 funding for supporting the scientific researches.

Students at the Polytechnic of Milan and Delft’s University of Technology from Netherlands are also rewarded.
The students from Italy demonstrated that they can use hydrogen fuel cell to power a notebook, an ingenious method because the hydrogen is a renewable and sustainable source of energy.

In Netherlands, the students invented a rocking-motion pedal mechanism, and both the Italy team and Netherlands’ are receiving a top-of-the-line laptop.

WiBrain B1 UMPC is available for pre-orders through Dynamism while the shipping starts in December.

The 510g Windows XP-based UMPC offered at a price of $699 comes with a split-resistant QWERTY keyboard and an innovative pop-up camera, and a stylish 4.8-inch WSVGA touchscreen with 1024 x 600 pixels resolution.
The 4-cell battery battery life is expected to be of 5 hours in working time which is quite impressive while the B1 is powered by a VIA C7M 1.2GHz processor and has 512MB to 1GB RAM and two HDD storage options: 30GB and 60GB 4200RPM PATA.



The video part is also great while it comes with the VX700 with 3D support, and the sound comes from the integrated 2 Channel stereo speakers (1.0W).
802.11b/g and Bluetooth are the communication technologies that this model comes with.

WiBrain B1 comes in silver and black chassis color options and you can read about the warranty and other details here.

This is the Wi-Fi Detector Shirt from ThinkGeek.com that created it because they are “pretty lazy when it comes to technology” and so they expect their “gadgets to do all the busywork while” they “focus on the high level important tasks like reading blogs”.


What a great idea coming from them!
Imagine that with such a t-shirt you don’t need to open your notebook to check if you’re in a hotspot.
You can check your t-shirt directly and see if in your area is a Wi-Fi Internet access, and more than that you can show it to others around you too.




And probably its design won’t make you think that you are not properly dressed that day or that your shirt doesn’t match your trousers, because it comes in black 100% cotton and it’s a classic color that fits anything, especially if you are a guy.
It has also an accessible price of just $29.99.
Oh, and if the glow disturbs you then you can easily remove it.

The glowing animated bars that you see are changing depending on the fluctuations of the Wi-Fi signal strength, and they work very well with 802.11b or 802.11g signals.
Its battery pack is hidden in a small pocket sewn inside the shirt and lasts hours with 3 AAA batteries.
And let’s not forget about the special washing instructions about which you can read on ThinkGeek.com
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Resources:
The best thing about the hp printers is the fact that it is more compatible than any other computer printer. Even brother printers are not good enough. More importantly, changing the printer cartridges is a hassle free chore required only once every 6 months.

Korea had the pleasure to welcome a new innovative product destined for notebooks and other mobile devices.



The Shehwa Magic Screen is a personal information protection screen that has a unique characteristic: if you attach the thin film to your notebook or PDA LCD screen, your privacy will be protected because it prevents the screen from being seen.

The Shehwa company that produced the “device” said it supports 79% of transmission rate and less than 6% of reflection rate, giving the minimum stress to your eyes and in the same time enhancing the readability.



How it is working:
Magic Screen functioning is based on an angle-control method to work as a fine blind, so the person sitting in front of the monitor the image is very clear, but if others try to spy your work and look from a 30 degrees angle the only thing that they’ll see will be a blank or black screen.

The company says that the protective screen can be found at a very reasonable price.

Resources:
Most of the pdas stores deal with all sorts of pda accessories. You can get pda gps as well as any customized pda case from there.