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Asus has a dizzying array of netbooks in its line and many of the machines are virtually identical. Asus seams dead set on having a netbook to meet each and every need of a user. The company has today unveiled a slightly beefed up version of that 1005PE netbook that we spied back in December called the Eee 1005PE-H.

The new machine is very similar to the 1005PE with a few nifty additions. The machine uses the Atom N450 but gets 2GB of RAM rather than the 1GB of the other machine. The H version also gets a 320GB HDD rather than the 250GB of the lesser version.

The other features are common between the two systems including Windows 7, a 6-cell battery promising 11 hours of run time, and the 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 resolution screen. The price for the new version will be 349 €. No official pics have been offered of the netbook at this point, but I would expect it to be in the same case as the 1005PE.

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It seems Verizon users are in for a treat soon as HTC’s latest incredibly Incredible has been snapped in the wild. Running Android’s latest 2.1 build, the Incredible will be complemented with a fast 1GHz Snapdragon CPU and Sense UI.

To sweeten things further, you’ll also find a 3.5-3.7-inch screen (supposedly AMOLED), 256MB RAM, dual LED camera flash with mostly 5MP cam, Wi-Fi, GPS and optical mouse.

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[Via Pocketnow]

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When I hear the name Gigabyte, I don’t think of notebooks and computers first. I think of computer hardware like mainboards. Gigabyte has been in the hardware market for years, but offers several different notebooks and netbooks too.

The latest notebook from Gigabyte is the M1405 and it has surfaced for the first time at the Taipei Game Show. The M1405 is described as a sleeker version of the M1305 that showed up a while back. The new machine comes in three colors and will sport an Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 CPU.

Other features include a 14-inch 1366 x 768 LCD, Intel GMA 4500MHD and GeForce GT220 graphics. RAM is up to 4GB and the machine has 500GB of storage with a 5400 rpm HDD. A DVD drive is built-in and power comes from a li-poly 3-cell 2550mAh battery that slips into a vacant bay and a 6-cell li-poly unit in the main battery area with 3600mAh. The notebook should have some very good runtime with two batteries onboard.

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Industrial designer Barton Smith’s Stream modular computing concept isn’t especially new – though we’re still yet to see truly modular PCs as he envisages – but what we he hasn’t shown us until now is the Locus OS that would run on it.  Designed, Barton Smith says, prior to webOS, Android and iPhone OS 3.0, Locus OS is an activity-based platform which organizes widgetized desktops around locations (such as the kitchen or office) and activities (such as travel), flicking between them based on GPS and WiFi mapping.  What we like about it, though, is just how clean, slick and natural the whole thing looks.

Video demo after the cut

If we had to compare, we’d say the desktop reminds us of Android while the Collections menu is reminiscent of Sony’s XROSS media UI.  Having various layouts that alter by virtue of your location or tasks is something – with Scenes – that HTC have tried to do in their Sense UI, though without the automated switching.

Of course, Stream isn’t just a mobile device, although the Core Component unit as envisaged is portable and generally paired with a 4.3-inch OLED touchscreen Portable Display.  Instead that’s one of a number of “Experience modules” and “Component modules”, such as media, documents, games or extra processing power, graphics or memory, which are combined and connected wirelessly with various sizes of display and input methods depending on location.  On a train, for instance, you’d use the Portable Display with the Core Component in your bag; at the office, you’d drop it onto the universal charging base and take advantage of a bigger screen.

Modular computers are still some way off, but this UI is certainly feasible with today’s technology and seems ideally suited to a smartphone or tablet.

[Thanks @andylim!]

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Samsung makes tons of devices and products that are on the tech market today. The company makes lots and lots of LCD and AMOLED screens that end up being used on Samsung products and other products produced by different companies. Samsung has announced that we will see a new mobile phone at MWC sporting its latest screen tech.

The screen will be the new SUPER AMOLED screen with integrated touch functionality. The first phone to use the new 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED screen will debut at MWC in Spain. Samsung claims that the new screen is five times more vivid than a typical AMOLED screen and has 20% improved performance when used outdoors.

There is no information offered on the mobile phone that will be sporting the screen. We have no idea what manufacturer will be showing the device right now. If Samsungs claims for performance are accurate, this may well be the best screen to hit a mobile phone. We presume this is the first device that will use the new AMOLED screen we talked about at the beginning of the month.

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This article just drew my attention to the interesting story behind carmine, which is a pigment precipitated from carminic acid (shown below) extracted from the bodies of Dactylopius coccus, the so-called "cochineal" insect, of which the acid comprises up to 24% of dry body weight. The cochineal is a parasite of cacti of the genus opuntia, from which it has been harvested in South America since pre-Columbian times. It is carmine that produced the "red" of the famous British "red coats," and today carmine is still produced in great quantity for use in fabric, cosmetics, and as a natural food coloring. (Vegans beware!) [via Neatorama]

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The International Design Forum have unveiled some of their mobile device design competition winners, and there are a fair few handsets worthy of attention. The new devices include the new Qisda QCM-330 and the LG GD880, as well as a number of devices tipped for carrier Vodafone. The QCM-330 is probably the more interesting looking, and according to BenQ’s site will make an appearance at CeBIT in early March 2010.

It will feature a 4-inch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 1024, which is impressive. The device also sports HSDPA, WiFi, an accelerometer, and a 3MP camera. The OS is unconfirmed, but thought to be Android. Unfortunately it isn’t clear whether the QCM-330 will be functional at CeBIT 2010 or otherwise.

The LG GD880 isn’t as cool a device as the 330, but it is interesting nonetheless. The device is said to sport a 480 x 854 resolution touchscreen, HSDPA, WiFi, GPS, and a 5MP camera. Vodafone also has a 2010 Compass on show, a small square device that twists to open. A slew of other handsets that will be potentially hitting Europe this year were shown as well. The 360 Krystal for instance has an interesting feature where you can set it on a paper with a foreign language and the camera will translate the text for you.

[via Unwired View]

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