Sony Vaio P Clone Can’t Compete with the Original [Clones]
So, the Sony Vaio P has a clone. Congrats, Sony! Too bad the mimicry ends with the aesthetics:
The appearance is spot on, but the insides are decidedly sub-par. The Atom processor is a less powerful than the processor offered in the Vaio P, and the memory maxes out at 1GB. If you’re comparing, that’s a full GB short of the original.
Since this is a clone however, the price is really the only area where one could say it “competes” with Sony’s premium-priced Vaio P.
The clone offers a 160GB for about $300, as well as a $380 model with 350GB storage, 2Gb ram and 3G.
Aaand scene. [Gizchina - Thanks, Andi]
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Nokia Teases, Heavily, That C-Series Phones Are Launching at CeBIT [Nokia]
Remember Nokia? They make cellphones (still!), and at CeBIT they’re hinting hard that two more, possibly the C5 and C6, are about to join their ranks.
The hint was packaged in the Nokia Conversations newsletter. C if you can figure out what it is:
“Of course, we don’t comment on rumours or leaks, but we are looking forward to C BIT for the next series of Nokia announcements. Right we’re off to pack our rucksacks and lederhosen, C you there.”
Do you C? Because they’re laying it on pretty thick (and so am I!). So coy, that Nokia. Too bad they’re doomed. Maybe these phones will help. Otherwise, C ya later. [Engadget]
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Growin’ Up Speaker System Design Rooted in Trees [Speakers]
“Larry, your new speakers look great, really they do. But…something’s off. I can’t put my finger on it, but they just sound, I dunno, kind of wooden. You know?”
Because they’re inspired by trees! Haha. I kill me.
Anyway, really, designer Marcos Ignacio Madia must have gone all Sigourney Weaver in the jungle from Gorillas in the Mist on us, because he just went and designed a line of speakers that look and grow (by stacking) like trees. There’s a woofer, midrange and tweeters, all of which you can stack and…hrm…grow as you expand the collection.
You can even, theoretically, turn the speakers to face different directions as you experiment with sound. Which is just like regular speakers except birds won’t accidentally nest in those.
It’s just a design at the moment, so you audiophiles will just have to put those woodies away for now. [Home Tone Coolest Gadgets via DVICE]
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UK Bill Would Outlaw Open Public Wifi Hotspots [WiFi]
If passed, something called the Digital Economy Bill over in the U.K. could do the unthinkable in this, the digital age: Ban open wifi spots.
The ban comes as part of a bill that seeks to limit copyright infringement, or something. In summary, schools, small businesses and even libraries would have to effectively become their own ISP and manage the wifi hotspot—or face hefty fines. Even if a shop password-protected their wifi and posted the PW publicly (as they probably should be doing anyway), this “management” would also entail detailed record keeping, as the bill requires that hotspot providers log users who’ve been on their network. Sounds fun!
I’d love for any UK-based small business owners to weigh in on this debate, and the bill. Is it really as annoying as the ZDNet article makes it sound? Are daily, detailed user records really too much a burden for the corner coffee shop to bear? Light those torches and brandish your pitchforks in the comments! [ZDNET]
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ASUS Eee PC T101MT Convertible Struggles in Hands-On Preview [Asus Eee PC]
When we previewed the Asus Eee PC T101MT convertible netbook/tablet earlier this month, it was just on paper. The plucky little netbook looked promising, for an Eee PC, but this latest string of hands-on previews is just plain ugly.
The 10.1-inch touchscreen tablet portion, for example, struggles with basic tasks, touch recognition and responsiveness. The previewer rated the T101MT “poor” in these areas. Calibrating the device improved responsiveness slightly, but there were still areas of the screen, like the top, where the software struggled to keep up with the user’s input.
Then there’s the video:
newVideoPlayer( {“type”:”video”,”player”:”http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9754220&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1″,”customParams”:[],”width”:500,”height”:375,”ratio”:0.75,”flashData”:”",”embedName”:null,”objectId”:null,”noEmbed”:false,”source”:”vimeo”} );
Now, keep in mind this is all pre-production hardware we’re seeing, and could improve before launch. Maybe. [Touchscreen Tablet via Engadget]
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Motorized Lego Technic Avatar Helicopter is Grounded—For Now [Lego]
Give this Lego Avatar helicopter a few aerodynamic tweaks, a slightly more powerful engine and a pilot spouting off canned, predictable dialogue, and I could easily see it taking flight, literally, to fight the Na’Vi.
I mean, the rotors appear to be spinning at quite a clip in that video don’t they? Enough to sting a stray finger, in any event.
newVideoPlayer( {“type”:”video”,”player”:”http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Nnuv-DGsSWE&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22″,”customParams”:[],”width”:500,”height”:412,”ratio”:0.824,”flashData”:”",”embedName”:null,”objectId”:null,”noEmbed”:false,”source”:”youtube”} );
Looks pretty sturdy too, which is incredibly important should the pilot happen to have a James Cameron-sized ego. [Nowhere Else via CrunchGear]
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