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My Samsung i760 Windows Mobile device serves me well in many ways. I like the push mail now that we have our server updated, I use Pocket Word and Excel on occasion and I like to do a little bit of surfing the net. However, when I am stuck in an airport or for general web work on the go I really would like a little more screen than offered by your normal PocketPC/smartphone. I also don't want to lug my 8.5lb Dell Laptop everywhere. The solution for me - a machine sized somewhere between a smartphone and a full-sized laptop.  read more »

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Stock of the S620 is becoming increasingly hard to find. However the ASUS M530w is an ideal alterative and its in stock...   The ASUS M530w is packed with features including MW6 OS, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 2MP camera, built-in 256 MB Flash + 64 MB SDRAM and it has a powerful Marvell PXA270 (416 MHz) processor.      With the 3G Video Phone, users can talk to anyone face-to-face, and 3G broadband makes downloading music, MV and other video and music programs a breeze. It is also able to utilize wireless connections via 802.11 b/g for high speed data transfers for total mobility. The built-in Business Card Recognition feature allows users to use the ASUS M530ws 2.0 Mega Pixel Auto-Macro camera to capture the details of a business card and avoid tediously keying in data into the contacts book.   Don't forget - all ASUS Smart/PDA phones come with a 12 month collect and return warranty within the UK. Ring the ASUS service centre if your M530w develops a fault - they will collect your unit, and return it repaired. Most repairs take less then two weeks.  read more »

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Early adopters of Asus 9" Eee PC in Hong Kong are in a righteous fury over what appears to be a flat-out campaign of dishonesty and misinformation on the part of Asus in regards to the Eee's battery life. Early reviews cited a 2.5 hour battery life for the Eee, but Asus has admitted that it "mistakenly" sent reviewers a 4-cell, 5800mAh battery with their Eees instead of the battery that consumers will actually get: a significantly weaker 4400mAh 4-cell with a paltry 1.5 hour battery life. Boo, Asus. That's just bad baseball. The 2.5 hour battery life was always disappointing, even before it turned out that you lied to reviewers even to get that. But 1.5 hours? On a brand new battery? How do you even release a product like that? Especially for five hundred and forty nine dollars? Asus is now "considering" upgrading early adopters' batteries for free. Just do it, Asus. You're rapidly losing fans here. The cheap sub-notebook market is getting very crowded very quickly, yet you just seem intent on forcing itself out of the market it created. Lying to reviewers? Cheating customers who read those reviews?  read more »

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Intel’s Classmate PC was originally designed to go up against the OLPC XO laptop as a low cost computer that will help bridge the digital divide in developing countries, but it seems as though folks living in developed countries want their share as well. Analysts have so far concluded that both Europe and the US will be receiving the Classmate pretty soon, primarily targeting the education sector. Intel has to date already run a fair number of pilot tests with the laptop in schools located throughout Texas, Oregon and California in the US.  read more »