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6 Cell Battery Available on Lenovo S10e Netbook
When I met with Lenovo yesterday, they showed off their new 6 cell battery for their S10e Netbook. The S10e is targeted to the education and government, and can only be ordered by contacting a sales rep at Lenovo. The model number is 4187-3AU and comes with the following configuration:
- Intel Atom N270, 1.6 ghz
- 1 GB memory
- 10.1” WSVGA
- 80 GB HDD
- Bluetooth
- XP Home
- 6 Cell Battery
Although it desperately needs to be, the 6-cell is not available for the regular S10 notebook.
Toshiba’s CES 2009 Press Conference – No Tablet PC or Netbook Love
Truc and I are at the Toshiba press conference. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear we’ll be seeing a new Tablet PC or Netbook from Toshiba this week. Their USB press kit contains just TVs, TV/DVD combos, and stand alone players. As is always the case with CES, that may change as the day and week progresses on.
We were also at the LG press conference earlier in the day – no love there, either. We still plan on hitting up their booth, though.
Leadership Changes Afoot at Motion Computing
I just got off the phone with Motion Computing and they have announced some leadership changes at the top of the company. Scott Eckert has resigned as CEO, being replaced by David Altounian. In addition to serving as CEO, David will be joined by Eric Harslem as co-chairmen of the board. In addition to these structure changes, and the recently announced $6 million in funding, Motion also confirmed that there were also additional layoffs.
Here is the press release:
Motion Computing®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, announced today that it has appointed David Altounian as chief executive officer and co-chairman of the board of directors, effective immediately. Eric Harslem, an original Motion investor and founding board member, will also serve as co-chairman of the board.
Altounian, the founding member of Motion’s executive team, rejoined the company in July 2008 as president and chief operating officer. From 2001 to 2005 he held several leadership roles at Motion. Prior to joining the board, he focused on technology strategy and future products as chief technology officer, and before that oversaw both marketing and engineering functions. As COO, David assumed responsibility for many of Motion’s day-to-day activities, including strengthening critical relationships with key technology and development partners.
HP Universal Docking Station and DisplayLink Powering Up To 6 Displays – Video Demo
We saw a very cool HP Universal Docking Station, that has supposedly been announced but I have not seen mention of it, that allows graphics over USB, powering up to 6 external monitors. According to the rep, it uses a technology from DisplayLink Corp to make this happen.
In this video, an HP Mini 1000 Netbook is demoed displaying 3 external monitors that are connected to the HP Universal Docking Station. Very, very cool stuff, especially considering a netbook is connected to all of that stuff. Now, we just need more USB based monitors…
Lenovo ThinkPad USB Portable Secure Hard Drive Demoed
You know that portable hard drive sitting in your bag? What if someone got a hold of it and then had access to all of your backup and mobile data? Well, that is the kind of scenario Lenovo is hoping to address with their new USB Portable Secure Hard Drive.
Plug it in to a computer and Windows will only recognize it as a device once the 6 - 20 key password is entered on the keypad on the encrypted portable harddrive. Check the video out for a short demo.
The hard drives are available in 160gb and 320gb configurations and will be available for order soon on Lenovo.com
Asus Eee PC Touch Tablets On Video
We got an Asus rep to show off their Asus Eee PC tablet prototypes - both the 10″ and 8.9″ - they wouldn’t turn them on, but you get to see the keyboards better and in more action than photos.
No word on release date or price, but the rep is clearly excited about their new tablet netbooks.
Where’s the LG Netbook?
We stopped the LG booth at CES Unveiled - they didn’t have their netbook tonight, but indicated that we should stop by their booth on Thursday when CES opens. LG plans to “unveil” it then….
You’ll know where we’ll be.
Asus T101H Tablet Prototype
Asus demoing a new 10 inch Touch Tablet / netbook, running Intel Atom N270.
Lenovo S10 Instant Boot Demoed On Video
Truc Bui and His CES Blogging Gear
Lenovo A600 Air Remote Demoed
EzGear’s ezSpace Wall Mount - Charge Six Items At A Time
This 6 outlet wallmount from ezGear looks like something that would come in useful in our hotel room during CES - three guys, tons of accessories and tablets to charge. You get the idea…
We’ll try to stop by their booth at CES to check them out. No word on pricing. Press release after the break.
CES 2009 Tablet PC Meetup Being Held at CntrStg
One of the highlights of CES is always the Tablet PC Meetup. This year, the meetup will be held at CntrStg @ the Wynn on Saturday, January 10th from 3 – 6. We hope to see all the Tablet and Touch vendors and enthusiasts there!
Check out CntrStg and the Facebook event for more information.
Lenovo Announces A600 All-In-One, New IdeaPad Series, S10 Instant-On
In a whopper of a press release, Lenovo has announced a stunner of a new all-in-one desktop called the A600, three new IdeaPad Y-Series laptops, and announced instant-on capability and a multi-touch trackpad for their S10 Netbook.
Regarding the new instant-on capability in the S10 Netbook:
Other new features on the IdeaPad S10 netbook include Lenovo Quick Start. With this functionality, users will have the ability to access a number of frequently used applications including a web browser, music player, photo viewer, instant messaging tools and Skype.
Pictures and press release after the break: