The New Meaning of MBA
Posted by admin in Computers on 06 21st, 2008Thanks to Apple, MBA now has a new meaning: MacBook Air.
The new MacBook Air is Apple’s thinnest laptop yet, measuring just 0.76 inches (1.93 cm) at its thickest point and 0.16 inches (0.4 cm) at its thinnest…it is surely sleek and sexy, especially with its Aluminum case.
What magic did Apple do to keep the Air this thin? Well, they removed a staple of almost all of their previous laptops…a built-in optical drive. The MacBook Air instead has an optional USB super drive. Aside from this, users have the option of using Remote Disc, wirelessly accessing and using the optical drive of another computer as its own, although this can only be used to install new software.
It also only has one USB port, so almost everything has to be done wirelessly. As such, the Air supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/draft n. The MacBook Air has a 13.3-inch glossy LED-backlit LCD widescreen display with a 1280×800 resolution, a 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM, and an 80 GB ATA 1.8” 4200 rpm hard drive, with the option for a 64 GB solid-state drive.
Only time will tell whether its good looks and sleek and sexy form factor will be enough to compensate for some of its inadequacies.
read comments (0)The Motorola Rokr E8
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 5th, 2008Want quick, easy access, to the music files on your phone?
Then this may be what you need. Say hello to the new Motorola Rokr E8, the latest model in Motorola’s music-centric line of Rokr phones. With the Motorola Roker E8, listening to your favorite songs is one click away. Just hit the music button, and the phone gets into music player mode.
And with this phone, music player mode is pretty special. This is because of Motorola’s new ModeShift technology. With ModeShift, the phone’s keypad literally morphs. The Motorola Rokr E8 has touch sensitive keys that provide haptic feedback, unlike most traditional touch sensitive keys. In Phone mode, it shows a standard phone keypad, while in Music mode, it displays music playback keys.
Being a true music phone, the Motorola Rokr E8 comes with a generous 2 GB of internal storage which is expandable via microSD. It also has a standard 3.5 mm jack so audiophiles can use their favorite set of head phones right out of the box. Add to this the new FastScroll wheel, a touch sensitive wheel which helps you quickly scroll through all of your songs, and your music experience is complete.
The phone also comes with a 2 mega pixel camera, a 320×240 landscape-oriented screen, EDGE data, and stereo Fm Radio. The Motorola Rokr E8 is available now.
