Mar 03

ASUS’ morning CeBlitz roundup

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ASUS went for a repeat of last year’s CeBIT extravagance and threw all manner of product at us this morning. We’ve gotten to play with most of it, and while we’re sure a few more items will trickle past in the next day or two, you can check out the gist of it right here, right now.

The best:

ASUS debuts the Eee PC 1008HA “Shell” 10-inch ultraportable
ASUS has taken the wraps off its latest Eee PC, the 1008HA we heard was on the way to follow up on the S101.		Hands-on with ASUS’ Eee Keyboard
Remember that Eee Keyboard that was announced during CES? ASUS did itself proud by bringing a few to CeBIT this year, and we were able to swing by and take a look.
Hands-off with ASUS’ Dual Panel Touchscreen PC at CeBIT
Live from the CeBIT floor, we present to you ASUS’ Dual Panel touchscreen PC.		Hands-on with ASUS’ galleria of Eee PCs at CeBIT
ASUS broke out a stable of Eee PCs here in Germany, and we were on hand to have a look at all of the freshest ones.

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Mar 03

FujiFilm FinePix digital cameras hands-on

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Apparently FujiFilm‘s truckload of new cameras got redirected from Las Vegas to Hannover, but whatever the case, we’ll take whatever hands-on we can get. Over in a small corner at CeBIT, FujiFilm was on hand with its recently-shipping F200EXR and the bulk of its pre-PMA crew. We didn’t notice anything particularly special about any of ’em (cosmetically, we mean), though we must say, the lime green on the Z33WP really began to grow on us. See if it rubs you the same way in the gallery below.

Gallery: Hands-on with latest FujiFilm FinePix digital cameras

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Mar 03

Pretec unveils 64GB and 128GB ExpressCard SSD drives

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The kids at Pretec sure love taking things to the limit. Whether they’re announcing the world’s smallest microSD reader, the largest CF card, or submerging their new flash drive in water, they have a certain fondness for the dramatic gesture. While the company’s newest endeavor doesn’t provide an occasion to head down to the shooting range, the new ExpressCard SSD is available in both 64GB and 128GB flavors denominations, and boasts hardware-based AES256 encryption / decryption and a dual ExpressCard / mini-USB interface. On the scene now at CeBIT 2009.

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Mar 03

ASUS debuts the Eee PC 1008HA “Shell” 10-inch ultraportable

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ASUS has taken the wraps off its latest Eee PC, the 1008HA we heard was on the way to follow up on the S101. As far as anyone can tell — ASUS is a little coy on specs so far — the laptop harbors fairly traditional netbook specs and a netbook pricepoint, but the exterior is all new and rather attractive. The computer is 1-inch thick and weighs 2.4 pounds, with a curved, shiny plastic “shell” (ASUS calls it “pearlescent”) to give a bit more luster than the average Eee PC. ASUS is including 802.11n, Bluetooth, 3G and WiMAX options, and packing in it Eee Sharing and Eee Arena software. We’ll be looking to dig up more specs and some hands-on time with this unit this week at CeBIT.

[Via UMPCPortal]

Gallery: ASUS Eee PC 1008HA press shots

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Mar 03

Hands-on with Navigon’s newest GPS units

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Navigon had a shockingly large presence at CeBIT this year, and considering just how many issues these Europeans seem to have with following directions, we weren’t at all surprised to find it among the most crowded booth at the entire show. Needless (and harmless, might we add) jabs aside, the firm had a number of its latest GPS units up on display, and while the model numbers (and software, obviously) were a touch different than the US models announced yesterday, the hardware was definitely the same. We really dug what we saw, too, as the curvaceous, thin designs really caught the eye and the LCD displays were all bright and easy to read. If you’re hungry for more pics, you know where to look.

Gallery: Hands-on with Navigon’s newest GPS units

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Mar 03

Atom-powered ClarionMiND MID hands-on at CeBIT

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While we’ve seen the latest and greatest ClarionMiND reviewed since it got stuffed with Intel’s Atom and optional WWAN, we’ve yet to actually catch one in person… until today, that is. Over at Clarion’s spacious CeBIT booth, we took the liberty of snapping a few shots of this here MID. After toying with it for a few minutes, we were less than impressed by the finicky screen response, and the noticeable lag between application changes got annoying pretty quickly. Still, the main home screen looked mighty slick, so we suppose there’s nothing horribly wrong that a minor firmware update can’t fix. Anywho, dive on into the gallery below should you find yourself intrigued.

Gallery: Hands-on with Atom-powered ClarionMiND MID at CeBIT

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Mar 03

ASUS shows off Eee Stick at CeBIT

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Just in case you missed the ASUS barrage from earlier this morning, we’ll bring you back up to speed while also showing off another fun gizmo the company drug to Hannover. The motion sensing Eee Sticks were on hand at CeBIT, and in varying colors to boot. We were too bashful to get a video of ourselves playing in the demo rig the company had set up, but we’re making it our mission to coerce other attendees to have a go and let us film them tomorrow. ‘Til then, have a look at the stationary Sticks below.

Gallery: ASUS shows off Eee Stick at CeBIT

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Mar 03

Hands-on with Gigabyte’s new netbooks, all-in-one PC and peripherals

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Just as ASUS did, Gigabyte pulled out all the stops at this year’s CeBIT. The outfit had loads of new equipment out for display, including a fresh bunch of netbooks, a few new input peripherals (mice, keyboards, the usual) and an all-in-one PC known as the AIO-1192. Unfortunately, the device we were looking forward to handling most was behind lock and key, but that’s probably because of those ingrained Swarovski crystals. Can’t tempt those onlookers, we tell ya. Have a peek around in the galleries below.

Gallery: Gigabyte’s newest netbooks at CeBIT 2009

Gallery: Gigabyte’s AIO-1192 all-in-one PC at CeBIT

Gallery: Gigabyte’s new mice and keyboards at CeBIT

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Mar 03

Mio launches the Explora K70: beauty, 3G, and GPS abound

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Mio’s rumored Explora K70 is sitting pretty at CeBIT, and while we wait for the full hands-on treatment, we thought an introduction to what appears to be a stunningly loaded GPS phone was in order. Network connectivity is a blow out in the K70 with quad-band GSM, triple-band HSDPA / HSUPA, Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS which is handled by Qualcomm’s gpsOne chip. The 3.5-inch touchscreen display is a 400×240 WQVGA number, a 3 megapixel camera hides around back, a jog dial’s included for quick scrolling, and it is all powered by Windows Mobile 6. Looking at the spec sheets it seems there will be two different SKUs, a handset-only package and a “Full SKU” that includes in-car charger, device mount, and so forth. We’re suitably impressed, expect more news including dates and pricing as soon as we can get them.

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Mar 03

Video: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s iPoint 3D Pong match gets heated

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After hearing that Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft was bringing its newfangled iPoint 3D setup to CeBIT, we simply had to make the 5.9 mile hike from Hall 26 to Hall 9 to check things out. As with most things that this outfit touches, iPoint 3D was also a sight to behold. Without any goofy glasses, players and onlookers alike could easily detect depth in the display, and while we’re some of the toughest 3D critics you’ll find, even we were taken aback at just how not-gimmicky it was. An overhead motion detecting system fed signals to a nearby computer, which then translated the hand gestures into paddle movements within the simple two player Pong game. The gals we recorded seemed to have a pretty good time with it, and if you don’t believe us, just check out the winner’s victory dance at the end of the clip — it’ll make your day, and that’s a Billy Mays guarantee.

Gallery: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s iPoint 3D paddle ball match gets heated

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