Another quad core smart phone will be joining the HTC One X very soon. The Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung’s upcoming Android phone is very hyped up by many individuals. Successor to the S and S II, the S III will be have new technology that allows for advanced intelligence. The S III has a scheduled release sometime June or July this year, prices will depend on carriers. There have already been leaked videos that have confirmed the S III’s specs and gives some extra info as well.
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and 7.0 will be releasing to the public on separate days and for different prices. The 10.1 will make its way to the market on May 13, coming up very soon for $400. The 7.0 has already been released since April 22 which was less than a month ago, now retailing for $250. If you want a more portable tablet device with many functions, the 7.0 would suit you better. But if you really want to enjoy yourself and don’t mind the size and weight difference, the 10.0 is for you. Both tablets will be available in Titanium Silver or Pure White depending on your preference.
We’ve heard of tablets with keyboard docks: Asus Transfomer TF300 and laptops with hinges enabling the use of a tablet: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga. But ever wonder if all three devices can be put into one? The Asus PadFone demonstrates this very well, and it looks a lot like a futuristic tape recorder too. The smartphone (PadFone) can be inserted into the back of the tablet (PadFone Station) like a tape into a tape recorder and like the TF300, there will be a keyboard dock for the tablet. It has also been confirmed that there will be contract prices from phone carriers. The smartphone itself will be priced at $610 US, the smartphone, tablet and bluetooth stylus which doubles as a headset will value $850 US, and the whole package including the keyboard dock will cost a total of $980 US.
If you’ve read my other review on the Asus Transformer Pad TF300 then you’re in for a bit of surprise. Instead of a tablet with a keyboard dock add-on making it a netbook, we now have the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga, which is an ultrabook that is able to bend back into a tablet. With a 360 degree dual-hinge flip and fold design, the Yoga will be available in the second half of 2012 with an estimated starting retail price of $1,199. Mentioned at CES 2012, the Yoga will have 4 modes enabled by the hinges. With no specified names for these positional stands, the modes are standard laptop, convertible tablet, stand, and tent.
What’s your favourite Lamborghini model? I was thinking the ASUS-Automobili Lamborghini VX7SX, but in this case, it isn’t a car. The VX7SX is a top of the line performance gaming laptop. As you might have noticed, it was designed by Lamborghini, the Italian grand touring car manufacturer. If you look at the similarities between the car and the laptop, you can even see that there are ‘tail lights’ on the laptop. Just like the touring car, this laptop is built for speed, in style.
With a read speed of up to 520MB/s and a write speed of 400MB/s, Samsung’s 256GB Solid State Drive 830 Series (desktop) is a perfect desktop hard drive replacement. Weighing in at only 0.14 lbs with a thickness of 7mm it is a 2.5” SSD that is engineered to be compatible with most desktops on the market. The case is made of a brushed metal that blocks dust and corrosion. The entire package includes the SSD, a bracket, SATA cable, power cable and recommended software such as Norton Ghost 15 and SSD Magician 3.0 with user guides. In order to save power the 830 series uses 0.12W power consumption and maintains an operating temperature of 32 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
Introducing the Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook, designed with portability thanks a duralumin chasis. This is the same material used on advanced aircrafts and is twice as strong as aluminum. Why lug around a huge laptop when you can carry an ultrabook that weighs less than 3 pounds (2.88lbs) and is an thinner than a inch (0.62″-0.62″)? Mobility is nothing without speed which the Series 9 shows. With less than a 10 second boot time and a wake up time of 3 seconds, you no longer have to go to the washroom while waiting for your computer to boot up. Knowing that people like their bright screens, Samsung has even bumped up the brightness of their ultrabook to 400nits!
Successor to the Asus Transformer Prime, the Asus Transformer Pad TF300 is much cheaper and fixes many of the problems that appeared in the Prime. Although the screen my not be as bright and the battery life won’t last as long as the Prime, the $100 difference in the prices is something to consider. Just yesterday, the TF300 released in US retailing at $379 for the 16 GB version and $399 for the 32 GB version. If you want the keyboard dock, which is the main feature of this tablet, it will cost you another $149 to a grand total of about $530-550! This may seem very expensive and nearly matches the price of Apple’s iPad, but with the dock you can use the TF300 as both a tablet and netbook.
Ultimately, buying a One X is like getting a unicorn — its wild, fast, white, beautiful, expensive and fickle.”
— Engadget
The iPhone 4S by Apple now has some competition, the HTC One X. Coming in both black or white, the One X weighs 130 g (with battery) and is 134.4 (H) x 69.9 (W) x 8.9 mm (D). Being one of the first quad-core HTC phone, it comes with a 1.5 GHz quad-core NvidiaTegra 3 CPU (or 1.5 Ghz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4) chip, 1 GB RAM and a Nvidia ULP GeForce GPU. The One X will be released in North America on May 6th, 2012 which is very near and anticipating. Like many of today’s smartphones the One X will be running on Android 4.0 mobile operating system with HTC Sense 4.0 GUI.
Looking for a cheap Macbook Pro clone? The HP Envy 15-3040nr is an 15.6″ laptop with a performance CPU and GPU. Not only is it powerful in terms of specs but is also sleek with a nice design by HP. The entire exterior of the Envy 15 is made of aluminium with a black casing which has the HP logo in the bottom hand corner of the shell. It is quite light weight in terms of powerful laptops because it weighs 5.79 pounds and is only 1.1″ thick.
If you’re like me, you have two or three monitors set up in your office or home for your computing needs. This product review is worth the read if this sounds like you. GeChic recently developed the On-Lap 1301, an add-on monitor for laptops, which went on sale in the UK in October. This external monitor sports a 13.3″ display with a max resolution of 1366 x 768. For $199, it’s a pretty good value, considering that a typical portable dual-monitor setup would cost much more. For example, a dual-screened laptop such as the Acer Iconia can set you back $989 on Amazon.
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