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Gigabyte T1125 convertible tablet due today; iPad rival promised by early 2011

Chris Davies, Sep 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Gigabyte's renamed T1125 convertible 11.6-inch notebook PC - launched earlier this year as the Gigabyte M1125 - will apparently go on sale in Taiwan today, according to DigiTimes, though the company's more direct iPad competitor won't arrive until later in the year. No specific details have been given, but the company says it has plans to unveil an "iPad-like" tablet at the end of 2010 or early in 2011. Read The Full Story

New 7-inch iPad and 11.6-inch MacBook Air imminent tip insiders

Chris Davies, Sep 24th 2010 Discuss [1]

Apple mystery and intrigue today, as speculation about not only the rumored 7-inch iPad but the replacement to the ageing MacBook Air ultraportable. Shanzai is claiming to have heard insider mutterings in Shenzhen about the smaller iPad, which is apparently already "a finished product" practically ready to launch. Meanwhile, DigiTimes reckons that Quanta will be making the supposed 11.6-inch MacBook Air. Read The Full Story

Acer Ferrari One Ultraportable Upgrading to AMD Ontario Processor Later This Year

Evan Selleck, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

First unveiled in September of last year, and made official in December, the Ferrari-branded Acer ultraportable may have stood out due to its luxurious branding, but it quickly ended there. Tucked away inside was a 1.2GHz AMD Athlon processor. And while that may have been all well and good at the time, things are getting a bit more advanced, and faster, and with branding like Ferrari, you'd hope that your portable mini-notebook would do the same. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Libretto W100: build good, battery bad, geek-cred off the chart [Video]

Chris Davies, Aug 20th 2010 Discuss [2]

Toshiba's Libretto W100 flew off Amazon's shelves when it went on sale earlier this week, with the retailer already confirming that its initial stock is exhausted. So, how exactly are the first customers liking the dual-touchscreen clamshell? Jenn over at Pocketables knows her stuff when it comes to ultraportables, and she seems pretty blown away by the W100 - that's despite only 4hrs runtime with the bloated extended battery, laggy screen rotation and an uncertain target market. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Libretto W100 sells out at Amazon

Satsuki Then, Aug 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

Just two days after officially going on sale in the UK via Amazon, the Toshiba Libretto W100 dual-screen ultraportable has sold out. Priced at $1,100 (for the W105-L251 model with no integrated 3G) and admittedly only available in "limited numbers", the Libretto W100 obviously proved appealing to a subset of cash-rich users who liked the look of two 7-inch capacitive touchscreens. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Libretto W100 import gets video unboxing & review

Satsuki Then, Aug 16th 2010 Discuss [2]

Toshiba's Libretto W100 is an exceedingly expensive way to get dual LCD touchscreens in a clamshell device, so you'll forgive us if we pay close attention to early unboxing reports to see if its worth the $1,400+ importers are currently asking. Wow Pow grabbed one of Conics early units and subjected it to a three-part video unboxing and review, which you can watch after the cut. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Libretto W100 Heading to Japan on August 11th

Evan Selleck, Aug 6th 2010 Discuss [1]

While everyone was busy dreaming about the Microsoft Courier, Toshiba was already hard at work on one -- and one they actually planned to release. And while initial thoughts on the device have been all over the place on the Internet, the Libretto W100 does indeed do one thing very well: it's a good way to get your Courier needs placated, because you can't have the Courier. If you're in Japan, or if you're willing to take a few flights to get their, then be happy to know that the dual-screen tablet is landing on those shores August 11th. Read The Full Story

11.6″ MacBook Air refresh tipped for September, plus clickwheel-free iPod nano

Chris Davies, Aug 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple's now venerable MacBook Air currently languishes as the notebook most in need of an update, and so it comes as little surprise to hear that just such a refresh may be imminent. According to BMO analyst Keith Bachman, Apple's supply chain is ramping up for what he believes to be a September launch; interestingly, he also expects the new MacBook Air to start off significantly cheaper than the current model's $1,499 base price. Read The Full Story

ASUS Bamboo U33 and U53 notebooks pack Core i5 and NVIDIA Optimus

Chris Davies, Jul 19th 2010 Discuss [2]

ASUS UK have outed a pair of new notebooks in their Bamboo series, with the U33 and U53 both clad in a mixture of brushed aluminum and "smoky-brown" bamboo. The 13.3-inch U33 and 15.6-inch U53 each get an Intel Core i5-430M processor paired with NVIDIA Optimus graphics, automatically switching between a GeForce 310M 1GB GPU and integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics. Read The Full Story

Lenovo axing ThinkPad X300/X301 ultraportables?

Chris Davies, Jul 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

Lenovo apparently plans to kill off their ThinkPad X300 and X301 ultraportables, in the Chinese market at least, in favor of 14-inch models like the T410s. That's according to Think Account Marketing Director Wang Liping at Lenovo, who cites underwhelming CPU and GPU performance in comparison to the similarly slender T400s and T410s as the main reason for the notebooks' demise. Read The Full Story

Acer and ASUS freezing netbook/ultra-thin releases over Atom N550 uncertainty?

Chris Davies, Jul 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you've held off from buying a netbook because there always seems to be a new model - and a price cut - just around the corner, now might be the time to buy. Acer and ASUS are reportedly freezing netbook releases until around mid-August, according to DigiTimes' market sources, to clear their inventory in the face of the incoming Atom N550 processor. However, Intel's pricing for the new chip - and their uncertain plans for the Celeron processor range - are prompting uncertainty. Read The Full Story

HP Pavilion dm1z Neo-based ultraportable quietly debuts

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [2]

A new HP 11.6-inch ultraportable, the Pavilion dm1z series, has gone up for sale at the company's estore, based on AMD's Neo processors and offering up to 7hrs of battery life. The HP Pavilion dm1z is a variant of the dm1 updated with AMD Vision technology back in May; it has up to 5GB of DDR3 memory, up to 500GB HDD/128GB SSD, and optional mobile broadband. Read The Full Story