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Barnes & Noble Nook Review: Pretty Good

tom — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:45:09 +0000

Gizmodo has posted a good article discussing Barnes & Noble’s latest entry into the ebook reader market, the Nook. Plenty of comparisons to Amazon’s Kindle to be found.

Barnes & Noble Nook Review: Pretty Good

(Via Gizmodo: Top.)

A Romance Flowchart: When Is It Inappropriate to Use Your iPhone?

tom — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:49:05 +0000

Awesome. But am I allowed to bust out this chart to justify phone usage?

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Based in New York City, Shane Snow is a graduate student in Digital Media at Columbia University and founder of Scordit.com. He’s fascinated with all things geeky, particularly social media and shiny gadgets he’ll never afford.

(Via Gizmodo.)

Motor Trend Car Of The Year: 2010 Ford Fusion

tom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:35:14 +0000

The newly-refreshed 2010 Ford Fusion was just named MotorTrend’s Car Of The Year for 2010. Not a bad choice in our opinion as Ford’s got the most money to spend on marketing. Also, the car’s damn good.

(Via Jalopnik: Top.)

LCD on the Wall, Which Netbook Battery Lasts the Longest of Them All?

tom — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:32:41 +0000

On the hunt for a travel netbook? After testing out early models with squished keyboards I decided to wait for a model with useable size and 10″ seems to be about perfect. I originally thought I wanted a fully loaded netbook until I realized that wasn’t the point. Netbooks are not intended to replace laptops. They are intended to be ultra portable with prices making them nearly disposable. Netbooks are perfect travel companions for photographers who need to dump the days pictures onto a backup external hard drive and review images on a screen larger than the thumbnail preview on the back of their camera.

Since a unit’s size is an important feature, how much juice can you realistically expect from the form factor? Find the list of which models last the longest after the jump.

A recent article was posted with a chart of netbook battery life of popular netbook models. They identified the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid as the pack leader (thanks to it’s 6-cell battery and use of SSD hd to save power) however, other upcoming models that look promising such as the Samsung NC10, the Asus 1000HE (E for extended battery) and the Dell Mini 10 were not tested.

Model	Life
Samsung NC10	N/A
Asus 1000HE	N/A
MSI Wind U115 Hybrid	6:56
Asus Eee PC 1000HD	4:12
Asus Eee PC 901	3:59
MSI Wind U100	3:40
Asus Eee PC 1000H	3:33
Asus N10J	3:05
Dell Inspiron Mini 9	3:05
Asus Eee PC S101	2:41
Acer Aspire One AOA110	2:19
Toshiba NB100	2:14
HP Mini 1001TU	2:05
Lenovo IdeaPad S10	1:55
Dell Inspiron Mini 12	1:47

It’s interesting to note how poor the Dell Mini 12 performed. The larger screen and higher resolution is likely to blame. This highlights an important decision future netbook buyers will need to consider: Longer battery life or a better looking screen?

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Dell Mini 10 – My Next Toy Purchase

tom — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:24:38 +0000

Dell Mini 10 - Thanks Engadget!

Specs:

1280×720 glass screen
Z530 1.6 GHz Atom
3G
GPS
802.11n
multitouch/gesture trackpad
A decent sized netbook keyboard

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