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Lenovo IdeaPad U1 – Use as a Netbook at Home and Take Just the Screen On The Road

by Jay Garrett on January 5, 2010

For those that want to stay hip with the latest fashions Lenovo bring you the IdeaPad U1.

Everyone seems to be talking about tablets and/or netbooks – Boom! The IdeaPad U1 is both!

You can use it as an Intel Core Duo SU processored Windows 7 netbook who’s spec includes 4GB of RAM, 2 USB ports, HDMI and a 4-in-1 memory reader.

But when it’s all about tablet computing, say, running a version of Linux – just hoik the screen from the IdeaPad U1’s body.

As easy as that.

The tablet section of the IdeaPad U1 has a Qualcomm ARM Snapdragon chip and 512MB of RAM all of its own. There’s even a 1.3MP webcam!

It’s gotta be more useful than just being a German bus seat.

The clever 2-in-1 Lenovo IdeaPad U1 will cost somewhere around the $1000 mark when it shows itself in June. Expect more deets when the CES kicks off :)

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8GB Apple iPhone 3GS Coming Soon

by Jay Garrett on December 29, 2009

To me this is very plausible.

It seems that Apple may be dropping the 8gb iPhone 3G in favour of a similarly memoried 3Gs.

A forum user on the German ‘apfeltalk‘ ordered a regular refurbed 8GB iPhone 3G and that’s exactly what he got.

But – the interesting thing was that the packaging was for an 8GB version of the latest model, the 3GS!

As everyone here surely knows – you can only get the 3Gs in 16GB and 32GB versions. This means an unlikely typo on the packaging or Apple has got their new boxes all mixed up with the outgoing stock – ooopsy!

User .David commented on the forums (translated via Google Translate):

“Seems to be an iPhone 3G (back and no compass, FW) 3.0.1 on it. However, the packaging is clearly designed for an iPhone 3G [S] 8GB. Ordered was a refurbished 3G iPhone 8GB.

Vote: who have a refurbished iPhone 3G in a new packaging of the packaged iPhone 3G [S] 8GB, because the enhancement is clearly new. Which clearly indicates that the sale of the iPhone 3G [S] 8GB immediately imminent.”

When you weigh up the facts:

  • The 3G model is now over 18 months old.
  • It looks like Apple’s building up to launch a fourth model in June.
  • It doesn’t make sense to have three different models on the market at the same time.

Apple will be holding an event on the 26th of January so as well as the iSlate we might see the entry-level 3Gs there ;)

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Dyson Add to the Decepticon Arsenal – Transformers: Vacuums in Disguise

June 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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You may be well aware that on Friday the 19th of June, the second Transformers film from director Michael Bay will be out to watch.
Well, as well as seeing Megan Fox in a pair of cut-off denim shorts you’ll also get to see a cute little addition to the robot arsenal: a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
Yup [...]

Nokia N97 – Latest Smartphone Released in UK

June 2, 2009 Click to read more →
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Nokia announced that their new N Series flagship smartphone, the N97, is going to hit Great Britain on 19th June.
This is after announcements of March and then July 2009.
The touchscreen, QWERTY-padded, S60 5th edition N97 will bounce first from the Regent Street Nokia Store – time to start camping out if you’re one of those [...]

Apple Buys 100 Million 8GB Chips (greedy!) – Plenty Many New iPhones on Horizon!

April 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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More news to fuel the Mac Fanboys and girls delight!
DigiTimes is reporting that Apple has placed a huge order for 100 million 8 GB (I’m guessing that’s GigaBit and not GigaByte) flash storage chips, mainly from Samsung, these will then be combined into larger capacities.
Check out that quantity people!
That’s twice the size of last year’s [...]

New iPhone Parts are Readied for June 2009 Release

April 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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I think that most of us are pretty certain that a new iPhone model (maybe even two if the iPhone Nano makes an appearance) will be announced in June.
Now the Commercial Times have chipped in with a report that states components from Taiwan-based suppliers have started being shipped to Apple’s China-based assemblers in preparation for [...]

Apple WWDC: June 8 – 12 2009

March 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference will be happening on June 8th – 12th.
Let’s hope that we’ll get the heads-up about the new iPhone that will go hand-in-hand with the iPhone 3.0 OS.
We also may get a glimpse of the rumoured Snow Leopard’s user interface upgrade named ‘Marble’.
Exciting stuff yeah?

Does iPhone 3.0 Point to 2.1 Hardware Upgrades?

March 18, 2009 Click to read more →

After the excitement of the iPhone OS 3.0 announcement there’s a few people taking the improvements as hints of what the next iPhone will be capable of – whether or not it will look like the 4G iPhone concept pic who knows!
So, what could we expect the iPhone 2.1 to be packing?
Let’s have a guess……
The obvious [...]

O2 to Drop iPhone Price for New iPhone in Summer

March 15, 2009 Click to read more →

O2 seems to be doing quite well with lovely phone tech.
They’ve managed to get the iPhone and now they’ve swiped the much loved Palm Pre.
Now it’s looking like they’ll get the new iPhone.
New iPhone – you read right!
According to Mobile Today the service provider, O2, will be cutting the price of the iPhone in May.
This [...]

3 New iPhones for 2009! Yup, THREE!

February 7, 2009 Click to read more →

We’ve all heard that there could well be a new iPhone for 2009 – but howsabout 3?
A Canadian (I have to believe them then as I’m Canadian!) research firm called Canaccord Adams predicts that Apple is planning to release three new iPhone models this year!
According to this rumor Apple would release a top of the [...]

Live Luggage – Not What Terry Pratchett Planned

June 24, 2008 Click to read more →

3 years in the making and now the power assisted Live Luggage is here!
And there will be a “world premier” on June 26th.
The PA series of checked baggage features a 12V NiMH rechargeable battery pack supplying power to the wheels when the handle is gripped and the bag is tilted.
The bags weigh 10.6kg (23-pounds) which [...]

DS Gets Guitar Hero – LETS RAWK!

June 13, 2008 Click to read more →

You’ve been waiting long enough and now it seems the moment is almost upon us!
Toys ‘R’ Us reckon that Guitar Hero for the Nintendo DS will be on their shelves in UK on 29 June.
This Ninti portable version will feature the same rhythm-based play-along-to-the-music vibe by using its very own peripheral – the “Guitar Grip”.
The [...]

Sony Ericsson Let Slip Alicia – Walkman Clamshell Phone

June 13, 2008 Click to read more →

Sony Ericsson are planning some major mobile phone launches for the 17 June but it appears they’re unable to stop leaked pics and spoilers.  Yay!
The next phone that has managed to slip from under SE’s security blanket and follows the snazzy 8.1 mp Cybershot Shiho for its bid for freedom is called Alicia – for now.
Alicia is a clamshell and is being described [...]

Sony Ericsson Shiho – Cybershot C905 Pics Released

June 11, 2008 Click to read more →

Well, helloooooooooo.
Sony Ericsson have allowed this lovely slider phone to get out and about prior to any official announcements.
It is, in fact (as far as I know), the Cyber-shot C905 – codenamed “Shiho.”
Now, if the grapevine is to be believed this snapper/blower combo is pretty much packed.
Rumour has it that the camera is no less than 8.1 megapixels and is teamed up [...]

Apple WWDC 2008 Times and Places To Be At: Spy Pics

June 6, 2008 Click to read more →

Photos: Gernot Poetsch
Alrighty!!
It’s time to synchronise your timepieces people!  If, like me, you wont be over in the states on Monday Enadget will be feeding us the good stuff.
If you (possibly) want to get all the juice about the:

3G iPhone
Mid-range Mac desktop
Tablet MacBook
Tablet iPod touch
New MacBook Pros

Hang on though.  This is the WWDC (World Wide Developer [...]