X59 - THE BEST AMONG PHILIPS LAPTOPS

Philips laptops aren’t necessarily the best known portable computing machines available today. But with X59, they have done a very commendable job.

Philips X59 comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 processor 1.66 ghz. It has several attractive and useful features. With its sleek dimensions of 37mm x 297 mm x 213 mm, the X59 can be mistaken for any other trendy laptop of today. And it weighs just 1.89 kg making your portable world indeed portable.

This model has a 12 inch display screen and comes with the latest graphics and sound cards. It Uses the Windows Vista operating system and has a 100 GB hard drive and a 2MB cache. It also has an inbuilt modem to help you get connected to the internet wherever you may be. And with the 3 extra USB ports you can connect a variety of devices like multi-media extensions, extra sound capacity or extra memory to the laptop.

The LI-ION battery offers a commendable 3.5 hours up time which is good for a machine that comes with so many features. Philips X59 comes preloaded with MS applications including Word and Excel. And there is a useful diary to help you arrange your life on the go.

Our Verdict
Philips X59 isn’t perhaps the best laptop available out there. Nevertheless, it has some very useful features and is ideal for students and those buying their first laptop. Sleek, smart and light-weight, it is packed with features. It is no wonder then that it has raised considerable interest among buyers.

Fujitsu Lifebook T4210

There are only a handful of systems that are quality when it comes to convertible tablets. With its combination of portable frame, built in optical drive and dual-processor, the Fujitsu LifeBook T4210 ($ 2349 direct) passes with flying colors. This is the kind of system that makes sense to have in your daily life, if you pick up the pen scanner to draw on the screen or the screen turning around to tap the full-size keyboard.

Weighing a mere 4.7 pounds, the T4210 was small and light enough for me to wear all day on my commute, unlike the bridge M285-E, whose 14-inch display was too big for the ear around of the city. The T4210 has 12-inch screen what Fujitsu calls an "outside". It looks a little grainy when you're indoors, but on a bright day, you can see the screen image and get some work done outdoors.

The pen, conveniently located at a site adjacent to the screen, has a smooth feel that the one found on the Mobile Toshiba M400-S4032, and it handles like a ballpoint pen. I tested the pen and tablet screen applications written with two-beta software EverNote, a little careful note-taking utility, and Microsoft OneNote 2003. The software EverNote immediately recognized each move, and pen on paper is certainly a sense perceptible. I found that the use of the pen in OneNote is even more enjoyable, especially when drawing and annotation diagrams.

A disadvantage of the T4210 is the absence of a FireWire port for video capture. It has three USB ports located in the periphery of the machine and a double-layer DVD. The convertible tablet also has a 3-in-1 card reader (SD, MS, MS Pro). For security reasons, Fujitsu added a fingerprint reader, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and a smart-card slots.

The T4210 also runs hot. That is because he wears a 2-GHz Intel Core Duo T2500 processor (a step faster than the 1.83-GHz CPU T2400 available on the M400-S4032) and 1 GB of RAM. Although this means faster performance, power elements, but also the higher temperature of the system. This laptop emits a considerable amount of heat below, which can get pretty boring after a while. Battery life suffers too. The T4210 battery took only 2 hours 50 minutes to run down while playing a DVD-Video big step for air transport. Also, the limits of its integrated graphics card to make a choice unattractive to perform 3D graphics-intensive applications. To do so, I recommend the Gateway M285-E with discrete nVidia graphics.

The Fujitsu LifeBook T4210 is not cheap. It costs at least $ 150 more than the M400-S4032, which comes with a built in EV-DO cellular modem and runs a lot cooler (though it has condensed keyboard). Yet, overall, the T4210 is a convertible tablet elite. It is certainly worth a second look for those who want a quick, go-anywhere tablet that can make things a typical notebook can do and then some.

Lenovo ThinkPad X60s

Stay connected and curbs on competition are essential for business travellers, and the Lenovo ThinkPad X60s ($ 2299 direct) can help you do both. The latest ultra ThinkPad is an update to the ThinkPad X41, maintaining an ultralight weight and integrating Verizon EV-DO. And as it has a battery life of over 7 hours, no trip is too far for the X60s.

The X60s is a pleasure to carry, weighing a mere 3.5 pounds. Even if it is only about five ounces heavier than the X41, X60s comes standard with extending battery life, which is included in our test price. The weight gain is negligible considering the battery life incredible that you can get. (The battery has a new design, so it is not compatible with the old ThinkPad X40 and X41).

As I mentioned earlier about times before 1000, ThinkPad keyboards have the best of any notebook, and the X60s is no different. I also adore the TrackPoint pointing device, which is the only option you have on this system. (Touchpad addicts should consult the Sony ultra SZ170P.) X60s of 12.1-inch screen is good enough for most passengers, but as a writer, I prefer a larger screen. The SZ170P has a wider (13.3 inches) wide (and a built-in optical drive, for that matter) and its system weight is only 3.8 pounds.

The protruding antenna found on the side of the X60s is for the integrated EV-DO radio. EV-DO is a way to get broadband wireless speeds as using a cellular phone signal. It covers more areas than Wi-Fi, and it beats paying for hotel broadband. But the technology is still a little too expensive for my tastes, ranging from $ 59.99 per month with a service contract of $ 79.99 without one.

Although roaming Manhattan, I always received download speeds of over 750 Kbps. I was able to gain access to my e-mail, surf the Web, and even download video clips nonfrustrating rates. Adding to my pleasure was Lenovo wireless client, Access Connections. With him, I was able to create profiles for EV-DO and for three of my Wi-Fi connections and a wired LAN. With a button, I could easily spend a profile or simply turned off all wireless radios when I needed, for example at the entrance on a plan.

In addition to Access Connections, you get a multitude of other utilities with the press of the button ThinkVantage. You can choose to back up your hard drive or restore it to factory defaults if you become a victim of spyware. The maintenance utility runs disk cleaning, virus scan, and disk backups when you're away from your computer. Enabling Whisper mode allows you to control how much of your system resources are used by each application. It is effective for preventing background-running programs such as virus scans or you slow down.

The X60s has a fingerprint reader, who works in collaboration with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Lenovo has added an additional USB port (for a total of three), and the system has a FireWire port and an SD memory card slot. It also comes with the Ultrabase docking unit, which incorporates an optical drive and in many other ports of connectivity, but the process of docking the X60s was more difficult than I had imagined. I had to press the notebook relatively difficult for connectors break in. It took several tries to dock successfully.

A better solution, as far as I'm concerned, that the system would be to have an integrated optical drive. The Sony SZ170P integrates a dual-layer DVD + R, and manages to stay under four pounds-if you do sacrifice battery life for this luxury. If you're like me and take shorter trips or use the laptop mostly during the shuttle is good. But for some, longer battery life assets almost anything Constitution. The X60s, which uses a low voltage Intel Core Duo processor, the 1.66-GHz L2400, is designed for longer battery life so that the processing power. You can configure the unit with the most powerful processors such as the Core Duo T2400, which is in the SZ170P, but you run the risk that the palm rests and the base will be uncomfortably hot. Even with the stock L2400 processor, I noticed that the X60s was warmer than the SZ170p, but it does set a better job of keeping the palm rests and the base fee. On the other hand, the X60s gives good results but can not keep up with the SZ170P on our Internet content creation and Office productivity tests. For those who do not have much outside Web surfing and editing of Microsoft Office documents, however, the X60s has more than enough processing power; whole, it beats its predecessor, the X41 by 59 per cent on our performance tests. If you worry about the compatibility with the Vista line, upgrade to 1 GB of RAM.

If you're looking for an ultra, you have a difficult decision. The Sony SZ170P is a very convincing, but with its short battery life and slightly larger footprint, it is better suited for daily commuters than for frequent travellers. The ThinkPad X60s is our Editors' Choice, a perfect companion for those who spend most of their time traveling.

See how the Lenovo ThinkPad X60s measures up to similar systems in our side-by-side laptop comparison chart.

Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet

Rumors ran rampant when it comes to guess who would later seller to plunge his fingers in lukewarm water of the tablet market. Some said Apple, others Dell. It turns out that Lenovo / IBM to beat. The new ThinkPad X41 Tablet ($ 1899 direct) is the lightest convertible on the market and is perfectly placed to help bring tablets into the mainstream. For these reasons and others, is our new Editors' Choice, hands down, for convertible tablets.

The beauty of the X41 Tablet is that it continues to IBM longstanding and well-earned reputation for quality craftsmanship and engineering. The X41 Tablet is presented as the ThinkPad X Series ultra formidable systems and repeated Editors' Choice winners, and its price is comparable. The only difference here is that the screen swivels.

The X41 Tablet 12-inch screen is anchored by a quad-metal alloy hinge, strong enough to deal with frequent rotations of the screen. The front and base of the unit are rich in magnesium alloy, providing a durable outdoors. The camera weighs only 3.5 pounds (system), partly because he does not have a built-in optical drive. It is lighter than the HP Compaq tc4200 (our former Editors' Choice for convertibles) and the Mobile Toshiba M205-S809, which tipped the scales at 4.6 pounds (system).

The tablet has a perfect screen paper feel like writing, and the pen is comfortable to grip, like the pen on the Compaq tc4200. If you prefer typing, the tablet converts to a notebook, exposing IBM's patented full-size keyboard and TrackPoint. And the ThinkPad typing experience is still unsurpassed.

The X41 comes with Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. Tapping and dragging with Windows Journal was nice, with almost no resistance between the screen and the movement of the pen. Microsoft OneNote 2003 note-taking program is available as an option. The X41 Tablet also comes with Zinio Reader and 90-day trial versions of Franklin Covey PlanPlus for Windows and Alias Sketchbook Pro. You can also gain experience Pack for Tablet PC, which includes InkArt, cross-ink, ink office, and the Snipping Tool.

A fingerprint reader is located on the side of the X41 Tablet screen. The reader smear bidirectionally, it does not matter if you're in portrait or landscape mode. The fingerprint reader is combined with IBM manager of passwords and the Sub-security system ThinkVantage 2.0 to provide an extra layer of security. The blue Access IBM button is available, as it is on all IBM ThinkPad, and access to several utilities that can configure your wireless connections, set up your passwords, backup and recover your disks. Below the fingerprint reader are a PageUp / PageDown rocker, Enter, Escape, the rapid launch and display customizable buttons orientation.

The X41 Tablet is loaded with the new Centrino same elements as the notebook ThinkPad X41, including the Pentium M 758 (1.5 GHz), 512 RAM DDR2 533, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 GM chipset, and Intel Pro Wireless 2915BG. Our unit came with a 40 GB hard drive, which is configurable up to 60GB. The unit comes standard with a four-battery, which lasts approximately 2.6 hours. An eight-battery, which lasts approximately 6 hours, is available for $ 159 extra. The X41 Tablet does not come with a built-in optical drive, but an external DVD + RW is available for $ 429. You also have the option of purchasing the X4 dock ($ 219), which includes a CDRW optical drive in it, however, most probably leave the Tablet Post because of its size.

Unfortunately, we have not been able to execute our performance tests because our tests does not support Windows XP Tablet Edition.

If you hesitated to buy a tablet, Lenovo / IBM east of this decision a lot easier for you. The ThinkPad X41 Tablet, the company's first attempt, is as large as its X-series ultra counterpart, with the advantages of the tablet form factor. It is the lightest convertible market, and we love.

Lenovo ThinkPad X61

These days, tablet PC convertible show as more than a blip on the radar screen. They have been widely adopted in vertical markets, and students adopt. Lenovo (formerly IBM) has long been a leader in the convertible tablet PC space. In the ThinkPad X61 Tablet ($ 1934 direct) Lenovo continues to merge the design of its cherished X-Series ultra (see ThinkPad X60s) with tablet functionality. With the best keyboard industry, very good performance evaluations, and a robust design, the X61 Tablet Wins Editors' Choice Award to put next to Lenovo a precedent in this space, the ThinkPad X41 Tablet.

While it is clear that the convertible tablets are gathering strength, penetration has not been the level of some of the most popular portable. It could be that consumers have not yet grasped the idea of using a scanner pen on a laptop. Perhaps that the price premium is put off potential customers. And maybe the fact that two of the top three suppliers laptop, Dell and Apple, have not officially announced any tablet PC with their own limited their growth. In either, Lenovo has made significant progress with the ThinkPad X61 Tablet, which makes the adjustment easy for many compressed be converted.

Lenovo tablet overall design has not changed since the ThinkPad X41 Tablet first launched in 2005. The magnesium-alloy frame and supported the black-ID arrivals are not different from those in the rest of the ThinkPad. The framework guard against wear and conservative black base lets people know that this machine business. The X41 Tablet is one of the lightest tablets around, but recently, competition was increasingly fierce. The X61-66 Wh extended battery increases the weight to 4.4 pounds. Meanwhile, the Fujitsu Lifebook T2010 is able to keep things under 4 pounds with its 93-Wh extended battery. The choice of a 4-battery and $ 50 savings can get the X61 Tablet less than 4 pounds, but it lets you terribly short battery life. On the other hand, the HP Compaq 2710p (3.9 pounds) can get away with its 44-Wh battery, because it uses very low power components.

The trend in laptops east to widescreens, even on tables. Lenovo, however, holds firm with the X61 standard screen. You have a choice for the screen resolution-1024-by-768. (Lenovo used to offer a resolution SXGA (1400-by-1050) on the non-ultra compressed, but the font size is too small to read.) Standard 12-inch screen is preferable for writers like me Because there is less vertical scroll. The T2010 Fujitsu, HP Compaq 2710p, and Gateway 120x C-12-inch widescreens are optimized for multimedia tasks, while the standard X61-screen is oriented office work. The matte screen on the X61 Tablet compensates for much of the glare from lighting directed on the screen. However, the intensity of light shining screen of the Fujitsu T2010 is ideal for color-rich projects, but does little to reduce glare.

Hands down, the ThinkPad X61 Tablet offers the best experience typing in the company. His full-size keyboard is unmatched, and the TrackPoint pointing stick technology is unique. The HP 2710p is close, but pointing his stick is too steep for my taste. The Fujitsu T2010 meet a pointing stick, but its keyboard is unsatisfactory resistance by the X61 Tablet keyboard. Rotating the screen to write on these tablets convertible makes them more equal. Much of the writing experience depends on the operating system, all of the above tablets load Windows Vista Business, which has an interface optimized tablet "built on each of them, handwriting recognition is excellent and can be further improved by Vista Tablet PC Pen demand for training. The pen-on-screen and feel the sensation of scanner pen in your hand what the tablets are distinguished from each other. Writing on the X61, as on most tablets, a light stroke. You do not have to press as hard as when you write on a piece of paper, so your hands do not tire as quickly. The pen scanner has a rubber grip amid increasing the level of comfort, even if I hold the pen was a little more girth, like the one found on the Motion Computing LE1700.

Regarding the characteristics, the only thing missing on the ThinkPad X61 Tablet is a built-in optical drive. But all convertible tablet is a compromise: either you want the lightest possible, or opt for a more heavy with the ability to watch DVDs and install the software. For example, the bridge approaches 120x C-5 pounds thanks to the double-layer DVD. Lenovo offers a 2-pound docking station ($ 200), which has built in optical drive, but an additional year would strain the shoulders. As an alternative, the HP 2710p of the docking station is much lighter (1.5 pounds) and also includes a dual-layer DVD. Like the Fujitsu T2010, the X61 Tablet has three USB ports and a FireWire port, but it also adds mobile broadband. You can choose between the HSDPA Cingular and Verizon's EV-DO services, as indicated by the antenna bump at the top of the screen.

I'm still scratching their heads, wondering if I'll ever see a sub-4-pound convertible tablet with a standard voltage processor. The ThinkPad X61 Tablet charge a low voltage 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 CPU. It could be worse: You can use an ultra-low voltage (ULV) processor as those found on the T2010 Fujitsu, HP 2710p, and the gateway C-120x. Even with 2 GB of RAM, processors ULV have a difficult time to follow with Windows Vista. Over time, Vista valuable space hogs and slow down your system. You can get away with a ULV processor running Windows XP, Microsoft, but you will spend a day. However, the L7500 is a good choice if you want the best of both worlds: the performance and battery life. If you do not mind the weight, Fujitsu Lifebook T4210, Portable Toshiba Gateway M400 and M285-E, with their Core 2 Duo T7000 series CPU, you can get the power you need on a shelf, but there are a price to pay battery life.

What do you get with low-voltage processors is everyday battery. The X61 Tablet managed to rack up 5 hours and 17 minutes on MobileMark 2007, thanks to its low voltage processor and 66-Wh battery. However, Fujitsu and HP tablets have the potential for battery life more because of their low-power processors. The HP 2710p reached 4 hours 45 minutes on MobileMark 2007-an astonishing feat with its smaller, 44-Wh battery.

Despite an impressive series of convertible tablet-namely entries HP, Fujitsu, Gateway and Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Tablet is standing in competition with its robust, key components, and a large keyboard and writing. You could say that the battery must be in the range 7 hours, on-line drawings are needed, and an integrated optical drive could be added. Finally, someone else will step in May and make a compressed better if Lenovo does not take the initiative. At present, the design time-honoured that the X61 has inherited is still the winning formula for the best tablet on the market.

NEC Asia Pacific Launched New Pink Laptop - NEC Versa S1300

NEC Asia Pacific has recently launched a new refreshing pink laptop -- the Versa S1300. It was previously launched in Japan as LaVie N, and has won the 2008 Good Design Award with its unique curved edge design.


The specs for NEC Versa S1300 are as follows:

• 13.3" WXGA Super Shine View widescreen (1280 x 800 Resolution)
• AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, Dual-Core RM-70 (2.0GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 3600MHz SBS)
• Hard Disk Drive @ 5400rpm ( 320GB)
• 2 slots DDRII memory (800MHz), MAX 4GB
• ATI Radeon™ Xpress 3100
• 6 cell Li-ion battery
• Light Weight 1.96kg

Apparently, the NEC Versa S1300 is targeting the trend conscious consumers who require mobile computing. The suggested retail price for this stylish pink laptop is $1,699.

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Samsung NC10 Pink Available for Pre-Order in US

The US version of pink Samsung NC10 (NP-NC10-KA04US) is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.





At a price of $458.09, the specs for the pink Samsung NC10 are as follows:

• 10.2-inch Wide, 1024 x 600 WSVGA
• Intel Atom processor N270, 1.6 GHz
• 160 GB, 2.5-inch HDD
• 1 GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM
• Intel 945GSE shared
• 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 10/100 BaseTX LAN
• 6-Cell Battery

According to the reviews of Samsung NC10, it is definitely one of the best netbooks that's worth going for.

10-inch Acer Aspire One Officially Launched

Acer has recently released the 10-inch version of Aspire One netbook, AOD150, in the U.S.

Acer provide a few color options for their new 10-inch Aspire One, but unfortunately pink is not one of them (there's a ruby red version though which might be of interest for pink laptop lovers).


The specs for the Aspire One AOD150 are as follows:

• 10.1-inch 1024×600 Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD display
• Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor
• 1GB RAM
• 160GB/5,400 rpm HDD
  
• 945GSE Express Chipset
• Integrated Intel GMA950 graphics
• WiFi 802.11b/g
• Acer Crystal Eye webcam
• A multi-in-1 card reader
• 6-cell battery
• Available colors: seashell white, sapphire blue, ruby red and diamond black

And as usual, Laptop Magazine has got an early review on the new 10-inch machine from Acer. According to them, the Aspire One AOD150 is slim, stylish, and comes with great performance and battery life. If not because of the keyboard and touchpad layout, it's almost comparable to the Samsung NC10 and the new Asus Eee PC 1000HE... and it beats the other two in terms of price ($349.99). Overall, Laptop Magazine gave it a rating of 4 out of 5.

The Acer Aspire One AOD150 appears to be another great netbook that can be listed in our best netbook list. It's unfortunate that it's currently not available in pink, but we believe sooner or later, Acer will release a pink version, just its 8.9-inch predecessor.

Dell Promise Pink Laptops to Fight Breast Cancer

Now when you purchase a pink laptop from Dell, not only you are getting yourself a pretty, and stylish laptop, you are doing a good deed at the same time.

Dell recently announced a partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, to raise money through the company's new Promise Pink laptops for breast cancer research and community-based programs for breast health education and screening -- For every promise pink laptop or Minis it sells, Dell will donate $5 to the foundation.


Most of Dell's laptop lines are available in the new Promise Pink, including Inspiron Mini 9 & Mini 12, Inspiron 1525, Studio 15 & Studio 17, Studio Hybrid, XPS M1330, XPS M1530 and the Latitude E4200. Every unit of these product lines sold from now until January 31, 2010 will contribute $5 for fighting against breast cancer.

Dell also promise a minimum guaranteed donation of $250,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Apparently pink laptop is a hot selling product in Dell!

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Dual-Screen Netbook from Sharp Coming to USA for Sub-$1000

Netbooks are supposed to be cheap affordable and handy. However Sharp is bringing out a special netbook which is not cheap about $1000. So the netbook has to be handier than others in the market to be able to attract the consumers.

PC-NJ70A netbook comes with two LCD monitors: 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) main screen display and the small secondary screen located in the trackpad place. The small one is a 4-inch display that features 854 x 480 resolution and dynamical brightness. The user is able to do browsing files and running applications by it.

This pricey netbook features a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, 3 USB ports, VGA out, Ethernet, EEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and a memory card reader and 1.3 MP Camera.

The netbook seems to be expensive in terms of specs. If the company had added 3G as a standard feature to this netbook or had used Express Card slot rather than media card reader to give the alternative of using 3G through Express slot, the price would have been more acceptable.

This netbook is on its way to the US market. It is available for pre-order.

Do you think many American consumers will consider of this netbook as one of their choices?

Via: Laptop Magazine

The Most Expensive Netbook: Adorned Acer Aspire One for $3000

We have already talked about the most expensive laptop in this blog, but what about the most expensive Netbook!

We always expect to see netbooks to become cheaper and cheaper but who will buy a netbook with the price of $3000?

At the first sight, it sounds crazy, (for me too) but when I saw the netbook in the following video, I fell in love with that!

UFO Hayashi- Japanese gadget artist has painted an Acer Aspire one and has made it a real artwork.

If this netbook has stolen your heart and you would love to have it, you can find it at eBay for $3000.

Samsung N110/ N120 Netbooks in USA/ Dell Mini 10 with New Options

Samsung has launched two new netbooks: Black N110 and White N120 Netbooks for American market. Each netbook comes 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB HDD (5400rpm), built-in 1.3 MP digital motion camera.

The N110 netbook with the price of $469 sports a new design which is sleeker, curvier and comes with a glossy screen. It comes with 93% keyboard and larger touchpad than the first Samsung netbook. The most important feature of this netbook is its long battery runtime of up to 9.5 hours.

The N120 netbook with the price tag of $459 features a 10.1-inch LED backlight display (WSVGA 1024 x 600), size of 97 percent of a full-size keyboard and with better sound quality with a 2.1-channel speaker system.

Dell Mini 10 for American market is upgraded with some more new options. Dell is offering extra 6-cell battery (56Whr battery,) with the price tag of $30. Also Dell has added more colors options including 6 plain colors and 5 artistic designs to its Dell Mini 10.

Dell mini 10 with starting price of $399 sports slow Atom Processor Z520 (1.33GHz/533MHz FSB/512K Cache). Of course there is option for 1.6 Atom processor with adding extra $50 to the basic price.

HP dv3t Laptop to Push Performance Starting at $800 to come in May

HP released its AMD-based dv3z laptop at the beginning of this month and obtained the rank of “very good” from Cnet editors because of its bargain price, very good feature set and excellent battery life with this price (4 hours and 41 minutes).

But the only big complain about this laptop was its slow performance. In any test Dell Studio XPS 13 ( featuring 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce 9400M G; 320GB Seagate 7,200rpm) defeated the HP dv3z (featuring 2.3GHz AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core ZM-84; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 320MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200; 320GB Fujitsu 5,400rpm) very easily, with its much better scores.

HP knows this problem. The users who love to have one HP dv3 but with better performance need only wait some because HP is releasing the Intel-based HP dv3t laptop in May.

HP dv3t laptop starts from Sub-$800 and comes with striking features such as:

- 13-in LED backlit display

- 512MB Nvidia GeForce G 105M dedicated graphics

- 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Due T6400 CPU up to 2.66GHz Intel CPU.

- 2GB memory as Standard feature up to 8GB of RAM memory

- A 250GB hard drive up to 500GB HDD with Built-in HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

- Optional Blu-ray drive

- Standard Wireless-G and optional Wireless-N, Bluetooth and mobile broadband

- High-speed video and file transfer eSATA/USB combo port

- Optional under-keyboard backlighting

- Up to 4 hours, 15 minutes of battery life with the standard 6-cell battery, and up to 7 hours with an optional 9-cell battery

- A built-in VGA webcam and digital microphone

- HDMI out put

The laptop will be available in moonlight white Espresso Black colors.

The basic configuration comes equipped with a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB of memory, a 250GB hard drive, a DVD burner and integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics.

via: electronista

Wind U100 PLUS Netbook and MSI X340 Slim Laptop Released Soon

MSI is releasing two computer devices: Wind U100 PLUS Netbook and MSI X340 Ultra slim laptop by end of this month.

Wind U100 is totally known in them market and it was among the best selling netbooks last year. Wind U100 Plus is coming to give more choices to the consumers. Wind U100 PLUS adds two new stylish colors to Wind U100 line: Rose Champagne and Metallic Blue. Wind U100 Plus also is powered with New Atom N280 with clock speed of 1.66GHz.

The netbook features up to 7 hours of battery life, 10” LED backlight display, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi, integrated flash card reader, 1.3MP webcam, and Bluetooth 2.1 and weight of only 1kg.

MSI X-Slim X340 Ultra laptop will be the first laptop powering with Latest Intel Core 2 Solo Processor (CULV) in the market. This laptop like the previous one is coming out in USA by the end of this month.

Intel’s CULV CPU consumes very low power (about 5.5W of power used by 1.4GHz Intel CULV CPU) but, delivers performance closer to tradition notebooks.

The 13-inch X340 slim laptop stands next to Mac Mac Air, Envy 133, Samsung X360, and Dell Adamo etc ultra slim laptops. MSI claims that it is world’s lightest and slimmest 13-inch notebooks!

The laptop is only 6 mm at its thinnest, 20 mm at its widest, and the entire notebook is only weights 1.3 kilograms added with the battery! After seeing the pictures of X340, it seems that the laptop’s design is following the typical design of other MSI laptops and doesn’t look different. Comparing to other ultra slim laptops releasing by other companies, I feel that X340 looks ordinary although it is very thin and light!

The other highlighted features of X340 ultra include:

- Advanced Power Saving Technology

- WiMAX Wireless Module (optional)

- 802.11b / g / n Wireless Lan with Bluetooth (optional)

- 13-inch LCD (why not LED!) display with 16:9 Theater Ratio

- 2 USB2.0 Ports and HDMI output and Card Reader

- 2.5" 250GB/320GB/500GB SATA

Despite Economic recession, Laptop makers try to produce expensive stylish ultra slim laptops for corporate users! Surely they will never expect to sell a number of units from this category but it seems that making laptops like this has become part of the prestige of the company to demonstrate the ultimate skills of their designers.

Radio Shack and ATt&T Offer: Acer Aspire One Only for $80!

The $100 laptop seemed an impossible idea when Intel and Nicholas Negroponte started developing their own budget laptops for children of developing countries. When Asus enter to this quest with its Eee PC netbook, this idea became more touchable.

Bu this quest has got a new face since the wireless companies like AT&T starting subsidizing some of the popular netbooks like Eee PC 900 or HP mini 1000.

This time you can find the new offer of an 8.9" Acer Aspire One netbook equipped with WiMAX and 3G wireless in Radio Shack stores for just $80!

Well it sounds to be a great deal but, you can not get this netbook with this price lest you sign up a contract with AT&T for a 2-year wireless data plan costing $1440.

Well, it is clear that this particular offer is only appropriate for particular customers.

Nevertheless, the idea of $100 laptop needs a hard quest and it is impossible idea especially for the children of developing cuntries.

Acer Aspire One Feature:

• 8.9" CrystalBrite LED backlit LCD screen with 1024x600 resolution

• Integrated CrystalEye webcam

• Intel Atom processor

• 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 3G wireless access (with activation)

• 1GB memory and 160GB hard drive

• Windows XP Home Operating System

• Multi-in-one media card reader

• 3 USB 2.0 ports

• 3-cell Li-ion battery for approximately 2.5 hours of power

•available in blue and pink colors

MacBook-Like Acer Aspire 3935 Laptop Starts from $900

Macbook laptops are fashionable, stylish, popular and affordable. So, they are good examples for other laptop makers to follow Mac style. However, it is not enough to get some shares of this laptop in the market lest they offer something more than MacBooks. Acer has tried this path with its upcoming Acer Aspire 3935 laptop. This Mac-like business laptop comes with upmarket 13-inch 16:9 widescreen LED display (rather than a standard LCD monitor), as slender as less than 1-inch and also multi-touch gestures rather than normal touchpad.

But these are not the only highlighted features of Aspire 3935.

This laptop first of all starts from more competitive price of $900- pretty cheaper than MacBook. Also, Acer has claimed that this new laptop is more energy efficient because of its Intel ULV processors and provides an excellent battery runtime up to 10 hours and mere with a single battery.

The third issue that Acer has paid attention and is important for most of laptop users is keeping the laptop cool even under heavy operation. Intel’s passive cooling system on this laptop keeps the outer surface like palm rest and underneath of laptop cool.

Well this laptop from Acer seems to be successful since releasing, for its price and the striking features mentioned above although it doesn’t have the smart and stylish design of MacBooks. Another advantage could be the Windows Operating system on this Acer laptop rather than Mac X OS, as it is more familiar for most of users especially in Asia.

Source: crave.cnet

Dell Mini 10 Available for Purchase Only Sub-$400; & First Mini 10 hands-on:

Dell has launched the same Mini 10 in its website with cheaper price tag of $399.
The Mini 10 available at Dell comes with the following feature set:

Color: Obsidian Black
Processor: Intel Atom Processor Z520 (1.33GHz/533MHz FSB/512K Cache)
Memory: 1GB of RAM
Hard Drive: 160G, 2.5inch, 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Wireless: Wireless 802.11g (1397) Mini Card
Webcam: Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam
Battery: 24WHr Lithium-Ion Battery (3-cell)
OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP3


There is no option for 802.11n Wi-Fi for this laptop I am afraid. also there is no Bluetooth. However, you can purchase the External optical drive with this netbook with up to $80.

The striking features of Mini 10 consisting of :
- Multi-touch trackpad
- edge-to-edge display with 16:9 ratio which is suitable to watch HD movies!
- HDMI out port rather than typical VGA out
- Polished design in different 6 color options
-Dell offers plenty of upgrade options, none of which I have tested, including the choice of Ubuntu and Vista operating systems, an internal TV tuner and HD resolution, Bluetooth, Wireless WAN, internal GPS, larger storage and memory capacity plus the option for solid state over hard disk drives ( now you can not findany of them to customize the current Mini 10 available at Dell website).




Rundown of Mini 10 hands-on :

Krisabel.ctv.ca thinks that:
Pros:
Dell Mini 10 gets the same keyboard style of Mini 12 ( with flat keys) The keyboard is nice and comfortable. However, it offers more glossy diplay. Also, it looks more fashionable and expensive because of its more polished finish.
the netbook with 1.6GHz CPU and 2GB of RAM could easily handle several applications including Google Earth, Picasa, and iTunes simultaniously. The boottime is fast.
Dell offers plenty of upgrade options, including the choice of Ubuntu and Vista operating systems, an internal TV tuner and HD resolution, Bluetooth, Wireless WAN, internal GPS, larger storage and memory capacity plus the option for solid state over hard disk drives that will be available later.

Cons:
Unfortunately, the battery run time is short compared to many netbooks. The battery lasted only two hours while turning off the power management settings,Wi-Fi on, and running a music track on an endless loop.another big complain is the lack of Bluetooth. The third problem was the HDMI. The writer tried to play HD video and watch it on its TV through HDMI but he was not able to. He only could stream some simple YouTube videos.Additionally, "The Mini 10 makes for a poor media centre PC." Price is not aggrasive compared to the current 10-inch mini notebook in the market.

Dell Unveils Mini 10 Officially: A netbook with HDMI port! Pre-order at QVC

Dell Mini 10 first was shown off at CES show last month. Dell Inspiron Mini netbook Line up is getting matured by Mini 10. Dell has put together all experiences learned from the designing of Mini 9 and Mini 12 and is releasing its new netbook Mini 10 with impressive striking features. This Mini laptop is available for pre-order now at QVC for $560 (featuring processor Z530, 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, 60GB HDD, 802.11 wireless-G and 1.3MP webcam and no bluetooth).

Here are the highlighted features:

- Customizable netbook, there are options available for color design, processor, hard drive Wireless and external optical drive

- A bright 10.1", seamless widescreen display with a16:9 aspect ratio and 1024x576 resolution

- HDMI out for watching HD movies on external TV or bigger display rather than typical VGA out

- Wireless– n and Bluetooth

- 2 USB and 1 Power USB

- The netbook is available in 6 color options including Red, pink, blue, white, black and green and 5 artist designs that will be available later.

- Multi-touch track pad and the keyboard at 92% the size of a standard laptop

- Partnership with Box.net to provide 2GB of free Internet storage for every Inspiron Mini 10 customer

- Spill resistant

- Online backup service offers data protection

- Optional 720p Hi-def 10.1¨ seamless display, optional 2GB memory and optional 250GB2 hard drive, optional GPS with optional internal WWAN support , internal digital TV tuner and 6-cell battery with 6 hours runtime that Dell will release all these options for Mini 10 some later.

Well, from now, I should say the first and big complaint against Mini 10 is its short battery life. The 3-cell battery will only last maximum 3 hour unlike Samsung NC10 can easily run up to 6-7 hours with its battery. The second complaint must be over its some expensive price. If you look at the price of fashionable Asus Eee 1000HE or Acer Aspire on AOD 150, you will have more interest to these netbooks because of their aggressive prices and even their battery life. However, Mini 10 comes with HDMI which none of these netbooks are able to provide it.

Here is the full Specs of Inspiron Mini 10:

CPU: Intel Atom Z520 (1.33GHz/533MHz FSB/512K L2Cache)/ Intel Atom Z530 (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB/512K L2Cache)

Memory: 1GB of RAM

Hard drive: 120GB/160GB HDD (5400 epm)

Display: Glossy 10.1 inch LED display (1024x576) WSVGA

Graphics: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500

Network: WiFi802.11g or a/g/n Mini Cards; Bluetooth Internal (2.1+EDR) mini-card

Ports/slot: HDMI connector; 2 USB and 1 Power USB; HDMI port, Audio jacks (1 line-out, 1 Mic-in); 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/SDHC/MMC/MS)

Weight: 1.3kg / 2. 86 lbs

OS: XP Home Edition SP3

Others: Standard 1.3MP webcams, Kensington lock

Battery: 3-cell 24WHr Li-Ion Battery

you can see a video about Mini 10 and its specs after the break.

10 Cool Pink Laptops and 5 Laptop Bags for Valentine’s Day

It is very important to make the Valentine’s Day Special for her. One way is giving a very special gift to bring the jollification. Here I have tried to collect 10 smart chic pink netbooks and laptops and 5 nice sassy pink laptop bags to bring the high pleasure for her (ladies).

1- MSI Wind U100 Valentine’s Edition:

MSI Wind U100-001US Romantic Pink with the price tag of $430 is a nice gift for her.

This new model of pink comes with 10-inch Wide Screen Display; 1.60GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 6-cell battery, Built-in 1.3 Mega Pixels Webcam; Ergonomic Big-Size Keyboard and Touch Pad and of course a lovely pink color.

2-Samsung NC10 pink:

Samsung NC10 is one of the best netbook in today's netbook market in terms of sturdy fashionable design and very comfortable Ergonomic keyboard, and very long battery up to 12 hours.

Samsung NC10 pink features 10.2-in display (1024 X 600), 1.6GHz Atom CPu, 1GB of RAM, 120GB HDD (5400 rpm)/ or 160GB HDD, Wireless 802.11b/g, Bluetooth and LAN, 3USB ports VGA and SD Card slot.

It is available at dabs.com pricing at £319.96 and at overclockers.co.uk with price tag of at £327.74 Inc VAT.

3- HI-GRADE Notino W5800-2330 laptop:

Notino W5800-2330 Pink Leopard Laptop with the price tag of £458.85 is looks very stylish but surely everybody doesn’t like this particular design. If you belovbed is fan of leaopard design it should be really a great gift for her.

The laptop features15.4" widescreen display, Intel Core Duo T2330 (1.6Ghz 533Mhz 1Mb cache) processor, 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard disk drive; 2048Mb DDR2 667MHz memory; DVD burner drive, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g WLAN and Black Carrying Bag .

4- Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and Dell Mini 12 netbooks:

The Mini 9 design with pink is another nice choice for Valentine’s Day. The Mini 9 with the price tag of $300 (available with ubuntu too) comes with 1.6Ghz Atom CPU, 512MB DDR2 at 533MHz and 8GB Solid State Drive. It delivers 4 hours battery life & is just 2.28 lbs

Mini 12 with Pink is bigger than Mini 9 but it is also a lightweight netbook (under 3 pounds) and with slender of 1.1-inch thickness. The netbook with the price tag of $479 features 12.1" display, Atom Processor Z530 (1.6GHz/533MHz FSB/512K Cache), 40GB PATA Hard Drive (4200 RPM), 3-cell battery, and Ubuntu Linux version 8.04.1 OS.

5-Sony Vaio Pink (VGN-CR405E/P):

This luxury Pink portable Notebook by Sony comes with affordable price of $1000 and a nice feature set including:

14.1" WXGA X-black LCD display (1280 x 800) with super sharp and bright pictures/ Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 2.10GHz processor/ 2GB DDR2 memory/ 200GB HDD (5400RPM)/ DVDRW optical drive/ Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 graphics/ 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN/ 3USB ports/ Integrated Webcam, and Vista Home Premium OS.

6- Sony VAIO CS laptops:

Sony VAIO VGN-CS290JEP cosmopolitan glossy pink with the price tag of $1070 is a nice stylish laptop ideal for you beloved.

It features Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0GHz, 2MB L2 Cache), 14.1-inch WXGA display with XBRITE-ECO LCD technology, Blu-ray Disc playback, 4GB RAM, 250GB hard drive and 2.5-6.0 hours of Battery runtime.

7- Toshiba Portege A600:

Toshiba Portege A600 soft Pink with the price tag of $1,399.00 is a very portable laptop for your beloved. It comes with striking features such as Intel Core 2 Duo Processor SU9300, 3GB DDR2 800MHz memory, 160GB HDD (5400rpm), DVD burner, Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/g/n) and 12-inch WXGA, WXGA LED Backlit display.

8- Dell Inspiron 1525 Flamingo pink:

Walmart is offering this laptop featuring Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2370 CPU and 3GB of RAM and 250 GB HDD and Integrated 2 MP Webcam with the price tag of $698.

9- Dell Studio 15 & Studio 17:

Dell Studio 15 pink with the price tag of $630 features Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/1MB cache) ; 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz; 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM); Dual Layer DVD burner; Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics; 15.4 WLED Bright, glossy widescreen display (1280x800); Wireless 1397 802.11g and webcam.

Dell Studio 17 pink with the price tag of $800 is a nice desktop replacement laptop that features Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2.00GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) processor, Glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1440x900), 3GB DDR2 at 800MHz memory, 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, DVD burner, WiFi Link 5100 802.11agn, and integrated 2.0MP Webcam.

10- Dell XPS M1330 and XPS M1530 laptops:

Dell XPS M1330 business pink with the price tag of $830 features

Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache); 13.3-inch Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam; 3GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz memory; 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM); CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive); built-in Intel GMA X3100 graphics, and Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card.

XPS M1330 is a portable thin laptop that became very popular since it was released.

Dell XPS M1530 is a bigger brother of XPS M1330 that is nice for gaming and entertainment. XPS M1530 pink with the price tag of $980 features Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2.0 GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache); 3GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz memory; 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM); CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive); Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1280x800) & 2.0 MP Camera; 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS graphics and Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card.