The promotional videos of the upcoming Toshiba Folio 100 Android tablet has hit the cyberspace. The Toshiba Folio 100 has a 10.1 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It is powered by a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and runs Google Android 2.2. The supported connectivity options include WiFi and Bluetooth. The promotional videos show some of the unique
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COMPAQ AIRLIFE 100 ANDROID SMARTBOOK HITS CHILE
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The Compaq Airlife 100 made its debut at CES early this year, but the machine hasn't hit retail shelves in the US yet. The Compaq Airlife 100 is one of the first smartbooks to hit the market. It is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs Android operating syStem. The device is kind of a cross between a laptop and a smartphone. The Airlife 100 has been available in Spain for a
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RIM UNVEILS BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK 7 INCH TABLET
Diposting oleh fatih on Rabu, 29 September 2010
Research in Motion (RIM) has officially unveiled a tablet computer called BlackBerry PlayBook. The PlayBook is designed to serve a variety of purposes including web browsing, multimedia and business. The BlackBerry PlayBook measures less than half an inch in thickness and weigh 0.9 pounds. It has a 7-inch multi-touch capacitive display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The tablet runs the
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LENOVO LAUNCHES THINKPAD EDGE 11 THIN AND LIGHT LAPTOP
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Lenovo has made a new addition to its ThinkPad Edge family with the launch of the ThinkPad Edge 11. The 11.6 inch ThinkPad Edge 11 measures 1.1 inches in thickness and weighs less than 3 pounds. It is actually the smallest and lightest ThinkPad Edge available at the moment. The Edge 11 is available with a choice of Intel Core / Pentium or AMD Vision Pro Athlon processors. Lenovo claims that the
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HP TO CALL ITS WEBOS TABLET PALMPAD
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It is now almost official: The upcoming HP WebOS tablet will be called PalmPad. An HP executive referred to the tablet as PalmPad yesterday. The WebOS is the operating system that powers the Palm Pre and Pixi smartphones. And ever since HP acquired Palm and the WebOS, it has been rumored that the compnay will launch a WebOS tablet. The WebOS powered PalmPad will reportedly launch in early 2011.
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A Conversation to Improve
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With the suggestion of Mr. Kohn, I set up the classroom early on Monday morning circling all the chairs into the center of the room moving all the tables aside. I opened the class explaining to the class about the past few days: my initial blog, the response from Alfie Kohn and others, and the importance of today’s conversation. I explained my frustrations to the class regarding their work completion, efforts at achieving successes, and reminding them how intelligent I think they all are. Then I talked to them about the three questions I wanted us to discuss for the rest of the class: What is working? What isn’t working? How can WE do better? Here is what they said:
What is working?
· Reading as a group and annotating together- talking through what we are reading
· Food
· Writing topic sentences
· Using technology
· Watching movies
· Editing in class
· Six weeks to redo work
· Redo work allows us to learn more, less pressure, more flexibility, not happy with my grade until work is satisfactory
· Class blog keeps me organized, scribes are extremely helpful
· Skype- nice to have direct contact with you
· No books, nice to have print outs
· You aren’t a hypocrite- you do the work with us
· PLN- helps so much with my writing, I can voice my opinion
· PLN presentations- it is great that we get to pick what we can do and present on
· Like the interactive methods of teaching
· Nice to have time to work on writing paragraphs in school
· Note taking is minimal
· Nice to be able to pick the day you scribe
· Rolly chairs and tables
· Make up days- nice to have the time to make-up work and get caught up; you can prioritize your other classes with the flexibility of this class
· Not strict about talking and behavior
What isn’t working? (we talked about solutions with the problems- those are indicated in parenthesis where we had a solution)
- Hand writing is hard to read (online comments work best)
- Annotations: it is really hard to read to understand, make connections and ask questions all at the same time (can we read a bit, then stop and pause to write questions and make comments; reading could be the night before so that we can read for understanding during the night, and then leave annotations for the next day in class; small group reading based off of reading ability)
- Big assignments (can these be broken down more into a day by day format; or paragraph by paragraph format)
- Annotating in the format you suggest doesn’t work for me (don’t worry about the literary devices, move on and ask big questions, make big connections)
- Don’t like downloading programs such as Picasa and Google Earth (?)
- Homework can be overwhelming (?)
- Hard to get used to blogging and homework (?)
- Structure paragraphs (go over paragraph structures again and again, go over different parts of the paragraph to redo; breakdown each paragraph and give work time to finish)
- Assign rough drafts (next day could be a work day, edit, and then edit again, and then final draft)
- Show examples of what you mean, don’t just tell
How can WE do better?
Bring in work the next day when it is assigned- Get homework in on time
- Turn in work on time so you get time to redo the work
- Work in smaller groups based on how fast we work
- Hold us accountable when we don’t do what we are supposed to
- When we do good things, can you bake for us? YES!
- If we all do good things, can we all get rewards?
- Be more specific with online comments
- Have more group projects
- Hold one another accountable
- Slow down
- Take time with our annotating
- Talk about our PLN’s and maybe do one together
- Read in circles more often
- Put questions up- expand on what questions need to be about
Origin Eon17 Gaming Laptop
Diposting oleh fatih on Selasa, 28 September 2010
Desktop processors in a laptop may not seem as common as they once were, but that hasn't stopped Origin PC from creating a line of high powered gaming laptops, including their newest product the Eon17. The Eon17 is a seriously powerful gaming laptop that runs games as well as, if not better than, most desktops.Inside the Eon17 you will find Intel's Core i7 processors as well as 24GB of DDR3 memory making sure nothing, not even a 100 Zergling rush, will slow you down. The Eon17 from Origin has everything you need to conquer your enemies on the field of battle or to create your next masterpiece work of art.
The Eon17 is so crammed full of stuff that it is amazing it fits into a laptop shell. Aside from the Core i7 processors you will find dual nVidia GeForce GTX 480M video cards in SLI, a Super Multi Blu-Ray Burner Combo drive and high definition audio. What will really interest you is the full list of everything you can get in your Origin Eon17 like:
- 17.3 Full HD Widescreen, 16.9, 1920 x 1080
- Up to Intel Core i7 980X Desktop Processors
- Up to Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M Video Cards in SLI
- Up to 24GB of Triple Channel DDR3 Memory
- Up to Three Hard Drives
- Full Size Keyboard with Numeric Key Pad
- HDMI In and Out; Optical Digital Out, and 7.1 HD Audio
- Touch Sensitive Multi-Gesture Pad and Instant Access Buttons
I don't know about you, but I now have to wipe the drool away from my face. That is one seriously intense spec list. With hardware like that there is no doubt that you will have absolutely no problem gaming whether you are heading up a raiding party with your Horde brethren in World of Warcraft, leading a charge against the deadly Zerg and mighty Protoss in StarCraft II or defending the world in Crysis.
The Eon17 from Origin is definitely one impressive machine and a serious gaming laptop that can rival some high-end desktops. The only problem is that all this power directly at your fingertips won't come cheap. The Eon17 has a starting price of $2,499. It is available now, but for that price you could build yourself two ultimate gaming desktops if you know where to get the right parts. They just won't be able to go everywhere with you.
