CeBit 2003
Notebooks
At CeBit, Asus prepared a couple of novelties for its recently introduced priority direction - notebooks. These are a line of Intel's new mobile processor Centrino, and a new technology for monitors manufacture dubbed in the purely Chinese was as "Best AsusView".
The Centrino line includes three novelties: S1N, M2N and M3N. The format of this article prevents from bringing in all the photos of new notebooks, but believe me they are all pretty stylish, light-weight (especially the single-spindled S1N) and are fully furnished to the full following the latest trends in fashion and Intel requirements. To acquire Intel's "Centrino" logo, it doesn't suffice to install the processor. The rigid certification requirements imply support for all the existing power-saving technologies and conformity to modern standards.
Asus S1N
Asus M3NIn the M3N model, a touch-pad is mounted right into the notebook surface.
If necessary, it can be detached with a single key press right on the screen.
Asus A2H "Best AsusView"I was unable to get the technological details of that natural phenomenon, but outwardly it looks like a special anti-flash glass that adds deep black reflection to the image. It's been long known - the LCD technology does not allow getting the normal "black". The photo fully shows that Asus has succeeded in that...
Cellular (mobile) phones
AGP-60The AGP-60 cellular phone whose sales are about to start in Russia as well costs around $150. In fact, it is a quite ordinary modern phone but made by Asus, but what makes it stand out among the counterparts is the prolonged operation life after a single charge, which can be as long as 8 hours. The thing is that the screen and its highlight in the standby mode are the major power-consuming factor, and the technology for highlighting only the "needed" pixels, not the whole screen, was first implemented in AGP-60.
On the photo, you can see a prototype of the future wired rig dubbed as AGP-600. Support for new WAP, Java, MMS, camera etc. etc. plus two screens. It's still premature talking about the price, the dates of the release have not yet been announced..
And the third one, AGP-100, a collapsible that supports all modern standards. Optionally, you can separately buy a camera for storing snapshots right in the flash memory of the camera itself. On the Russian market, it costs around $300.
Asus' PDAs
Users in Russia are already familiar with MyPal A600 which offers the least weight among other PDAs available on the market, the finest and most performance-wise solutions. It is complemented with MyPal A620 - yes, complemented, and not to take its place. Let's compare the characteristics, and all will be clear down to the details:
MyPal A600 MyPal A620
Processor: intel PXA250 intel PXA255
Processor clock speed: 400Mhz 400Mhz
Memory: 64 RAM; 32 ROM 64 RAM; 32 ROM
Slot: SD CF
MyPal A620That is, the difference of both the models is in the cosmetic replacement of the processor with its modernized version and installation of CompactFlash instead of the SD slot. You simply got to choose what you need.
MyPal A620 is almost at the gates and will knock at the door these days, in the near future we are expecting a third Asus' model - MyPal A710, built on the same processor PXA255, but with both slots - SD and CF.
MyPal A710
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