Dell Vostro V131 – Review

The Dell Vostro V131 is aimed at the small and medium business consumer. The Vostro V131 is an affordable 13.3″ ultraportable which falls within even tight IT budgets. The lastest incarnation of the range incorporates Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors and a removable battery. It’s a fine-looking businesss notebook, done out in dark gray and silver. [...]

MSI outs X-Slim X350, updated version of MSI X340

MSI rolled out an updated version of X-Slim X340 thin and light notebook, named X350. X350 is just the more developed version of MSI X340. It comes equipped with the new dual-core CPU. Again, just like MSI X600 Pro, its CULV processor’s name is not disclosed. For storage, you get to choose between 320GB or 500GB.

It supports an 13.4-inch LED panel with 1366×768 display, 2GB RAM, Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, 1.3MP webcam, Ethernet. It comes with a 4-cell battery, but you go for the 8-cell battery if you wish to.

The X350 features the ultra-slim design and beautiful lines that are the hallmark of the X-Slim series, creating a sense of warmth and a fashionable urban vibe. The X350 weight just 1.5 kg, and is less than one inch thick; this laptop has none of the cold, off-putting bulk of traditional notebook PCs.

Acer DirectX 11 notebook coming soon

Acer soon will be bringing its gaming notebook, Aspire 8942G-728G1280TWN, equipped with Core i7-720QM, 8GB of DDR3 memory, two 640GB HDD and Blu-ray to boot. It sports 18.4-inch with 1980×1080 LED display and comes with AMD’s Mobile Radeon HD5850 with 1GB of GDDR5.

This would be the first notebook with DirectX 11 graphics. Ports include 4 USB 2.0 ports, 802.11 abgn, Bluetooth, ExpressCard, HDMI, 5-in-1 card reader and a host of other goodies. It weighs 4.6 kg. Also its there with 8-cell battery.

Nothing is yet known about its pricing and availability.

Deal of the Day – Toshiba MIni NB205 – $348.00

Today’s Deal of the Day is the Toshiba Mini NB205, which comes with Intel Atom N280 (1.66GHz), and 1GB RAM. It is equipped with 250GB HDD and has 10.1-inch LED LCD. It comes preloaded with Windows 7 Starter, has Webcam for video calls; Intel GMA950 chipset, 2.93 pounds weight, 6-cell battery 5800mAh, 802.11b/g WiFi, 3 USB 2.0 ports, Card Reader and comes with 1year warranty

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Acer NAV50 and NAV60 netbooks spotted at FCC

Acer’s yet to come netbook was seen at FCC. NAV50 and NAV60 are the two models which were noticed. The only things which can be made out about this netbook from the available diagram is the size of the notebook (netbook), a 3-cell battery with 2200mAh capacity and a Windows XP sticker. It will have WiFi b/g and also a 3G module.

It has been quite a while since Acer released a new netbook. Acer Aspire One 751H, that we reviewed in June was disappointing in terms of performance, thanks to the awesome (note: sarcasm) Atom Z520 processor, which is ironically is slower than its predecessors (N280 and N270). This makes the Aspire D250 Acer’s flagship netbook.

MSI X-Slim X430 launched

MSI has uncovered a new ultra-slim notebook AMD-based notebook, the MSI X430 which is the newest member of X-Slim series. X430 offers a bit more horsepower than X410. The X430 comes with Athlon Neo X2 dual-core processor and more power efficient RS780MN+SB710 chipset which includes Radeon HD3200 integrated graphics.

It has a glossy 14-inch with 1366×768 resolution, 2GB DDR2 RAM, up to 500GB HDD, optional Bluetooth, (optional external) optical drive and draft-n wireless. Measuring 349x234x24.5mm. You can get one with either 4-cell or 8-cell battery. No information on its availability and price

Lenovo ThinkPad x100e – full specifications revealed

We now have full specifications of the netbook that was earlier supposed to be Lenovo X200e,but was later confirmed that it was infact Lenovo X100e. The Lenovo ThinkPad x100e as expected runs AMD Athlon processor.

The ThinkPad x100e features : an 11.6-inch @ 1366 x 768 Display (200 nits), AMD Athlon MV-40 processor,160 / 250 / 320GB Hard disk, 4GB memory, 3 USB 2.0 ports, Card Reader, Ethernet, Wi-Fi b/g, audio jacks, Optional Bluetooth and WWAN, HD Audio, stereo speakers and 0.3MP Webcam. It will be available with XP Home, XP Professional, Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium or Professional as OS. The keyboard is spill-resistant. It weighs 1.5kg and comes bundled with a 6-cell battery (3-cell battery is also available). You will be able to get 5 hours with the 6-cell and 2.5 hours with the 3-cell battery.

You get two way to control the mouse, either by using the trackball or by using its multi-touch trackpad. The trackball is similar to the little mouse pointer that is also used in the SONY VAIO P.

Prices starts at $449 and it will be available in red and white color.

Also read: SONY VAIO P REVIEW

Samsung Go now available on AT&T network

Samsung GO netbook is now available with AT&T’s 3G plan. It will come with recently released, Windows 7 and will run its Stater Edition. Standard specs include:

• Intel Atom N270 processor
• Pebble style keyboard
• LED-backlit
• Borderless glass display
• 4-cell battery
• 1.27kg

Samsung claims that its 4-cell battery will last 4 hours on a single charge. We DOUBT that, especially with the Atom N270 CPU. Had they used some Z-series Atom, those figures would have appeared more realistic to us

SONY VAIO W Signature Edition – with Snowflake motif

Signature edition of SONY VAIO W is now available. It features a unique snowflake motif. There is a slight change in specs too. It comes with (bigger) 250GB HDD and 6-cell battery.

Other than that, specs have remained unchanged: 1GB RAM, Windows 7 Starter, Atom N280 (1.66GHz), WiFi and integrated Bluetooth radio.

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HP 2133 Mini-note clone – bigger display, better resolution

A HP 2133 Mini-note knock-off from Shenzhen nanfangshixun company. The replica is based on Intel Atom platform but has a bigger 12-inch display. It measures 303×208x31mm, and the weight is 1.38kg. This unnamed netbook features an a 12.1-inch 1366×768 display, Intel Atom N270 processor runs @ 1.6GHz,160GB Hard disk, 1.3 megapixel webcam,1GB memory, a VAG port, Wi-Fi b/g,3 USB 2.0 ports, 2200mAh LI-ion 3-cell battery. Priced at 1700 Yuan (about $250 USA dollars ) in Shenzhen.

Ironically, the clone netbook is more powerful than the original one. It has more powerful processor, bigger display and better resolution too.