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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 [...]

HP Offers TouchPad/Palm Pre 3 Refunds

Ashley — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:20:28 +0000

HP has promised to refund customers who bought the TouchPad PC or the Palm Pre 3 smartphone before prices were slashed last month, if they activated the device before August 23rd. Three weeks ago the price of the HP TouchPad was slashed to just $99, a saving of $300, while the 32GB was even more [...]

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 [...]

Windows 8 Will Boot More Quickly

Ashley — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:41:52 +0000

Windows 8 is to showcase a faster new boot method which will greatly reduce the time for the OS to get up and running. The new procedure should slash boot times by 65%, and Microsoft have demonstrated an SSD notebook booting in just eight seconds. Windows President Steve Sinofsky reported in a blog post that [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Motorola Xoom in Europe with 4G and 3 versions comparrison

Paul Merak — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:14:36 +0000

Motorola Xoom has gotten in a lot of issues due to the very high price of $800 even going higher than the Apple iPad. Now it was revealed that it will be the unsubsidized version for the 3G capable unit. If you opt for WiFi only version, the price is at $600. Nonetheless, the prices [...]

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

Dell Mini 1012 now available with T-Mobile webConnect

Brooke — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:54:59 +0000

T-Mobile has announced at CTIA 2010 that they are now going to offer a customized Atom N450-powered Dell Mini 10 netbook - more commonly known as the Dell Mini 1012. This version is similar to the standard version but also offers the T-Mobile 3G service. It will be available at $199.99 and you will have to enroll yourself into a 2 year deal with T-Mobile.

Quick Specs – Intel Atom N450, Windows 7 Starter OS, 8h hour runtime, 3x USB ports, VGA port and 1.3MP camera.

PCD showing-off Haier X220 netbook at CTIA 2010

Peter — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:05:49 +0000

CTIA 2010 commences today and PCD has the Hair X220 on display which features a typical 10.1-inch display. What makes it different animal is the fact that the display can fold over allowing the user to use it like a slate tablet. PCD will be offering it with either Windows 7 or Windows XP and it will be powered by the good old Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz). Other specs include a 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, multi-card reader, webcam, and microphone.

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.

Lenovo ThinkPad X100e launch date revealed

Jane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:35:40 +0000

Earlier today, we posted about the rumored Lenovo X200e. Well, it is actually Thinkpad X100e and it will be launched in the January 2010.Here are its specs:

12.1-inch screen (1280x800)
1.6GHz Noe Processor
3GB RAM or SSD
6-9 cell Lethium-ion battery
Matt Kohut design
Windows 7

‘AMD has targeted this sector with its new Athlon Neo chipset which has more cache, an integrated memory controller and the 1.6GHz Neo is partnered with either ATI Radeon X1250 graphics, or ATI Radeon HD3410 graphics.The higher-end option runs the Windows Vista Aero interface very well, handles some basic 3D gaming, and most importantly can play back full 1080p video. I think that it’s a master stroke by AMD from the price performance view point.’According to thinkpadtoday, it will have Athlon 1.6GHz Neo processor with ATI Radeon HD3410 graphics or a CULV processor with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD. I just hope Lenovo does NOT screw up the specs by putting in an Atom processor like what SONY did to the, otherwise wonderful machine, VAIO X

Haleron H-Box: Dual Core ION-powered Nettop

Twinkle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:48:57 +0000

Haleron’s H-Box is a new dual core nettop on the horizon that comes also has ION chipset inside to play your HD content.

Dual-core Atom 330 processor @ 1.6GHz
NVidia's ION graphic chipset
320GB HDD
2GB RAM
WiFi b/g/n
HDMI port
LAN port
5 USB 2.0 ports
S/PDIF out

It weighs just 0.5kg, which actually won't make any difference as you won't be carrying it around. You can choose between Windows XP or Linux. Windows 7 upgrade will soon be offered.