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Motorola XOOM Android Tablet smartphone
February 28, 2011 1:04 pmOver the past few weeks, we’ve seen all kinds of stories about the Motorola Xoom, with it being launched with Honeycomb at CES, showing off a fancy new Superbowl commercial rivaling the Apple iPad, coming without Flash at launch, being unlocked and rooted to name a few. Here’s another to add to the list which shows the hardware of the Xoom and what it’s capable of handling.
The Motorola Xoom has successfully been overclocked to 1.5GHz by XDA member coolbho3000. As seen in the video below, the Xoom is really cooking after getting some extra GHz breathing room, and looks to be pretty stable at that speed. If you want to find out how you can get it running faster, hit the link here for the XDA forum.
Motorola Xoom tablet overclocked to 1.5GHz
Redefining the tablet by providing more ways to have fun, connect with friends and stay productive on the go, the Motorola XOOM for Verizon Wireless boasts a dual core processor with each core running at 1 GHz, 10.1-inch widescreen HD display, and 3G connectivity (which can be upgraded to 4G in coming months). Winner of the Best of Show award at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the XOOM also offers support for Adobe Flash Player–enabling you to view the web without compromise.
Dual-core processing, Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform, and 10.1-inch HD multi-touch display (see larger image). |
It runs Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, which offers a multi-touch, holographic user interface that improves on Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization. It also offers the latest Google Mobile innovations, including Google Maps 5.0 with 3D interaction, access to over 3 million Google eBooks and Google Talk with video and voice chat.
The Motorola XOOM features a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video chats over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G LTE via Google Talk, as well as a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera that captures video in 720p HD. The 10.1-inch display delivers console-like gaming performance on its 1280 x 800-pixel display, and it features a built-in gyroscope, barometer, e-compass, accelerometer, and adaptive lighting for new types of applications.
Other features include a 32 GB internal memory, memory expansion via optional microSD cards (with future software upgrade), Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking with Mobile Hotspot capabilities, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, access to personal and corporate e-mail, HD 1080p video playback, HDMI output for connecting to a compatible HDTV or monitor, and a 3250 mAh battery for up to 10 hours of Wi-Fi internet browsing.
Upgradeable to 4G LTE Mobile Broadband
Comfortable in your hands (see larger image). |
The Motorola XOOM will offer 3G/Wi-Fi-enabled connectivity at launch. Verizon Wireless will offer a free upgrade to its 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network in the coming months (learn more about 4G below). When upgraded, the XOOM’s 4G LTE connectivity will enjoy speeds up to 10 times faster than Verizon Wireless’ 3G network. Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network currently reaches one-third of all Americans, with plans to expand the network to the company’s entire 3G coverage area over the next three years.
Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Specifically optimized for devices with larger screen sizes such as tablets, the Android 3.0 platform (dubbed Honeycomb) introduces a brand new, truly virtual and “holographic” UI design. Five customizable Home screens give you instant access to all parts of the system–no matter what screen or app you’re in–and each Home screen offers a familiar launcher for access to all installed applications, as well as a Search box for universal search of apps, contacts, media files, web content, and more.
Scrollable and stackable widgets (see larger image). |
The redesigned YouTube app (see larger image). |
Multitasking in Android 3.0 is easier than ever, and you can use the Recent Apps list in the System Bar to see the tasks underway and quickly jump from one application context to another. You’ll even see a snapshot of the last screen viewed in that app as a visual reminder. The Android onscreen keyboard has also been redesigned to make entering text fast and accurate on larger screen sizes.
Other features in Android 3.0 Honeycomb include:
- Scrollable and stacked widgets let you scroll or flick through content within the widget itself, on the home page, without opening the application.
- Unobtrusive notification system displays icons for different notifications (messages, downloads, system updates, etc.) in the lower right corner. Just touch the digital time display to open the entire notification panel.
- Redesigned YouTube application with a cool 3D gallery.
- Android Market for Android 3.0 is your one-stop-shop for eBooks, games, and applications.
A Complete Web Experience, with Support for Adobe Flash
With Android 3.0, the Toshiba Tablet provides support for Adobe Flash, delivering a complete web experience to help you explore, discover, and interact. You’ll enjoy more satisfying social networking, games, streaming video and more, with all the animations you expect.
On-The-Go Productivity
For working on the go, the Motorola XOOM provides constant connectivity–including connecting to Gmail or Exchange email; opening and editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations; and viewing calendars and sending out appointments or meeting notices–with mobile broadband speeds. Its mobile hotspot capability provides an online connection for up to 5 other Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Open documents, spreadsheets and presentations, edit them on a virtual QWERTY or optional Motorola Bluetooth Wireless keyboard, and send them back lightning fast.
Optional speaker dock (see larger). |
Power Accessories beyond the Charger
The Motorola XOOM has a wide range of optional accessories to expand its power and capabilities. The “smart docks” are no longer just a place to charge your device; they make Motorola XOOM a portable play and work station that fits your lifestyle. The Standard Dock can be used for watching video content or listening to music through external speakers as the device charges. The Speaker HD Dock allows you to send HD content directly to your TV or blast your tunes without attaching external speakers.
Connectivity
- Fast 3G connectivity thanks to the reliable Verizon Wireless EV-DO, Rev A network.
- Upgradeable to ultra-fast 4G LTE connectivity via the Verizon Wireless 4G Mobile Broadband network, with expected download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps. See more about 4G LTE below.
- Onboard GPS for navigation and location services.
- Integrated Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation, street and satellite views.
- Ultra-fast Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- Mobile Hotspot capability allows you to create a Wi-Fi hotspot using your Verizon Wireless 3G/4G LTE connection, which can then be shared among up to 5 Wi-Fi-capable devices.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.1) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP audio streaming Bluetooth profiles.
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Vital Statistics
The Motorola XOOM weighs 25 ounces and measures 9.81 x 6.61 x 0.51 inches. Its 3250 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 10 hours of video playback, up to 10 hours of Wi-Fi web browsing, up to 90 hours of 3G web browsing, and up to 3.3 days of MP3 playback. It has a standby time of up to 14 days (336 hours) and an approximate 3.5-hour charge time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as EV-DO, Rev A 3G frequencies. This device can also be upgraded to the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network in the coming months.
What’s in the Box
Motorola XOOM handset, charger, data cable, quick start guide, user manual
Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband Network
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3G Network
With support for the 3G EV-DO high-speed data standard, you’ll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon Wireless multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps.
Note: The Motorola XOOM runs on the Verizon Wireless 3G network right out of the box.
4G LTE Network
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network allows you to download photos, apps, and games in seconds and entire movies in minutes. LTE (or Long Term Evolution provides significantly increased upload and download speeds over 3G networks, as well as significantly reduced latency (or lag time). Verizon Wireless expects 4G LTE average data rates to be 5-12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2-5 Mbps on the uplink in real-world, loaded network environments.
With these blazing fast speeds, you’ll be able to stream HD movies without the annoyance of constant pauses to buffer the video stream–as well as quickly download HD-quality movies right to your phone in minutes. Additionally, you’ll be able to download a new song file in about 4 seconds or upload a photo to your favorite social networking site in about 6 seconds.
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE mobile broadband network will also redefine the mobile office for business users. Business applications that used to require wired networks will be untethered forever, allowing you maximized productivity and efficiency while you’re out of the confines of your office. Enhanced security lets you tap into most VPN networks with less waiting, and faster responsiveness enables you to upload 10 MB presentations back to your team in less than 25 seconds.
Note: The Motorola XOOM is not compatible with the 4G LTE network out of the box, but it will receive a free 4G LTE upgrade in the coming months.
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Toshiba NB505-N508GN 10.1-Inch Netbook
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Technical Details For Toshiba NB505-N508GN
* Intel Atom processor N455 1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
* Configured with 1GB DDR2 (works at 667MHz, max 2GB)
* 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
* 10.1? diagonal widescreen TruBrite display at 1024 x 600 native resolution (WSVGA) with a 16:9 aspect ratio and LED backlite
* Genuine Windows 7 Starter 32-bit with a 6 cell/48Wh Lithium Ion battery pack; Battery Life (measured by MobileMark 2007): 8 hours, 21 minutes
I bought a Toshiba NB505-N508GN mainly on reputation and because I have the Toshiba laptop. I was very pleased with my purchase of a netbook. I like the
color. Netbook great work, I installed Microsoft Office 2007, I will be your memory to 2 GB My Huband improve and abroad a lot and I bought it because I
know perfectly suited Netbook Netbook for our trip.
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PGHK #291 Lau Chhu (老厝)
February 27, 2011 11:02 am[audio:http://penanghokkien.com/media/PgHkn-2011-02-28.mp3]
We have an old and a new guests on the show to talk about old buildings of Penang. We talked about Malay, Chinese, Indian, business style houses and buildings. Are you still living in one of these houses? I hope some of these old houses will be preserved as we develop into a modern society.
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PGHK #291 Lau Chhu (老厝)
11:02 am[audio:http://penanghokkien.com/media/PgHkn-2011-02-28.mp3]
We have an old and a new guests on the show to talk about old buildings of Penang. We talked about Malay, Chinese, Indian, business style houses and buildings. Are you still living in one of these houses? I hope some of these old houses will be preserved as we develop into a modern society.
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A Solid Computer Gets Faster “Apple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A”
February 26, 2011 3:31 amApple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
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Technical Details For Apple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A
* 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
* 320 GB Hard Drive, 8x DVD/CD SuperDrive, 4 GB DDR3 RAM
* 13.3 inch LED-backlit display, 1280-by-800 resolution
* Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
* High Speed Thunderbolt Port, FaceTime HD Camera, Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
I stayed at the Apple Store this morning, the MacBook Pro is available to the public and bought to replace my more than two years Unibody MacBook. These are high-quality equipment and good. My old computer which is very similar to that after two years looked good, and some scratches on the floor and the incidence is unhappy. I regret not paying more minutes and the device that is used for many hours per day, which comes into my life.
Strength of this team Unibody MacBook is about 13 cm in the CPU. It is much faster computationally intensive tasks. For example, I have a large application in C + + and XCode written on my MacBook at the end of the year 2008 might have to be developed in 16.5 minutes, 8.5 minutes MacBook the same task can be almost twice as fast. Even a 10-minute MP3 file to your iTunes AAC convert 21 seconds now takes 14 seconds. As expected, faster computer processors .
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Great, flexible device “ViewSonic ViewPad10″
February 25, 2011 7:50 amViewSonic ViewPad10 10.1-Inch Dual Boot Tablet Supports Windows Home Premium and Android OS
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Technical Details For ViewSonic ViewPad10
* ViewPad 10, 10.1″ Dual Boot OS (Windows + Android) tablet
* Supports Wi Fi 802.11b/g/n (optional 3G data module) & Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, Intel Pine trail N455 1.66GHz CPU, Mobile NM10 express chipset
* High resolution LCD screen of 1,024×600 with LED Backlight, Capacitive multi-touch with G-Sensor
* Win 7 Home Premium & Google Android (1.6) operating systems, Supports 2xUSB, mini-VGA, 1xMicro phone and 1xaudio out
* Micro SD card slot (up to 32 GB), Front 1.3MP webcam
I waited for the pill for a long time, and although there are large devices on the market of the Galaxy card, Archos 101 / 70, iPad, and they all have something missing.
Really had an eye on Bluetooth, an SD card slot and USB. Even if you is not compatible with the Android Netflix. Let’s face it, everyone wants to enjoy movies on the couch, the Tablet PC.
As usual, I tried the pill for me. On the morning of 2/11/2011, I found that I’ve seen a few movies and read a few comments. When people say that it started quickly and the fall was not only an iPad – I knew that I wanted.
Well, I spent the night.
I have is only in Android, as it was 1.6. Well, it’s Android. It’s like a big phone.
Windows 7 is really where it is. Experience is a soft-touch loads, fast, fast. I never thought that the heavy use of it, I know no more than three or four open programs (Firefox, iTunes, OpenOffice) caught.
Onscreen keyboard is great and the sensor, which it so easy to exchange views on the screen without a mouse-click (or in this case do not like) does.
Finger on the mouse. Just like a PC with a touchscreen.
People who looked at this product, compared with the iPad. If you just want to compare Android IPAD not only because Windows 7 opens up new possibilities of mobile operating systems.
It also uses an Intel processor is, you may want to install any operating system.
I am very happy with this and would recommend. one hundred ALL .
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HP 2511x 25-Inch LED Monitor – Black
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This monitor rocks. The first thing to notice is the casing and design, very minimalist. The packaging is very compact and I can say that HP has reduced the current package just absolutely puts it on the screen and nothing else, very good, IMO should. There are a lot of research has been published already 2511x, but basically, WLED display, I thought it might be good. I have two HP laptops at home, HP DV3510nr HP Mini-210HD. Both the laptop screen is a lower resolution and a very good black and displays the HP, I am looking for the business of the same function. HP2511x loyalty to my hypothesis.
This monitor as I said, it is very slim and well built. I have recently purchased and returned to the ASUS Monitor Newegg that I was not happy and how much can be said that HP is difficult to display settings, lighting settings. In all cases, vivid colors and pop off the screen, I would recommend this monitor to the search for simple installation slim, elegant and environmentally friendly. This ad is really at the top .
Technical Details For HP 2511x 25-Inch LED Monitor
* Full HD 1920 X 1080 resolution
* 3,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
* LED backlighting
* Ultra-slim 25-Inch diagonal monitor
* 170/160 degree viewing angles
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“Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld” Still serving my needs
February 24, 2011 3:23 amPalm Tungsten E2 Handheld
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Technical Details For Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld
* 320×320 Transflective TFT color display with touchscreen, supports more than 65,000 colors
* Built-in Bluetooth technology for connecting to compatible wireless devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, and printers
* Powerful, yet affordable, with 32 MB of memory (26 MB actual storage capacity)
* Create and edit Word, Excel, Adobe PDF, and PowerPoint compatible files
* Supports SD, SDIO and MultiMediaCard expansion-cards to add extra memory, features or content
I was lucky with the PDA. I would rather be without a voice, it seems, can not afford it, but I want the PDA to be quiet. Ideal Alerts E “calendar, shopping lists
and address book. It has Bluetooth and memory cards, and other functions, and exceeded my needs. Palm does well and it’s a shame these products was
stopped. I have this unit for years and I am pleased to replace them. Battery life was including the time between charges better than other notebooks I have
had in recent years.
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Apple iMac MC509LL/A 21.5-Inch Desktop
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Apple iMac MC509LL/A 21.5-Inch with Technical Details :
* 3.2GHz Intel Core i3
* 1TB Hard Drive, , 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM, DVD SuperDrive
* 21.5″ LED-backlit display with a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, 1920×1080 HD resolution
* ATI Radeon HD 5670 with 512MB
* Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, Magic Mouse
I decided a lot of work, photography, and to block him a chance. out of the box, I was impressed with the quality of the product. I work for an Apple product is better than any computer in the last 15 years purchased. And it was easy to set up the iMac, and in no time.
If you buy a fence around an iMac, I just want to say that it looks like the PC, but what I’ve found is the version in the Apple vs. PC. Also known as PC is an application in jargon, but what happened I think the iMac is the best buy. I used a couple of weeks and I can not really find a complaint at the moment. I work with Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3 and 5 of the iMac, and it is very flat. I love it. I still have my computer on the network as well, but the iMac is to increase the amount of work each day, when the iMac.
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Toshiba NB505-N508BL Connect well with Android phone
February 23, 2011 7:22 amToshiba NB505-N508BL 10.1-Inch Netbook (Blue)
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Such as a keyboard, color reduction. To be able to write faster. The speakers are very poor, and I could barely hear the courtyard. I have the phone on my
droid. It is good. Accuracy is good. Since the Toshiba customer service.
Technical Details For Toshiba NB505-N508BL
Color: Blue
* Toshiba NB505-N508BL used Intel Atom processor N455 1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
* Configured with 1GB DDR2 (works at 667MHz, max 2GB)
* Toshiba NB505-N508BL with 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
* 10.1? diagonal widescreen TruBrite display at 1024 x 600 native resolution (WSVGA) with a 16:9 aspect ratio and LED backlite
* Toshiba NB505-N508BL build with Genuine Windows 7 Starter 32-bit with a 6 cell/48Wh Lithium Ion battery pack; Battery Life (measured by MobileMark
2007): 8 hours, 21 minutes
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