Asustek Computer has cautioned consumers against using third-party batteries with its Asus Eee PCs, and warns that it will not cover hardware damage due to the use of a non-certified battery under warranty. This follows a recent, unsubstantiated, report that a third-party battery exploded in China.

Second- and third-tier battery makers in China have begun to manufacture batteries designed to be used with the Asus Eee PC. Some vendors are offering batteries with capacities up to 10400 mAh, which can support up to 5.5 hours of usage, priced around $80, according to channel vendors.

However, reports claim that one of these “high-capacity” notebook batteries recently overheated during charging, and eventually exploded causing damage to the Asus Eee PC. According to the reports, Asustek has refused to repair the PC, but Asustek has denied knowledge of the damage, while stressing that in such an event, any needed repairs that were the result of using non-certified laptop batteries would not be covered by the company’s warranty.

The China-based vendor said to have sold the 10400 mAh laptop battery has also refuted that its product caused the damage. The company commented that its batteries are in increasingly high demand, and as such rival companies have started the rumor in order to hurt its sales.

Source:  digitimes.com

With myPower ALL, you carry a single lightweight rechargeable battery to extend the play time on your laptop, portable DVD player, digital camera, camcorder, MP3/MP4 player and more. myPower ALL Plus includes a bonus USB port that enables you to charge your mobile phone or other small device at the same time your powering your notebook.

Use just one battery to power and charge most of your portable devices!

myPower ALL charges and powers virtually any portable device anywhere, anytime making it a versatile solution for the power needs of mobile products, on the road, and at home. Most portable devices are often in need of recharging after just 2 to 4 hours of use.

(more…)

The Gateway NX100X is well known for its very low price for such a lightweight laptop, this NX100X is extremely portable and has a very sleek design of 12.1 inches wide and 12.1 inches of display and of course do include a 5 in 1 media card reader. If you are either a home user or a business user and seeking for an inexpensive and ultra portable notebook, then it is very pleasing to see the well beautifully designed Gateway NX100X. The NX100X is built with minimalism feature. One point to be noted with the built of the NX100X is that it has forgone the built in optical drive which is to reduce the higher price tempted on it.

The Gateway NX100X is said to be the Best budget ultra portable design, as with its cheaper price which is built mainly for the basic home and home based business user’s use, and the NX100X is with sleek black case, brushed aluminum details and with the dark blue status lights. In order to reduce its pricing problem and the sizing problem the NX100X tends to lack two or more important features and hardware follows as the built in optical drive, few multi media controls and of course some of the built in business level security features. But this has succeeded in its best budget and ultra portable design. This notebook is priced many hundreds of dollars less than that of those fully loaded models.

The NX100X do have a 1.2GHz Intel Core Solo ultra low voltage processor which is supported with a 512MB of 533MHz RAM, an 80GB hard drive spinning at 5,400 RPM, and integrated Intel graphics with 128MB of system memory. The NX100X’s do possess only a single-core processor to afford its price.

(more…)