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Saturday, August 15th, 2009 |
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Lenovo has already issued battery recalls of selected ThinkPad models which could possibly result in “irreparable damage” or “battery cannot be charged” error messages, apart from strangely having unusually low capacity.
If you happen to own machines from the ThinkPad T60, T61, R60, R61, X60 and X61 ranges, you’d best keep in touch with the local Lenovo head office to see whether you are eligible for a free replacement or not once a battery diagnostic tool is run. Lenovo insists that the problem causes no safety issues to users, so keep your fingers crossed.
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009 |
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Lanyu from Shenzhen, China, has achieved a world’s first with the cheapest netbook across the planet. The eBook LY-EB01 has been price at 666 Yuan (what a devilish bargain at approximately $98 after conversion).
Don’t expect an Intel Atom processor inside though, as this ARM-powered netbook comes with a paltry 266MHz AK7802Q216 processor instead, accompanied by a 7″ 800 × 480 TFT LCD display, WinCE 5.0 as the operating system of choice, Wi-Fi connectivity, 128M RAM and a 1800mAH Li-Ion battery. Guess this is good for casual web surfing and email checking only.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009 |
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It’s light, it’s stylish, it’s the all-new VAIO W Series mini notebook. A welcome addition to the VAIO family, this little go-getter delivers the essential experience-email, instant messaging, Facebook, YouTube-in a size so small you can take it anywhere.
The VAIO W possesses the same sturdy build quality and snappy performance you’ve come to expect from VAIO notebooks-in a much smaller package. The VAIO W makes a perfect second computer. Look up online recipes in the kitchen. Check sports scores from the garage. Check email without running to the home office.
This mini multitasker does it all in classic Sony VAIO fashion. The model features an isolated keyboard with springy and responsive keys making it comfortable and easy to use. Its carefully designed touchpad and mouse keys make the PC functional and mouse movements easy to control. The VAIO W model comes in three vibrant colors- pink, white and brown.
A more subtle shade of the exterior hue finishes the inside of the PC while the touchpad is lined with a splash of brightness. Worthy of the Sony name, the VAIO W’s screen really shines. Movies and photos look amazing on the 1366 x 768-resolution, 10.1 (25.6 cm) LED-backlit display. Sporting a widescreen format that lets you view full-width web pages without side-scrolling, the W feels just like using a full-sized notebook.
With the VAIO W, fun comes standard. Built into every model is VAIO Multimedia Suite, a collection of video and photo editing tools that make it easy to create your own high-quality home movies, slideshows and more, no matter where you are. Of course the VAIO W features built-in Wi-Fi for a fast connection to internet hot spots and your home network. But it also keeps you plugged into your favorite media. With VAIO Media plus, you can stream photos, videos and music from the VAIO W and enjoy it all through your PLAYSTATION3 (or other DLNA devices) on your compatible TV.
Easily transfer data, such as photos from your digital camera or music from an MP3 player, to and from the PC with the unit’s two convenient USB ports. Incorporated Bluetooth technology enables peripherals such as a wireless mouse to be utilized without tying up the unit’s ports.
A built-in webcam and microphone let you video chat with family, friends and colleagues. A roomy 160GB hard drive has been included providing ample storage for all your photos, files and videos. It comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system. The VAIO W Series mini notebook will retail for Rs. 29,990/- at all Sony Center stores and retail partners across the country.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009 |
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Sony has announced the launch of its latest netbook, VAIO W Series in order to make its presence in the netbook market. Mukesh Srivastava, Product Manager – VAIO, Sony India said, “The share of netbook in the global PC market is around eight percent and we want to capture at least two percent of the market through this new product”. The netbook will be launched globally on August 17 with the pre-booking in India starting from August 6.
Srivastava said that, “The USP of this netbook is the 10.1 inch display supporting a resolution of 1,366×768 pixels”. As per him, Sony is the only netbook manufacturer to give such high resolution. He added, another important feature of the netbook that could grab users’ attention would be the rounded design.
Sony VAIO W Series will be available in three colors white, pink and brown. The series will be powered by Atom N280 processor at 1.66 Ghz, one GB of RAM all running on a Intel 945GSE Express chipset. The new netbook has a 160 GB hard drive, card reader, Bluetooth, WI-Fi and a webcam. The unit measures 267.8×179.6×27.5 – 32.4mm, weighs 1.19 kg and has a battery backup of 2.5 hours.
The latest Sony Vaio W series mode comes with VAIO Media Plus Multimedia Streaming software, a media sharing application that lets the user to wirelessly stream content across DLNA-enabled devices throughout a particular network. The Vaio W series will ne available in India at just Rs. 29,990.
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009 |
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Acer had launched slim Timeline series laptops last month in India based on Intel Ultra Low Voltage platform. Now, Acer has introduced a new Timeline 8000 series notebooks to the 3000, 4000 and 5000 series Timeline lineup as an addition to it. This new Timeline 8000 series contains the slip laptops in 13-inch, 14-inch and 15-inch display sizes. Until now, the prices and availability remains a mystery.
Intel’s Ultra Low Power platform based processors provides power to the Acer Timeline series. One of the laptop with series Timeline 3810T laptop was reviewed and found that it is an equal combo of value, design and productivity. Both business and consumer segment users needs are kept in mind while creating the new Timeline 8000 series laptops.
The new notebooks will be available in 13.3 inch, 14 inch and 15.6 inch displays that support 1366×768 resolutions. Acer’s Timeline 8000 series notebooks features Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Core 2 Solo Ultra Low Voltage Platform based processors.
Up to 4GB or 8GB DDR3 RAM would be packed according to the 32-bit or 64-bit operating system chosen. The new laptop series has the storage features either 160GB or 500GB HDD or 80GB Intel X25-M SSD. Intel 4500MHD integrated chip gives better graphic resolution or users can choose discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 graphics card as well.
As per current norms, all Timeline 8000 series laptops will have a multi touch trackpad. The WLAN will support Draft-N wireless standard for better wireless Internet connectivity. Acer Timeline 8000 series laptops claim’s to offer a battery life of up to eight hours. The battery life is obvious to depend on the applications and usage of the laptop.
[Via: infibeam]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009 |
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ASUS, the company that pioneered the netbook category, announced today the launch of the Eee PC Seashell Series in the Indian market. The Eee PC Seashell series emanate the beauty of nature with exquisitely designed look and combine the most innovative technology to provide the consumer with a very user friendly, stylish and portable netbooks.
The ergonomically designed keyboard, intelligent energy management system and an intuitive multi-touch track-pad, aims to provide users with the best mobile computing experience, wherever their journeys take them. The Eee PC Seashell Series comprise of Eee PC 1008HA, Eee PC 1005HA & Eee PC 1101HA. All of them sport the Super Hybrid Engine that intelligently monitors the programs in use and adjusts the power supply with performance to provide an optimal power saving solution.
The Eee PC 1005HA has a battery life of 10.5 hours while the Eee PC 1101HA has a screen size of 11.6 inches. The Eee PC Seashell series have a 2.5-inch SATA II 160GB hard disk drive with a 10GB of online Eee Storage facilities. These highly stylish and portable devices are targeted at the young adults, professionals and travelers.
Mr. Stanley Wu, Country Head for Notebook and Eee PC Business, ASUS (India), said, “Eee PC Seashell is yet another jewel in the crown of ASUS Eee PC family of netbooks. We want to make Eee PCs the premium brand in India. Our competitive engineering culture has helped us innovate both in terms of technology and eco-friendliness. Eee PC Seashell Series is the new benchmark for Netbooks. The 3 new seashell Eee PC models are truly glamorous and offer real time computing pleasure.”
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 |
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Initially known as BlackBerry Gemini, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is now finally official, after several months of leaked images and details. As you may already know, BlackBerry Curve 8520 is RIM’s first device to have an optical trackpad instead of a trackball.
The smartphone further features a “highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard”, Wi-Fi, quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity, a 320 x 240 pixels display, a 2MP camera, and a 1GB MicroSD card in the box. BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available from T-Mobile USA starting August 5, in two colors (black and frost). Also in August, the new Curve 8520 will go on sale in the UK. The smartphone’s price was not announced by RIM.
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Monday, July 27th, 2009 |
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This year, Sony unveiled its Vaio P series known as netbook, but Sony disagreed to it and called it a ‘lifestyle PC’. But Vaio P was a big BOO BOO! As the price of it was $1000 too high for a low powered atom processor with a sleek pocket-size design. Leaving it neither a full featured laptop because of the low powered processor and nor a netbook because netbooks due to its price as currently due to recession it does not sell in that price.
Now, it feels as if Sony is on the perfect path with the new release of its Vaio W series, which looks and works like a netbook from all sides.
The new Sony Vaio W netbooks wil be released in mid-August and will have a 10.1″ display. It wil be priced for just $500. The Vaio W series, just like other netbooks will be powered by an Atom processor, 1GB Ram and Windows XP. 160GB although Engadget notes that one should not expect a SSD option.
The W series netbooks will also sport a 1366 x 768 high resolution LED backlit screen that will make browsing web pages easy with no side-to-side scrolling. The series includes SD card slot, webcam built in and for connectivity there is Bluetooth and wifi too although there is no mention about GPS and 3G.
The netbook race is certain to have a tough competition with the new release of Sony. Although price is relatively high than other netbooks in the market, but its SONY brand matters a lot!
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
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Intex is stepping into the new thriving market of netbook with its latest launch of the Intex N101-WC1100 netbook. This latest Intex netbook features a 10.1″ display and weighs about 1.2kg (with battery) and has a 160 GB SATA internal hard drive, a 1.3 mega pixel video camera and 1GBDDR2 memory expandable up to 2GB. It is also equipped with an Intel Atom N270 processor. The model will be available in two different colors red and black.
The netbook also includes WLAN 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN Module, 7-in-1 mini card reader, Bluetooth and a 10.1 inch WSVGA LED backlight display with an enhanced battery life of 240 minutes. The MOP of the black netbook is Rs. 18,900 while the red netbook will be available for Rs. 19,400.
“At Intex we always thrive to be at par with the technological advancements taking place in the industry. Netbook is the latest buzz in the market and we foresee it to be a commendable replacement or an alternate product to laptops. The products have a universal appeal; they can strike a chord not only with the Gen Y but also with teenagers and the older generation. Further, they could also play a key role in bridging the digital divide”, says Sanjay Kumar, dgm-PC, Intex Technologies.
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 |
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NEC has released yet another netbook – the LaVie Light Lui. This netbook will probably arrive in Japan (obviously), Asia and/or Europe, but it looks likely that NEC will give US a miss yet again, since there hasn’t been any NEC netbooks available Stateside to date on an official basis.
This is a pity, really, since the LaVie Light Lui comes with the following :-
- 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 160GB hard drive
- Windows XP Home
- 10.1″ 1,024 x 600 pixel display
- 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity
- 1.3-megapixel webcam
[Via: ubergizmo]
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