The laptop took a new meaning with the newest invention of Apple. It is so thin it fits in a regular manila envelope.
In a speech in front of about 4000 attendees to MacWorld conference (San Francisco), Steve Jobs showed the latest model of laptops: MacBook Air.
With the theatrical style that characterizes him, Steve Jobs took out a regular manila envelope, legal size, and removed a real live Macbook Air. Jobs claimed he have made a comparison with all the current thinnest laptops.
The MacBook Air will be available in stores in two weeks and it will cost $1,799. The device has a slightly wedge-shaped profile. It weighs about 3 pounds, and sports a thickness of 0.16-0.76 inches. It’s 12.8 inches wide and 8.95 inches deep. The MacBook Air can get about 5 hours of battery life with wireless networking turned on.
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New gadgets for 2009
* Wii Balance Board: Wii Fit is a video game developed by Nintendo for the Wii console. It uses the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board. The board is used for an extensive array of fun and dynamic activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and games. Many of these activities focus towards providing a “core” workout, a popular exercise method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions. Family members will have fun staying active and talking about and comparing their results and progress on a new channel on the Wii Menu.
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* Cell phones with Google Android: Google announced it’s finishing up a mobile-software package that will include an operating system and applications and cost absolutely nothing. But will not be a “Google phone” because Google only will provide the software. The phones will be made by companies like HTC, Motorola or Qualcomm. They will be launched at the middle of 2008.
* iPhone 3G: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson confirmed a 3G capable iPhone will be launched in 2008. This will be a great step for this device because, so far, it is enough good when you need to use it as a pretty device, media player or Internet browser… but maybe it’s not the best cell phone. However, with 3G, iPhone could be a hit again.
* Penryn: We won’t have to wait much longer (only until January) to meet the new Intel processors: the next version of Core Duo with Penryn (codename) core. These new processors are able to run at 3 GHz and they have a FSB (Front Side Bus) at 1333 MHz. So far, the new desktop versions are called Wolfdale (dual-core) and Yorkfield (quad-core). They will have Penryn core, SSE4 instructions, and important improvements for video encoding.
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The RadioCube looks like one of those gadgets with a cool design that are presented but are never launched. But, this time it is different because we will be able to buy it. At least, its launching will be announced soon, during the CES 2008 (January 7-10, Las Vegas, USA).
But, first of all, I am going to explain what it is. The RadioCube is an Internet radio receiver, and it uses Wi-Fi to connect online. The strange thing is, it doesn’t have any button, because it uses an alternative control method.
Its designers say that although there are thousands of available radio stations, at the end of the day we always end up listening the same ones, and for that reason, RadioCube only allows four different radio stations. If we need to select one of them, then we have to place the gadget on the corresponding side, by rotating the cube.
Also, to turn off the radio, we will place it on the corresponding side for this function, while the sixth face is where the speaker is located. The volume is controlled without buttons, too: we have to incline the receiver laterally to make the volume louder or lower.
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A scanner that can produce three-dimensional images of the body with a clarity without precedents, while reducing the radiation, is being used in a Cleveland hospital (USA).
The Computed Tomography (CT) machine, known as the Brilliance CT, is manufactured by the Dutch company Philips.
The machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures and combines them by using computer programs.
Brilliance CT generates the images faster than other CT devices: a full body scan take less than a minute.
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The Japanese company Sony announced on Tuesday its plans to launch a lighter version of its PlayStation 2 game console at the end of the month, in a bid to get more sales of this machine, that is seven years old, before the year-end holidays.
The new model has a built-in AC adaptor and weighs 720 grams, less than the previous model which weighs 850 grams total including its external adapter.
Since the new machine’s power cord comes without a voluminous adapter, it will be easier for players to enjoy the PS2 in any place of the house, Sony Corp’s games unit said on Tuesday.
This version will come out for sale in Japan on November 22, for 16.000 yens (about US $140), the same price of the previous model. Dates for the launch in the rest of the world will be decided later.
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