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ASUS kicks out four new XP-based Eee PCs for Taiwan {Engadget}
Aug 19th 2008 12:20PM The 901 seems to have a reputation for being slow. I received a 701 last week and am quite impressed with how XP performs on it (RAM upgraded to 2GB). Boot time is 50 secs. An amazing little device for $299.
I can now understand why so many are enthusiastic about the low-end EeePCs.
REDFLY now available for $499, purpose even less clear {Engadget}
Aug 7th 2008 6:28PM @chefgon_ign:
You miss the point. With a netbook you introduce yet another device that needs to be synced. With the Redfly no additional syncing is required... I sync my WM smartphone to my notebook already. The Redfly simply gives me an alternate way to access the same data... NOT replicate that data.
I use ListPro to organize data. I have the desktop windows version and the Windows Mobile version. Both copies are automatically synced. With the Redfly, I have access to that data because it is already there. With a netbook, I would have to ensure that the data is copied over to the netbook (or put it on some online storage area and hope that I have a net connection when I need it).
REDFLY now available for $499, purpose even less clear {Engadget}
Aug 7th 2008 5:16PM Yes it is available, but not for all smartphones. The Redfly is still in beta test for the T-Mobile Dash. As soon as it is supported, I'll be getting one. Why? Because it will be quite handy on family trips to be able to take a single Redfly that my wife can use with her Dash and I can use with mine than it is to take a full-fledged notebook along.
The nice thing about the Redfly is that you can leverage all of what you currently have on your phone without yet another device to support, maintain fixes, etc.
It's not for everyone, and I'd prefer if it were $300, but it definitely fits a need.
Mole sez Xbox 360 price cuts coming in September: Arcade for $199 {Engadget}
Aug 1st 2008 8:38PM I find that a 1TB harddrive on a PS3 makes a more capable multimedia jukebox than an XBox360 (with or without access to a WMCE PC).
Sylvania's G netbook gets some specs {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2008 1:29PM I will be shocked (and buy one immediately) if this thing is on store shelves at $299. The so-called "race to the bottom" has been run and Asus won. The race is over and now notebook makers are moving up the pricing scale with under-featured under-powered systems at price-points that entry-level full-functioned notebooks once resided in.
ASUS R50A UMPC lands in FCC, is promptly torn apart {Engadget}
Jul 29th 2008 12:27PM I call shenanigans. How can it be an Asus device if it isn't Eee-something? ;-)
Dead Rising: Compare 'til you drop {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
Jul 26th 2008 12:49AM Dead Rising was my all-time favorite game when I owned a 360. I'm excited to see it come to the Wii. Just a reminder for the naysayers... there may have been a lot of zombies on-screen on the 360, but they were simply "moving background wallpaper"... as you walked closer to them "active" zombies suddenly appeared.
I remember how frustrating it was to clear out a section only to turn around and see the just-cleared area chock full of zombies again.
HP mulling lower cost Mini-Note laptop {Engadget}
Jul 24th 2008 6:23PM When HP states that they are going to produce a LESS durable product... run... run away... fast. Is it even possible for HP to produce less durable notebooks than they already do and still function on day-1?
I was quite disappointed at how quickly my dv-9000 notebook died. It was an absolutely beautiful battleship notebook. Great performance and great features. Terrible quality.
Report says Sony is planning a netbook, apparently news to Sony {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2008 3:50PM Forget a netbook... Sony, just produce a nice portable QWERTY keyboard for the PSP please. ;-)
Two new Kindle models on the horizon? {Engadget}
Jul 16th 2008 11:36AM I'll consider a Kindle when they are not so proprietary. Allow me to put my own content on it without having to go through Amazon's service and it might actually be useful.
