Asus & Garmin Alliance = M20 nuvifone

About Garmin.....

Garmin is the global leader in satellite navigation, and has sold more than 43 million devices. Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, Garmin has pioneered navigation and communication devices that enrich people's lives. Garmin's market breadth in the GPS industry is second to none having developed innovative products and established market leadership position in each of the markets it serves, including automotive, aviation, marine, fitness, outdoor recreation and wireless applications. Garmin achieved the worldwide number one spot for mobile navigation devices in 2007 by more than doubling its shipments on 2006 and increasing its market share. According to research conducted by Canalys, a leading independent technology market analyst firm, in the third quarter of 2008 Garmin held 35 percent of the worldwide PND market with an approximately 50 percent share in the U.S. and a 20 percent share in Europe.

Garmin has been on the leading edge of mobile phone navigation having launched several products into the mobile market including Garmin Mobile off-board navigation and Garmin Mobile XT, an on-board navigation solution. First announced in 2005, Garmin Mobile off-board navigation was the first server-based navigation application to visually depict and constantly update the user's position on a detailed moving map. These navigation applications include access to dynamic, location-relevant content like traffic reports, fuel prices, flight status and weather information. Garmin's on-board and off-board navigation solutions have been adopted by numerous mobile phone manufacturers and network operators, and are currently available on over 500 different phone models.

Garmin's Alliance with Asus =

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Geo-tagged SMS, email and photo sharing

Ciao!TM Location-based Social Networking platform that integrates compatible social networks into one easy-to-use interface

Large screen with portrait and landscape view of each screen and virtual QWERTY keyboard on touchscreen

HSPA DL: 7.2 Mbps UL: 2.0 Mbps, Tri-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM, dual-band UMTS voice and high-speed wireless Internet

Wi-Fi b/g with WPA encryption

Desktop web experience with full HTML browser

Location-based applications, including real-time traffic information, gas prices, flight times, weather, White Pages and Google Local search

Industry-leading Garmin navigation experience, with voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speaks street names

Optimized for automobile use with included car mount

One-step navigation from contacts, email and local search results

"Where am I?" safety feature displays your current address and nearest police, hospital and fuel services in one click

For more info and to check availability in your area check their official site www.garminasus.com

Asus Bamboo Series

Ever imagine a laptop that looks like a piece of fine and exquisite furniture? Nature and technology has come to a melting pot.

Fusion of aesthetics and engineering with Intel Core™ 2 Duo Processor

With the organic tactility, refreshing scent and minimalist aesthetics of bamboo lend the ASUS Bamboo Series notebook an arresting aura of spirituality, warmth and old world charm that synthetic materials and cold, impersonal metals will struggle to replicate.

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With every touch, users will be able to feel the difference – the bamboo gives an instant sense of familiarity, just like the sensation one would get from running one's fingertips across furniture.

The air of individuality of each piece can be further enhanced by several treatments that yield different colors, or by laser etching distinctive designs onto the ASUS Bamboo Series notebook’s bamboo-clad cover.

The Tablet Netbook: Asus T91

Eee PC T91 will be cradled in users’ arms because it's extremely slim and light. The Eee PC T91 measures just 225cm by 164cm, and weighs a mere 0.96kg—making it one of the smallest and thinnest gadgets with an 8.9" display in the world today.

With its TouchSuite, users can do a myriad of fun tasks with their fingertips, such as touching up photos, creating photo albums, leaving handwritten desktop memos for loved ones, and sketching cartoons or custom emoticons just like an Ipod.

Eee PC 1008HA

The latest on the Seashell line is this Eee PC 1008HA.

The thing that catches me is its 6 hour battery life and massive memory capacity:

Detailed specs here.

Also check out its ergonomic keyboard

If your netbook choice is for battery life and memory, the Eee 1008Ha is a good choice.

Notebook or Netbook

The new craze for tech savvy these days is netbooks....

Analyzing the market today where the tech users are young and more into internet browsing....netbooks will have the upper hand against the notebook. Netbooks are for portability. With the availability of 3G and wireless internet shops/area, young people tend to wanna carry something light yet capable of internet browsing. This internet browsing addiction is due to the rise of social networks...by that we mean Friendster, Multiply, MySpace, Facebook, and a lot more...

Though some cellular phones are capable of internet functions, it is far better to browse the internet which has a capability of the notebook yet very light and portable.

Notebook has functions that are mostly use for office task and higher end programs. With the speeds of PC going faster and faster, notebooks will be the main portable device for office/business use. Netbooks on the other hand will serve the needs of Internet Junkies.

My old Neo Laptop

Before buying my Asus Laptop I am using Neo laptop. I save my money to buy my very first laptop back then and it took me about a year to pay it. I was back then considering to buy HP or Toshiba but price was the downside thus I settled for a new brand which was Neo.

www.code-limited.com

Was checking my mail when I saw this story in Inquirer.net about an online store showcasing our upcoming Filipino designers.

Code-limited is a website bringing in the latest creation of your Filipino designers who wanted to enter the tough fashion market. Philippines is not much that adopted to the concept of online buying specially clothing and apparel; but this new website is taking bold steps to bring in such concept to the Philippine market.

This way creates the exclusive sense in fashion sense the clothes are like the designers clothes only that this ones are made by new players in the fashion scene. Nevertheless its a new concept that brings new and talented Filipino designers and buyers together and at the doorsteps.

For more information please visit their online store www.code-limited.com

The new Intel Core i7

Was able to know about this new process while waiting for my appointment in a clinic.

While browsing the MaximumPC mag, there is a spread about the Core i7. Below are its features(taken from Intel website):

Product information

* 2.93 GHz and 2.66 GHz core speed

* 8 processing threads with Intel® HT technology

* 8 MB of Intel® Smart Cache

* 3 Channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory

* View Intel® Core™ i7 processor performance benchmarks

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* See product image

* Learn about processor numbersΔ

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* Compare desktop processors

* Compare motherboards and barebones

* Compare chipsets

Features and benefits

Go to the next level of multi-core performance.

Intel Core i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in quad-core performance and feature the latest innovations in processor technologies:

Intel® Turbo Boost technology maximizes speed for demanding applications, dynamically accelerating performance to match your workload—more performance when you need it the most.²

Intel® Hyper-Threading technology enables highly threaded applications to get more work done in parallel. With 8 threads available to the operating system, multi-tasking becomes even easier.³

Intel® Smart Cache provides a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for industry leading multi-threaded games.

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect is designed for increased bandwidth and low latency. It can achieve data transfer speeds as high as 25.6 GB/sec with the Extreme Edition processor.

Integrated memory controller enables three channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, resulting in up to 25.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth. This memory controller's lower latency and higher memory bandwidth delivers amazing performance for data-intensive applications.

Intel® HD Boost significantly improves a broad range of multimedia and compute-intensive applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle, allowing a new level of processing efficiency with SSE4 optimized applications.

I believe this is the series of Quad core after Core2 duo. Have not seen any PC or laptop with this processor lately. IF you had a chance to see one would appreciate if you can leave a comment on the new product.

My Asus....

Finally bought my new laptop after about two years of using my old and handy dandy Neo Laptop. I was canvassing for the past 6 months because I know laptops these days easily change and daily updates and upgrades are popping out.

I was torn between an Acer laptop and a HP laptop. Acer has just been new to my consideration list. Most of my preferences would be HP due to the fact that my former IT manager when I was still working with Orica Philippines suggest that capability and service wise, HP is the good choice than Toshiba and IBM. And so I shop around the limited computer retailers and shops here in Guam for the best price and got a glimpse of an Acer with the so good features I wanted. But of course I still inquired about HP but to my dismay what is common to all the shops I inquired is Acer, Toshiba, and Asus.

There was a laptop that currently matches my specifications and it was an Acer unit. It has 3G RAM, 320G HDD, built in webcam, wifi ready, and a wide screen. Looking at the price of about $1,050.00 I quite have some hesitations. So I look at others. One notable one is the Asus brand. They are good units do but downside is price. I know the built of an Asus unit has been regarded as superior than other laptop thus the pricey tag. My mind was torn between these two and I ask the retailer to give me some time to think about it.

A week pass and I was ready to buy the Acer but to my surprise it was sold a day before. Being desperate for a laptop unit to aid me in my work...I settled for an Asus laptop for $1,200.00, quite pricey yet I am confident that this thing wont let me down in my work. With its 2G RAM, Core 2 Duo Intel processor, 250G HDD and 15.2" wide screen my work and surfing experience will be up and running.

You can visit Asus.com for more info on their products.