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Gateway NV5214u Notebook Review

By Ewdison Then on Friday, Sep 4th 2009 2 Comments

While expensive ultraportables may get the bulk of online attention, the real battle is going on at the budget end of the market, where netbooks, CULV ultra-thins and cheap notebooks are fighting it out for a slice of the lucrative back-to-school audience. Into the fray steps Gateway, no stranger to the segment, and they’ve brought along their NV5214u, very much the desktop-replacing notebook rather than a slick but underpowered netbook. With an MRSP of $499.99 it certainly ticks the budget box; check out the full SlashGear review after the cut to see if it can tick any others.

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Samsung Plans for OLED Laptops by Year-End 2010

By Evan Selleck on Friday, Sep 4th 2009 1 Comment

Samsung is a fan of OLED. We’re seeing it more and more in their manufactured phones, and no one is arguing that it’s the best way to view anything of any kind of importance. And now it looks like Samsung plans to see OLED in the next best thing: laptops. It’s a great idea, and one that we hope to actually bear into fruition. Especially if it hits mainstream, so that way it doesn’t hit everyone’s wallets too much.

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Fujitsu T4410 and T4310 multitouch tablets unveiled [Video]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 4th 2009 No Comments

Fujitsu have outed two new Tablet PCs, the T4410 and T4310, and their most significant boast is that each uses a 12-inch Wacom multitouch-capable display. As well as the gesture-friendly screens there’s an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, HDMI and FireWire 400.

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Sony VAIO X half-inch luxury ultraportable debuts

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 3rd 2009 No Comments

Sony’s VAIO TT may have passed on, but the company have a new ultraportable with which they’re hoping to coax your attentions. The Sony VAIO X is being described as the true successor to the X505, with the 11.1-inch notebook measuring just a half-inch thick and using materials such as carbon-fiber for the chassis and aluminum for the keyboard.

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Qualcomm in legal hotspot in Germany over “Smartbook”

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Sep 1st 2009 No Comments

Qualcomm ran into some legal trouble today when Smartbook AG filed a restraining order against them in Germany. Apparently, Qualcomm does not have the right to use the “Smartbook” moniker in that country.

If the company doesn’t quit it pronto, they will be fined $358,000 or even arrested for contempt. Qualcomm is currently in the works of creating smartbooks, which will be combination of netbook and smartphone.

Smartbook AG says they have the copyright to the name, so that might present problems for Qualcomm. But we’ll just have to see how this plays out. Either Qualcomm goes with a different name in Germany or face heavy fines.

Ultra-thin notebook sales languishing?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 28th 2009 1 Comment

Occasionally arch rumor site Digitimes takes a break from speculation and leaks and does some research into PC hardware sales performance. Latest niche to come under their microscope is the "ultra-thin" notebook, generally based on Intel's CULV (consumer ultra-low voltage) platform, and offering a middle-point between the battery longevity of netbooks and the performance of full-sized notebooks. Unfortunately for manufacturers, Digitimes claims the ultra-thins will only account for 4-percent of total global notebook shipments in 2009.

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Acer Aspire 1410 (aka 1810T) on sale in US now

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 21st 2009 No Comments

Acer’s latest ultraportable notebook, the Aspire 1410 – the US version of the Timeline 1810T – has shown up for sale at CostCentral. Priced at a reasonable $460.33, the 11.6-inch 1,366 x 768 notebook packs an Intel CULV 1.4GHz Core 2 Solo SU3500 processor and 2GB of RAM into a slimline casing strikingly similar to that of the Acer Aspire One 751h we reviewed yesterday.

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Adesso Agrees That People Need More Wireless Tech

By Evan Selleck on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 1 Comment

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Adesso announced today the availability of their new slim, wireless keyboard, called the WKB-4000UB, which is pretty much the definition of having a name only your mother could love. And while it may not have the easiest name in the world to tell your friends, it does offer some pretty good functionality and, well, slimness. In the market for a new keyboard? Take a gander after the break, and see what Adesso has in store for you.

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Sony axe VAIO TT premium ultraportable: casualty of netbooks?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 No Comments

Back when we reviewed the Sony VAIO TT in November last year, we wondered out loud whether there was still a place for high-end ultraportables in a world obsessed with netbooks. Unfortunately it looks like Sony may be wondering the same thing; according to their US team, the VAIO TT has been discontinued

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MSI X-Slim X340 gets new 8hr+ battery, stiffer keyboard, cheaper price

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 19th 2009 No Comments

It’s perhaps a fact of life that with age comes a paunch, but who would’ve thought the MSI X-Slim X340 would go from toned ultraportable to tubby laptop so quickly? The company have been showing off their updated model, which gets a girth increase thanks to a new, extended 8-cell battery intended to address complaints about poor runtimes.

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