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Small News from Acer: Aspire One 522 and Iconia Tab W500
The first laptops with AMD’s Fusion processors are starting to appear. Acer is among the first with a turbocharged netbook and a stablet/netbook hybrid with Windows 7. With the Fusion platform, AMD is doing as Intel did with some of its Core processors – integrating the graphics processor in the same chip as the processor. [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Promises 24-hour Battery Life
Lenovo has just announced a new laptop with 15 hours of battery life, and with an additional battery it will allegedly run for 24 hours away from the mains. Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X220 is the company’s first ultra-mobile PC that runs on Intel’s latest processors based on the Sandy Bridge platform. The Thinkpad X220 has [...]
Inspiron Duo Officially Launched
Dell has now officially launched the Inspiron Duo–a laptop/tablet hybrid that can switch between an iPad-inspired tablet look or work just like a netbook. The computer, which was first exhibited in Berlin at IFA 2010 in September, will be available in U.S. stores the first week of December. Inspiron Duo is based on a dual-core [...]
Asus U36: Competent MacBook Air Alternative
ASUS has just launched a new series of thin and light laptops called U36, which allegedly has great potential to challenge Apple’s MacBook Air. The computers’ thickness is only 0.75 inches (19mm), but there appears to be plenty of juice inside this thin shell. The computer comes with a dual core Core i3 or i5 [...]
Aspire One Happy – New Colorful Netbook from Acer
The Acer Aspire One Happy comes in several varieties. The computer has Android preinstalled as well as Windows 7 in dual boot. Aspire One Happy has built-in Wi-Fi, Ethernet and 3G. It also includes Bluetooth, webcam, speakers and a microphone. Battery life is said to be about 8 hours. Furthermore, it is equipped with 10.1-inch [...]
Samsung N350 – Netbook with 4G Wireless
Slowly but surely, laptops with built-in mobile broadband are getting more common. This is great as it means that you are basically always online and not have to fiddle with all sorts of ugly dongles. Samsung is now launching a new netbook that’s unusually well equipped in that department – the N350. This is one [...]
Glasses-Free 3D Tablet PC Demonstrated
The manufacturer Rockchip recently demonstrated a tablet that allows you to watch 3D content without having to wear those awkward glasses. Screens with glasses-free 3D support are now emerging in an increasing number of contexts. Now the Chinese manufacturer Rockchip demonstrated a tablet which is equipped with just such a display. Rockchip has not released [...]
Samsung’s N230 Boots Up in 3 Seconds
One, two, three … that’s the time it takes for the Samsung N230 to boot. Three seconds and then Samsung N230 fully operational in Microsoft Windows 7. This is apparently how this is accomplished: “All settings are automatically saved on the hard disk when you close the screen or press the button. And since the [...]
Nearly 14 Hours of Battery Life in New Samsung Netbook
Samsung N230 is a new netbook with fairly mundane specifications, but more impressive battery life if the manufacturer’s specifications are to be trusted. The computer comes with either an Intel Atom N450 (1.66GHz) or N470 (1.83GHz) and an LED-lit 10.1- screen with 1024 x 600 pixels. Other features include 1GB of memory, 250 GB hard [...]
New Atom Processors Boost Netbook Performance
Higher clock speeds and the ability to use DDR3 memory obviously allows for faster netbooks, and now Intel’s low-power Atom processors take a step up in clock speed when the D410 and D510 are replaced by the D425 and D525. What separates the new processors from the old is that they can run at a [...]
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Eee PC 1001PX: $179.99 with...
The Eee PC 1001PX is your average netbook, with a 10-inch LED backlit display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. What makes it stand out for the time being is the price tag–for a limited time you can get a refurbished 1001PX with a 90-day warranty for just [...]
