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Remember that 11.6-inch Eee PC that was rumored to surface soon? Yeah, it’s sitting in some nondescript corner of ASUS’ booth at Computex. The show doesn’t actually kick off in earnest until tomorrow, but we were able to grab the shot you see above in the meanwhile. So far, we know that the Eee PC 1101HA will feature a larger-than-usual 11.6-inch LCD, a 1,366 x 768 resolution, a battery good for “up to 11 hours” (color us skeptical), Intel’s Atom Z520 / Z530 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, three USB 2.0 sockets, a multicard reader and a case that definitely takes a note from the recently launched Seashell line. Oddly, we were led to believe that two different six-cell batteries could be offered (2220mAh and 2800mAh), presumably for different markets. At any rate, we’ll be swooping in tomorrow to snag a few more shots, so be sure to stick around — ya heard?

Filed under: Laptops

ASUS’ 11.6-inch Eee PC 1101HA comes alive at Computex originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AMD’s newfangled ATI Radeon E4690 may not be the next Crysis killer, but it should do just fine in next-gen arcade and slot machines. All kidding aside (sort of…), this new embedded graphics set is said to triple the performance of AMD’s prior offerings in the field, bringing with it 512MB of GDDR3 RAM, DirectX 10.1 / OpenGL 3.0 support and hardware acceleration of H.264 and VC-1 high-definition video. The 35mm chip also differentiates itself by integrating directly onto motherboards and taking on many of the tasks that are currently assigned to the CPU, but alas, it doesn’t sound as if we’ll be seeing this in any nettops / netbooks anytime soon ever.

Filed under: Peripherals

AMD’s ATI Radeon E4690 brings HD, DirectX 10.1 support to embedded GPU arena originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You a fan of netbooks, smartbooks, CULV thin-and-lights, and whatever the next trend brings to portable computing? Good, Engadget Chinese is on the ground in Taipei covering the big Computex show live. It’s the best place to be for Taiwanese-sourced products, manufacturing, and silicon… which pretty much means the entirety of the consumer electronics industry. Best of all, our Chinese editors are translating the most important news to English on the fly. So hit the read link to follow the action in near real-time or kick back right here and see the best-of-the-best mingle with the rest of the our global coverage.

Engadget live from Computex 2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Being that Release Candidate 1 just hit the tubes, we weren’t really expecting a big Windows 7 presence at Computex this year. Much to our surprise, Viliv has announced that it will be showcasing the first official Win7-powered MID at the Taiwan-based show later this week. The heralded S5 will be the lucky device, with a duo of WiMAX-equipped cousins (X70 EX and S7) hanging around to demonstrate live video streaming. Needless to say, we’ll be doing everything we can to drop by and see how things are going.

[Via CNET]

Filed under: Handhelds

Microsoft showing off Windows 7-powered Viliv S5 MID at Computex originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 31 May 2009 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Solar-powered LCDs? Oh, yeah — we’ve got those. Sadly, that’s not at all what Integrated Digital Technologies is aiming to improve upon next week at Computex, though we still find its approach to trimming LCD weight and manufacturing costs an interesting one. If we’re digesting this correctly, we’re hearing that the outfit plans to create interactive displays (or iScreens) that have embedded solar cells in the TFT array rather than extra film or glass with photo sensors. The result? A cost savings of up to 30 percent in manufacturing, not to mention a rather significant decrease in weight. Without any images to go by, it’s still a wee bit tough to really wrap our heads around this new take, but hopefully we’ll see more next week in Taiwan.

[Via TG Daily]

Filed under: Displays

IDT to swap solar cells into LCDs, but not for energy reasons originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 31 May 2009 09:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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