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Sony VAIO T15 Touch and T14 Touch hands-on

, Jan 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's all-fingers-on-screen for Sony's latest VAIO ultrabooks, the T15 Touch and T14 Touch, which each slap a 10-digit multitouch layer on top of the regular display for some swiping Windows 8 action. Fresh at CES this week, the new Intel-powered duo is more of the same from Sony's ultrabook line-up, with brushed aluminum chassis and backlit keyboards. Read The Full Story

Samsung Series 7 Chronos and Series 7 Ultra hands-on

, Jan 7th 2013 Discuss [5]

Samsung may have focused on Smart TV in its CES 2013 press conference, but the company also had a pair of new lightweight notebooks - the Series 7 Chronos and Series 7 Ultra - to announce. Packing a 15.6-inch and 13.3-inch display respectively, the two new laptops offer up to 11hrs runtime and Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution displays, while throwing in a touch layer for 10-finger action, too. Read The Full Story

HP unveils new Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook for Windows 8

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

HP isn't wasting any time here at CES and have already announced a slew of new monitors, desktop PCs, as well as a few notebooks. Today they've also added two awesome new Sleekbooks to their growing lineup. HP has just announced the all new HP Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook geared for Windows 8, as well as a non-touch Sleekbook to round out their offering. More details below. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad Helix hands-on: Rip and Flip

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [1]

This week we've gotten both our first introduction to the newest in Lenovo's Windows 8 wares and a first hands-on experience with gems such as the ThinkPad Helix. This machine is one of the new breed of transformable tablet PCs running full Windows 8 with a touchscreen monitor and full keyboard, but it's got a bonus: you can flip it around backward and plug it back in the other way around. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad Helix and IdeaPad Yoga 11S revealed to flip for Windows 8

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [4]

The Lenovo notebook lineup is vast here at the start of 2013 at the Consumer Electronics Show, and what with the ThinkPad Helix offering a whole new way to work with a convertible PC, the Windows 8 era appears to be in full swing. With the ThinkPad Helix you've got not just a new tablet, not just a new Ultrabook, but a machine that acts as both with a third way to utilize the Windows 8 touch universe in a whole new way. Then there's the IdeaPad Yoga 11S, an upgrade of the Yoga lineup from 2012, here bringing tiny lightning claps in a whole new set of colors, too, including Cotton Candy Pink. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad and IdeaPad refreshed with an Edge at CES 2013

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Starting things off fresh for CES 2013, Lenovo has just announced a new lineup of touch-based devices running Windows 8. The company unveiled new additions to the IdeaPad U series of Ultrabooks and the Mainstream Z Series, as well as the new ThinkPad Edge E431 and E531 business-minded laptops. Read The Full Story

HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook Review

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [3]

What we’ve got here is the HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook, a business-oriented notebook made to work in the Windows 8 environment with an amalgamation of hardware that’s precision-tuned to suit your in- and out-of-office needs. At first glance, this machine doesn’t strike one as the most unique piece of machinery on the planet – it’s a silver laptop, after all. But what it lacks in unique aesthetics, it more than makes up for in details that we’d consider suggesting this device to friends for on their own.

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Samsung refreshes Series 7 Chronos with AMD Radeon HD 8870M graphics

, Jan 2nd 2013 Discuss [2]

Just in time for CES 2013, Samsung has updated its Series 7 Chronos notebook with a few welcomed upgrades -- the most notable upgrade being AMD’s Radeon HD 8870M graphics chip. There's not too much information on the new laptop to go around, but it does have a RAMaccelerator, which promises 50 percent faster app loading, a full HD display, and JBL speakers. Read The Full Story

SlashGear’s Product Review Rundown 2012

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [2]

This year SlashGear had 292 product reviews over the 12 months that began with January 2012 with subject matter ranging from smartphones to automobiles, with accessories, computers, and some lovely stand-out apps sprinkled in-between. We’d like to express our extreme gratitude to the PR groups, manufacturers, developers, and every other individual responsible for helping us work with the products and services we need to show you, the readers. Have a peek at what we’ve explored in detail this year!

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Velocity Micro reveals NoteMagix Ultrabook lineup

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [1]

There's a brand new Ultrabook in town sporting Intel inside from Velocity Micro, with three new models pumped up for the new year. This lineup comes in with three notebooks by the names of NoteMagix U430, NoteMagix U450, and NoteMagix U470, each of them coming in with a unique chassis and no Bloatware at all, whatsoever. These units are pumped up and ready for the big time, too with solid aluminum bodies and less than 4 pounds to any one unit. Read The Full Story

Intel reportedly prioritizing voice control for 2013 Haswell Ultrabooks

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel is reportedly pushing for voice control as a standard feature of Shark Bay based ultrabooks in 2013, with a combination of hardware and software for speech recognition tipped to join the minimum spec list. The hands-free technology would join touchscreens as part of Intel's premium feature-set for next-gen ultrabooks, Fudzilla reports, though exactly how such a system would be implemented is unclear at this stage. Read The Full Story

Acer quietly outs $300 boosted C7 Chromebook [UPDATE: Pulled]

, Dec 12th 2012 Discuss [4]

Acer has quietly rolled out a second version of its C7 Chromebook, a $299.99 premium model that boosts the specification and almost doubles the notebook's runtime. The Acer C710-2605 keeps the 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 display and 1.1GHz dualcore Celeron processor of the $200 C7 we reviewed last month, but doubles the RAM to 4GB and adds a larger hard-drive and battery. Read The Full Story
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