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Toshiba Updates Satellite Notebooks

Ashley — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:48:30 +0000

Last week Toshiba announced a whole bunch of new products, amongst them a new Qosmio X870 and upgrades for both the Satellite C and Satellite P budget series. A very capable glasses-free 3D model was also announced. Now the japanese tech giant has announced updates to the Satellite L Series, known as the Satellite L800 [...]

Acer Aspire One Gets Double Upgrade

Ashley — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:30:24 +0000

Acer is giving its low cost Aspire One notebooks a 1.33 GHz AMD C-60 dual core processor makeover. The Acer Aspire One 522 10 inch netbook and Aspire One 722 11.6 inch model were originally equipped with 1 GHz AMD C-50 processors and a Radeon HD 6250 graphics card. Notebook Italia has uncovered versions of [...]

Gateway NV55S05u – Review

Ashley — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:17:22 +0000

The 15-inch Gateway NV55S05u is notable for its excellent graphics performance and chic white design, all for $579. There are actually 17 possible configurations for the Gateway NV55S05u, with an assortment of AMD and Intel CPUs to choose from. Our test model had a a 1.5GHz AMD Quad-core A8-3500M CPU coupled with an AMD Radeon [...]

MSI U270 – Review

Ashley — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:37:52 +0000

The MSI U270 is an 11.6″ netbook that sells for around $400. It’s a bit pricier than many other netbooks, but it sports a dual-core CPU with 2GB of RAM. There is also a 12.1″ model if you’re keen on a slightly larger screen. The dotted pattern on the lid and wrist-rest spices up the U270′s [...]

Toshiba NB550D Netbook – Review

Ashley — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:31:54 +0000

There’s very little difference at first glance between the new Toshiba NB550D netbook and its NB520 predecessor – the changes are mostly under the hood. The NB520 ran on a dual-core Atom processor but the NB550D makes use of AMD’s new C-50 CPUs. This range of machines is available for around $375. The Toshiba NB550D [...]

Vizio VTAB1008 – Review

Ashley — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:15:02 +0000

Tablets rarely distinguish themselves on so many counts, but the Vizio VTAB1008 is unusual in terms of size, customized interface, remote control, and low price. In the last few years Vizio have made a name for themselves in high-def TVs with a simple combination of quality at a low price. They’ve carried this philosophy into [...]

Sony eReader PRS-T1 Wi-Fi – Review

Ashley — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:55:08 +0000

The Sony Reader PRS-T1 has long rivalled the Amazon Kindle in capability, if not in usage figures. Sony has upgraded the specifications of its e-Reader solution and improved its capability to link with third-party software to make it a credible alternative to Amazon’s Kindle. The Sony Reader PRS-T1 Wi-Fi now supports TXT and PDF files [...]

Tech Tittle Tattle

Ashley — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:13:12 +0000

NVidia has promised quadcore Android tablets by the end of the year, with quadcore smartphones in 2012. The CEO of NVidia, Jen-Hsun Huang said they were the only manufacturer seriously collaborating with Qualcomm, maker of the current generation of dual-core Snapdragon processors. He also hinted that NVidia will enter the mid-range market rather than concentrating [...]

SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse – Legendary Edition

Ashley — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:09:17 +0000

The SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse is not designed for opening the odd document in Microsoft Office; it has been designed from drawing board to finished product with input from teams of professional gamers and games designers. Gamers’ constant hunger for faster, fuller-featured and more powerful hardware has spill-over effects for lesser mortals [...]

Fusion Garage Grid 10 – Review

Ashley — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:59:03 +0000

When is an Android tablet not an Android tablet? When it’s a Fusion Garage Grid 10. The Fusion Garage Grid 10 uses a new operating system by the name of Grid OS, which is built on top of the Android kernel, just as a Twitter client is built on top of the Twitter site itself [...]

Kogan Agora Pro – Review

Ashley — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:54:46 +0000

Kogan is established in Australia as a budget consumer electronics manufacturer which undercuts the larger producers by selling direct to web customers. Now Kogan has launched its first notebook in Europe with the Kogan Agora Pro, which runs the latest desktop version of Linux’s Ubuntu 11.04 OS. The Agora Pro features an 11″ screen, but [...]

Jexaa JexTab 812 HD – Review

Ashley — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:51:48 +0000

Jexaa is a British company specializing in budget Android tablets, and as with many other budget models curently on sale, its Jexaa JexTab 812 HD doesn’t feature Honeycomb. Instead the JexTab 812 offers a tweaked version of the Android 2.3 OS, which was actually designed for smartphones. Such a leap usually brings serious problems because [...]

ViewSonic ViewBook 730 – Review

Ashley — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:06:46 +0000

Now Viewsonic is targeting the 7-inch tablet market with its budget-level dual-core ViewBook 730. The ViewSonic ViewBook 730 can be gotten for $230, so comparing this budget-spec budget-priced tablet to its full-sized, full-featured, and full-priced brethren would be unfair – a better comparison is with the Archos 70 or the Nook Color. The ViewBook 730 [...]

Dell Vostro V131 – Review

Ashley — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:24:50 +0000

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. [...]

Packard Bell Liberty Tab – Review

Ashley — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:52:05 +0000

Similarities between the Packard Bell Liberty Tab and the Acer Iconia A500 tablet reflect the fact that Acer owns Packard Bell. Both tablets feature 10.1″ 1280 x 800 displays, with metallic strips top and bottom, and all major ports and components are in the same positions. The Packard Bell Liberty Tab has a microSD slot, [...]

PCs Sales Up Again

Ashley — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:14:26 +0000

According to International Data Corporation, worldwide PC shipments increased 2.6% in the second quarter of 2011. The sales are depressed as a result of competition from smartphones and tablets and of course the global economic recession. However, product upgrades and promotions in the second half of 2011 are expected to boost growth in Q3 and [...]

Toshiba Announces Thrive Upgrade

Ashley — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:48:23 +0000

Toshiba has announced an upgrade to the Thrive at the 2011 IFA in Berlin. The new tab takes the form of an ultra-thin successor to the Thrive, managing to cram in all the features of the original plus a few enhancements to boot. The new feature list includes a 10.1 ultra-thin brushed metal casing with [...]

ASUS Eee Box EB1501P – Review

Ashley — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:16:31 +0000

The compact ASUS Eee Box EB1501P is a multimedia box that offers Full 1080p HD multimedia and snappy multitasking execution, thanks to an Intel Atom D525 dual-core CPU and next-gen NVidia Ion graphics. The Eee Box is roughly the size of a paperback novel and uses 70% less power than the average desktop. The 1.8Ghz [...]

Windows 8 Spec Kept Low

Ashley — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:04:50 +0000

Microsoft has made it known that Windows 8 system requirements will be as low if not lower than those for Windows 7. The Vice President of Microsoft’s Windows division added that intelligence has been built into Windows 8 so that the OS ‘can adapt to the user experience based on the user’s hardware.’ So the [...]

Delta Electronics Unveils e-paper for 2012

Ashley — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:13:20 +0000

The IFA in Berlin has given an insight into the future of mobile technology. Taiwanese manufacturer Delta Electronics revealed its flexible e-paper which it expects to hit the mass amrket in 2014. It offers 960 x 280 pixel colour based on QR-LPD technology. A full range of panel sizes will stretch from 4.1 to [...]

Lenovo Essential B470 Review

Ashley — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:31:31 +0000

The Lenovo “Essential” B470 is a small-to-medium 14-inch business laptop. The Lenovo B470 Essential is equipped with an Intel Core i5-2410M dual-core processor, 4GB of 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM, and an NVidia GeForce 410M, or at the flick of a switch, Intel HD integrated graphics. Our test unit came with a 500GB 5400rpm Hitachi hard drive. [...]

Lenovo IdeaPad Z370 – Review

Ashley — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:40:50 +0000

Lenovo presents the all-new Lenovo IdeaPad Z370 – a 13.3-inch notebook, slick and portable. Lenovo traditionally makes its budget notebooks look more expensive than they really are, and so too with the Lenovo IdeaPad Z370. The IdeaPad Z370 measures 12.9 x 8.7 x 0.8~1.3 inches and weighs in at a very light 4.4 pounds. The palm rest [...]

MSI L1350, L1300, L2300 introduced

Jane — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:30:21 +0000

MSI has released three new netbooks today – MSI L1300, L1350 and L2300. Specification-wise, all of these netbooks appear to be minor upgrades to the Wind U130, U135 and U230 netbooks respectively. The design, however, seems to be more compelling than the old MSI netbooks.

The L1300 and L1350, both sport Intel N450 pine trail CPUs and a same ‘ol 10.1-inch display with 1024x600 pixel resolution. The difference lies in the OS they run - MSI L1300 comes with Windows XP whereas the L1350 runs Windows 7 Starter OS. The MSI L2300 features 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel HD display and a 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor

Acer unleashes 11.6-inch TimelineX notebook

Brooke — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:41:57 +0000

Acer has officially launched its first 11.6-inch notebook, or shall we say netbook. Acer has equipped this new TimelineX model with a 1.07GHz Intel Core i5 U50 CPU instead of Atom or CULV chips that we are more used to. Battery Life is still spectacular at 8 hours from its 6-cell battery. This model also has HDMI and VGA port built-in along with 3 USB 2.0 ports.

As mentioned earlier, the screen size is 11.6-inches and just like rest of the Acer's 11.6-inch netbook/notebook offering, you get the usual 1366x768 pixel display.

Note – Although the clock frequency of this model is less than the Atom processors, it packs much more muscle.

LG X140 spotted over FCC’s website

Peter — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:35:16 +0000

We still have no idea when will the LG X140 netbook hit the market shelves. Anyway, LG's netbook has been spotted over the FCC's website which means that it will be released in the US shorty. It features 10.1-inch display with 1366x768 resolution, Atom N470 processor, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth and runs Windows 7 Starter

Asus Eee 1001PX – nothing radical

Brooke — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:47:39 +0000

Another week, another Eee PC. Asus has added one more model to its Seashell range. The new Asus Eee 1001PX offers nothing new compared to the rest of the pinetrail netbooks in town. It has the same matte lid found in the recently released Eee PCs and sports pretty much same specs too.

It comes with Windows XP Home OS; 10.1-inch 1024x600 display, Intel Atom N450 processor, 250GB hard disk drive; 1GB RAM, WiFi b/g and 6-cell battery. Yawn

Acer Aspire 1830T

Peter — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:55:13 +0000

This is for those netbook users that yearn for some power from their netbooks. Acer has introduced a netbook under its TimeLineX range - Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T. It comes with Intel Core 2 Solo 64-bit processor, Intel GS45 Express chipset, upto 4GB DDR3 RAM and is outfitted with 11.6-inch 1366x768 display.Other specs include - LAN, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, WWAN (3G), 5-in-one card reader, 3x USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, VGA ports, headphone and microphone jack. Weighs 1.4kg and comes with a 6-cell 5800mAh battery.There are four colors to choose from - Black, Brown, Red and Silver.

Dell Mini 1012 Specifications uncovered!

Kamal DS — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:00:03 +0000

We now know the specifications of the Dell Mini 1012, even before it is officially released. Specs and setup manual was discovered at this Dell’s webpage. So, here are the confirmed specifications of Mini 1012:

Intel Atom N450 Processor (Intel NM10 Express Chipset)
Intel GMA 3150
3 in 1 Card Reader
1GB/2GB RAM
Ethernet, Wireless, Bluetooth, WWAN and GPS.
One full Mini PCI-E Card Slot and 2 Half Mini PCI-E Card
3 x USB 2.0 Ports
VGA Port
Optional MCX (that's for a TV Tuner aerial)
HD Screen option

Also, Dell has made the RAM slot user-accessible. No need to open the entire unit just to get access to the RAM module. There are no official pictures of it but I am sure that they will also be discovered very soon.

The unannounced HP Mini 210 netbook is in Stock! – $389

Jane — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:31:11 +0000

HP has not yet announced the HP Mini 210 netbook, but they have a reseller that has already put it up for sale.HP 210 – successor of the immensely popular HP Mini 1000 and Mini 110 series, packs the newest pine trail processor, Atom N450 (1.66GHz) and is being retailed for $389.Whether that was intentional or not, we hope that works in favor of HP. They even have a support page ready for its unannounced netbook that includes its user guide as-well-as software and drivers. Here are its final specifications:

10.1-inch display
1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor
1GB RAM
250GB HDD
WiFi b/g/n
GMA 3150 graphic chipset
5-in-one reader
6-cell battery
Webcam
Windows 7 Starter

Commentary: We think that it is a fair price for an HP netbook that generally have excellent built quality. Oh, and you gotta love that chiclet keyboard![HP support page]

CompuLab Tit-PC2i: Smallest nettop?

Twinkle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:14:17 +0000

CompuLab latest mini PC ‘fit-PC2i’ is very small and sleek with dimensions just 4x4.5x1.05-inches and weighing just 368gm (13 ounces). After looking at its dimensions and weight, it seems that the fit-PC2i smallest dual-gigabit Ethernet-equipped PC. Other specs include an Intel Atom Z5xx CPU of your choice (1.1GHz to 2GHz), up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 2.5-inch Hard disk, audio in / out, built-in WiFi, 4 USB 2.0 ports and Windows 7 as OS.It has an aluminum body and sucks just 8 watts at full load! Shipping to commence in January.Full Specs:CPU: Intel Atom Z5xx 1.1 GHz to 2 GHz Chipset: Intel US15W SCH Memory: 1 GB DDR2-533 on-board (Optional 2 GB) Storage: Internal bay for 2.5″ SATA HDD, miniSD socket, On-board 4 GB Flash (optional) Display & Graphics: Intel GMA500, DVI Digital output up to 1920 x 1200 Audio: Line-out, line-in, mic, 5.1 Channels S/PDIF Networking: 2x 1000 BaseT Ethernet, 802.11b/g WLAN USB: 4 USB 2.0 High Speed ports Serial: RS232 full UART Operating Systems: Windows Server, Windows 7, Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux