Gizmo Gadgets: Mar 15, 2007

Intel's New Laptop For Kids

Thursday, March 15, 2007 by Tony Haffner

GOOD NEWS!! for the kids .. Intel is now in the process of developing a specially integrated Laptop for the kids which can sustain rough handling. Its been designed keeping in mind for school going kids in the age group of 7-18 . Though its for the kids but the configurations are not kiddish in any way..It has got Mobile X86 processor with OS Windows or Linux. This new Intel's Classmate PC is compatible with a wide range of standard PC sofwares available

Features:
900 Mhz Intel Mobile processor.
256 MB of RAM.
a seven inch LCD with resolution of 800x480.
six-cell battery that provides approximately four hours of uptime when fully charged.
It uses a 1GB NAND flash drive for storage.
Built-in Ethernet and 802.11G wireless hardware.

Intel Corporation has also come up with the idea of branding the device with the school's badge being imprinted on a cloth covered casing to reduce the chances of being stolen or resold than a conventional laptop . This lappy is going to hit the stores for sale in September this year and will cost around 890$ ( approx ) . So kids..be techie with you new lappy

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Your Laptop Might Burst!

by Tony Haffner

Do you have a laptop? Have you heard about the millions of lithium ion batteries that are being recalled worldwide? If not, you need to get your act together - and fast! Incidents of laptop going up in flames are not isolated to western world only.

What actually is making these lithium ion batteries leak, overheat, or cumbost? Mostly short circuits - the battery heats up and bursts into flames, or melts causing a lot of damage. A lithium ion battery typically contains several cells. These cells are insulated from each other using separators; a short circuit usually happens when a separator fails. With newer gadgets that are more power hungry, the trend is to manufacture smaller yet more powerful batteries - but that is done by decreasing the thickness of separators. That is why there is always a warning on lithium ion batteries about never throwing them in fire or puncturing them.

So who all have joined the battery recall bandwagon? Dell tops the list with 42 lakh batteries recalled. Then comes apple with 18 lakh recalls, Toshiba with 8.3 lakh, IBM/Lenovo with 5.26 lakh, Fujitsu with 2.87 lakh units, Hitachi with 16,000 units and HP with 15,700 units. Sony manufactured most of the batteries and they have there own recall as well; but the number of units to be recalled is not clear. If you have a laptop manufactured with any of these big names, you need to logon to there website, go to the support area and look around for the battery replacement program. You will need to check/enter the serial number and they will tell you whether you laptop battery is 'at risk'. Better safe than sorry!

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