Tag: mini

Palm Pre Mini on the way too?

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An interesting nugget of info popped up on the web this morning about Palm’s Pre and the company’s plans after the device is launched. It looks like they’re “very far along” in the development of a second Pre-like device that’ll be smaller and lighter.

There’s not much in the way of details just yet, except that this will most likely be targeting a completely different sector of the market to the Pre. There’s no word on whether it’ll have a physical keyboard like its big brother – the smaller devices get, the more uncomfortable physical keyboards are.

It looks like the device will be out in late 2009, possibly as soon as Autumn. We’ll have to wait and see whether it gets showed off at IFA in late August, but they’re unlikely to officially unveil it there.

(via TechCrunch)

Duncan Geere Mobile phones

Toshiba issues its second netbook – the Mini NB200

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Not very hot on the heels of the Toshiba NB100 comes the second netbook in the range, the NB200. It’s not blowing any other netbooks out of the water, but it’s a solid improvement on the original.

A 10.1″ display at 1024 x 600 will be displaying Windows XP. Sadly there’s no Linux option, though you might want to try Windows 7 on it. There’s a 160GB hard drive, with ‘shock protection’, and a 1.66GHz Atom processor. A ‘premium edition’ comes with an isolation keyboard and 9-cell battery.

The NB200 will be out in May, and cost from £319 to £359. There’s a few different configurations available, so that price might wobble a bit, but it’s basically about £350. Worth it? We’ll get one in for review and let you know, but it looks good on paper.

(via Trusted Reviews)

Duncan Geere Computers, Laptops / Notebooks

Mac Mini refresh finally announced

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There’s been rumours of a an upgrade of the Mac Mini for ages. First, back in December we thought it’d come at Macworld. Then, in Feb, we tracked down an image with a surfeit of USB ports and some basic specs. Then, yesterday, we thought the refresh would come at the end of this month.

Well, Apple has confounded all our expectations, and has announced a new Mac Mini, with the following specs:

  • 5x USB
  • 1x FireWire 800
  • 1x mini DVI
  • 1x Display poort
  • Nvidia chipset (like the newest MacBook)
  • starting at Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz
  • 2 GB DDR3 memory (max 4 GB)
  • 120 GB hard disk (max 320 GB)

Not bad eh? Not face-meltingly good specs, but they’ll do. As with every Apple product announced ever, it’s available now, and costs £XXX.

Apple UK

Duncan Geere Computers, Home cinema

Pano selling what appears to be an empty box – the Pano Zero Client cloud computer

It’s not often we can feature a photograph of a computer at very nearly life size here on the main page, but the Pano Zero Client has helped fulfil that minor ambition.

It’s a tiny little computer designed entirely around streaming “cloud” apps via the internet or from an internal network, hence its small size – there’s nothing in it apart from the bits the Ethernet, VGA and USB ports plug into. It only uses 5 Watts, so it’ll be fine to leave it on doing whatever it is that it does all night.

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According to Pano, the Zero Client has “no CPU, no memory, no operating system…

Gary Cutlack Computers, Laptops / Notebooks

Mimo 7" LCD screens – a little bit of screen, for a little bit of cash

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I’m a big fan of multi-monitor setups. Although they look a little ridiculous, they really do enhance your productivity no end. At the moment, though, adding another monitor can be tough. Unless you’ve got a bad-ass graphics card, it usually requires the installation of a new one, then you’ve got to mess about with drivers, and OH it’s all so complicated…

Duncan Geere Computers, Monitors

Asus announcement of the day: The 15.6in All-In-One-Touch Screen PC

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Yesterday, all Asus announced was some boring old motherboards. Yesterday was a very sad day for Asus fans. But today it’s back on the hot PC hardware scene with this odd little Eee-branded mini desktop.

It is the Asus All-In-One-Touch Screen PC, which has a 15.6″ 16:10 widescreen display, does wi-fi, runs Windows XP, contains an Intel Atom, has 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. Which is all you need to sit in front of staring at the internet all evening until the pains in your eyes and shoulders tell you it’s time for bed…

Gary Cutlack Computers, Laptops / Notebooks