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New iPad 3 Specs and Features, Price in the Philippines

The third generation iPad or the iPad 3 has launched! Check out the specs & features and prices below.

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$99 Tablet Computer : Novo7 World’s First Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet

MIPS Technologies has announced the world’s first tablet running Android 4.0, also known as Novo7 Ice Cream Sandwich. This tablet retails for $99 only! It will be available in the U.S. and Europe in the next few months.

Image courtesy of MIPS Technologies

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BlackBerry PlayBook on Sale for $300 in Canada

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From today until November 24, you can now avail all models of the BlackBerry PlayBook for only $300. Roughly around PPh8,000 for a nice looking tablet!

It’s cheaper than the original price of the 16GB, $399 against $499. These discounted BlackBerry PlayBooks are available in Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Future Shop and Staples across Canada.

Order now at Best Buy Canada.

Cherry Pad Android Tablet for Php 3,899 Only!

Cherry Pad is the first and cheapest Pinoy made Android Tablet for less than Php 4,000! Available at Cherry Mobile Concept Stores nationwide by the end of November!

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook Specs, Price in the Philippines

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The Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook or the Hummingbird has been launched in the Philippines last week. The new Aspire S3 Ultrabook is power-packed with features for a very portable notebook. Check out the specs below.

Acer Aspire S3 specifications :

  • 13.3? LCD display @ 1366×768 pixels
  • Intel Core i5 2467M 1.6Ghz dual-core
  • 320GB SATA HDD + 20GB SSD
  • 4GB DDR3 RAM
  • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Intel HD Graphics 3000 w/ 128MB RAM
  • USB 2.0 port
  • 2-in-1 card reader
  • HDMI port
  • up to 6 hours of battery life

Aspire S3 also known as the “Hummingbird” will be available in all Acer Concept Stores, Group Resellers, Premier Partners and Selected stores nationwide.

Suggested Retail Price (SRP) : Php44,900

Intel Acquire McAfee for $7.68 Billion

Intel has acquired the popular anti-virus software company McAfee for $7.68 Billion or or $48 per share.

Intel says the “acquisition enables a combination of security software and hardware from one company to ultimately better protect consumers, corporations and governments as billions of devices – and the server and cloud networks that manage them – go online.”

Intel Corp.’s aquisition of McAfee Inc. may help Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini, seen here, in his drive to expand beyond PCs by breaking into mobile handsets and landing more chips in other mobile devices.

The acquisition was announced by the world’s largest chipmaker Intel, Corporation yesterday.

Source : Bloomberg

WePad Specs and Features

German-born WePad will come in two flavors and will be priced competitively against Apple iPad. This time you would think between WePad or iPad. Before you decide which Pad is best for you, take a look first the WePad Specs and Features.

11.6″ display screen @ 1366×768 pixels
Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz
16GB Flahs Drive
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.1
2 x USB ports
1.3MP webcam
Card Reader

The retail price of WePad is about $611 for the basic model (office furniture) and if you plan to upgrade to 32GB with 3G and GPS, the price is $774.

iPad Accessories in 2010

Scosche maker of accessories for consumer electronics is pinning high hopes on the newest Apple gadget, the iPad, due to be released in the coming weeks. They also made a mint selling products that complement iPhone and its iPod music player.

By April or May 2010 Scosche will release its first iPad accessory called KickBACK, a stand that lets users position the tablet vertically or horizontally for easy video and photo viewing. Scosche plans to roll out “at least a dozen” iPad accessories this year, Alves says. They may include a charger, an in-car dashboard mount, and a home audio dock that would double as speakers.

Aside from accessory manufacturers, Apple also makes many accessories, including chargers, keyboard docks, and carrying cases. Watch out for that!

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Tablet Released

Lenovo today unveiled their ThinkPad X201 tablet laptop, what they claim to be the industry’s fastest ultraportable, and also the thinnest and lightest ThinkPad yet.

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Tablet Key features:
• Latest Intel® CPUs
• Up to 12.2 hours of battery life
• Multiple connectivity options
• Starting at 2.48 lbs
• Optional industry-leading fingerprint reader
• Full-sized, spill-resistant keyboard
• Central management of hardware passwords, including self-encrypting hard drives
• Active Protection System shock-mounted hard-drive
• Designed to pass military spec tests for withstanding extreme conditions
(GMAT prep)

The X201 Tablet will come with Windows 7 or Windows XP operating system and will start selling at around $1,200.

Tips to Increase the Speed of Macintosh Computer

Tips to Increase the Speed of Macintosh Computer. To speed up both startup time for your Mac and overall performance you need to ;

1. Rebuild your desktop at least once a month. To do this, just hold down the Command and Option keys when you restart your computer. Then leave the keys pressed until your computer tells if you want to rebuild the desktop. Click OK.

2. Try to remove the fonts that you never use. To do this, open the Fonts folder in the System Folder and drag the fonts out. Simple.

3. Next is open the Extensions Manager control panel and turn off the system extensions that you don’t need.

4. Purchase and install speed-increasing software, such as SoftwareFPU from John Neil & Associates, Speed Doubler from Connectix, and Norton Utilities from Symantec.

5. Add RAM if your computer takes long to open programs and slows down when working with multiple programs or large files.

Note : If you experience problems after turning off the extensions, try to switch on and off at a time. Restart your computer and check if the problem still occur. If not, try to repeat the process again.

Do not try to place you Mac Computer on top of the tv stand, if won’t work lols! Just to make you laugh!

Hope you find these tips to increase the speed of your mac computer useful.