Archive for the ‘Laptops’ Category
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Nokia USA announced the other day that the United States will be one of the first markets to receive the Booklet 3G, being operated exclusively on AT&T and will be sold exclusively by Best Buy at first, for $299 when purchased with a 2 year plan at $60/month.
The Nokia Booklet 3G will be featuring Windows 7, which will allow the device to switch between WiFi and 3G automatically. The light, strong and elegant device, with an aluminum chassis, is a treat to the eyes and its keyboard is easy to use for such a small form factor. The main highlight of Booklet 3G’s features, in my opinion, is the 12-hour battery life that Nokia claims it to offer. Considering how fast a mobile phone’s battery drains under continuous web usage (with screen being on at all times), no wonder Booklet 3G will be a great and helpful companion in that department.
You can see a hands-on video via Engadget, and one via Mobile Burn after the break…
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Tags: Hands On, Multitouch, Nokia Booklet 3G, Sub-notebook, Video, Windows 7
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
These two have been in the rumor-mill for a while now, but recently EEEPC.it managed to leak documents from Asus with detailed specs on the new EeePCs. The EeePC 1201N, as rumored features nVidia’s Ion chipset (with GeForce 9400M), a dual core Intel Atom N330 CPU at 1.6GHz, 3GB DDR2 RAM, and an HDMI port while the EeePC 1201HA is a lighter model (featurewise) with an Atom Z520 CPU at 1.33GHz, Intel GMA500 graphics, and 2GB DDR2 RAM.
Both models manage to pack a 250GB HDD (and 500GBs of online storage), a 12.1-inch 1366 x 768 pixel screen, 802.11b/g/n WiFI, Bluetooth, Ethernet, VGA, 3 USB 2.0 ports, SD card slot, microphone and headphones ports, a 0.3MP Webcam, a Touchpad with multitouch support and a 6-cell battery for 8-hours continuous operation. With Windows 7 running on top of the hardware Asus seems to managed to design a nice duo of sub-notebook computers.
via Liliputing
Tags: Asus, Asus EeePC 1201HA, Asus EeePC 1201N, EeePC, Netbook, Sub-notebook
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
We’ve all seen some drool-inducing shots of Dell’s new beauty, and finally the mud is beginning to clear. According to Business Week, the 0.39-inch thick (or thin if you look the other way around!) notebook will hit the streets on October 22nd, the same date as Windows 7, with a price tag of $2,000. The Adamo XPS is also said to feature a “heat-sensing strip on the lip, that when swiped with a finger, glows white and automatically opens the aluminum lid.”
I have a simple test with notebook PCs. When I’m checking out a notebook computer, I always try to open its lid with one hand, to see whether the hinge mechanism is high quality or not. If it can be opened with one hand, I believe that notebook to be having a good build quality. So if the new Dell’s lid can open automatically, I don’t think any notebook’s build quality can get higher than that!! We’re still in the dark about the Adamo’s internals, though. We’ll wait and see how much more we can drool…
via PastaTech
Tags: Dell, Dell Adamo XPS, Windows 7
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
We all know it was inevitable but it still has news value when you hear something like this. After its defeat against Blu-ray (RIP HD-DVD, seriously) this is the first Blu-ray drive bearing device from Toshiba: The Cosmio X500 (a Blu-ray burner even). A multimedia giant, the 18.4-inch desktop replacement notebook carries within the new Intel Core i7 2.8GHz CPU and nVidia’s GeForce GTX 250MNV GPU with 1GB memory. The X500 is expected to hit the shelves by the end of October. Read more for the press release…
via Slash Gear
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Tags: Blu-ray, HD-DVD, Intel, i7, nVidia, Toshiba
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Intel announced the Clarksfield mobile chip the other day, which means laptops will get i7ed. There will be 3 different chips at first, two regular quad-cores and one i7 Extreme which will be able to selectively turns off some of its cores to bring more horsepower to the remaining core(s). Below are some reviews of the new CPUs and a link to the press release from Intel…
Hot Hardware
Legit Reviews
Laptop Mag
Press Release from Intel
via Engadget
Tags: Intel, i7, Quad Core
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Forbes reports that Dell’s upcoming Latitude Z notebook may feature wireless charging and that Dell plans to launch the possibly-premiumly-priced Latitude Z in a few weeks time. I personally would love to see the wireless charging feature working…
Tags: Dell, Dell Latitude Z, Wireless Charging
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
LG's New WIDEBOOK™ Series
LG Electronics today announced its new Notebook series with 16:9 aspect ratio screens. The WIDEBOOK™ series comprises of five models with screens ranging from 13.3-inch to 15.6-inch with resolutions of either 1368×768 or 1600×900 depending on the model. All models come with Intel’s Core2Duo processors with 2 or 4 MBs of turbo memory, and NVIDIA GeForce graphics with up to 1 GB of memory. I can say I’m a fan of LG’s notebook designs in general, for what they offer for the money, and the new WIDEBOOK™ series looks as if it’s going to make an impact to the notebook scene…
Read on for the full press release and some nice photos…
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Tags: LG, LG WIDEBOOK R380, LG WIDEBOOK R460, LG WIDEBOOK R480, LG WIDEBOOK R560, LG WIDEBOOK R580, nVidia, Press Releases
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
HP Envy 13
HP’s new ENVY series notebook PCs have been mentioned in the company’s one of other press releases today, but these two beauties deserved a press release of their own. The new ENVYs offer precision-crafted, high-performance models featuring HP Metal Etching as well as concierge service and support. While the younger sibling of the two, the ENVY 13 offers the brightest display in its class, the ENVY 15 is to be HP’s fastest consumer notebook PC ever. Full press release after the break…
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Tags: HP, HP ENVY, Press Releases
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
HP Pavillipn dm3
Among other nice releases from HP, two slim and highly portable notebooks saw the light of day this morning. The Pavillion dm3 is a top performance notebook with a choice of Intel’s latest Core2Duo or AMD’s Neo Dual Core Processors with a silhouette measuring less than 1 inch and weighing only 4.2 pounds (1.9 kg).
The ProBook 5310m on the other hand is a more affordable notebook PC with an offering of Intel’s Core2Duo SP9300 CPU and is highlighted with a whopping 7-hours battery life.
Read on for the full press release and photo galleries…
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Tags: HP, HP Pavilion dm3, HP ProBook 5310m, Press Releases
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
HP Mini 110 by Studio Tord Boontje
HP is undoubtedly one of those companies that have a taste and style in their PC designs and I personally usually love what they come up with. Today HP announced quite a few new models spiced up with HP’s special sauces (HP’s sauces as in Hewlett-Packard’s, not HP Foods owned by Heinz!). Here’s the press release followed by some nice press shots…
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Tags: HP, HP ENVY, HP Mini 110, HP Pavilion dm3, HP ProBook 5310m, Press Releases, Tasarım
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