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Smart phone video cameras are hardly just for home movies. South Korean director Park Chan-Sony VGP-BPS22 Battery wook (best known for Old Boy) shot an entire 30-minute film using an iPhone 4. The film, titled Paranmanjang in Korean, took 10 days to Sony VGP-BPS22A Battery shoot with a crew of 80 people. It will be released to a limited number of theaters in South Korea starting next week.
Aside from the iPad, we generally like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, though an unsubsidized sony vgp-bps8 battery version costs as much as the iPad, and picking up a peripheral, such as a keyboard, only adds to the cost. If reading documents and taking notes is your sony vgp-bps13b/q battery biggest need, you might also consider the Amazon Kindle 3G.
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According to the director, the film had a budget of just $133,sony vgp-bps13/q battery 000. Park said he used multiple iPhones to capture various camera angles, and he cited the smart phone’s light weight and compact size as reasons for shooting with the device. What we’d like to know: Which apps did Park Sony VGP-BPS2A Battery use while filming
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Want the power of a 17-inch gaming system in a slightly smaller package? Asus took the Toshiba PA3534U-1BRS Battery components from the G73Jh--a Core i7 processor, Nvidia GTX 460 graphics, Blu-ray, and a USB 3.0 port, to name a few--toshiba pa3535u-1brs battery and squeezed them into the 15-inch G53Jw-3DE. While it may be smaller, this $1,769 system still looks like a stealth fighter, and has the muscle to fly through the latest titles. Not only that, but the company also embedded Nvidia's 3D sony vgp-bps21a battery display technology so gamers can now add a third dimension to their fragging. Is the G53Jw-3DE the ultimate portable gaming notebook? Read on to sony vgp-bps21/s battery find out.
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Ports and Webcam
The G53 has a decent amount of ports in its large sony vgp-bps21a/b battery frame. On the right side are Ethernet, HDMI-out, VGA-out, and two USB ports, one of which is USB 3.0. On the left side is a Blu-ray drive and two more USB ports. The left front lip has an 8-in-1 card slot, and the back has not one but two thinkpad r61 battery Kensington lock slots.
Design
The G53Jw-3DE is the smaller cousin to the G73; as such, it has the same stealth fighter-inspired thinkpad t400 battery design, only in a (relatively) less bulky package. At 15.6 x 11.9 x 0.8-2.1 inches, the G53Jw is about an inch smaller than the G73, though both Thinkpad T410 Battery are roughly the same thickness--2.1 inches. At 7.9 pounds, it's also about a pound lighter than the G73, but a pound and a half heavier than the Acer Aspire 5745DG. The G53Jw is even about half a pound heavier than the thinkpad t500 battery HP Envy 17.
Modeled after the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, the G53Jw lacks the bling of colorful thinkpad t61 battery notebooks like the Alienware M17x, but its sleek, angular design and gunmetal gray exterior make it one of the most attractive systems we've seen. thinkpad t60 battery The dual exhausts on the back combine with the subtle silver ASUS logo and Republic of Gaming emblem to make this product look more like one of the planes you'd fly in a game than the notebook you'd be gaming on. Open up the lid, thinkpad t60p battery and the subtle theme continues inside. Only a few small buttons sit on top of the simple black keyboard and the gray touchpad simply blends into the deck. No thinkpad r60 battery colorful status lights or bright red buttons here.
The 2-megapixel webcam delivered sharp, colorful images thinkpad r60e battery even in the low light. In our dimly lit cubicle, our Skype image was smooth, sharp, and noise-free.
The G53Jw's backlit keyboard features chiclet-style keys that were fairly comfortable to type on. However, their flat, square shape lacks thinkpad x60 battery the kind of curves that make it easy to feel your way around the rows, and the narrow space between them seems smaller than other thinkpad X60S battery devices.
The G53Jw's backlit keyboard features chiclet-style keys thinkpad t40 battery that were fairly comfortable to type on. However, their flat, square shape lacks the kind of curves that make it easy to feel your way around the rows, and the narrow space between them seems smaller than other thinkpad t42 battery devices.
Design
The 532h is a bit of a departure from Acer’s previous 10.1-inch netbooks, the Aspire thinkpad t43 battery One D150 and D250. In fact, it looks more like Acer’s 11.6-inch netbook, the Aspire One 751h. Instead of a solid color, the lid of the Onyx Blue 3000 v100 battery 532h fades from a dark metallic blue to black. Other color options included Garnet Red and Silver Matrix. This treatment makes the netbook look much more refined. However, the glossy finish, which is also found beneath the keyboard, picks up fingerprints 3000 v200 battery quickly. There’s now a lot less room at the top of the deck; the keyboard is shoved right up to the top, and the power button is crammed in by 3000 n100 battery the left hinge.
Like the Toshiba mini NB305-N410, Acer saw fit to 3000 n200 battery change the design of the six-cell battery on the 532h. No longer does it jut out the back; it’s now tucked in underneath, shaving three quarters of an inch off the footprint. The area beneath the display and between the hinges has a sharp edge as opposed to 3000 c200 battery the smoother curves of the D250. At 10.2 x 7.3 x 1.0 inches and 2.8 pounds, the 532h is about the same size, shape, and weight as most 3000 y410 battery 10-inch netbooks.
Like other netbook makers, Acer is refreshing its line with the r51e battery new Intel Atom N450 processor (Pine Trail), which promises similar performance but greater endurance. Also like its competitors, Acer has tweaked the design, adding a keyboard with the same style as its larger notebooks and trimming down r50e battery the chassis. But most significantly, it’s also trimmed the price: though our review model came in at $349, the Aspire One 532h starts at $299, a hundred bucks x300 battery less than competing brands. But does price trump all, even in the commodified netbook market?
Heat
After playing a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes, the x200 battery touchpad on the 532h registered 92 degrees Fahrenheit, the space between the G and H keys was 91 degrees, and the middle of the underside reached 97 degrees. While we don’t consider any this heat to be troublesome, the temperature of 110 good battery degrees in the left front corner was a cause for concern.
Student-focused mini laptops are what started the netbook category back in 2007. The dream Sony Laptop Battery of low-cost, durable machines for kids in the U.S. as well as emerging markets isn't dead, and HP's newest offering embodies both goals. The Lenovo/IBM Laptop Battery sub-$300 HP Mini 100e won't be available to consumers in the U.S., only to school systems, but for those lucky students it offers decent performance and long battery life for a good price. Is it a better choice than other student-focused offerings or HP/Compaq Laptop Battery inexpensive mass-market models?
Design
This 10.9 x 9.9 x 1.6-inch, 3.4-pound unit is thicker and heavier than the average netbook, though sleek Dell Laptop Battery and slim isn't necessarily a virtue in the student-focused netbook arena. The overall design employs rounded curves and a durable, saus akku white matte plastic chassis. The lid is plain except for a small, tasteful HP logo and a small LED light near the top that activates when the system is connected to the Internet; this feature helps teachers monitor network usage. Even though it is thick, the 100e doesn't feel bulky or look sony battery clunky. HP achieves an attractive and elegant (if plain) aura.
Instead of a traditional keyboard as on its older netbooks, the 532h has Acer’s FineTip keyboard,ibm akku which is completely flat on top, and has a slight space between each key. Also, it’s larger than when compared to older netbooks: whereas on the apple akku D250 there was approximately half an inch of space on either side of the keyboard, on the 532h there’s less than a quarter of an inch unused. While it looks identical to the layout on the 11.6-inch 751h, the 532’s keyboard is smaller and the keys have a shallow acer akku pitch to them, which made typing somewhat more difficult. We much prefer the keyboards on the ASUS Eee PC 1005PE-P (Seashell) and the Toshiba mini fushistu battery NB305, which have island-style layouts and more space between the keys.
We’re also pleased to see that the touchpad on the 532h is much larger hp battery than on previous Acer netbooks. At 2.6 x 1.4 inches, it’s positively spacious compared to the previous generation—though still not as large as that on the Toshiba mini NB305. The multitouch-enabled touchpad is covered with a number dell battery of tiny dots that distinguish it from the glossy deck, making it practically friction-free. While we wish the metallic blue mouse button beneath was split into two,toshiba battery it’s sufficiently large and has a nice response.
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