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Asus X101CH EEE PC netbook preview [video]

Ionut Popa — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:01:06 +0000

We haven’t talked a lot here on GadgetRoad about netbooks lately, but we have a novelty: the cheap ASUS X101CH EEE PC, a 10 inch netbook with the new Cedar Trail Atom platform from Intel. The preview has made my our friends from NetbookLive.com. This is the successor to the this years’s X101H, and will arrive on market in February 2012, so until then you have to rely on previews like this, that take into account a 99% final version of the product you’ll actually going to buy next year. The hardware Let’s begin with the construction, which doesn’t follow [...]

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How to update Android apps on a smartphone

Ionut Popa — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:48:40 +0000

Each and every day I realise people are not tech gurus, and things that I know by instinct (or after long years of practice and research) are not something the average Joe is aware of, even if it’s a trick related to a gadget he owned for a couple of years. That’s why I’ve decided to write more tutorials about small stuff that most people don’t know. Don’t hate me if what I feature in some of my posts is something you already know for a long time. Just bear with me, and help educate little by little those who [...]

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OVI Maps 3D: one of the best 3D mapping services

Ionut Popa — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:31:44 +0000

I remember that one of the reasons I bough the Nokia N97 Mini one year ago was the Ovi Maps application from Nokia that offered free navigation and maps with updates you can preload on your smartphone. A lot of things have changed since then as I’ve switched to Android, Nokia announced Microsoft as its partner for future smartphones and Google Maps became a very interesting navigation solution, even if it does consume data from your cellphone monthly subscription (how much depends on how you use it). So what happened with Nokia’s best software? Apparently it wasn’t let to expire, [...]

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Apple iPad 2 vs Asus EEE Pad Transformer (video)

Ionut Popa — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:31:18 +0000

As you might have read here on GadgetRoad.com, some of the best tablets in 2011 include the Apple iPad 2 and the ASUS EEE Pad Transformer Honeycomb tablet. Both feature similar screens: 9.7 vs 10 inch and powerful dual core CPUs inside (A5 and Tegra 2 respectively). But as you can expect similarities end here so here’s where the video comparison made by Mike from Tablet Bite comes into place showing what you can expect from those two tablets. Apple iPad 2 vs ASUS EEE Pad Transformer – step by step It’s not an in depth comparison, but it’s comprehensive [...]

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Learn to convert video files with Super Video Converter

Mike — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:36:33 +0000

How many times did you need to convert a video file from one type to enother (DivX, Mpeg 4, MP4, flash, DVD, etc)? If it happened to you at least once, then you know how hard it is to find a good and easy software to help you. Not to mention codecs, that are a nightmare if you donâ€™t have them already installed. But donâ€™t panic, there is a very simple way to convert video files. There is a free software, named Super Video Converter, which includes all necessary codecs and itâ€™s produced by Eright Soft. I wonâ€™t get too [...]

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