Sony announces spanking new VAIO S Series laptop
Offering the far more powerful performance of a larger full-sized PC despite being crammed into a thin one-inch profile design alongside a 13.3-inch screen form factor, the VAIO S laptop will incorporate all the mobility of VAIO laptops, boasting the second generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors (you can choose according to your needs, of course) coupled with Hybrid Graphics and dual channel solid state drive options for select models. Different S Series models will come with a premium and elegant design in either black or white colors, alongside magnesium and aluminum materials for that added touch of class. All of them do sport a built-in lithium polymer battery that will work even better in tandem with the all new and advanced large-capacity optional sheet battery, letting you work away from a power outlet for up to 15 hours.
With intelligent charging enables, you are able to juice up the optional sheet battery separately and hook it to the system without having to shut it down for maximum flexibility.
The use of AMD Radeon HD 6630 1GB Hybrid Graphics card on some models are able to offer a performance boost to your day-to-day processor functions, making the overall computing experience a faster and more optimized one without sipping additional juice – in fact, it will lower overall power consumption. Other models for those who want top performance in a mobile package can look forward to dual channel solid state drive with RAID 0 technology.
You can already place a pre-order for the VAIO S Series laptops from today onwards with prices starting from around $970 and above, depending on the type of components as well as innards that you would like to see. If the optional sheet battery is your cup of tea, you will need to top up another additional $150 thereabouts.
Verbatim Wireless Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard for iPad and iPhone
The iPhone and iPad are pretty darn fine devices in their own right, otherwise how else are you able to explain the phenomenal sales figures of both, alongside frenzied lines that form with the release of each device, what more the iPad 2? This just goes to show how popular Apple products are throughout the world, and that is certainly an opportunity for other third party accessory manufacturers to churn out accessories to go with your iOS-powered devices.Verbatim, being a name that is more often than not associated with storage devices, are now back with their Wireless Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard for both the iPad and iPhone. Makes perfect sense, and chances are business oriented folks will be picking this up since they would most probably find it to be rather challenging to churn out a business document in record time using nothing but a touchscreen display interface and virtual keyboard.
Shipping to retailers nationwide, the Wireless Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard for iPad and iPhone was specially designed to work with Bluetooth-enabled iPads and iPhones. Coming in an extremely slim form factor, this foldable keyboard will be able to deliver a far more familiar typing method to both iPad and iPhone users, as it makes it a whole lot easier to compose e-mails and other important documents using their touchscreen devices.
Apart from that, the keyboard’s media console can also play, pause and control iTunes music directly without missing a beat. As mentioned earlier, its form factor makes it a snap to tote around, and when folded, you can stuff it in just about any pants pocket. Each $79.99 purchase will be accompanied by a premium carrying case and iPhone stand, where the latter is a snap to slide away and stored into the keyboard body itself, doubling up as a convenient way of doing things while offering protection simultaneously.
Just make sure you have enough AAA batteries to go along with the Wireless Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard.
VIA Eden X2 processor ready to make its mark
VIA’s upcoming Eden X2 processor is touted to be the lowest power dual-core processor in the industry, where it has been specially optimized for fanless implementation across a broad range of industrial and commercial embedded systems. Of course, if you want to lay your eyes on the VIA Eden X2, expect to be at the Embedded World 2011, Nuremberg, Germany as that is where it will debut.The range of VIA Eden X2 processors will bring together VIA’s signature ‘Eden’ fanless design principles, and it will come in a highly optimized, power-efficient dual-core architecture. This translates to rock-solid stability for mission critical embedded systems that will not see any compromise on performance or features. Your peace of mind is further ensured With a component longevity guarantee of 7 years, now how about that? This will certainly raise the bar and then some for other component manufacturers.
Taking advantage of the latest 40nm manufacturing process, VIA Eden X2 processors will merge a couple of 64-bit, superscalar VIA Eden cores on one die, while delivering enhanced multi-tasking and superb multimedia performance without sipping up too much juice. After all, it is well noted that VIA Eden X2 processors are the most power-efficient processors on the market, and were specially designed to offer the ideal solution for fanless system design.
VIA Eden X2 processors will also deliver additional features which include VIA VT virtualization, which actually is a technology that enables legacy software and applications to be used in virtual scenarios without having any adverse impact on performance.
All VIA Eden X2 processors are natively 64-bit compatible, and this makes for an essential transition for the future of the embedded industry as 64-bit operating systems such as Windows Embedded Standard 7 will pave the way for vastly improved data throughput per clock cycle. You won’t expect it to hit the market anytime soon though, as VIA Eden X2 Processors are currently undergoing sampling at the moment
iBUYPOWER offers new Intel 6 Series chipset systems
Looking for a new computer or want to upgrade your current rig? iBUYPOWER has the right kind of systems up your alley, where they have just announced new systems that feature ‘Sandy Bridge’ Intel 2nd Generation Core Processors, boasting the new B3 revision Intel chipsets which will already do away with issues reported by Intel late last month.
Among the systems with the revised Intel chipsets include iBUYPOWER’s flagship system, the Chimera XLC, where it will feature its scorching hot flame painted chassis as well as a cooling system that makes it a snap to overclock your system without worrying too much. The Chimera will sport a gargantuan 240mm radiator a 200mm fan and five 120mm fans which will keep things cool – even during the sweltering summer.
Apart from that, these new Sandy Bridge CPUs deliver improved overclockability and for customers to take full advantage of this feature, they can do so with iBUYPOWER’s Power Drive Overclocking service. You will be able to choose from a Level 1 (10% faster), Level 2 (20% faster) or Level 3 (30% faster) CPU performance boost.
