Asus Moves USB 3.0 to a Brand New Mobo
Hot on the heels of the Gigabyte announcement yesterday, Asus has re-announced its production of a pair of motherboards packing USB 3.0. Great news on the heels of the Intel production delay last week. The two Asus motherboards, the P7P55D-E and P7P55D are built for Intel's latest Core i5 and i7 processors. The P7P55D-E is the big dog of the two and carries USB 3.0 and the new 6GB/s SATA support on-board. The P7P55D has the same 2 hot new features but only when accompanied by their U3S6 expansion board. This mobo actually was announced 2 months ago along with the SATA 6GB/s expansion card. Whatever setback they had on the original P6X58, which was unexpectedly cancelled, has been overcome on the P7P55D-E as well as being added to the daughter card.
Asus, we still love you, you still have our hearts from the eee. But considering that Gigabyte hasn't broken our heart, we're putting you on notice. One more mix up and we'll drop you like a hot soldering iron. The Gigabyte mobo boasts most of the same specs. The race is on now between the P55A and the P7P55D motherboards to see who will be the first on sale. Pricing for the Asus P7P55D-E is set at a respectable $299 and the daughter card at $29.
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PhotoTrackr Mini - Geotagging Photos on the Cheap
Until GPS becomes standard feature on digital cameras, we have to rely on various geotagging solutions to sync location data with our photos. GiSTEQ is particularly proud of their first PhotoTrackr, and now it's shipping a Mini version with a more compact form factor, RAW photo support on Mac and better satellite signal reception as well as an affordable price tag.
From the looks of it, the PhotoTrackr Mini is also capable of USB re-charging of its Li-ion battery that boasts 17 hours of operation in continuous mode. The PhotoTrackr's built-in antenna has sensitivity of -160dBm with an update rate of 1Hz. The bundled software with integration of Google Map includes native support for Flickr, locr and Picasa and SmugMug, and naturally has the capability to write GPS info to the pictures. Interested? The PhotoTrackr Mini is already shipping at a MSRP of $69.
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