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From the heatsink alone, you can tell how hot the processor would be since Intel is forced to use heatpipe-based coolers unlike the standard radial heatsink from the current lineup. This photo has been released sometime already but its only now that I’ve realized that I’ve actually downloaded this one for this blog post. Unfortunately, not much information has been provided, no TDP (Thermal Design Power) ratings or exact dimensions but just look at that behemoth! I hope this isn’t installed with push-pins or else, motherboard is going to get some serious warping issues.

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I just broke my two week old case Good thing this case has a case+beltclip system which means I still have a case. I broke the clip off the case while trying out some Sofa’s at Mandaue Foam. It got caught on arm rest and the clip just snapped.

I had the case in Portait mode on my waste because if I rotate it in landscape, the iphone could easily be pushed out with just a slight accidental nudge from the butt. I guess the lanscape mode was really more for just laying it on the table and converting the whole clip system into a stand to watch your favorite movies or photos.

I loved this case/belt clip combo though. Damn.

I can still use the belt clip system as permanent table stand at the office though.

My Only hope is my Seidio Case, which I know has one of the most solid belt clips out there, tried and tested with my Seido+Innocase system for my HTC Touch Pro.

Here is a photo of the Seidio Case + Innocase Beltclip.

Seidio Website

What I am hoping for is that the tunewear case will fit on the seidio Belt clip as I prefer it over the clip so when I get to the office I can easily witch from the Seidio innocase and my cripple Tunewear deskstand.

Still: It is a sad day for me. First my Icooly Case/stand/Belt Clip, after I broke the clip the case was useless, now this, 2 WEEKS OLD!! The Only thing I bought it Singapore for me.

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It was last October 2009 when I received my Corsair Hydro Series H50 via a fellow Istoryan (dmelsie). Its an awesome CPU cooler for its price, giving you a high-end air cooler’s performance without the weight and much more room in your system. For those who are not familiar, its a low-cost liquid cooling system manufactured by Asetek and rebranded with modifications to improve performance by Corsair. Its not really the watercooling we’ve come to known per se (with respect to watercooling purists) but it follows the principle where liquid (ethylene glycol + water) is used as a medium for transferring heat via aluminum radiator. If I recall correctly, this was introduced last June and released to the public on July. Knowing that we’re a little bit behind locally when products based in US are released, it wasn’t until October that the product arrived as ordered by dmelsie via PC Express. Since then, the cooler has received numerous awards for its performance and price. If you wish to know more about how this product would fare, there’s an awesome review provided by bit-tech.net.

As a My Tech Island reviewer, this cooler would provide relief in the constant removal and re-installation due to the products that come in for review and by December, the Asus Maximus Formula III was handed to me for testing via Fine Upgrades. Unfortunately, the first revision of the cooler only had motherboard brackets for sockets LGA775, LGA 1366 and AM3 so the Asus MFIII uses the new socket LGA1156 for the P55 chipset wouldn’t be compatible. I tried checking out Corsair’s website and they had an advisory that LGA1156 brackets which will be provided for early-adopters for free but end users would have to pay the shipping for $5. This was really a bad news for me since everyone knows here that items being shipped from the U.S. would really cost a fortune here in the Philippines.

It took me a while to have the courage (December 2009) to contact Corsair via their website to request for the bracket and asked how much it would cost for the item to be shipped here in our country and this is the response I received from Kelvin of Corsair;

It was unexpected and truth be told, if the bracket would cost me somewhere around 2,000 pesos in shipping fees, I would’ve forgotten about it since I can get used coolers for that price available locally but Kelvin’s response was overwhelming and it didn’t took long for Corsair to respond (1 day because of time difference). We’ve have email exchanges regarding the shipment information but sadly, the bracket didn’t made it in time for the Asus Maximus Formula III review because UPS was having problems locating the address I specified. Ironically, the bracket arrived the day I returned the motherboard to Asus. Still, I was very happy when it came in and this is what I received:

On behalf of My Tech Island, thank you Corsair for an excellent customer service! Rest assured this will be used on upcoming reviews.

P.S.

Send us your products for reviews(?)

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Let me start with my own local script:

TITLE: Cebuano Buying an “IPOD” or an “IPAD” (we weren’t really sure)

CEBUANO BUYER: “Sir can I ples buy an I-fad”,

APPLE SALESMAN: “Ipod or Ipad”

CEBUANO BUYER” “IFAD- SIR, how many kinds do you hab arawn her?

APPLE SALESMAN:”Well we have the Ipod classics and the latest one, the
IPAD”

CEBUANO BUYER:” What?!? You hab di IFAD CLASSICS and the IFAD?? Boang maning mga ta…whana, palit nalang kog EM-FI-TRI Flayer sa lain uy KA LITSI BAH!!”

Hitlers Take:

Steve Jobs Take:

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Before I comment, first take a look at the latest Apple Sexy Thing yourself:

WEBSITE:
http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/

Technical Specs

Display

* 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
* 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
* Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
* Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Wireless and Cellular
Wi-Fi model

* Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
* Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Wi-Fi + 3G model

* UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
* GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)
* Data only2
* Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
* Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Location

* Wi-Fi
* Digital compass
* Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
* Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

In the Box

* iPad
* Dock connector to USB cable
* 10W Power Adapter
* Documentation

Environmental Status Report

iPad embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:

* Arsenic-free display glass
* BFR-free
* Mercury-free LCD display
* PVC-free
* Recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure

Capacity3

* 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive

Processor

* 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip

Sensors

* Accelerometer
* Ambient light sensor

Audio Playback

* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
* User-configurable maximum volume limit

TV and Video

* Support for 1024 x 768 with Dock Connector to VGA adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Composite A/V Cable, 576i and 480i with Apple Composite A/V Cable
* H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Mail attachment support

* Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)

Languages

* Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian
* Keyboard support for English (US) English (UK), French (France, Canada), German, Japanese (QWERTY), Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian
* Dictionary support for English (US), English (UK), French, French (Canadian), French (Swiss), German, Japanese, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin), Russian

Accessibility

* Support for playback of closed-captioned content
* VoiceOver screen reader
* Full-screen zoom magnification
* White on black
* Mono audio

Battery and Power4

* Built-in 25Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
* Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
* Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system

Input and Output

* Dock connector
* 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
* Built-in speakers
* Microphone
* SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model only)

External buttons and controls

* On/Off, Sleep/wake
* Mute
* Volume up/down
* Home

Mac system requirements

* Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
* Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
* iTunes 9.0 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
* iTunes Store account
* Internet access

Windows system requirements

* PC with USB 2.0 port
* Windows 7, Windows Vista; Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
* iTunes 9.0 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
* iTunes Store account
* Internet access

Environmental requirements

* Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
* Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
* Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
* Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

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Now for my Honest Opinion.

Well, you know why the NETBOOK Market flew? Because the netbook is a trimmed down version of Laptop the will allow you to do EVERYTHING ON IT on it. Now on the IPAD, it seems you can’t. It’s just a “GO BIGGY” size version of the itouch/Iphone minus the Camera. It can do everything my iphone can do on a bigger screen. The good thing about it though is you get to buy accessories for it that will make it more useful. A USB port to allow you to connect your digital camera directly to it to transfer photos. An SD adapter to allow you to transfer Photos (hopefully data as well) to you I-PAD. A keyboard and mouse because I don’t really know how you can use the touch screen keyboard on that huge thing unless I was as big as Shaquil O Neil.

Looking at everyone’s usual daily gadget arsenal, where will this device fit in? If you have your iphone or itouch with you + you regular Laptop or Netbook, where will this baby fit in? It will be extra baggage. You mite bring it around for awhile for bragging rights but eventually, it will get stuck at home or at the office.

1 GHZ?? Cmon, netboooks are already going Dual Core Atoms @ 1.6GHZ. The new HTC HD2 and Googles Nexus One, which are mobile phones which already have the 1GHZ snapdragon processor.

No Multi tasking? No Camera, No Optical Drive Slot, … Hmmmmm.

NO MICROPHONE
- Wow, adding voice call or doing internet calls would have been a very welcome addition too and mite even increase sales for this device. What were they thinking?

Well, it’s not all that bad, it might still work for specific tasked jobs. Before it was release, I heard Apple was meeting with medical execs to have the IPAD as a tool for hospitals, replacing patient charts. It think this device would be perfect for that. High battery life, thin and light. Clear Pictures and Videos for the doctors to review, with the right customized medical software, This will be perfect for the JOB.

Imagine DHL having you sign your delivery document with this.

For the HOME, I think this would also work best as an EBOOK reader that can do more than just read EBOOKs. But in the end, that is where it will stay at, at Home.

I already have my iphone and an Itouch for portability and it can do everything the I-PAD can do. I just hope it will allow me to sync between my Iphone and my Ipad without the need of a PC.

Putting 128Gig of hard space would have increase the purchase value of this device, right now you can already buy an itouch with 64gig.

Who will buy it?
- Well I think Mac Junkies will definitely line up for this as they do with every MAC release. People who don’t have a netbook will surely try this out. But For those people who already have a desktop at home, a laptop for work, and an Iphone, I doubt they will be there for the first Generation IPAD.

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No Optical drive
No USB Port
No Microphone
No Camera
No Flash
No Multi Tasking
No Free Keyboard Dock
No Data Expansion Slot

I think this device deserves a Singapore-Type “NO” T-shirt Design

Still, it is super sexy.
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Well overall, it is a sexy device. Right now I just do not know YET how it will fit in my life. I may not buy one but I wouldn’t mind having one if someone gave it to me *HINT*

That’s about it for now!

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