Samsung has officially announced its first solar-powered mobile phone, the Crest Solar E1107. Once this phone is exposed to the sun for one hour, i’ll be then able to soak up sun light and let you talk for 10 minutes.
Being able to soak up sun juice for its power is definitely useful especially during emergency. As long as it’s day time and sun light is available so you can then make a call after exposing the Crest Solar E1107 to the sun.
This Samsung solar cellphone is a GSM handset, which comes with common features of a cellphone including a camera, FM radios, MP3 ringtones and games. The phone also has additional security feature such as SOS alert call, and Samsung Proprietary Mobile Tracker which automatically sends out SOS message during emergency. The phone also has a fake call feature which you can pretend there is an incoming call to escape from an unsafe situation.
This Samsung green phone costs only $59 in Asian market, but it seems like no words about when it’ll be available for the Western market.
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Let’s face it. Size does matter. However, in the 21st century, smaller is definitely better when it comes to certain gadgets such as our laptops.
Here’s a rundown of a few notebooks that are guaranteed to be easy on your back, and extremely easy to carry anywhere you need to go. They are actually pretty power packed, much more so than a netbook or UMPC.
These are the 10 Thinnest and Lightest laptops on the planet.
1. MacBook Air
Source: [Apple]
2. Intel Metro
Intel’s new Metro laptop was designed by Ziba, and it measures just .7 inches thick. That’s a bout the size of a penny. It weighs just 2.25 pounds and it has flash based memory which is a big part of the reason why boasts a 14 hour battery life. The Metro laptop has not been released yet but it should be out by then end of 2009.
Source: [BusinessWeek]
3. Dell Adamo
The Dell Adamo is the latest “MacBook Air killer” contender. Slightly thinner than its rival at 13.03 x 9.5 x 0.65 inches, the Adamo is currently the world’s thinnest laptop at 4 pounds. The keyword to remember here is “thin” since it is a tad longer and wider than the Air. The Adamo’s 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor is slightly slower than the Air while its 2GB memory and 128GB solid-state drive (SSD) keep the Adamo within striking distance. The average battery life is measured at 4.5 hours.
Source: [Dell]
4. Lenovo Thinkpad X301
Source: [Cnet]
5. Voodoo Envy 133 – NV4070NA
Although the latest version of the Envy dates back to 2008, it’s thin 0.70” inch depth still makes it ultra slim worthy. The 12.65 x 9.04 x 0.70 dimensions complement its light 3.37 pounds. The SP 7700 Intel Core 2 Duo processor clocks in at 1.8GHz and is paired with roughly 2 GB of memory. The downsides to this gorgeous looking laptop are its low 80GB storage capacity and short life span of about 3 hours.
Source: [HP]
6. Sony VGN-Z598U/B
The stylish VAIO measures a decent 12.4 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches and weighs about 3.42 pounds. It is enclosed with a 2.53GHz P9500 Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB worth of SDRAM memory. The best part about this laptop is that it has a 256GB SATA hard drive and enough juice to reach 5.5 hours.
Source: [PCWorld]
7. Samsung X360
Where there’s a trend to be found, Samsung is bound to be in it. Their 12.2 x 8.9 x 1.2 laptop is the lightest of them all at 2.8 pounds. The Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 processor runs at 1.4 GHz while maintains a 3GB DDR3 memory. The X360’s 128GB SSD is similar to that of the Adamo’s but gives the Adamo a run for its money with its long lasting 6 hour battery.
Source: [Samsung]
8. Acer Timeline 3810t-8640
The 12.7 x 9 x 1.1 Timeline caters to the budget conscious corner of the ultra slim market. At 3.5 pounds, Acer provides you an Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500 processor at 1.4 GHz. Memory is also decent with its 2GB DDR3 SDRAM and 250GB SATA hard drive. The 8-hour battery life kind of makes you wonder where they got the name Timeline.
Source: [Acer]
9. Fujitsu Lifebook T2020
Source: [PCWorld]
10. HP Pavilion dv2
The dv2 is about 11.50 x 9.45 x 0.93 inches and weights almost 4 pounds. The AMD Athlon Neo Processor makes it the only non-Intel powered ultra slim laptop in the list. Fortunately, the dv2 has 4GB worth of DDR2 memory and a stunning 320GB of hard disk space. Battery might be an issue for some folks since it can only pump out about 3.5 hours at a time.
Source: [HP]
Lenovo’s IdeaCentre 600 is a pretty splashy debut: Its first ever all-in-one is a simple curved slab that’s supposedly the thinnest all-in-one in the industry.
Beyond the form factor—which borrows liberally from the new Star Trek and the iMac (the frameless black bezel looks like it was copy and pasted)—it’s actually a disappointingly standard all-in-one affair, with a smallish 21.5-inch screen and nothing you can’t get on the new Vaio LV.
And it’s missing, at least from the spec sheet, one of the Vaio’s killer features—HDMI in, which would let it be a total bedroom TV replacement. Still, it does have an awesome Swiss Army knife of a remote—it’s an air mouse, accelerometer controller for games and Skype VOIP handset (it acts like a cordless phone).
It starts at $999, but all the cool stuff (like Blu-ray) is add-ons, so it’ll probably get pricey pretty fast.
IdeaCentre A600 All-in-One Desktop[Lenovo]
Lenovo brings consumers the next generation of desktop computing with the IdeaCentre A600 – Lenovo’s first all-in-one desktop. The new, sleek IdeaCentre A600 all-in-one features a 21.5-inch frameless screen, and provides discerning space-conscious and style-conscious users a modern design that measures only one inch at its slimmest point, making it the slimmest all-in-one in the industry2.
For the entertainment enthusiast, the all-in-one offers a true Hi-Def experience featuring a 16:9 aspect ratio screen for cinema-like viewing and support for 1920×1080 full HD resolution delivering outstanding image quality. The integrated speaker system includes a bass sub-woofer and Dolby® Home Theatre™ audio certification, while the optional Blu-ray player completes the home cinema experience. Users can also take advantage of a digital TV tuner for watching and recording their favorite TV programs. Users can opt to include the Microsoft Vista Media Center for easy recording of TV programs and interactive navigation between videos, music and TV programs.
For gaming enthusiasts, Lenovo developed the first-of-its-kind 4-in-1 optional remote controller. It is the first to bring PC users the ability to play games using the remote control’s ‘motion drive’ feature, which controls on-screen objects according to the movement of the remote.
Unlike competitor’s remotes, the Lenovo 4-in-1 remote controller can also be used as a VOIP handset3 to make and receive phone calls over the Internet, similar to a typical cordless telephone. The remote also serves as a media center/TV remote, and with Microsoft Vista Media Center users can use the controller to operate DVDs, movies and TV. Additionally, the remote also functions as an “air mouse” so it can be used to operate the cursor on the screen, eliminating the inconvenience of using a wired mouse.
At the core of the all-in-one is a powerful desktop computer with choices of Intel® Core™2 Duo processors, optional ATI Radeon™ graphics card technology with DirectX10 support, up to 4GB of fast DDR3 memory for improved multitasking, and up to 1TB (1000GB) of hard drive space for storing hundreds of videos, music and other documents. Equipped with the latest high-performance mobile processor technology, the all-in-one runs whisper-quiet even when performing intensive tasks.
The IdeaCentre A600 all-in-one offers several connectivity options including high-speed WiFi, a 6-in-1 media card reader, side-mounted USB and FireWire ports with additional USB ports on the rear of the panel. The all-in-one also features VeriFace™ facial recognition technology which allows users to use his/her facial image as the logon password.
IdeaCentre A600
21.5-inch frameless screen, full HD resolution 1920 X 1080 resolution
Intel Pentium Dual Core & Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors
Intel G45M Chipset
DDR3 1066MHz, 1GB-4GB and up to 1 TB (1,000 GB) of HD space
Integrated graphics with support for DirectX10 , Optional DX10 256M OR 512M OR ATI graphics
Connectivity – Intel a/b/g Optional a/b/g/n, Ethernet
VeriFace 3.5 facial recognition
Dolby Home Theatre
Optional Blu-Ray DVD player
Optional hybrid analogue/digital TV tuner
Touch sensitive controls
Optional 4-in-1 remote control
6-in-1 card reader
6 USB 2.0 ports and 1 firewire (1394)
1.3 or 2 megapixel camera
Vista Premium, Vista Basic
WinDVD （for Blu-ray ODD), Motion drive games, Veri-face 3.5, PC Care 1.1, Rescue System 2.0 (OKR5.7), Live tool bar, Power2Go, Windows Home Premium SP1 32 , Home Basic SP 1 32bit
Now instead of just glancing at your watch and looking for hands that point at numbers, you can stare at the moon cycle. This Monwatch is meant to be very deep and thought provoking. Although truthfully I think it’s probably just created by a Twilight obsessed fan. Just a theory. Apparently, it’s meant to establish some sort of a relationship between the moon cycle and a person’s emotional state. Yes, they really said that.
If that doesn’t sound like a Twilight fan, I don’t know what does. Now should you no longer want to stare at the moon cycle, you can push a handy little button and check the time. One would think that it would show the time all the time, then you push a button to find out moon cycle, but that’s far too normal. In order to find out the price on these you’ll have to contact The Emotion Lab.
Source: FashionablyGeek
