ASUS Eee PC 1215N Coming Next Month

Last week, ASUS announced a new netbook called the ASUS Eee PC 1215N. The new netbook has a 12 inch screen, a 1.8GHz dial-core Atom D525 CPU and will be based around the Ion 2 platform.

At the time of writing last week there were no release dates or prices known. We now hear that the new ASUS netbook will ship on August 23 and have a price tag around the $500 mark although the price isn’t confirmed just yet.

Regarding the technical specs, the ION 2 graphics processor allows for 1080p video to be played back without issue. [Read more…]

Pencil iPad Stand

The team over at Geeky Gadgets have created another home-made stand. Previous versions included the iPhone Pencil Stand that as the name suggests, holds an iPhone.

The new stand is called the Pencil iPad Stand and was designed to hold an iPad in place on your desk so you can watch a movie. The design used for this stand follows the same style before in that you get a few elastic bands and pencils and tie them together to create a place for the iPhone to sit on. However, the iPad is larger and due to the larger size and extra weight, the stand had to be put together slightly differently to compensate for the size and weight change. [Read more…]

Zlin iCub Plane gets an iPad Integrated in to Cockpit

Zlin are unveiling a new plane soon. The new plane is called the iCub and as the name suggests, it integrates Apple [AAPL] technology in to the cockpit.

The iCub has a space available to fit an iPad that can be used to navigate around. When normally choosing navigation equipment the costs can run in to the $1000’s due to the amount of equipment you need. However, the iCub is not designed for mundane tasks of flying from a to b. Instead, it’s supposed to be a fun plane to fly. The iPad has apps that make it versatile enough to be used in the plane so that weather charts and navigation details can be displayed with the iPad 3G’s built in GPS sensor. The iPad 3G is far cheaper than the regular GPS equipment you buy for a plane. [Read more…]

Apple iPad Could get Pressure Sensitive Drawing App

The Apple iPad screen doesn’t support pressure-sensitivity. It merely just knows when your finger touches the screen and acts accordingly.

Thanks to the smart people at Ten One Design this could soon change. The company has managed to build a private function call that allows a special pen to be used with varying degrees of pressure. When pressing down harder the line you draw gets darker and when pressing lightly the line is more faded.

The problem here though is that the company had to use a private function call which basically means it won’t be approved by Apple [AAPL] unless Apple decide to allow it in to iOS as standard. [Read more…]

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d 3D Laptop Now Available

Lenovo has launched it’s 3D laptop called the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d. It comes supplied with a 1.6GHz Core i7-720QM processor, it runs Windows 7 Home Premium of the 64-bit variery and has 4GB of DDR3 memory built in.

Storage wise it has a 500GB hard drive that spins at 5400 RPM and also has a dual-layer DVD writer built in. Powering the graphics is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 with 1GB of memory.

The 3D screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and measures 15.6 inches. It is back lit by LED and in a widescreen aspect. [Read more…]

Osmos HD for iPad Revealed

A video has been uploaded to Youtube that demonstrates Osmos HD that is being released on July 8th.

The video goes over a couple of levels and shows an excellent and challenging game. The game requires strategy to play and cannot be played with speed.

We also hear that as well as an iPad version launching there will also be an iPhone version following within a month or so. [Read more…]

Wired iPad App Gets Cheaper

The Wired iPad app is dropping in price. The first edition of the app cost $4.99. Conde Nast are dropping the price by a dollar which knocks 20% off the price taking it down to $3.99. It’s not a huge saving by any means, but at least it’s a little cheaper than it was before.

The reason the company are changing the price appears to be related to experimenting to see what price point works the best. The June issue that cost $4.99 sold 95,000 digital copies at that price. Perhaps the new version will sell more, we won’t know till this time next month.

Conde says it will be experimenting with digital magazine pricing for months to come. But Wired editor Chris Anderson, who wants us to know that he doesn’t control his magazine’s sales price, makes the common sense argument: Digital editions should cost less than physical ones because there’s no distribution cost.

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Blogshelf RSS Reader for iPad

Blogshelf is an RSS reader app that gives the feeds you read a book like appearance. The software is built for the Apple iPad and makes use of the large screen to make feed reading more comfortable and easier to read.

The app looks similar to Apple’s [AAPL] own iBooks application in that it puts all your feeds on a bookshelf system where you can easily scroll through and tap to open the various feeds. [Read more…]

Acer Aspire 1551 with 1.5GHz Dual-Core Turion II Now Available

The Acer Aspire 1551 is now available to buy. The 11.6 inch laptop has a 1.5GHz Dual-Core Turion II CPU inside along with 4GB of DDR 3 memory, a 320GB hard drive and wireless 802.11n.

The 11.6 inch screen is backlit by LED. At all places we have found it, namely Amazon, BHPhoto (slightly cheaper), Tiger Direct, New Egg and CompUSA it is $549.99 and is available right now to buy. $549.99 is a nice price for what you get considering it’s very portable, powerful with a lot of RAM and storage. [Read more…]

Apple iPad – 3 Million Sold in 80 Days

Apple [AAPL] announced yesterday that it had shifted 3 million Apple iPad’s in just 80 days. That’s an impressive number considering a few criticisms saying that people wouldn’t be interested in it.

The news follows the 2 million mark that was reached on June 4 which means 1 million iPad units were sold in 18 days. That averages out at 55.5K per day or 2315 per hour.

Gadgets blog Geeky Gadgets points out that at this rate the sales figures could reach 10 Million units which isn’t bad at all. [Read more…]

Toshiba AC100 Smartbook Runs Android 2.1

Toshiba has announced a new smartbook called the Toshiba AC100. The AC100 runs Android 2.1 making it capable of waking up in less than a second from standby mode.

The AC100 from Toshiba has a clamshell form factor. It has a 10.1 inch screen and has been designed to be used to consume media from the internet along with providing the ability to edit documents, emails and other messages.

The battery life on the Toshiba AC100 allows it to stay in standby mode for up to seven days. Whilst in use you’lll see about 8 hours of usage on a single charge. [Read more…]

Toshiba Liberto W100 Gets Dual-Screen Config

Toshiba is launching a new notebook that has a dual-screen configuration. The new dual-screen notebook is called the Toshiba Liberto W100.

As it has a dual-screen config, the physical keyboard is replaced by a touchscreen keyboard. The screens measure 7 inches each and can act as 1 large screen, or 2 separate screens which can be rotated both portrait and landscape.

Windows 7 is used along with the touch features that are built in. As the screens work together, applications can be dragged across screens. [Read more…]