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I have just received an exciting email from the Asus UK press department.
The highly anticipated Asus Eee Box 1501 (or EB1501) as it is also known as, has been officially announced by Asus and will be available to ship in the UK from tomorrow (27th November)!
It will be available for £339 from a range of [...]

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Here’s the weekly rundown of items that we posted to the middle column on UMPCPortal, our ‘Other News’ section. It’s all good UMPC and MID-related stuff that, in most cases, we didn’t write about as a main news item.

	Shared Eking S515 tilt/slider UMPC overview.
	Posted Official Website for the EviGroup Pad
	Shared Just purchased a BenQ S6 for 149.99 – MID Wiki Forums
	Shared JKK on Display
	Liked Leo Reviews the Droid.mov
	Shared Meet Inbrics Android MID
	Posted Droid / Milestone Unboxing and Comparison
	Posted Test images from N900, Omnia Pro, Motorola Droid / Milestone
	Liked Unboxing Acer Aspire One Android netbook
	Shared Lenovo’s Snapdragon smartbook gets Android, pictured properly (Updated)
	Shared Telmap releases Telmap Navigator for Android
	Shared Opera Mini – Still My Preferred Browser
	Shared more coffee and umpc
	Shared New ViewSonic MID spotted running Windows XP
	Shared Kohjinsha’s crazy dual-screen netbook goes on sale December 11th
	Liked Nationite MIDNite Xpress running custom WinCE UI – Really nice!
	Shared 28/11/2009

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How to ( on Windows ):

1 – Download and extract this to your computer ( or search market4archos.zip ) ( Mirrors anyone? )

2 – Download these files to your computer

3 – Put Archos 5 to ADB mode ( settings/device storage & USB/USB mode -> ADB )

4 – Connect usb and choose drivers to use and point to drivers folder on files you downloaded on step 2 to your computer ( if it fails, go to device manager – click Archos – Update drivers – Browse computer for driver – Let me pick – Have disk – Browse to drivers you downloaded )

5 – On Windows -> copy folder named system from the step 1 to same folder as you have adb.exe

6 – Run adb.exe on command prompt

7 – Type adb push system /data/test/system [ press enter ] ( cd to the folder you have the adb.exe first.. like “cd downloads” )

8 – reboot your Archos 5

9 – ENJOY!

From now on you can use Android Market, Gmail, Maps and all other Google Android goodies

UPDATE: to get Maps working fully install this version after the hack

UPDATE: seems like you have to have 1.4.08 or 1.4.09 firmware to success

Big thanks to m4rk3t!!

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Looking really good!

This tablet is made from Dell mini for testing so it’s a tech showcase not a real product. ( you can buy it for 990 ruros )

Note that the screen is resistive and Stantum is listing pile of good reasons to use resistive tech.. one thing they forget thou.. capasitive is far better for durability.. I have plenty of scratches on many of my resistive screens…

Check more info from Netbooked

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Are students becoming apathetic about technology? Do they care? Should they even be interested by the latest and breaking? by Zack Whittaker
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Global warming beliefs are aligning with long-standing political divide. Distrust government and disbelieve global warming–goes hand-in-hand. by Harry Fuller
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I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving, and I hope I can make it a little better for three lucky winners.
A big thanks to everyone who entered into our thanksgiving giveaway, our very first giveaway competition! And also to Jeff from Active Media products for generously sponsoring the giveaway and providing the prizes.
And now for [...]

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We mentioned the supposedly Android and Nvidia Tegra powered ‘Vega’ tablet a few weeks ago, and now it looks like Engadget has gotten their hands on a prototype. Jump over to their story to see the video.

The thing that will probably jump out to any of us is that the prototype is running Windows CE at the moment. It’s possible that this is just temporary while they build and fine tune the Android software that will be purportedly powering the device at launch, but I’m just hoping that they don’t rush the unit out the door with Windows CE and promise Android firmware at a later time. This would put them in some regards on the same unwanted level of the no-name MIDs I wrote about the other day (see the ‘Users as beta testers’ section). I’ve also got to mention that I’m not digging the resistive touchscreen.

At least the Tegra hardware ensures some pretty good performance. A movie playing at 1280×720 is demoed in the video and the device seems to handle it just fine. The ZuneHD might have the same Nvidia Tegra hardware, but it is too small to actually have a screen with an HD resolution, so on the Vega it is nice to see that HD decoding capability put to good use.

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In an effort to help people find the best netbook to meet their needs I’m starting a series of blog posts based on reader questions about netbooks. I also hope that this series can help existing netbook owners to expand their knowledge and make the most out of their netbooks. I already answer 4 – 5 emails a day helping people choose the right netbook, so I figured this would be a great way to help even more people with the answers I already provide via email. If you have a question about netbooks feel free to contact me and it may be featured on the blog. So without further ado, here is the first reader question:

Reader Question:
What the best netbook for games? – Charles in MI

Answer:
Hello Charles,

The most important thing to look for when you’re trying to find the best netbook for games is to buy one with an Nvidia ION chipset inside. To put it simply, the chipset allows the graphics load to be taken off the slow Intel Atom processor and placed on the Nvidia ION chipset which provides stellar graphics capabilities on a netbook. So what you’re left with are just a few models that have the Nvidia ION chipset inside which makes my choice of the HP Mini 311 the best netbook for games pretty easy:

The HP Mini 311 is $399.99 or $499.99 if you want a Windows 7 Home Premium and has proven time and again that it can deliver a powerful gaming experience. See our past coverage on the HP Mini 311 here. Netbooks have come a long way and I still find it crazy to see a netbook playing Call of Duty 4.

Pick it up with Windows XP for $399.99 here. Windows 7 price options listed below:

This has been a Netbook Reviews Post

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