Dell's Adamo 13 ultraportable slips to $899, gets a spec bump

It's been awhile since we've heard any news from the Adamo camp, but for those looking to blow a bit of that Santa cash on something thin and light, the timing here couldn't possibly be better. Nearly 1.5 years after the 13-inch ultraportable was let loose -- for $1,999 and up, no less -- a new low-cost configuration has emerged at Dell's website. These days, $899 gets you a 0.65-inch thick machine, complete with a 13.4-inch WLED display (1366 x 768 resolution), 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo SL9600 processor, a 64-bit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and 4GB of DDR3-800 memory. You'll also get a 128GB SSD, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and a 40 WHr Lithium Polymer battery, and if you're down for spending a bit more, you can grab an internal mobile broadband module as well. Or, you know, you could wait and see what kind of treasures CES brings. Your call.

via>> CNET.com

Medion Akoya P6624 hit Sainsbury's stores exclusively

Sainsbury's are now exclusively offering Medion's Akoya P6624 laptop alongside your spuds and sprouts this Christmas. And it's got a spec sheet as tasty as a stuffed turkey by the looks of things.

A 15.6 inch LED backlit HD screen is the focus, running off of an Intel Core i5-460M processor with 4GB memory and a 640GB hard disk. Hyper-Threading technology allows for four-way multitasking, letting each processor core run two tasks simultaneously.


NVIDIA GeForce GT425M DirectX 11 with 1024MB of dedicated RAM is on graphics duty, with "Optimus technology" allowing to switch to a power saving mode for less intensive tasks.

A new Aspire One by Acer

AMD Fusion's taken its sweet, sweet time getting here, but we're hearing you'll be able to get your hands on some Atom-beating netbook chips soon -- for instance, in this Acer Aspire One 522, which will reportedly drive its oh-so-glossy 10.1-inch, 720p screen with a 1GHz AMD C-50 Ontario APU. In case you need a brief refresher, Ontario's the chip rated at just nine watts, meaning we should expect some fairly decent battery life here, though possibly not the heroic performance of its 1.6GHz Zacate cousin. Aside from those specs, the Acer's mostly your standard netbook -- three USB ports, VGA-out, a webcam and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi -- though it does have HDMI out, something you won't find on the otherwise similar Aspire One D255. It's hard to say what it'll cost stateside, but a Thai e-tailer's ringing up a version right now with 2GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive for 12,829 baht (about $425). Wonder if it runs Android?

via >> NetbookNews.com

RoverPad 7 Inch Android Tablet

A while back we showed you the RoverPad 10 inch Android tablet from Russian electronics manufacturer Rover Computers, the company has now launched a smaller 7 inch version.

The RoverPad 3W T70 features a 7 inch resistive touch screen display with a resolution of 480 x 800, it comes with a 720MHz Telechips 8902B processor and features 512MB of RAM.

Other specifications on the RoverPad 7 inch Android tablet include 4GB of built in storage, a microSD card slot, accelerometer, two mini USB ports, a 3.5mm audio jack and a 2,500mAh battery.

The Rover 7 inch Android
tablet comes with Google Android 2.1 and it is available in Russia for $293.

via Tech Fresh.com

Digital Storm xm15 Notebook with Optimus Hybrid Technology

Digital Storm launches the new xm15 gaming notebook PC with NVIDIA’s Optimus technology. The notebook is equipped with a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT425M graphics card. With the Optimus technology, the machine can switch between the integrated Intel graphics, for less intensive operation, and the GT425M, for multimedia applications, automatically for optimum performance while maintaining battery life.

The $999 based configuration is powered by Core i5-520M processor, 4GB DDR3 memory, 320GB hard drive. If you are willing to pay more, you can get up to Core i7 CPU, 8GB memory and Blu-ray drive. The xm15 comes with a 15.6-inch Full HD 1080p LED-backlit display and offers HDMI and VGA output. It has eSATA and USB 3.0 ports for high-speed data transfer.

Archos 70b Android e-book reader

Archos is launching the Archos 70b Android-based e-book reader in Europe. The 7-inch device has a 7-inch WVGA touchscreen and supports WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. The 70b has 4GB internal storage and offers SD card slot for expansion. It has not built-in QWERTY keyboard but just back and forward buttons.

The Archos 70b is available for pre-order for Euro 99.99.

[engadget.com]

ThinkGeek iPad Bluetooth Keyboard Case

ThinkGeek offers a Bluetooth keyboard case for iPad that protects your iPad while providing a Bluetooth keyboard. The black leather iPad case comes with magnetic flap and Bluetooth keyboard for those who want make their iPad more like a netbook.ThinkGeek offers a Bluetooth keyboard case for iPad that protects your iPad while providing a Bluetooth keyboard. The black leather iPad case comes with magnetic flap and Bluetooth keyboard for those who want make their iPad more like a netbook.

ThinkGeek keyboard case supports Bluetooth 2.0 and comes with built-in lithium ion battery that lasts for 90 hours of continuous use. The iPad and case together weigh 2.75lbs. You can get the case at $59.99.

Optus My Tab 7-inch Android Tablet

Australia carrier Optus is launching the My Tab, a 7-inch tablet device running Android 2.1 OS. Made by ZTE, the My Tab sports a Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, 512MB RAM and 512MB ROM. It has a 7-inch 480×800 resistive touchscreen, a 3 Megapixel with video recording, GPS receiver and a microSD/SDHC card slot.

The My Tab supports not only WiFi 802.11 wireless but also quad-band GSM and UMTS/HSPA 2100 3G networks. You can also find a front-facing camera for video calling. The tablet is available on pre-pay for $279.99.
[unwiredview.com]

Hanvon to release Color E-ink E-book Reader

According to New York Times, Chinese e-book reader maker Hanvon is going to launch the first e-book reader with E-Ink’s new Triton Color ePaper display. Hanvon’s color e-book reader has a 9.68-inch color touchscreen and supports WiFi and 3G connectivity. It is expect that the color e-reader will be available in March 2011 in China for $440.

CruxCase for iPad Brings Netbook Form Factor to Apple Tablet

Like a number of iPad cases that try to marry a case and keyboard into a netbook form factor before it, the CruxCase 360 will take on the same challenge and form factor to try and turn your iPad into a netbook. However, unlike other cases that we've seen before, which uses a faux leather soft material, the case on the Crux 360 is a hardened plastic, and the screen can rotate all the way around turning tour iPad into something akin to a Motorola Backflip and use the keyboarded portion as a stand. The design is similar to the ClamCase and gives the CruxCase a more solid laptop or netbook feel to it. The Crux 360 will go for $149. Check out the video after the break.

Nextbook Next2 is a Cheap NookColor Alternative

The color e-reader / cheap tablet war is heating up. Hot on the heels of the NookColor announcement, E FUN has introduced their Nextbook Next2 tablet. This “e-reader” runs on Android and sports a 7″ TFT color display with an 800×480 resolution, 2GB of memory with an SD slot, wifi, an MP3/photo viewer, access to Borders BookStore, and app support. The device also comes preloaded with 25 ebooks and is set to retail for $199 in November 2010.

Booktop T1125 Gigabyte Booktop Tablet Notebook

T1125 Booktop be noted that the convertible tablet PC introduced new gigabytes. Intel Core i5 i3 or any of the NVIDIA HDMI, Optimus Prime, well, ports USB3.0 function, the THX certification is based on the discovery, and 4-channel stereo speakers with optimized performance of Ultra Low Voltage processor

Expect Gigabyte Booktop T1125 start to shipment by end of this month.

Estimated Starting Price: USD1,299.-

Dell Inspiron 14R Core i5 $749 shipped

Here’s LogicBUY’s latest gadget deal of the day for a Dell Inspiron 14r laptop. Featuring a fantastically design chassis and a choice of either Core i3 or i5. The 14R is capable of deal with everyday tasks or running resource intensive multimedia programs such as Adobe Photoshop.

The base model Dell Inspiron 14r laptop features a 14-inch display, Intel Core i3 processor (optional Core i5 processor), 3GB DDR3 memory, a 320 hard drive, WiFi, webcam, Intel HD Graphics, SRS Premium Sound and comes with Windows 7 Home Premium.

The Inspiron 14r is fully customizable and upgradable. The deal today offers you a Dell Inspiron 14R upgraded to Core i5 with Blu-ray drive normally retailing at $979 with a price tag of just $749.99 shipped.

AUO demo touchscreen solar laptop keyboard & tablet/notebook glasses-free 3D panels

Logitech were pretty proud of their K750 wireless solar keyboard, but AU Optronics is planning to best them at the upcoming FPD International expo with a 14-inch solar-powered touch keyboard solution for notebooks. Basically a touchscreen display for a virtual keyboard, integrated into a solar panel, the new tech will go on show alongside AUO’s new 10.1- and 15.6-inch glasses-free 3D panels.

Those panels, AUO claims, are deadzone-free thanks to an eye-tracking system developed by SuperD. That allows for 2D and 3D content to be displayed concurrently, with the 10.1-inch panel running at WXVGA (and targeted at tablets, AUO says) while the 15.6-inch panel runs at Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution. Mass production is expected to kick off in Q3 2011.

As for the touchscreen solar keyboard, it’s a mere 2.1-mm thick and can run off sunlight or artificial lighting. It’s not enough to do away with mains power altogether, unsurprisingly, but it can apparently reduce external power requirements by around 20-percent.

www.DigiTimes.com

ViewSonic ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 Android Tablets

ViewSonic unveils two new Android-based tablet devices, the 7-inch ViewPad 7 and the 10-inch ViewPad 10. The former is a Android 2.2 device while the latter is not just a Android tablet, but a dual-booting Windows 7/Android tablet PC

ViewSonic’s ViewPad 7 runs the latest Android 2.2 OS. It has a 7-inch 800×480 capacitive touchscreen LCD display, a 3 Megapixel main camera and a 0.3 Megapixel front camera, Bluetooth and WiFi. With built-in 3.5G connectivity and the front-facing camera, users are able to do video calling. The 7-inch ViewPad has 512MB memory and supports microSD/SDHC up to 32GB. It’s battery oofers up to 10 hours of use.

The ViewPad 10 is a dual-boot tablet PC with both Windows 7 Home Premium and Android 1.6. It is powered by 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM and 16GB SSD storage. The 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen has multitouch support and LED-backlit. It packs also a 1.3 Megapixel webcam, WiFi, Bluetooth and built-in microphone.

The ViewSonic ViewPad 7 will be available in Q4 2010 for $479 while the ViewPad 10 will come in Q1 2011 for $629.

ZiiO Creative’s Android Tablets

ZiiO is an Android 2.1 tablet introduced by Creative. Come in two sizes of 7 and 10 inches, the 7-inch version has 280×800 pixels resolution, while 10-inch version has 104×768 pixels.

Both models are designed with ZiiLabs ZMS-08 processor, integrated 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a microSD card slot and either 8GB or 16GB version for each model.

Prices:

* 7-inch 8GB = EUR229.-
* 7-inch 16GB = EUR259.-
* 10-inch 8GB = EUR289.-
* 10-inch 16GB = EUR319.-

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Asus Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 ships at long last

Normally, an Eee PC branding would mean a netbook, and we all know that netbooks aren't good for anything else apart from opening up a couple of work documents with one browser (or two) running in the background, otherwise the poor little machine is going to start sputtering all over as it just lacks the processing muscle to handle all the additional tasks. Asus must have thought that their 12.1-inch Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 will automatically give an impression of it being faster by virtue of its association with the exotic car manufacturer, just like how rice rockets gain an extra 5mph with a sticker or two on their spoiler. Running on an Intel Atom D525 processor, this netbook will feature slightly higher end innards such as an NVIDIA Optimus graphics chipset and Bang & Olufsen audio capability, retailing for £499 a pop.

MSI FR600 3D Multimedia Notebook

MSI FR600 3D multimedia laptop officially released yesterday and announced the detail specs. The 3D laptop sports a 15.6-inch widescreen with 16:9 ratio LED backlight 3D display and carry a 1366 x 768 pixels native resolution. The FR600 3D laptop could perform a realistic three-dimensional visual effects with converts 2D images and photos to 3D thanks to MSI’s latest 3D graphics technology with and also cinema-quality THX TruStudio Pro smart wrap through its 4ch Speakers THX TruStudio Pro.

MSI FR600 3D laptop is powered by an Intel Core i5 processor with an Intel HD integrated graphics, up to 640GB hard drive, and up to 8GB DDR3 RAM and also compatible with a DVD Super Multi Drive, 4-in-1 Card Reader as well as a a HD webcam and pre-loaded Windows 7 Home Premium as the operation system.

This new 3D laptop also supported with multimedia interface that consist of HDMI, D-Sub, eSATA, RJ45, two USB ports including Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity. MSI gives the FR600 a 6-cell battery with MSI’s exclusive ECO Engine power-saving technology to give an extended battery life. The 3D laptop is alreday distributed and available at computer retailer complete with the 3D glasses. You can directly check the price at the store because MSI didn’t listed their expected price for the FR600.

Samsung NF310 Netbook

Samsung NF310 netbook based on dual core processor finally got un-boxed and show off for the first time. Like our last discussion, this new netbook has a 10-inch matte display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution and powered by a 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor complete with 1GB of RAM, a 250GB HDD and an integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics.

The NF310 has more stylist with metallic body casing and a keyboard with a MacBook-style patina. Its far more different from the last model (Samsung NF210) which has a curvy design with and smaller screen size. Another different parts of the NF310 which has been upgraded from the last model are the sensitive touchpad design. It has only one touchpad button with a clear marker in the center and nice texture which will be comfortable to your fingers.

For this new netbook, Samsung gave a better speaker system and a nice high-rest display including SuperSpeed Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity as well as 802.11b/g/n WiFi. Samsung didn’t say anything about the NF310’s date release as well as the price prediction. Stay tune for the detail in our next report.

via : Liliputing

Samsung E65 E-book Reader with WiFi

Samsung is launching the E65 e-book reading device with built-in WiFi connectivity for downloading ebooks from online bookstore wirelessly. The E65 is a 6-inch e-reader with a 600×800 e-ink screen with anti-glare and anti-reflective multi-layer coating and 8 grey-scale levels contrast. It has 2GB internal memory and supports microSD up to 16GB.

The Samsung E65 supports text-to-speech. It can handle ePub, pdf, txt, word document files as well as MP3 audio format. The reader comes with the Virtual Printer software that allows users to turn any computer document and webpages from PC to E65. A digital stylus is also included.

Samsung E65 e-reader is now available at Pixmania for GBP213.

[samsung]

Dell Inspiron 15R Alloy Edition Notebook PC

Dell has announced a special edition of its Inspiron 15 Series, which debuts as the Dell Inspiron 15R Alloy Notebook. The 15R Alloy Edition comes with a 15.6-inch Widescreen HD LCD display with a 1366×768 resolution, the special series will be powered by the Intel Core Series including processors up to Core i7, it will come equipped with Intel HD Graphics, optional ATI Mobility Radeon HD5650 with 1GB RAM, up to 720GB Hard Drive and up to 8GB of DDR3 Memory.

Other specifications of the Dell Inspiron 15R Alloy Notebook includes a 1.3-Megapixel Webcam, a 7-in-1 card reader, HDMI, eSata/USB 2.0 combo, SRS Premium Sound Stereo Speakers, WiFi and optional Bluetooth 2.1. No pricing information on the new Dell Inspiron 15R Alloy Notebook PC has been announced.