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Computers

Lenovo S10 Ultra-Portable On Its Way Down Under

Posted by Nick Broughall at 2:05 PM on August 5, 2008

David Flynn over at APC just loves his mini-notebooks. And it looks like they love him as well, considering that he's gotten the scoop on the Australian pricing and release dates for the S10 ultra-portable that was announced overnight.

We can expect the Ideapad S10 at the end of September for $699, which is for the 80GB model (a 160GB model is also expected).

Head over to APC for more details, including which colours won't be coming to Australia.

[APCmag]

Computers

HP Planning An Eee PC Killer Too?

Posted by Nick Broughall at 10:37 AM on July 25, 2008

HP may already have an Eee PC competitor in its 2133 mini-notebook, but that $899 starting price isn't exactly catering to the Eee PC's market - people who wanta no-frills, cheap and functional mini-notebook.

That's why HP are looking at following up the 2133 with a low-cost model, sacrificing some of the durability and premium hardware and software options for price, according to APC.

If you're hanging out to get your hands on a HP-branded mini-notebook, apparently they'll be landing later this year, although there's no word on what kind of engine will be running under the hood - the 2133 currently uses the Via C7-M processor, although APC reckons HP will follow the rest of the market in moving to the new Intel Atom chip.

[APC Mag]

Phones

APC Mag Gets An Exclusive iPhone 3G Review

Posted by Nick Broughall at 5:34 PM on July 9, 2008

If you weren't too keen on Walt's review of the iPhone 3G, Dan Warne over at APC has gone and written his own review - and it takes an Australian viewpoint as well. How he got his hands on an iPhone, I have no idea. But I commend him for the effort - it's a pretty solid review. If you're wondering what he thinks of it... well, hit the link. I'm not going to rewrite it for you.

[APC mag]

Entertainment

Movies Coming To iTunes Within The Month

Posted by Nick Broughall at 8:38 AM on July 2, 2008

Our good friend Gus from Lifehacker has an incredible scoop over at APC - Apple will be selling movies on iTunes within the next month. His source is chief operating officer of iiNet, Mark White, who told him that despite the increased file sizes involved with movie downloads, iiNet will still have unmetered downloads for iTunes.

That means that once you've paid your money to buy the film, you don't actually have to pay again for the bandwidth required to download it.

The agreement has been in place for some time, although there's a substantial difference between downloading a few songs and downloading a movie.

Macs resell better than PCs?

Posted by Seamus Byrne at 9:33 AM on July 11, 2007

Interesting opinion spot over at APCmag.com on the relative costs of PCs versus Macs. Danny Gorog shares his recent story of buying up to a Santa Rosa MacBook Pro for a net cost of $1000 after selling his old one. Mac vs PC pricing differentials are dicey at the best of times, but factoring the ability to resell easily - and get good money back - into the TCO is a valid take on things for those of us who like to rotate gear more rapidly than the typical user. In the age of eBay, it's easier than ever to resell, so it's even more valid.

Of course, I always get an emotional attachment to my notebooks. So sometimes it feels like selling family. I just can't do it. Yeah, I've gotta get over that. -Seamus Byrne

Resale value makes Macs better investments. [APCmag.com]

Google Gears: online apps go offline

Posted by Seamus Byrne at 11:27 AM on June 4, 2007

At the Google Developer Day (end of last week), a big announcement was the new Google Gears browser add-on and API (now in beta). It's set to let you run apps like GMail in an offline mode, as well as any other web app that plugs into the architecture.

This is a pretty huge step for online apps, as the elephant in the room has always been how dead they are when you are offline - and everyone is offline at one time or another.

Angus Kidman over has a good exploration of the tech over at APCmag.com. Well worth a look for anyone who is interested in reading about the future of applications. Yes, that includes you... -Seamus Byrne

Google Gears up for offline apps [APCmag.com]

Mozilla Prepping a Mobile Firefox Browser

Posted by Seamus Byrne at 8:40 AM on May 11, 2007

Mobile%20Fox.jpg Looks like our favorite Web browser is about to go mobile. Mozilla head honcho, Mitchell Baker, told the folks at APC magazine that Mozilla is working on a Firefox to go for your cellphone. It's a long-term project (meaning it's not coming out any time soon), but the goal is to allow it to work with all the add-ons and plug-ins that the full version works with. As long as it works on my smartphone, sign me up. â€“ Louis Ramirez

Firefox Will Move to Mobile Phones: Mozilla CEO [APC]