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The quick, pocket-sized solution to top up your iPhone, BlackBerry or Motorola DROID! And now get a free iPhone case too!

Just plug RichardSolo 1800 into your iPhone/BlackBerry /Palm Pre once
or twice a day for fifteen minutes, and keep your device charged up. At
your desk or at dinner, plug in RichardSolo to instantly transfer charge. No
more battery worries! 1800 mAh lithium-ion battery is largest in its class
and holds its charge for months. RichardSolo 1800 will charge iPhone to
full 1.5 times, and lithium-ion is good for 3-5 years of recharges.
Retractable USB cable, 110-240v AC wall charger, and dual-port USB car
charger included — like getting two extra chargers for free! Even charge
the RichardSolo 1800 and phone together at the same time. Take only one
charger when traveling and wake up in the morning with the RichardSolo
and your phone charged. Put the RichardSolo in your pocket, plug it into
your phone now and then to top it up. Use your phone while charging it.
Enjoy a built-in laser pointer and ultra-bright LED flashlight, too! These
two lights use very little power, so you get handy extra features. RS001 is
the only snap-on battery available with a latching mechanism for iPhone,
to keep battery firmly attached. RS001 fits all iPhone/iPod cases except
the very thickest armor. Optional 2G/3G support brace included.
RS001 works with iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and all iPod models except
shuffle. Direct plug in. No cable.
RS008 works with iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and all iPod models except
shuffle — perfect for iPod touch. Cable only — included.
RS007 works with all BlackBerry models, Motorola DROID and any
phone with a mini/micro USB charging port. Plug in directly or use with
cable — included.
Your satisfaction is guaranteed, with our 30-day, no-hassle return privilege.
If you’re not satisfied for any reason, we’ll email you a pre-paid return
label. You have no risk whatsoever, and the warranty is now one full year.
We are here to support you!
Actual customer comments:
“To have your company exhibit such
exceptional service is unbelievably
refreshing.” — P.S.
“Dear Richard and Team: This is
what I call great customer support.
I wish more companies would figure
this out these days. Thank you so
much.” — D.C.
Reviewers give it top marks.
“Now RichardSolo has released a
much improved version of the Backup
Battery that not only provides
more power for your iPhone or iPod,
but some excellent new features that
trash the competition.”
— TUAW.com
“The quintessential accessory for all
iPhone/iPod owners. If you don’t
already own one, you need to
order yours today.”
— BuyMeAniPhone.com

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Barnes & Noble’s Nook: More Than the Basics

DON’T WRITE OFF Barnes
& Noble’s Nook (bn.com) as
just another e-reader. @is is
no thoughtlessly slappedtogether
oEering—it’s the
bookseller’s attempt to capitalize
on all the mistakes it
believes Amazon has made
with the Kindle, in the form
of a better product at the
exact same price.
In the Nook, all of the
things you’d expect—Wi-Fi,
an online bookstore, the
ability to mark notes—are
paired with unusual features,
such as a touchscreen, a color
navigation display, and a way
to lend e-books to friends.
Its $259 price is important
at a time when e-readers are
trying to break into the
mainstream. @ough Amazon
popularized e-readers,
rivals such as iRex, Plastic
Logic, and Sony are trying
to muscle in. Sony oEers
three diEerent models, with
progressively better features
and larger screens. @e other
two companies are vying for
customers with deep pockets,
oEering a magazine-style
experience on screens the
size of computer paper.
In contrast, the Nook is
geared toward the average
user. It isn’t a high-priced
business tool, and it isn’t
feature-deXcient, either. But
it does give the e-reader
market a kick in the pants.
Here are just a few of its
most intriguing features।
Big Battery, Decent Storage
BARNES & NOBLE claims that the Nook lasts ten days on a charge.
It’s not clear how the company arrived at that calculation and whether
Wi-Fi was on for the duration, but it’s safe to say that you could
take this device on a long flight. As for storage, the Nook’s 2GB can
carry up 1500 e-books, same as the Kindle.
Powering the Nook is Android 1.5. Users can stop reading on the
device and then resume on select BlackBerry and Motorola phones
with a free Barnes & Noble e-reader application. I also like the ability
to load photos onto the Nook to serve as screensavers.
Touchscreen Navigation
NOT ALL OF the Nook’s screen
is touchable. The top portion is
a regular E-Ink display, but the
bottom part is like the touchscreen
of a smartphone, allowing
you to navigate menus and
giving you a virtual keyboard for
typing in your notes.
By including a color touchscreen,
the Nook stands out
next to the bland gray hues of
other e-readers. When you
browse through your library,
the e-books scroll by in a way
reminiscent of the iPod’s Cover
Flow feature. The Nook also
works as an MP3 player.
The Form
THE NOOK MEASURES 7.7 by
4.9 by 0.5 inches, giving it similar
dimensions to the Kindle
(Amazon’s product is a little
taller and wider, but slightly
thinner). The actual screen real
estate, however, is the same 6
inches after you account for the
navigation touchscreen.
Accessorize!
IT’S NOT UNHEARD of to throw a
cover on an e-reader to make it more
book-like, but the Nook is getting
fancy with contributions from Kate
Spade New York, Jack Spade, Tahari,
and Jonathan Adler (pictured). With
Nook in hand, you just might become
part of the newest fashion trend.

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Seagate Momentus 7200,4 500GB

 

ower savings is the big idea behind Seagate's newest consumer laptop drive, but don't think for a moment that its performance isn't up to scratch. Although it won't make recent SSDs scurty for cover, there's a lot to like in the Morncntus 7200.4's benchmark results. (That is, if you can push Seagate's recent firmware debacle with the Barracuda 7200.11 and other drives out of your mind.) The dollars-per-GB ratio still heavily favors hard drives such as this one, even if an SSD such as Solidata's X2­512 can match it in capacity. And although eminent tech journalists have rightfully

declared that a good SSD is currently the PC upgrade with the most notice­able across-the-board performance boost, most users would still rather pay $145 for 500GB than $1,999. With fluid dynamic bear­ings, a head offload ramp, and various power manage­ment techniques, the 7200.4 manages to eke out a living on slightly more than a cou­ple of watts. In fact, Seagate claims that it's the most power-sipping 7,200rpm laptop drive around. Like its 160GB, 250GB, and 320GB brethren, this 500GB Momentus 7200.4 (model ST9500420AS) features a 16MB cache .

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Solidata X2-512 512GB

 

 

SSDs are catching up to hard drives on the capacity front. Here's one pack­ing half a terabyte, for ctying out loud. This MLC drive is a 2.5-inch unit, despite its remarkable capacity. (It's also available as a 3.5-inch). At 13mm thick, it won't fit in evety laptop. The 256GB and smaller units are but 9.5mm thin. Solidata posits this drive as an Intel whupper, but my tests showed a distinct advantage on the part of the X25-M, even before the recent Intel firmware upgrade to address declining write performance over time. Even without HD Tach write results-my X25-M was borrowed and contained data, so I couldn't run write tests­the Intel SSD kicked rump. The Solidata scored quite low in Iorneters File Server test,

 

 

which consists of mostly reads with some writes. Still, the 1000/0 reads Web Server test looked much better. Then again, you can't get 512GB from Intel. As Kirk taunted Khan, Solidata may as well be saying, "I'm laughing at the superior intellect. Neener, neener."   by Marty Sems

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IBM is working on the MLC PRAM

PRAM, or phase change memory, part of the best candidates to the estate of the current flash memory. Volatile as the NAND, this type of memory approaches the performance of DRAM.
Many builders are therefore working actively to its development and the resolution of the problems still faced by researchers (current important necessary write, sensitivity to heat or even electronic noise increase). First PRAM chips have already appeared on the market, although capabilities are still low compared with currently available memory NAND flash chips.
IBM however seems confident, and has even announced the development of (multi-level cell) MLC PRAM chips, while until now the phase change memory was limited to the SLC. In practice, the test of IBM chip is engraved in 90 nm CMOS. It displays a latency of writing 10 microseconds, a time 100 times less than the best current flash memory. The strength of this type of memory is also impressive, with 10 million cycles of Scripture supported (against only 3,000 about memory for NAND flash engraved in 25 nm).
These results are therefore rather encouraging, but there is still a lot of way to go: the MLC PRAM should not be able to replace the NAND flash before 4 or 5 years…

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Shuttle H7 5800G/P Pro: high-performance PC mini

Shuttle Builder comes to unveil two new mini PC as he knows so well do: H7 5800G Pro (oriented "gamers") and H7 5800P Pro (workstation). Both are based on a box XPC displaying dimensions 190 x 208 x 326 mm and LGA 1366 of Intel platform.
H7 5800G Pro therefore embarks a Core i7-950 processor, i7-975 EE or i7 - 980 X versions (a liquid I.C.E cooling kit is available as an option), up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 2 hard drives (or an SSD and a HDD). There is also a DVD burner (or a Blu - ray burner), and finally a Radeon HD or a GeForce (proposed the more powerful models are the 6970 HD Radeon and GeForce GTX 580).

For its part, the H7 5800 Pro is equipped with a Core i7-950 or of a Core i7 - 975 (I.C.E. liquid cooling kit is also available as an option), a maximum of 8 GB of memory and two disks hard (or an SSD and a HDD), for a maximum of 2 TB of storage space. Professional model requires, we here are entitled to a FirePro V3700, a FirePro V7750, a Quadro FX 1800 or a Quadro 4000. Delivered with Windows 7, these two mini PC are available at a rate of 1299,99 dollars in their basic version.

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