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Saturday 6 August 2011

Apple’s 11-inch MacBook Air 2011 Features Intel Core i5 Processor and SSD Memory


Certainly it is common knowledge by now that the 13-inch MacBook Air is both powerful and thin, but no matter how narrow the laptop, some people are just not satisfied. So the 11-inch is a two-inch compromise to fulfill these needs.
At first sight, the 11-inch model is just a smaller rendition of the 13-inch, even matching the appearance of last year’s. The unifying feature in the design is the uni-body casing. The material is aluminum and the slim profile bestows an elegance on the machine that is unparalleled. It quite clearly is a solid laptop made for toting.
Although the smaller the machine the tighter the working space and the stronger the feeling of being cramped, the 11-inch MacBook Air does not suffer from this air. The casing matches more closely the 13-inch than the screen does.
The keyboard is a pleasant size, allowing for full speed typing in no time. The responsiveness is well-balanced and the backlighting that had been such a joy has been brought back with this model. It detects when the environmental light level is low and turns on to allow typing in the dark. Although there are shortcut keys to allow you to enable or disable the feature, you won’t want to. For example, when you are on a flight the backlighting is indispensable.
Another fine feature is the gigantic touchpad that yields to three simultaneous touches. The diversity of features that can be enabled through this sophisticated communication is unbelievable, and only available in OS X Lion. The smoothness of it in OS X contrasts with the clunky feeling it has in Windows, which is due to its tight integration into the OS.
The other key advantage of the touchpad is that, by default, you have to press it in to click (two-fingers activates a right-click). This means that if you’re typing and accidentally brush against the touchpad, it doesn’t move your cursor to a different part of the document.
The 11-inch screen has a resolution of 1,366 x 768, and we found it to be sharp and detailed. It helps that OS X is designed to make the most of the screen, with the Dock slipping out of view when not in use and multi-touch gestures the easiest way to switch between open tasks. It means that you don’t need an ever-present task bar taking up room, as you do with Windows computers.
The viewing angles are great, with brilliant colors, even though the overall effect is a glossy finish that does not hold up well under office lights. Simply tilting the screen remedies this to some extent.
This model of MacBook Air has overcome a previous complaint that they were using an antiquated Core 2 Duo. You won’t have to worry about that any longer, since this one packs a 1.6GHz Core i5-2467M processor. As for memory, it is best not to buy the cheapest model or you will end up with only 2GB Ram and the 64 GB SSD. Opt for the 4GB Ram and 128 GB SSD for an additional small price.
This time Mac beats equivalent Windows laptops in bang for your bucks.

Pelican Releases 1075 Protective Case for Tablets and Netbooks

Pelican is adding a new case to their line of protective cases. The new1075 Hardback cases are designed for tablets and netbooks, or even other small devices like external hard drives. The case seals with a gasket, so the case is water tight, dust proof, and crush proof. It has an automatic purge valve to balance air pressure inside the case while keeping out water and dust. There are three versions of the case. The i7500 for the iPad/iPad 2 has a molded liner and an integrated easel for horizontal or vertical viewing and storage for the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and accessories. The 1075CC has a shock-absorbing liner for netbooks. There’s also a model with a Pick N Pluck interior foam lining that can be customized to fit the shape of your small device(s). The MSRP for the netbook and Pick N Pluck models is $69.95; the iPad model will be $84.95.

Infinity Blade 50% Off for Just $2.99, Limited Time



Grab this one really quick, as the role playing game Infinity Blade from Epic Games goes on sale today 50-percent off for only $2.99 for a limited time. Note that this sale is said to be temporary, and we really don’t know when will it end so you should make your purchase right now. Your $2.99 will go for an eye-popping video graphics fitted with just added features of multiplayer and survival game modes. To even convince you how good Infinity Blade, after 6-months when it was launched, the game posted $10 million sales. So what are you waiting for, be sure to grab it.

BlackBerry Bold 9930 & BlackBerry Torch 9850 Coming to Sprint This Fall

Sprint has announced two new BlackBerry smartphones: the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850. Both are world phone capable and are powered by a 1.2GHz processor running the next-generation BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 7. Browsing on these phones is supposed to be 40 percent faster than BlackBerry 6 based smartphones and up to 100 percent faster than BlackBerry based smartphones.

The BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphone is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone ever. At 10.5mm thick, it features a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the widest QWERTY keyboard available on a BlackBerry smartphone and a trackpad for easy navigation.

The BlackBerry Torch 9850 smartphone will be the first full-touch BlackBerry smartphone from Sprint. It features a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the largest ever on a BlackBerry smartphone, and trackpad for easy navigation.

No word on pricing yet, but these phones will be available this fall. What do you think, is Blackberry still in the game? Or will is it destined to go the way of Palm/HP?