Thursday, May 24, 2007

The New Benq S41 HDMI Notebook

BenQ Joybook S41

BenQ announced the S41 laptop series based on the Santa Rosa. The BenQ S41 is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7100, DDRII 1GB RAM (up to 2GB), 80-160GB hard drive and nVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS graphics.

The BenQ S41 has also a 8X DVD Super-Multi burner or a 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo, a 14.1-inch LCD display,WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, optional Bluetooth, 5-in-1 card reader supporting SD/MMC/MS/MS-Pro/xD, a 1.3 Megapixel web camera and a HDMI output.

Taking advantage of BenQ’s exclusive Laminated Color Metal technology, the S41 perfectly blends patterns of circles and squares on its metallic cover, making it a strong personal statement for professionals on the go. Furthermore, a fine aluminum hairline palm rest gives it a metropolitan touch, making it special, lively and contemporary.

With the best-in-class nVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GS and support up to 1GB of TurboCache, the laptop brings a stunning visual experience and renders the most intense 3D visual effects for today’s hottest games. Furthermore, with the nVIDIA® PureVideoHD technology, the laptop delivers visuals and system performance for the latest graphics and video features in superb picture clarity and stutter-free playback.

The HDMI output allows pristine transmission of high-definition digital video of up to 1080p resolution and supports high-bandwidth uncompressed digital audio via a single cable – allowing easy connection of HD enabled equipment such as HD DVD players and the latest gaming consoles for the best multimedia experience.

The S41 arrives with a built-in 1.3 megapixel QEye webcam, an internal microphone with noise suppression and echo cancellation functions and cinema-class audio performance through its dual 1.5W speakers enhanced by SRS TruSurround XT technology. It is equipped with integrated wireless WAN, 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN and built-in Bluetooth® 2.0. for easy connections to a wide range of network and peripherals.

The notebook will be available in MALAYSIA somewhere in JUNE. Just go to low yat and ask the tauke about this notebook. The price is estimated at Rm 3999 !!!!! for this kind of spec, I'd say that it is worth it.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

My current Mobile Phone...... Motorola V3x

Currently i'm using this great phone from motorola, the V3x. I've manage to mod / upgrade it with the latest firmware and many hack that can push the phone to the limit. Some of the hack that i like the most is the sound boost. By default motorola has limit the sound produce by this phone to level 1. But, it can go up to level six with a little mod / hack. Some more, i've manage to make the video and picture quality far more better than the default one. It's so simple even u can do it. If you using this phone and want to have the latest firmware and all the hack, please do email me for more info. sirprotos@hotmail.com.

SUMMARY OF FEATURES:
  • Sleek streamlined housing with large, vivid color external and internal displays
  • 2 megapixel camera with 8x zoom, macro mode setting and , LED
  • VGA camera for 2-way video calling*
  • Bluetooth wireless technology* supports wireless stereo sound through Motorola’s Bluetooth Stereo Headset and other compatible Bluetooth enabled accessories for hands-free communication
  • Up to 512 MB of removable optional TransFlash™ memory
  • Motorola's SCREEN3 technology solution featuring zero-click access to news, sports, entertainment, and other premium content.*
  • Progressive downloading to view media files on demand
  • Support of AAC+, MPEG4, WMV, WMA, MP3 and Real Video/Audio files
  • Advanced speaker-independent voice recognition: state a number/name and be connected without pre-recording
  • Over the air synchronization with the PC via SyncML*
  • WAP 2.0 browser*

The phone spec is as follow :

General Network UMTS / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Announced 2005, 1Q
Status Available
Size Dimensions 99 x 55 x 20 mm, 89 cc
Weight 125 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 33 x 45 mm
- Second external 65K colors display, STN (96 x 80 pixels)
- Downloadable wallpapers, screensavers
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (24 channels), MP3
Customization Composer, download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 x 20 fields, Photo call
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 512 MB, buy memory
- 64 MB internal memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE No
3G Yes, 384 kbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v1.2
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes + downloadable, order now
Colors
Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video, flash; secondary video call VGA camera
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- T9
- Calendar
- SyncML
- Voice dial
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion (BC60) 840 mAh
Stand-by Up to 250 h
Talk time Up to 5 h