AppleInsider: New MacBook Air 'certain' to be 11.6-inches, may have flash-based instant-wake ability

By Ray Nicolini

Rumors of an 11.6 inch MacBook Air refresh are nothing new at this point, but AppleInsider says it's confirmed a smaller version of Apple's ultraportable is coming at next weel's "Back to the Mac" event, and that units are rolling off factory lines right now in preparation for near-immediate delivery. AI also says it's been told that the revised machine will feature a novel new storage system called "SSD Card" that looks like a stick of RAM -- a smaller form factor that would obviously allow the new Air to be even smaller, and possibly sport instant-on wake times, something that's been rumored from other sources this week as well. We'll be at the event live next week so we'll see what happens -- keep it locked right here.

Update: CNET's chiming in with rumors of a "significantly lower" price than the current model's $1,499 starting point, which is always fun to hear -- the catch is that it might still use an older Intel Core 2 Duo chip and NVIDIA chipset, which is far less fun. We'll see!

via Engadget.com

MSI WindPad 100 and 110 Tablets Unveiled at Computex 2010

MSI announced their entries into the tablet market today at the Computex 2010, by unveiling their new WindPad 100 and 110 tablets. The WindPad 100 runs on an Intel Atom Z530 CPU and is speedy enough to run Windows 7 Home Premium with which it comes preloaded. MSI has also added on a custom UI on top of the OS called the WindTouch UI.

The WindPad 110 on the other hand is an Android slate powered by an NVIDIATegra 2 processor. Both the devices sport 10 inch capacitive touchscreens and have USB and Video out capability.

The WindPad 100 weighs incredibly light at just 1.7 pounds and will have 2GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD for storage. The WindTouch UI layer is a basic skin on top of Windows that helps for quick access to common applications. It will also have two USB ports, HDMI and a webcam. The WindPad 100 is slated to hit the market later this year with a pricetag of $499.
The WindPad 110 on the other hand was much more mysterious in that there was no concrete info on its pricing or availability. The prototype tablet shown runs on stock Android 2.1 and unconfirmed information says it will be going on sale at $399 by the end of the year.

iPhone 4 Taken Apart, motherboard found to be incredibly tiny

By now you know that Gizmodo spent $5,000 to get a prototype, non-functioning, next generation iPhone. Whether you think this was a good or bad thing is something you should keep to yourself. What we have today are detailed photographs of said iPhone’s insides, and it certainly tells an interesting story. The entire logic board, motherboard, system board, or whatever you were taught to call it in school, is a thin stick. Look at that picture above, just look at it.

How can you not appreciate that type of engineering?

The battery, which is rated at 5.25 Watt hours and 3.7 Volts, using simple maths, translates to a capacity of 1420 mAh. Smaller than the battery inside devices such as the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E71, E72, E90, E52, and I’m sure there are others. Those Nokia models use a 1500 mAh battery. Imagine how big a battery Nokia could fit inside their devices if they switched to the new microSIM card format?

One more photo after the jump that shows all the pieces next to each other. Again, that black strip with the tape on it is the motherboard. Pretty amazing.

Update: For comparison sake, here’s a photo of the iPhone 3GS motherboard next to the 3.5 screen. Notice how they’re roughly the same size.