Again, submitted by reader kyle zetts, an article on the webcam application of the Asus Eee PC from the Unicap site -
UCView is a pre-installed app on the Asus Eee that allows users to make snapshots and video sequence with the integrated webcam. UCView uses the unicap toolkit for image capturing and display.
Size comparsion between Apple Macbook and Asus EeePC
Basic Configuration
The Xandros operating system which comes with the EeePC is customized to accommodate the specific constrains of the machine - most notably the small size of the permanent storage. The EeePC comes with disk size as low as 2 GB and this size has to contain the whole OS, its apps and user data as well.
One of the strengths of the OS is the fast boot time of 26 seconds.
As said, disk space is limited, so it is of special interest how much space the OS leaves to the user in the default installation. On the 4GB model I have, there are about 1.3 GB available to the user.
The device CPU is an Intel Celeron M @900Mhz. There is a cooling fan that activates after a while. When the desktop is idle or under low load, the fan is rather quiet and only noticeable in a quiet working environment. It does not seem to get much louder when the CPU is under load.
Hardware Peripherals
The EeePC can be extended via 3 USB ports. Network connectivity is made either via a wired 100 Mbit ethernet port or via 56 Mbit WiFi both of which are powered by Atheros chips. The WiFi antenna can be disabled via a switch.
Stereo speakers are mounted to the left and right of the display and take up a great portion of the lid / The 7" display has a resolution of 800x480 pixels and is controlled by an Intel GMA 915 on-board controller. Also accelerated video is available via Xv.
The touchpad is controlled via the Synaptics driver. It has a scroll area on the right side but does not seem to be multitouch capable. It is rather small but, after getting used to the small size, it is quite precise. The keyboard is smaller than standard size.
The device is equipped with a single 512 MB standard memory module. It can be replaced by a 1GB module. There is no swap space configured with the default installation. It also has an SDHC reader.
The battery has 5200 mAh capacity which is enough to power the device for about 3-4 hours. The power adaptor is small and light compared to some other notebook chargers. It has a quite long cable of about 2 meters.
Memory and Expansion Slot of the EeePC
Integrated Camera
The EeePC comes with an integrated webcam which produces images and videos in VGA resolution with up to 30 frames per second. As with most laptops, the camera is mounted in the center above the display to make it best suited for VoIP applications (even though Skype is still not able to utilize the webcam under Linux ).
unicap and UCView
UCView is installed on the EeePC as the default webcam application. The pre-release version still has a limited version of UCView installed which does not offer all desired features. By the time of the release of the EeePC, a new version will be available specially for the EeePC on the unicap website. New versions will also be available in a Service Pack from Xandros/Asus.
The complete report can be viewed at the Unicap site.
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