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Sony VAIO S Series: 13.3-inch ultraportable with 14hr runtime

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony has outed its latest ultraportable range, the 13.3-inch VAIO S Series. Just 24mm thick and around 1.75kg, the S Series can be paired with a slice battery for up to 14hrs runtime, uses up to Intel's Core i7-2620M and 8GB of DDR3 memory (in the Sony VAIO VPC-SB1A9E/B) along with up to a 128GB SSD and AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics doing double-duty with an Intel HD GPU. Read The Full Story

MacBook Air 3G tipped by Apple survey

Chris Davies, Feb 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

A new Apple survey has prompted suggestions that the company is planning a MacBook Air 3G, with integrated high-speed cellular connectivity. The questionnaire, spotted by AppleInsider, asks a number of questions of MacBook Air owners about their use of 3G wireless, including how often they take advantage of it and what sort of modem they use - USB, wired or wireless tethering, mobile hotspot or something else. Read The Full Story

MacBook Air Sandy Bridge refresh tipped for June

Chris Davies, Feb 11th 2011 Discuss [4]

Apple is reportedly planning to refresh its MacBook Air ultraportable with Sandy Bridge processors in June, delayed slightly due to the chipset issues Intel has experienced. CNET's sources haven't disclosed which exact processors in Intel's Core 2011 range will used, though the update is expected to follow a MacBook Pro Sandy Bridge refresh in March or April. Read The Full Story

Dell Inspiron Duo hybrid hits Three in February

Chris Davies, Jan 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

UK carrier Three has announced that, as of February, it will be offering the Dell Inspiron Duo convertible hybrid netbook/tablet. Based on Intel's dual-core 1.5GHz Atom N550 with 2GB of RAM and a 320GB hard-drive, the Windows 7 based Inspiron Duo has a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen that can rotate in its bezel to face forward, for regular notebook use, or outward, to be used as a tablet. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu LIFEBOOK laptops get Core 2011 update: T901 tablet & more

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [8]

Fujitsu has refreshed its notebook range, adding Intel's new 2nd-gen Core 2011 processors to a new line-up of LIFEBOOK models. The new CES 2011 offerings include the 13.3-inch LIFEBOOK T901 convertible tablet PC, a pair of 12.1-inch ultraportables, the LIFEBOOK P701 and P771, and the Blu-ray toting, 3G-equipped LIFEBOOK A531 and AH531. Read The Full Story

HP Pavilion dm1 packs E-350 AMD Fusion APU

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

HP has unveiled one of their first AMD Fusion APU based notebooks, the HP Pavilion dm1, an 11.6-inch ultraportable using the E-350 dual-core 1.6GHz processor, Radeon HD 6310M graphics and a 320GB hard-drive. The Pavilion dm1 has a 1366 x 768 display, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth and gigabit ethernet, as well as up to 8GB of RAM (3GB standard), and while it may look like a netbook there's still an HDMI output for Full HD video. Read The Full Story

Acer, ASUS & Lenovo Sandy Bridge ultraportables to borrow MacBook Air display design?

Chris Davies, Dec 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Acer, ASUS and Lenovo are apparently planning to take a leaf out of Apple's book with the construction of their new Intel Sandy Bridge based ultraportable laptops, with ultra-slim form factors and, in particular, slender screen lids being cribbed from the MacBook Air. Scheduled for release at the end of Q1 2011, the 13.3- to 14-inch notebooks will apparently borrow Apple's display panel construction method which has resulted in screens 3-5mm thinner than previously common. Read The Full Story

UMID is no more according to Dynamism

Shane McGlaun, Dec 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

The last time we wrote about UMID was back in June and at the time; the company had a new product that that sounded decent enough called the mbook SE. The SE was an interesting little machine and the way that most folks here in the States got a UMID product was through importer Dynamism. Read The Full Story

Google smash, freeze & burn 25 Cr-48 Chrome OS notebooks in praise of the cloud [Video]

Chris Davies, Dec 10th 2010 Discuss [3]

Usually, when an interesting new gadget arrives, we have to wait until iFixit gets around to tearing it down before we see what's going on inside. Google, though, don't appear willing to wait for that to happen; they've pushed out a video to demonstrate the benefits of cloud-based working, and along the way 25 Google Cr-48 notebooks are broken, frozen, shattered and generally mistreated. Video destruction after the cut Read The Full Story

MacBook Air screen glitch fix released

Chris Davies, Dec 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

A new Apple update for the MacBook Air has been released, that supposedly addresses the intermittent display glitches some owners of the new ultraportable have reported. The "MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.0" is recommended to all 11- and 13-inch MBA owners, and "resolves a rare issue where MacBook Air boots or wakes to a black screen or becomes unresponsive." Read The Full Story

Dell Vostro V130 adds HDMI & Hyperbaric Cooling, keeps ultraportable style

Chris Davies, Nov 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Dell has refreshed its Vostro V13 low-price ultraportable and come out with the Vostro V130, a 13-inch notebook with new Intel CULV processor options, an HDMI port and Intel Hyperbaric Cooling technology. Priced from just $429, the Vostro V130 tips the scales at 3.5 pounds and measures 0.65-inches at its thinnest point. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad U260 12.5-inch ultraportable on sale today

Chris Davies, Nov 15th 2010 Discuss [3]

Lenovo's IdeaPad U260 has evolved from tempting leak to official product, and is hitting virtual shelves today. Priced from $899, the 12.5-inch U260 is yet to show up on the company's webstore, but when it does it will have a choice of Intel's 1.33GHz Core i3-380UM or 1.33GHz to 1.86GHz Core i5-470UM processors, an unspecified Core i7 option up to 4GB of DDR3 memory and a standard 320GB 5,400rpm hard-drive (or 128GB SSD). Read The Full Story