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Acer Iconia Dual-Screen Laptop

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What is it?
There has been many concept and attempts at a dual-screen laptop. Making use of the area where keyboards used to be can add a lot of features and today we have reached closer to making these type of laptops a mainstay – the Acer Iconia.

What it has?
- 14-inch HD screen with 1366×768 resolution
- Gorilla Glass are scratch and fingerprint resistant
- Acer Ring is the lauch pad
- Virtual Keyboard includes full-size QWERTY layout with perdictive words
- Gesture Editor for customized gestures
- Windows and applications can be moved across displays
- Touch-based editing programs
- Intel Core i5 processors

What it needs?
The TimelineX series laptop from Acer has great battery life, let’s hope it’s flashier siblings can be powered by battery long enough to enjoy the dual screens.

Source: Engadget

Toshiba FOLIO 100

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What is it?
Another Android Tablet, this time from Toshiba. While the FOLIO 100 has been introduced a while back, it is finally available for purchase today.

What it has?
- NVIDIA Tegra 2
- 25.7cm (10.1 in) capacitive Multi-Touch display with 1,024 x 600 pixels
- Based on Android 2.2 (Froyo)
- On-board storage capacity: 16 GB
- Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
- WLAN (802.11 b/g/n)
- Mobile Broadband (available Q1 2011)
- DLNA compatible
- 1 x mini HDMI, 1 x USB 2.0 (client and hub), SD/MMC Card Reader
- Supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1
- Rotation of displayed content on the screen by accelerometer
- Webcam with 1.3MP
- Battery life: 7 hours
- Weight: 760g
- Size: 281mm x 181mm x 14mm

What it needs?
The pricing is a bit too high – coming in at $600 and $700, the more expensive one gets you 3G access.

Source: Engadget

ICD Gemini Tablet

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What is it?
The ICD Gemini is a tablet prototype that was caught on camera by Engadget. If this model does go into retail, it will definitely be a great tablet indeed!

What it has?
- 11.2″ touchscreen LCD at 1366 x 768
- NVIDIA Tegra 2.1 GHz
- Android OS
- 300 x 191 x 15.6 mm
- 512MB DDR RAM
- 4GB flash memory
- SD Card slot (up to 32GB)
- 3G chip for data and VOICE!
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
- Bluetooth 2.1 & Infared Sensor
- FM Radio & GPS chip
- MicroUSB port
- 5MP camera on the rear and 2MP camera in the front
- HDMI out and 1080p video playback

What it needs?
The ICD Gemini is definitely packed with features, but to make it a true competitor out there, it needs Windows 7, then it will be a full blown computer in a tablet form.

Source: Engadget

Apple iPad – Launch Day

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What is it?
The Apple iPad has been announced for a while now, but today is the launch day and so we will take a look at it while the the few and the proud have their hands all over its fingerprint-attracting surface. The cheapest model comes in at $499 and the most expensive comes in at $829.

What it has?
- 9.7″ capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display
- 1GHz Apple A4 chip
- 10-hour battery life
- 1-month standby
- 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive memory
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n
- Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
- 3G UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) – optional
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) – optional
- 30-pin Dock connector
- A speaker and a microphone

What it needs?
There is no doubt this device is going to be powerful and smooth. But one thing that will definitely restrict its successful is the data plans – pay $15 a month for 250MB of AT&T data or $30 for unlimited. If apple puts a 4G chip in there and do $30 a month unlimited plan through Clear or Sprint or Comcast, then you are looking at a netbook killer. Throw in tethering via Wi-Fi, I would of stood in line today.

Source: Apple

Fujitsu LifeBook MH330

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What is it?
The Fujitsu LifeBook MH330 is a new netbook that promises faster and more powerful performance. Of course, this might be one of the last netbooks if Apple is right.

What it has?
- 1.1kg and 18.5mm – 24.5mm thin
- Intel Atom N450 processor (1.66GHz, 512 L2 Cache, 667MHz)
- 1GB RAM
- 250GB Hard Disk Drive
- Bluetooth v2.1
- 5-in-1 Card Slot
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi
- Web camera
- 10.1-inch WSVGA back-light LED display
- Spill resistance keyboard
- Some variation of Windows 7?
- DVD Sharing application

What it needs?
The MH330 definitely needs built-in 3G or 4G, which should be standard on all netbooks by now.

Source: Fujitsu via Engadget