• Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives Review

This is a review on the Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives. The Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives is normally available with capacities of 500GB, 320GB and 250GB, bringng the best of both SSD and HDD. With these drives, users obtain a 50% faster boot-up speed, with twice the overall performance of the system.

500, 320 and 250GB hard drive • 4GB solid state memory • 7200 RPM • 32MB cache • SATA 3Gb/s with NCQ

Here are the model key for the 3 different capacities of the Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives :-

500GB - Model ST95005620AS
320GB - Model ST93205620AS
250GB - Model ST92505610AS


Key Advantages of Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives

• Solid state hybrid drive delivers SSD-like performance with hard drive capacity options.


• Adaptive Memory™ technology customizes performance by aligning to user needs for overall improved system response.


• 80 percent faster performance than traditional 7200-RPM drives in PCMark Vantage benchmark scores


• Low heat and vibration—quiet operation without giving up storage capacity and affordability


• OS- and application-independent—designed for any SATA standard laptop PC


• Seagate® 5-Year Limited Warranty

Best-Fit Applications for Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives

• High-end laptops and workstations


• High-performance gamer laptops


• Fast external enclosures: USB 3.0, eSATA


• Small form factor PCs

Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives

• Higher productivity – less wait time


• Up to 50% faster boot-up speed*


• Twice the overall performance*


• Seagate® 5-year Limited Warranty

Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives are the Ideal solutions for:

• Mainstream and high performance laptops


• Gaming laptops and desktops


• Fast external enclosures: USB 3.0, eSATA


• Small form factor PCs

Get SSD-like-Performance Today
The Seagate® Momentus® XT drive is a solid state hybrid with Seagate® Adaptive Memory™, enabling the drive to deliver SSD-like performance along with higher capacity. Designed with high-performance core components on an innovative platform, the Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive consists of a 7200-RPM hard drive with 32MB of cache, 4GB of solid state SLC NAND flash storage and Adaptive Memory technology.


Higher Productivity - Less Wait Time
Adaptive Memory technology intelligently monitors your frequently used applications and data files, then places them into the solid state portion of the drive so they can be quickly recalled.


The Seagate Momentus® XT drive offers hybrid storage with Adaptive Memory technology, enabling the drive to deliver higher capacities up to 500GB and SSD-like performance. The Momentus XT drive is designed for all standard laptop PCs and is OS-, driver- and softwareindependent, making this drive easy to integrate and easy to use. Adaptive Memory technology enables the drive to tailor its performance to the user. Whether you are gaming, editing digital media or crunching numbers, the performance is optimized and ready for your next move.

Adaptive Memory technology is a Seagate data management technique that constantly monitors and quickly recalls data usage and preferences. It places files and data that the user will likely access again and again into the solid state portion of the drive. When the user requires the data or application fi le, it already sits
in an instantly accessible location, thereby customizing system performance for the user. Constant monitoring dynamically improves overall response time based on personal usage. You can perform at your best no matter how you use your laptop PC.



The Seagate Advantage
Seagate has a proven record of innovation and is the first drive manufacturer to deliver a solid state hybrid drive that self-tunes its performance so that frequently used data and applications are immediately accessible. Seagate continues to lead the industry in driving extreme performance and capacity at prices anyone can afford.

Below is the specifications of the 500GB Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drive. You can look at the specifications of the other capacities in the picture after it.


Momentus® XT 3Gb/s 500GB Hard Drive
ST95005620AS

Specifications
Model Number : ST95005620AS
Interface : SATA 3Gb/s
Cache : 32MB
Capacity : 500GB
Areal density (avg) : 394Gb/in2
Guaranteed Sectors : 976,773,168

PHYSICAL
Height : 9.5mm (0.370 in)
Width : 69.85mm (2.75 in)
Length : 100.35mm (3.951 in)
Weight (typical) : 110g (.238 lb)

PERFORMANCE
Spin Speed (RPM) : 7200 RPM
Average latency : 4.17ms
Random read seek time : 11ms
Random write seek time : 13ms
I/O data transfer rate : 300MB/s
Unrecoverable read errors : 1 in (10 to the power of 14)

RELIABILITY
Annual Failure Rate : 0.5%

POWER
5V start max current : 1.0A
Average idle power : 0.8W
Average operating power : 1.1W
Average seek power : 2.2W

ENVIRONMENT
Ambient Temperature
Operating : 0°–60°C
Non-operating : -40°–70°C
Maximum operating temperature change : 20°C per hour
Maximum nonoperating temperature change : 35°C per hour
Shock
Operating Shock (max) : 350 Gs for 2ms
Nonoperating Shock (max) : 900 Gs for 1ms

ACOUSTICS
Acoustics (Idle Volume) : 2.3 bels
Acoustics (Seek Volume) :  2.6 bels

Features
Storage Type : Solid State Hybrid



*Performance may vary depending on users hardware configuration and operating system. Test results based on comparison with standard 5400-RPM hard disk drive (HDD) using Windows 7 and PCMark Vantage benchmark analysis.

The motherboard schematic for Lenovo E43L laptop/notebook, Quanta LE9E (LE8), DDR III
CPU: Penryn
North Bridge: Cantiga + NVIDIA NB9M-NS
South Bridge: ICH-9M
OEM: Quanta Computer Inc.
PROJECT: LE8
Revision: 1.A

Attachment : LENOVO E43L [782,95Kb]

Apple announced the iPhone launch CDMA by Verizon in the U.S. Tuesday, January 11. Now, Apple plans to launch the iPhone in the Asian market as well. Verizon CDMA iPhone is not proprietary. This means that Apple may partner with other companies in the United States and elsewhere to launch the CDMA iPhone. iPhone CDMA Price available at $199 for the 16GB device and $299 for the 32GB device with a two-year contract.

Currently, the iPhone is available in India via Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, who are stuck in a GSM version. When you launch a CDMA iPhone users can access the sake of clarity and services. Apple could start a CDMA iPhone in India through Reliance Communications and Tata DoCoMo half of 2011.  Most mobile users around the world consider the Apple iPhone the best smartphone on the market. It plays an important role in the handset market. But with the emergence of smartphones with different operating system Googles Android, iPhones have lost their market value. According to a recent study by market Android phones to come from sales of iPhones in last quarter of 2010.


Apple iPhone CDMA Specification:

• Phone Model = iPhone 4 CDMA
• Screen Size = 3.5 inches, LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Camera = 5.0 Mega Pixels with resolution of 2592 x 1944 Pixels
• Digital Zoom = Yes
• Auto Focus = Supported
• Camera Flash = Yes
• Video Recording = Yes ( good video recording )
• 3G Enabled = Yes
• WLan Feature = Yes
• Frequency Range = CDMA 800 / 1900 / CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Mhz
• Phone Dimensions = 115.2×58.6×9.3 MM
• Phone weight = 137 G
• Battery = 1420 mAH
• Games = Supported
• MP3 Ringtones = Supported
• USB Charging = Supported
• Smart Phone = Yes
• Phone Processor Type = 1 GHz Apple A4
• Operating System = iOS 4.2.5
• Internal Memory = 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAMTouch Screen = Yes, Capacitive Touch Screen
• Display Size = Apple iPhone 4 CDMA has a display size of 640 x 960 px
• Display Features = Scratch-resistant oleophobic surface, Multi-touch input method
• Sensors = Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Digital compass, Three-axis gyro sensor
• Video Resolution = Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging
• Video Player = Yes, Multi Format Video Player
• Camera Features = Touch focus, geo-tagging, Secondary Camera
• GPS = Yes, with A-GPS support
• Wirless Protocol = Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Special Features =Verizon 3G Mobile Hotspot, Scratch-resistant glass back panel, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, TV-out
• Colours=Black, White

Yet another laptop from Zepto named after a Greek mythology character. Orion A15 was named after the skilled hunter occupying a place in the stars after his death, and this idea is represented by the black laptop model with a stylish finish sporting an illuminated Ze[to logo on the back.


This 15.4-inch model is powered by the Intel Centrino 2 technology with minimum 3MB Smart Cache and 1066Mhz Front SideBus, which work together to deliver high operating speeds at a lower power consumption.


It integrates the Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics chipset with 384MB shared memory, DirectX 10 support, OpenGL 2.0 and Shader Model 4, for great views during gaming and while playing with the Windows Vista Aero feature on the 1280 x 800-pixel display.


Like the latest models introduced by Zepto, Orion A15 has the Night LED mode that allows you to turn off all the other indicators, leaving only the hard drive light On, for a simpler way of knowing when the portable computer is functioning.


Specifications include 8Gb maximum system memory, 2.8GHz Dual Core CPU speeds, TV Tuner, Turbo Memory Crad, Wireless LAN, 3.8 hours of battery life, built-in web camera, microphone, HDMI connectivity, SPDIF audio out, http://www.ubuntu.com/ Linux Ubuntu support, and other cool elements, encased in durable yet elegant aluminum reinforced chassis.


For a price of £517.10 Zepto offers the lower cost configuration with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor clocked at 2GHz, 80GB S-ATA hard drive storage capacity, DVD burner, Bluetooth 2.0+EDT, and built-in microphone. At £752.41 the notebook has 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, DVD burner, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, microphone and Windows Vista Home Basic operating system pre-installed. This one is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 providing speeds of up to o 2GHz.

• AMD Unveils Innovative New APUs and SoCs that Give Consumers a More Exciting and Immersive Experience 

AMD Enters 2013 with its Strongest Consumer Line-up of APUs; Announces New Relationship with VIZIO

LAS VEGAS, NV — NV2013 International Consumer Electronics Show  —1/7/2013  AMD (NYSE: AMD), a leading provider of technology that enables visually-rich experiences for today’s consumers, provided an early look at its new 2013 accelerated processing units (APUs) and announced a new OEM relationship with VIZIO. At an International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event, AMD demonstrated working silicon of its first true system on chip (SoC) APUs, codenamed “Temash” and “Kabini,” which will be the industry’s first quad-core x86 SoCs. Both APUs are scheduled to ship in the first half of 2013. Demonstrations included a range of leading-edge applications and games on a “Kabini”-based ultrathin notebook and a “Temash”-based performance tablet and hybrid notebook.

AMD also introduced the new APU codenamed “Richland” which is currently shipping to OEMs and delivers visual performance increases ranging from more than 20 percent to up to 40 percent over the previous generation of AMD A-Series APUs¹. “Richland” is expected to come bundled with new software for consumers such as gesture- and facial-recognition to dramatically expand and enhance consumers’ user experiences. The follow-on to “Richland” will be the 28nm APU codenamed “Kaveri” with revolutionary heterogeneous system architecture (HSA) features which is expected to begin shipping to customers in the second half of 2013.

Additionally, AMD announced a new series of discrete graphics processors for performance gaming that are already shipping to OEMs, AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series graphics. These latest products are reflective of the company’s strategy to focus on creating differentiated IP leadership through low-power technologies that target the high-growth client markets such as ultrathin, convertible and tablet.

“With a groundbreaking new APU line-up in 2013, AMD is poised to win in high-growth consumer segments,” said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Global Business Units. “We are developing technologies with end users in mind – to bring true surround computing and immersive experiences to our everyday lives. It is exciting to bring our industry-leading APU technologies to market, including the industry’s first x86 quad-core SoC, while building on our leadership in graphics and gaming.”

 

2013 APU Line-up Delivers a Huge Leap Forward in Performance-per-watt and Elite Software Experiences

• “Temash” is AMD’s elite low-power mobility processor for Windows 8 tablets and hybrids. AMD expects “Temash” to be the highest-performance SoC for tablets in the market, with 100 percent more graphics processing performance² than its predecessor (codenamed “Hondo.”)
• “Kabini” targets ultrathin notebooks with exceptional battery life and offers impressive levels of performance in both dual- and quad-core options. “Kabini” is expected to deliver an increase of more than 50 percent in performance³ over the previous generation of AMD essential computing APUs (codenamed “Brazos 2.0.”)
• “Richland” brings increases in both CPU⁴ and graphics along with improvements in battery life⁵. “Richland” APUs are expected to come bundled with a wealth of elite software experiences which include gesture- and facial-recognition, wireless connectivity directly to TVs and monitors, and prioritization of system resources when streaming video.

AMD Forges NewTechnology Partnerships with Popular Consumer Brands
During an unveiling at today’s press event, VIZIO was on hand to showcase a powerful new relationship and portfolio of AMD-based platforms. VIZIO’s new AMD portfolio includes an 11.6” APU-powered tablet PC, two high-performance ultrathin notebooks in both 14” and 15.6,” and an impressive 24” All-in-One (AiO) system.

“VIZIO is entering the consumer PC market in an even bigger way in 2013 and we are thrilled to include AMD in our line-up for the premium visual and gaming performance we believe their processors deliver,” said Lily Knowles, vice president of Product Marketing, VIZIO. “AMD provides the VIZIO tablet, notebooks and All-in-One with the best graphics and visual experience for our customers.”

In addition to VIZIO, AMD will support a wide variety of systems from several OEMs with premium features and stunning designs in 2013.

“The ASUS U38 delivers a premium feature set to consumers and was co-engineered in close partnership with AMD and Microsoft, and designed for Windows 8,” said S.Y. Hsu, corporate vice president, ASUS. “With an HD touch display and solid-state drive for faster start-up times, the ASUS U38 brings the AMD A-Series APU to an entirely new tier of premium design.”

“The HP Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook is HP’s most affordable touch-enabled system, perfect for Windows 8 users and with the performance of the AMD A-Series APU supporting an excellent overall experience,” said Kevin Frost, vice president and general manager, Consumer PCs, Printing and Personal Systems, HP. “The quality graphics, high-performance game play and immersive audio/video offered on the AMD-based HP TouchSmart Sleekbook will make it a hit with consumers of any age.”

 
Bringing Surround Computing to Life at CES
These new products further AMD’s vision for the next era of Surround Computing – the convergence of computing ecosystems that result in immersive experiences across a wealth of form factors with new consumer-driven natural interfaces. To build on this concept, AMD in concert with VIZIO unveiled the industry’s first AMD SurRoundhouse which gives visitors to the AMD Experience Zone at CES a first glimpse into the art of the possible for Surround Computing. The AMD SurRoundhouse delivers a next-generation home theater demonstration on AMD technology that delivers panoramic HD content perfectly paired with spatial audio to immerse participants in a true 360° sensory experience.

1. Testing and projections develop by AMD Performance Labs. The score for the 2012 AMD A10-4600M on 3DMark 11 was 1150 and the 2012 AMD A8-4555M was 780 while the “Richland” 2013 AMD A10-5750M was 1400 and the AMD A8-5545M was 1100. PC configuration based on the “Pumori” reference design with the 2012 AMD A10-4600M with Radeon™ HD 7660G graphics, the 2012 AMD A8-4555M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7600G graphics, the 2013 AMD A10-5750M with AMD Radeon™ HD 8650G graphics and the 2013 AMD A8-5545M with AMD Radeon™ 8510G Graphics. All configurations use 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. RIN-1
2. Test conducted in AMD Performance Labs using FutureMark 3DMark Vantage P as a metric for GPU performance and PCMark Vantage as a metric for CPU performance. The AMD Z-60 APU-based system scored 455 and 1914 in 3DMark and PCMark respectively. The AMD A6-1450 APU-based system delivers scores of 981 and 3123 in 3DMark and PCMark respectively. The platforms tested were the AMD Z-60 APU with AMD Radeon™ HD 6250 graphics, 2x 2GB DDR3-1066, Microsoft Windows 7 and the “Larne” reference platform with an AMD A6-1450 Quad Core 1.0GHz APU, AMD Radeon™ HD 8280 Series graphics, 2GB DDR3-1066 system memory and Microsoft Windows 7. TEM-2
3. Test conducted in AMD Performance Labs measuring productivity performance with PCMark Vantage. The "Kabini" A6 APU-based system scored 5271 while the "Brazos" APU-based system scored 2807. “Kabini” PC config is based off the "Larne" reference design with 2013 AMD A6-5200 APU with AMD Radeon HD 8400 graphics, 4G DDR3 1600, and Windows 8 64bit. "Brazos" PC config is based off the "Renmore" reference resign with 2012 AMD E2-1800 APU with AMD Radeon HD 7340 graphics, 4G DDR3 1333 and Windows 7 Ultimate. KBN-3
4. Testing and projections develop by AMD Performance Labs. The score for the 2012 AMD A10-4600M on the PCMark 7 Overall benchmark was 1965 and the 2012 AMD A8-4555M was 1650, while the “Richland” 2013 AMD A10-5750M was 2175 and the 2013 AMD A8-5545M was 1850. PC configs based on the “Pumori” reference design with the 2012 AMD A10-4600M with Radeon™ HD 7660G graphics, the 2012 AMD A8-4555M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7600G graphics, the 2013 AMD A10-5750M with AMD Radeon™ HD 8650G graphics and the 2013 AMD A8-5545M with AMD Radeon™ 8510G Graphics. All configs used 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. RIN-4
5. Based on testing and calculations by AMD Performance Labs, the 2013 AMD A-Series "Richland" platform enables 780 min./13:00 hours of Screen on idle / eReader. Battery life calculations based on a 6 cell Li-Ion 62.16Whr battery pack at 98% utilization. AMD defines "all-day" battery life as 8+ hours of battery life in Windows Idle. Test configuration: "Pumori" reference board, AMD A6-5350M APU with AMD Radeon™ HD 8450G Graphics, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, 14" 1366 x 768 eDP Panel / LED Backlight set at 100 nits, HDD (SATA) - 250GB 5400rpm, 62Whr Battery Pack and Windows 7 Home Premium. RIN-5

Data taken from http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd_unveils_new_apus.aspx (accessed on Jan 12, 2013)

Design
Eee Pad Slider has the dimensions 10, 7 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches (with a retractable keyboard) and weighs 953 grams, bigger and heavier than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (9.7 x 6.7 x 0, 3 inches, 565gram) and the Eee Pad Transformer (10.7 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches, 680gram). However, with the dock attached keyboar, Transformer much weight is 1.27 Kg.

Eee Pad Slider SL101 has a touchscreen surface is smooth and unusually thick panels are black with the sides curved gray. Size of the panel on each side is 1 inch and 0.9 inch at the top and bottom of the screen, looks bigger than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (0.6 inches). However, this provides extra space for a wider keyboard. The back surface of a very grippable plastic coated, plastic with soft touch plastic with a gray accent lines give this device an attractive two-tone appearance.

By inserting a finger in between two layers of the casing (on the front-facing webcam) and push up, you can flip Eee Pad SL101 Slider sliding mode. In this mode, the screen is at a 45 degree angle, exposing a full QWERTY keyboard that has a soft material. Sliding keyboard device requires you to take and hold it with two hands, but quite smooth sliding motion. Coupled with a very sturdy hinge.

Keyboard
Eee Pad Slider SL101 has a QWERTY keyboard complete with buttons, including a special line number, the arrow keys, buttons khusu for Home, functions Back, Menu and Search.

Although you can use the arrow keys to navigate around the desktop and select the icon, but most will use your finger to launch applications. Unfortunately, Asus Android tablet does not include a pointing stick in the middle of the keyboard, although you can add an external mouse if you want this tablet works like a regular laptop.

Although you can type with accuracy a large and comfortable compared with the virtual keyboard, but the keys on the Eee Pad Slider SL101 keyboard is smaller than netbooks in general. So a little bit uncomfortable when typing a long period of time.

Eee Pad Slider SL101 also comes with two pre-loaded virtual keyboard, the keyboard and the keyboard of the Asus Android itself. We suggest you use the keyboard for the Asus numbers and letters placed on the same screen, giving the other symbols and even offer a similar fashion with Swype trail.

Unfortunately, as with Swype, a predictive capability is very limited footprint mode. Both Asus and Android keyboard supports haptic feedback.

Ports and Buttons
Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101 has multiple ports that are useful and you will not find on other Android tablet. On the right side there are some USB ports that you can use to install the USB Flash Disk, external hard disk, keyboard or mouse. At the top there is a mini HDMI port for connecting to a TV or external monitor and docking connector proprietary should you use to connect to an AC adapter for charging or PC to copy the file. The left side there is a microSD card reader, a special reset button, volume and power buttons.

When you attach an external USB mouse into the USB port, the pointer will appear and you can move around the Android 3.2 UI with very Mudan and click on the icon as if it were a desktop operating system. But you will see more and more when you use a wireless mouse.

Thats my review about Asus Eee Pad Slider review. How your opinion?