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eviGroup Pad Windows 7 UMPC live photos spotted

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Oct 25th 2009 1 Comment

French MID/UMPC manufacturer eviGroup have released a few preliminary images of their upcoming Pad touchscreen tablet, and while we’re far from making up our minds about the Windows 7 slate yet, it’s looking reasonably attractive in a “digital pictureframe” sort of way. The eviGroup Pad has a 10.2-inch 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen, WiFi a/b/g and integrated 3G, and bundles a new “AI UI” called Seline which promises less pecking with a finger or stylus and more straightforward access to data.

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Intel delays USB 3.0 chipsets until 2011 according to source

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009 No Comments

superspeedusblogo If you are like me and are tired of backing up loads of data via a pokey USB 2.0 connection, you were really looking forward to USB 3.0. Most all of us expected USB 3.0 to show up on computers late this year or in early 2010 and the USB-IF has been sending out USB 3.0 developer’s kits for a while now. Despite support from industry associations and other players in the industry, Intel has reportedly decided to delay USB 3.0 support in its key chipsets until 2011.

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Archos 9 PCtablet hits shelves today

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009 7 Comments

The Archos 9 PCtablet has been somewhat overshadowed by its smaller, Android-based sibling, but the French company would like to remind you that, with the debut of Windows 7, the 9-inch touchscreen “future of netbooks” is now available to buy. £449.99 ($748) gets you a resistive touchscreen, Atom Z515 processor and integrated WiFi and Bluetooth, all in a device 800g and just 1.7cm thick.

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Live Archos 9 hands-on gallery after the cut

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Dell Inspiron One 19 all-in-one gets Japanese launch

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009 No Comments

Dell’s latest all-in-one is yet to show up on the company’s US pages, with Japan sneaking a lead, but we expect the Windows 7 desktop to make its North American appearance in short order. The Dell Inspiron One 19 lacks any sort of fancy multitouch support for the new OS, but does squeeze in a choice of 2.6GHz or 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors, up to 4GB of RAM, up to 500GB storage and a DVD burner, all hiding behind an 18.5-inch 1366 x 768 LCD display.

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eviGroup Pad 10.2-inch Win7 slate with Seline AI

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 No Comments

French tablet company eviGroup have unveiled their large-display device – the eviGroup Pad – and like the rumors suggested it’s an Atom-based 10.2-inch touchscreen slate. The Pad has a 1024 x 600 display, integrated WiFi a/b/g and 3G, and runs Windows 7; it also works with French software project Seline, a so-called “artificial intelligence” interface that supports spoken, text and handwriting control over various aspects of a computer system.

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Sony VAIO X benchmarked: mediocre media playback, almost 10hr battery

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 No Comments

We’ve looked at other reviews of Sony’s VAIO X ultraportable, but while they’ve waxed lyrical over the notebook’s styling we’ve yet to see the hard performance stats that the X’s frequent-flyer target audience will demand. Thankfully LaptopMag’s review covers not just processor benchmarking but battery testing, pitting Sony’s claims of “a full day’s use” against a harsh, stopwatch-toting reality.

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Apple new MacBook first-impressions

By Vincent Nguyen on Tuesday, Oct 20th 2009 1 Comment

With their entry-level MacBook sticking at $999, Apple have obviously decided that avoiding the price-race to the bottom is no way to better the last quarter’s excellent financial performance. We’ve just picked up our 13.3-inch polycarbonate MacBook review unit, and to be frank we can’t blame them; it’s a little thicker and a little heavier than the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro, but it’s also quite a bit cheaper, too.

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AMD Athlon II CPUs: cheaper & faster than Intel’s Core 2 Duos

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 20th 2009 No Comments

AMD's latest low-cost processors have gone live, slotting into the Athlon II series, and each promises a decent balance of price, heat output and performance. The new range kicks off from the AMD Athlon II X2 235e, a 45W 2.7GHz chip priced at $69 in thousand-unit quantities, and scales all the way up to the 2.3GHz Athlon II X4 605e at $143.

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Acer Aspire AS1410 CULV ultraportable gets netbook price-tag

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 19th 2009 No Comments

Acer have announced a new ultraportable, and if you’ve been tempted by the price and portability of a netbook but need something with a little more grunt then the Acer Aspire AS1410 might just take the top-spot on your shopping list. Based on Intel’s CULV platform, the AS1410 packs a Celeron SU2300 1.2GHz processor with 2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard-drive and Windows 7, along with GMa 4500MHD graphics, and all for $399.99.

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ASUS Eee Box EB1012 and EB1501 Ion-toting nettops get video hands-on

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 19th 2009 No Comments

ASUS’ latest NVIDIA Ion based nettops have been well and truly pawed over by NetbookNews.de, and considering that the Eee Box EB1012 at least seems destined for the US market it’s only right that we should take an interest. The EB1012 – and the ASUS Eee Box EB1501 – uses Intel’s dual-core Atom 330 1.6GHz processor, paired with the Ion 1080p-capable graphics chipset, with the key difference being that the EB1501 finds room to squeeze in an optical drive.

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