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The Tokyo-based Cina company has glanced at the beauty of nature to find their inspiration for the design of this snowflake style USB drive.
The Snowflake USB Drive is made of laser sintered nylon, measures 60 x 20 x 10 mm and comes with a 4GB memory capacity. No word on pricing.
(Unplggd via Techfresh via Prylfeber)
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It’s not every day we get to glimpse a brand new experience from Dell, and while Studio might just be near-XPS laptops in everyman clothing, that certainly seems to be a good thing. The laptops appear to combine the power of XPS and the prices of Inspiron, with some new perks like HDMI out and slot-loading drives to keep things fresh. The laptops tend a little thicker than their XPS counterparts, and the fact that these are hitting just before Centrino 2 might be cause to hesitate, but otherwise we’re getting the feel from these reviews that the Studio line just might be the consumer lineup to beat if you can dig the design quirks and a little bit of bulk.
Read - NotebookReview, Studio 17 (”Hard pressed to find a better 17-inch notebook in the same price range”)
Read - CNET Reviews, Studio 15 (7.3 / 10, “We’d be tempted to save up a few extra dollars for a thinner, lighter XPS.”)
Read - PC Mag, Studio 15 (4.5 / 5, Editor’s Choice, “Retaining many of the XPS’s qualities while selling it for Inspiron prices.”)
Read - Laptop Mag, Studio 17 (3.5 / 5, “For $1,599, you’ll get plenty of multimedia muscle.”)
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When Apple unveiled the MacBook Air, it unwittingly turned the humble inter-office mailing envelope into an icon. A slew of semi-ironic takes on this followed in the shape of vinyl and hemp cases, but they are, as we now know, so January 2008.
Orbino’s Aria, on the other hand, fulfills all the criteria to get yet another laptop case featured on the Gadget Lab. It’s sexy looking (meaning nice pictures for the top of the post), it has some neat features (an aluminum handle, a plush interior) and it has a ridiculous, rant-worthy price ($530).
Yes. $530. And that’s the starting price. Add in exotic leathers and extra external pockets and you start getting into the price range of a brand new MacBook. Too bad it also looks a lot like my old Philippe Starck/Samsonite back pack (right). You’d think that for this price, Orbino could have come up with an original design.
Product page [Orbino via Crave]
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It’s June 27th, but instead of a 10-inch MSI Wind NB unboxing we’re hearing that at least one pre-order customer is being greeted with another delay. Reason? An “industry wide battery shortage.” Come now MSI, we guess you missed that giant fireball-of-a-signal to look elsewhere for your inventory back in March? At least MSI is tossing in free overnight delivery with the new July 7th ship date. Hoozah, drinks are on Fred! Full MSI notification posted after the break.
P.S. The MSI Wind MB retail page is currently blank. Time will tell if this is a deeper issue or just a temporary administration error.
[Thanks, Fred H.]
Continue reading MSI Wind, delayed again?
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We’ve gotten just about as much info on the Eee PC 901 and 1000 as we can handle, but we’ve been missing that most important piece of data until now: a US release date. That might be about to change, though, as ASUS’s pre-sales department has apparently been telling people that the 901 and 1000 will ship on July 8th. Of course, that’s not a firm commitment, and ship dates have been known to slip, but if you’ve been waiting to cold-cock that piggy bank, well, let the countdown begin.
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So we’ve asked you which HD media streamer you prefer. And we’ve done the same for NAS drives. But what if you’re the type that’s looking for the best of both worlds? Take it away, Stuart:
“We have a laptop and a desktop, with plans to add another computer in the near future. I’d like something that can primarily provide a large (1TB+) storage repository that can be accessed via our network, as well as have space for data backups and media streaming capabilities. I’ve read articles on Drobo and Windows Home Server-based devices, but after a certain point my brain just starts to get overloaded. Which solution out there would be best for me? I’m trying to stay below $700 if possible.”
We think your task is pretty clear cut here, reader. Which home server out there is a notch above the rest? Would you recommend a pre-built device or a homegrown solution? After giving this one a whirl, toss your own inquiry over to ask at engadget dawt com - your very words may grace this space next week.
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We’ve been wondering where the MSI Wind’s been hiding, and it turns out it’s been kicking back with Uncle Sam — the 10-inch netbook just popped up in the FCC. Nothing here we didn’t know, really, but if you’re into shots of the internals or those oh-so-riveting RF reports, nirvana awaits you at the read link.
[Via jkkmobile]
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Never heard of Everex? They’re the smallish, low-end PC maker owned by FIC (who we’d guess also might not know) that makes the Cloudbook (among other things). We only mention them because a third, even more unfamiliar company, a systems integrator named NewMarket Technology, is buying out 75% of Everex to flesh out their mobile hardware presence in certain developing nations. The sum’s undisclosed, the transaction’s due for completion this September, and you might still be wondering what it all means to you. Well, unless you live in Asia or Latin America, probably not a whole lot.
[Via PC World]
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We got a look at some engineering prototype versions of Dell’s new Studio 17 and Studio 15 laptops, so while they might be lacking a minor bit of polish here or there compared to the real versions, Dell certainly had these up and running a good couple months ago. We’re not totally blown away by the design, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction for Dell, and a few elements (like the hinge) even seem to be taking some cues from Lenovo’s ultra-designed IdeaPad line. There’s no denying that the Studio 15, with its flush-to-the-edges keyboard strikes a more stunning figure than the slightly bleh Studio 17 version, but neither one is quite as thin as we’d like, and the material doesn’t quite shake off the cheap plastic feel of Dell’s Inspiron series. But hey, color (and graphic) lid customization is fun, and you’re still going to be hard pressed to beat Dell’s prices. Pics are below, and we apologize for the blurring: a few unannounced products snuck into the shots, but hopefully we’ll be hearing more about those shortly.
Gallery: Dell Studio laptop hands-on
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We’d heard that AMD was working on another competitor to Intel’s Atom chips, but yet another set of insanely boring leaked slides indicates that the company is planning on using a version of its next-gen Fusion CPU / GPU hybrid chip to power a new mobile platform codenamed “Shrike.” The new ultra-low-voltage platform is aimed at machines like the Fujitsu U810 and Dell Latitude XT, so it’s not quite a direct competitor for Atom and VIA’s Isaiah — that’s what Puma is for — but there’s bound to be some overlap, and the appeal of a real GPU in a mobile device is pretty obvious. Rumor is that Shrike could beat the planned “Swift” chips off the line as the first Fusion chips — that is, if any of this stuff actually ever ships, since we’ve been hearing about it since 2006. Let’s see some chips instead of slides next time, alright AMD?
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