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Black Friday Notebook Sale

James Allan Brady, Nov 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

So, Black Friday (this Friday for those not in the know) is fast approaching and that means that millions of people in the retail industry will seriously consider suicide as a possible alternative to finishing their shift. It also means that there will be tons of stuff on sale for dirt cheap. A large portion of that stuff will be electronics, computers, home theater equipment, you name it, the US is probably one of, if not the largest markets for consumer electronics and Black Friday is a great excuse to move a few units out the door. One such product that many cost savvy consumers will be looking for is the coveted uber cheap notebook. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO UX490

James Allan Brady, Nov 4th 2007 Discuss [0]

Sony will be releasing their latest addition to their VAIO UX line here in the US soon. The updates include Vista Business and a new Intel Core 2 Solo processor. Other than that you will be hit with 48GB of SSD storage, which is probably where most of the $2500 price tag comes from, but should make the battery life better than HDD based models. The new processor operates at 1.2GHz which if I recollect right means you also get a bit of a speed boost. Read The Full Story

HTC X9500 Shift available for preorder in Europe

Chris Davies, Oct 25th 2007 Discuss [1]

HTC's headline-grabbing Shift ultra-portable - which dual-boots into both Vista and Windows Mobile 6 - has appeared for pre-order on a variety of websites in Europe. So far the UK and Germany have the bulk of the information, with Expansys.de claiming delivery on 29th November for German customers while Portix.com quote the 20th November for those in the UK. Read The Full Story

Hands-on with HTC Shift reveals oddly unpolished Windows Mobile

Chris Davies, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [1]

The lucky lovelies over at pcdebolso.com managed to acquire (let's ask no questions) a pre-production HTC Shift for five days, and proceeded to examine it both from the perspective as a compact, Vista-running UMPC and as a large, Windows Mobile-running PDA. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the Shift although impressive doesn't manage to succeed 100% in both categories; what is surprising, though, is that it appears HTC have made some bizarre concessions which in certain cases render the Shift less useful than a far cheaper device. Read The Full Story

Ricavision SideShow-based E-Book could launch November

Chris Davies, Oct 18th 2007 Discuss [0]

News freshly drizzled onto the pages of Ricavision suggest that their wireless e-ink Home E-Reader is set to launch next month. Ricavision, who have already made a name for themselves leveraging Windows Sideshow into cordless devices such as remote controls or fridge magnets, saves money on the device by offsetting the processing and rendering duties to your Vista-based PC. That the squirts pages from the e-book wirelessly to your slim E-Reader. Read The Full Story