Other Mfrs

OQO Model 02 – EV-DO Wireless (Verizon)

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MobileWhack has a story up about OQO announcing that the OQO Model 02 has optional EV-DO Wireless WAN capability (for Verizon customers):

OQO Inc today announced that their critically acclaimedOQO 02 modelcomputer is now also available with EV-DO Wireless WAN capability and is compatible with the Verizon Wireless Broadband Access service. Thus users in the United States will be able to access their email, the Internet, and business and personal applications at speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second.

Announced: MSI S271

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Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced one of the first AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core powered ultraportable notebooks, the MSI S271.

It has a Aluminum/Magnesium Alloy case, weighs around 4 pounds, with a 12.1-inch widescreen “Super Glare” display (i.e. it handles glare better than many other displays) as well as an internal dual-layer DVD Writer. It utilizes an ATI chipset, can handle up to 2GB of DDR2 memory, and has an ATI Radeon Xpress200 for the graphics chipset.

Epson Adds More Cases/Designs for Endeavor NT350

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Epson has added more versions/case designs for its Epson Endeaver NT350 ultraportable notebook. The NT350 has a a 12.1-inch display with an Intel Celeron M or Pentium M. They have a Disney line of designs already. This is just one more way for them to stand out I suppose – Dell and others offer similar designs for some of their notebooks, although I believe they are using 3rd parties.

Announced: MSI MEGABOOK MS-1058

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MSI is rolling out the MEGABOOK MS-1058, one of the first ultraportables that utilizes AMD’s Turion 64 X2 Dual Core CPU (2.0GHz). It weighs just over four pounds, has a 12.1-inch widescreen display, and up to 2GB of memory. It utilizes ATI’s Radeon Xpress 200M chipset, and looks like it has a choice of ATI graphics options, either the Xpress 200M or X300SE. A DVD-Writer is standard, and it has the choice of a 4-cell or 8-cell battery.

We should start seeing a lot more of these 64-bit dual-core notebooks popping up over the next month or two. The Turion 64 X2 was announced just two days ago, but it looks like MSI already had these in the pipeline. It does utilize DDR2 memory (some some mobile offerings from AMD didn’t), and has more power-saving/conservation features built into the CPU.

No word on availability outside of Japan.

Epson Adds More Disney Characters to Endeaver NT350

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Epson has unveiled additional Disney versions of its Epson Endeaver NT350. The NT350 is a notebook with a 12.1-inch display and powered by an Intel Celeron M or Pentium M (1.6GHz – 2GHz), with upto seven hours of battery life (with the extended battery). They have had a Disney line of their Endeavor NT350 White series for quite some time now, and this is an expansion. They must be popular to be adding more.

Epson’s Endeavor lineup is only available in Japan/Asia at this time.