|
‘For the Love of God’ is the title of Damian Hirsts latest masterpiece. It is a $99 million platinum skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless pavé diamonds and hundreds of other jewels. It weighs in at 1,106.18 carats. It is currently on display in the White Cube gallery in East London.
Well just the other day Palm announced the interesting Foleo ultra-portable laptop and now it seems that other company’s are starting to unveil more laptops based on this new style of computing. Today VIA introduced the NanoBook Ultra Mobile Device and to be honest this editor was excited to use Palm’s new Foleo but now i cant wait to get my hands on one of VIA’s new Ultra Mobile Device. The NanoBook simply adds a significant amount of hardware to the device and allows for a much broader range of uses as opposed to the Foleo’s strictly business approach. The NanoBook runs on either Windows XP or Vista (I’ll believe it runs Vista when i see it), weighing in at just under two pounds it features a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M processor with up to 1GB of RAM Also included is a 30GB hard drive, 7-inch WVGA display, 802.11g WiFi , Bluetooth, and a DVI-out port and even comes in at a price of $600. Along side the 7-inch screen is a secondary slot to add the function of GPS, VoIP, or even WWAN which grealy increases the capabilities of this tiny laptop as opposed to the non-upgradeable Palm Foleo. Currently this is only a reference design but with Packard Bell and another unknown company already signed on, the prospects of bringing his incredibly versatile laptop to the US market seems to be fairly good.
So you want a lightweight laptop but dont want to sacrifice playing computer games (or any other 3D rendering you may do). ASUS has a solution for you! They are about to release an external graphics processor for laptops that connects via Express Card slot. It includes a Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS which is upgradeable to any PCIe graphics card. The device displays the current GPU temperature, current frames per second and GPU fan speed. Not only does this guy accelerate video, it also has a sound card to deliver Dolby® 5.1 channel surround sound. There is price yet but we should know soon. Expect to see these things in stores soon ASUS reports that they will be releasing it in the beginning of Q2 2007.
[Source: ASUS News]
Today Palm introduced the Foleo ($499 after $100 rebate) new calling style of computing called a “Smartphone companion product,” It has a 10-inch screen, full-size keyboard and built-in wi-fi, and bluetooh connectivity, however it does lack any sort or cellular antenna such as EVDO. This puts the Foleo into a very interesting position between the UMPC and compact laptop markets. Foleo runs on an open Linux-based platform and is has a business style platform of software such as editors for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus a PDF viewer but also includes a Opera browser and an email app. However the real surprise is the lack support for the new device, a great deal of people can’t identify what the target is for this product. The Foleo is clearly a laptop designed to take form meeting to meeting to take notes and connect to the office’s wireless network. In addition to the office this type of product would be ideal for students everywhere. This light weight laptop can easily be moved from class to class with ease due to its light weight and its five hour battery life ensures that it will last for a long time. This is an interesting new product form Palm and i hope to see more styles of the Foleo in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Here at IwishIHadThis.com we strive to bring you the latest and greatest products in both the consumer and professional field. Now as we have grown larger we have created a new section dedicated reviewing some of those products that are available to consumers. To start this new section I felt that we should start off right by putting together the Ultimate Computer system ($7,237.99).
The Lexus LF-A is powered by a V10, 500hp front mid-range engine. With a rear mounted trans-axle and rear mounted radiators, this car is perfectly balanced and can easily do 200mph. There is no word yet on cost or production but;
“The first LF-A was a pure concept, but one that we went so far as to conduct engineering analysis on. This latest concept is much closer to a vehicle that we would bring to market, and one in which we will be gauging consumer interest.” Said Bob Carter, Lexus Division group vice president and general manager.
[Source: Toyota/Lexus/Scion Pressroom]
I don’t read German, so I can give you a whole lot of details about these turntables. I sure do want them!
[Source: Raum & Möbelgestaltung]
The Swiss company Weber Sportscars unveiled their latest concept car last month in Monaco. It is a coupe measuring in at just over 177 inches in length, built on an aluminum frame and a carbon fiber body. All parts for this car were designed and built completely in-house. Under the hood it has a supercharged 7.0L engine which spits out 900hp and 775 ft.lbs. or torque. All that power pushed this car 0-60mps in 2.5 seconds while reaching a top speed of 249mph! The base model of this car will include; active four-wheel drive, traction control, four 29gal. fuel tanks, a rear view camera and a rain sensor. There is no work on availability or pricing yet.
[Source: InsideLine]
The Soundmatters Substage100 (Buy Now $300) is a flat self-powered (100W RMS) subwoofer. You can put this almost anywhere, like under your seat for extra BOOM in your room… Now, if only it were wireless.
[Source: Soundmatters]
This does not look like it will be for sale anytime soon, but it would make a great DIY project.
[Source: Chris Dimino]
WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck and Luke Morton requires Flash Player 9 or better.
