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Project Fusion and Maxtor Portable Drives

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LAPTOP Magazine is reporting on Maxtor’s announcement of two external harddrives, as well as a new web-based application, “Project Fusion” to manage data stored on them and/or transferred back and forth. Of interest to portable users is the Maxtor OneTouch III Mini ($149 – 60GB, $199 – 100GB) which is “small enough to fit in the palm of your hand“.

Added into the mix is “Project Fusion”, which “is designed to aid consumers in organizing and distributing digital files stored on either their main hard drive or an external hard drive. Users can tag, rename, and sort files into various categories and make them available for public or private use.” This will conceivably help you in managing your backups, etc., with the Maxtor OneTouch III Mini.

Flybook A33i, V33i, V23i

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There are some articles that have been floating around presenting the Flybook A33i as a “new” ultraportable notebook/Tablet PC. It’s a little confusing, as I think that some people/sites are confusing the older Transmeta-powered Flybook with the new Flybook V series. I’m seeing people present the older Flybook’s specifications as the new Flybook’s specifications. One important difference is the CPU – the older is powered by a Transmeta Crusoe CPU, the new series is powered by an Intel Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) Pentium M.

Austek To Build 1.2 Million iBooks?

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According to Forbes, Austek has been contracted to build 1.2 million Intel-powered iBooks with 13.3 widescreen displays (the displays are from AU Optronics Corp, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp, and LG Philips LCD). No word on if it’s Core Solo or Core Duo. These have been rumored for quite a long time, and this is the first solid evidence we have of them.

They are expected to ship to customers in June. It’s safe to assume that they will have the same dual-boot capability (Windows and Mac OS X) that current Intel-based Macs have.