Intel unveils tablet Classmate PC design

Intel has revealed the design for a tablet version of its Classmate PC, a low-powered Netbook designed for use in primary schools.

The tablet-format Classmate, which was unveiled recently at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will let manufacturers build Classmate PCs that can be used either as a standard clamshell laptop or--with a 180-degree swivel of the display--as a touch-screen tablet. As with most Netbooks, it will run on Intel's Atom processor.

"Education is one of the best ways to improve the future for individuals, villages or nations," Lila Ibrahim, the general manager of Intel's emerging-markets platform group, said in a statement Friday. "There are 1.3 billion school-age children around the world and of those only five percent have access to a PC or the internet. The IT industry has a huge opportunity to contribute to how technology can improve students' learning and students' lives."


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Mobile processor confusion in 2009

This year is going to be an interesting challenge for consumers looking for a portable, to say the least. We've already seen Netbooks like the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 hitting size screens normally reserved for traditional ultraportables, while sub-notebooks like the Sony VAIO P may use an Atom processor but is not positioned as a Netbook. During CES 2009, Intel announced it's plans to offer another category of chips specifically for lower-cost, ultrathin laptops later this year.

This move is a direct response to AMD's Neo platform. The Neo processor is meant for ultrathin portables which offer the portability and economy of Netbooks but without the performance compromise. The competing Intel platform is a modification of the existing ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo chips currently in use by machines such as the MacBook Air and Toshiba Portege R600, but which will be offered at a low price point.

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Dell officially unveils Adamo, Mini 10

Dell trotted out a fashion model to show off the newest addition to its notebook lineup, but beyond explaining the name of Adamo, gave no further details.

Though rumors about Adamo circulated in December, Dell wouldn't confirm its existence. At its press conference here on the second day of CES, the PC maker did that--and only that.

Here's what we know: Adamo is sleek, thin, and black. And it's not a Netbook, meaning there's no Atom processor inside. But which processor is inside, company officials wouldn't say. And it will be for sale at retail locations sometime in the first half of the year.


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Windows 7 beta now available

Microsoft has apparently decided that it has enough server capacity and has made the code available for the Windows 7 beta.

I don't see a posting on the Windows 7 blog, but when I went to the Windows 7 page Saturday morning, I found the following message and was directed to this site to get the code.

"The Windows 7 Beta is now available for download," Microsoft said on its Web site. "Thanks for your interest and help with the beta."

The software was supposed to be made available on Friday, but the company delayed the release after a day filled with Web site problems.

Update: Microsoft offered up some recommended specifications for the beta, but cautioned those could change for the final release. It called for a 1GHz processor (either 32-bit or 64-bit), 1GB of system memory, 16Gb of disk space, support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory, as well as a DVD burner and Internet access.
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Samsung wants to get your laptops hitched

It's difficult to make the monitor category exciting, but Samsung continues to try.

The company showed off two new monitors specifically designed as companion monitors for a laptop. The first is the 22-inch LD220, which has a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080, a 5ms response time, and a contrast ratio of 1,000:1. This display connects to the laptop via USB . The second is the 19-inch LD190X, with a 1,36 6x 768 resolution, a 5ms response time, and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio. The latter monitor differs in that it connects to the laptop via a wireless antenna.

Each of the monitors was designed to sit very low and close to the actual desktop--similar to how a laptop's display sits.

Samsung's UbiSync technology is very similar to Displaylink and may even be the same tech with a different name. Displaylink and Ubisync allow you to connect up to six monitors to one system via USB-- and now with the LD190X, via a wireless antenna, too.
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