Jetway Ecomani EM130A 13.3-Inch Notebook
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Acer Iconia F54W Hits The Japanese Market
Clevo P170HM-3DE 17.3-Inch 3D Gaming Laptop Now Available At AVADirect
Fujitsu Celsius H910 And H710 Workstation Laptops
Dell XPS 15z 15.6-Inch Notebook Available Now
Logitech Touch Lapdesk N600 For Laptops
Panasonic Upgrades Toughbook 31 Rugged Laptop
Acer Aspire One AO532h 10.1-Inch Netbook For Only $239.95
Sony VAIO S Series 13.3-Inch Ultraportable Laptop
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Ultra-Slim Notebook Now Available Stateside
Sony VAIO F Series 16.4-Inch Entertainment Laptop
Lenovo IdeaPad Y560p With Intel Core i5 For Only $764
HP EliteBook, ProBook Business Laptops for 2011 Announced
Friday, May 27, 2011
The mainstream HP ProBook b-series 13.3″ 6360b, 14″ 6460b and 15.6″ 6560b have a magnesium-reinforced ABS chassis with a new smudge-resistant and wear-resistant tungsten-colored design. There are also Intel Celeron processor choice in addition to the Core i3, i5 and i7, Intel's integrated graphics, and optional AMD Radeon HD 6470M in the 6460b and 6560b.
HP's ProBook s-series laptops are designed for budget-minded small and midsize businesses, and include the HP ProBook 4230s (12.1″), 4330s (13.3″), 4430s (14″), 4530s (15.6″), and 4730s (17.3″). The notebooks are available in a brushed-aluminum finish in metallic gray color. S-series systems have the same CPU options as the b-series, and integrated graphics in all models except the 17.3-incher that will sport a dedicated GPU.
The HP EliteBook 8460p and 8560p start at $999 and $1,099, respectively, while the HP ProBook b-series starts at $799. The HP ProBook s-series starts at $579. All laptops are expected to be available in the United States on March 15.
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Toshiba Launches Satellite R800 Laptops
The company has also revealed that the R830 and R840 have up to 8GB RAM, up to 640GB hard drive space, a built-in webcam, 1,366 x 768 LED-backlight displays, and a battery life of up to 8.5 and 8 hours, respectively.
Toshiba's Satellite R800 notebooks are estimated to be available during the second quarter 2011 throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. There's no info on pricing and availability in other parts of the world. Toshiba, however, says that the laptops will be affordable.
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Alienware M14X details leaked
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Fujitsu LifeBook PH701 12.1-Inch Laptop
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Samsung Sandy Bridge SENS SF311 Notebook now available in Korea
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MSI add AMD's Fusion technology into its extra slim X370
Like most Fusion based laptop, this X370 comes with AMD's E-350 Zacate APU, a Radeon HD 6310, the choice between three HDD capacity including a 320, 500 and even 640Gb drive, a 13.4" LED backlight screen with a 1366×768 resolution, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, HDMI, VGA and a the choice between a 4 or 8 cell battery.
Taipei - MSI has rolled out its new generation X-Slim Series X370 laptop computer which has a gorgeously slender body graced with flowing curves. Less than one-inch thin, it tips the scales at a mere 1.4kg. The X370 sports MSI's etched checkerboard design and the cover is sheathed in MSI's exclusive shimmering color film print to underscore the X370′s extraordinary style.
Eric Kuo, associate vice president for global sales, MSI Notebook, points out that the new generation X370 laptop packs AMD's new generation dual-core E-350 processor, endowing the machine with powerful processing and display capabilities, but more importantly, it only uses 18 watts of electricity. Couple that with MSI's own ECO Engine power-saving technology and the X370′s battery supplies up to ten hours of power per charge.
New generation AMD processor, 10 hours on battery
New AMD APU architecture processor: The MSI X-Slim X370 is equipped with AMD's new generation (2011) dual core E-350 processor. In addition to packing the x86 architecture core, the APU (Accelerated Processing Units) processor sports the AMD Radeon™ HD 6310 discrete class display chip which supports DirectX 11, offering powerful processing and display performance on par with discrete graphics cards. 10 hours of battery power: The X370 not only offers the ultimate in high performance multimedia and processing capabilities, MSI's exclusive ECO engine power-saving technology lets you select from among five power management levels - Video Game, Film, Presentation, Word Processing, and Turbo Battery. And the AMD E-350 processor uses only 18 watts of power. Together these give you to ten hours of extended battery life. *Actual battery time will vary with differences in computer use and settings.
The perfect fusion of high tech and art
Feather pattern: The X-Slim X370 is less than one inch thin and tips the scales at just 1.4kg. The cover is sheathed in MSI's own lustrous color film print with checkerboard pattern which is set off by the laptop's silver trim and the metallic sheen of the borders around the power button, LED status indicator lights, and the touchpad as well as MSI's Chiclet keyboard. All these details come together to form a stylish notebook that is elegant without being ostentatious.
SRS PC Sound™: The X370 features the latest SRS PC Sound™, so whether you use the internal speakers, external speakers, or earphones, this new generation technology can expand the overall sound field to reproduce a natural, true-to-life wrap around sound experience to satisfy the desire of consumers for faithful sound.
MSI software makes your life convenient
S-Bar toolbar: MSI's X-Slim X370 not only offers the most powerful hardware available, both its hardware and software were designed with the user in mind. The S-Bar toolbar, located at the top of the screen, consists of shortcuts for major OS programs, for hardware, and for MSI's own applications. Use it to control all system functions, auxiliary programs, and applications as well as an array of programs, such as software to save power and boost performance as well as MSI's multimedia software, the webcam, the projector, the wireless, Bluetooth, volume control, screen brightness, and standby mode. Operating multimedia was never easier.
i-Charger: The X370 also comes with MSI's i-Charger technology which pumps more power through the USB slots, so you can recharge devices up to three times faster. Now, while others sit around waiting for their mobile devices to recharge, you can be using yours.
MSI EasyViewer photo manager: The X370 comes with Easy Viewer which lets you show pictures three dimensionally. You can use the multipoint touchpad to enlarge and reduce photos, maximize them to full screen size, and even display them in an automated slide show. Slide mode lets you edit photos, enlarge or reduce them, rotate them gradually or by 90 degrees. HDII image enhancement, intelligent white balance, and image sharpness can by employed to make images richer and enhance contrast and layering.
Easy Face facial recognition: The X370 comes equipped with MSI's own facial recognition software which works in concert with the high definition webcam to protect data biometrically. Easy Face remembers passwords for MSN accounts as well as login passwords for websites and systems and can integrate all passwords for your personal accounts under one lock and key - your unique facial features. It remembers your passwords, so you don't have to.
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Dell Inspiron M102z AMD Fusion Ultraportable Laptop
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Lenovo B560-433028U 15.6-Inch Multimedia Laptop
Lenovo G560 Series 0679ALU 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)
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Acer Liquid mt review
Hardware
The Liquid mt certainly isn't the thinnest or sleekest Android phone around, but it is unquestionably a big step up for Acer, and may just even be capable of turning a few heads. As the name suggests, the phone is largely enclosed in metal, including some shiny chrome around the edges and a stainless steel back that's been given the appearance of carbon fiber. It slides up to reveal the battery, SIM card and microSD card slot -- the latter of which is blocked by the battery, which can be a slight inconvenience but seems to be an increasingly common occurrence.
On the front of the phone you'll find four capacitive touch buttons that keep things as minimal as possible, along with a 3.6-inch display that boasts a standard 800 x 480 resolution. The glass on top of the display is also slightly curved, which unfortunately allows for a bit more glare than the screen would presumably have otherwise. Visibility proved to be even worse outdoors, where we sometimes struggled to see anything on the phone in particularly harsh lighting conditions.
The screen itself is otherwise decent, although we noticed that the color temperature leaned considerably towards the cool side of the spectrum. It's not to the point of being distracting when you're actually using the phone, but it is certainly noticeable when compared to other devices. Both the front and back of the phone are also unsurprisingly something of a fingerprint magnet and, as you can see, the phone is also somewhat bigger than it had to be given the screen size, although it's certainly still more pocketable than most jumbo phones. On the whole, however, the phone is solidly built and looks good even next to some higher-end phones, which is no small feat.
Performance-wise, the phone is... decent. It packs the same 800MHz Qualcomm msm7230 processor found in the likes of the T-Mobile G2 and managed to score around the 1100 mark in our Quadrant tests (that's in unmodified HTC Evo 4G territory), but the phone just felt a bit more sluggish than we would have liked in general use. In fact, navigating around Android proved to be noticeably less snappy than something like the LG Optimus One (and its various iterations), which only has a 600MHz processor. That sluggishness was prevalent when using both Acer's "Breeze" Android skin or stock Froyo (more on that later), though stock did fare ever so slightly better.
Battery life is also solid but unremarkable. It'll easily handle a day of average use, but you'll likely run into trouble if you leave the next day without remembering to charge it. One other nice little touch is a hidden status display at the top of the phone, which shows the phone's charging status when plugged in, and flashing icon when you have new email -- something that we wouldn't mind seeing on more phones.
As for call quality, it's decent as well, although we found the volume to be a tad low for our tastes -- folks we talked to didn't seem to have any trouble hearing us, though. The Liquid mt is also actually Rogers' first phone to support 14.4Mbps HSDPA, although we unfortunately weren't in an area where we could test those speeds.
Camera
Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot to say about the Liquid mt's 5 megapixel camera (with an LED flash). You'll get some decent enough stills and video outdoors under ideal conditions, but just about any other situation will likely leave you wishing your brought a point-and-shoot along as well. Even in the best conditions, however, we found our shots to be excessively sharpened (see a 100% crop here), and the colors were generally just a bit off in most every situation, and occasionally a lot off. Check out the gallery below for a general idea of what it's capable of.
Acer Liquid mt sample shots
Software
As is its nature, Acer has chosen to customize Android with its own skin, dubbed "Breeze." It actually includes a few features we like -- most notably multiple lock screens with widgets that you can customize, another idea we'd like to see on more Android phones. It also replaces the usual slide to unlock screen with a nifty page turn animation, but, for the most part, Acer's customizations hurt more than they help. The status bar actually moves around the screen depending on what you're doing, for instance, and the apps menu confusingly splits up the screen and is less than intuitive to navigate. There's also unfortunately quite a bit of bloatware pre-loaded on the phone, both from Acer and Rogers, but nothing that can't be moved out of your way.
The good news is that Acer has made it easy for you to simply switch to stock Android 2.2 -- the option shown above is right under applications in the settings menu. That, of course, offers few surprises, but it's certainly a better experience overall. As we mentioned earlier, we also found that the phone performed slightly better with stock Android than with Acer's skin, and it also returns the capacitive buttons to the behavior you'd expect -- when using the Acer UI, the menu button actually brings up the applications screen.
One problematic thing we noticed in both instances, however, is that Acer has for some reason chosen not to include a silent ringtone for notifications. You can add your own, of course, or turn off notifications altogether -- but out of the box, we had no way to silence email notifications while still receiving other notifications, which is a pretty basic thing for Acer to overlook.
Wrap-up
We didn't have huge expectations for the Acer Liquid mt, so we can't really say we were disappointed by it. The phone performs about as well as you'd expect for a mid-range Android device, and it even manages to punch a bit above its weight when it comes to design and construction. Unfortunately for Acer, there's simply a lot of much better options available for the same price or just a little bit more -- at least when when it comes to the Canadian market.
In the case of Rogers, for instance, the Liquid mt is priced the same as the Samsung Captivate on a three-year contract and, at $400, is only $150 less off-contract. Elsewhere on the Canadian landscape, the Motorola Atrix is just $20 more on-contract on Bell, while Telus is currently offering the HTC Desire HD for free on-contract. Acer may well have a winner on its hands if the phone were, say, $200 off-contract like the aforementioned LG Optimus One is on some carriers but, as it is, it's a pretty tough sell.
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Asus's latest Lamborghini laptop has break lights; can almost choke you with smokes
ASUS VX7-A1 Lamborghini 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)
Available in Orange or Carbon Fiber, the VX7 utilizes a 2.0-GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM quad-core processor, and boasts 16GB of RAM. Yes, they don't care if you need it. And the chip that's going to drive your Crysis 2 adventure is this magnificent GeForce GTX 460M graphics card with 3GB of dedicated memory, and there's a Blu-Ray combo drive and a massive 1.5-TB of storage thanks to a dual hard-drive setup. There's more, a 2.0 megapixel webcam, an 8-in-1 card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, one USB 3.0 port, two speakers, a HDMI output, and an 8-cell battery.
Like any self-respecting machine carrying the Lamborghini badge, this bad boy won't come cheap - the pre-order asking price is €1,995. Yet again Asus defines 'overkill' in an elegant manner. Well, what you pay is what you get.
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Acer unveils svelte and spiffy Aspire Z5761 all-in-one, on sale in May
Press Release:
New Acer Aspire Z5761:
A touch of style and performance
London, 6th April 2011 – Acer introduces the new Acer Aspire Z5761: combining great performance, excellent entertainment and stylish modern design, this all-in-one desktop heralds next generation computing.
Thanks to the screen with multi-touch functionality, the Aspire Z5761 not only offers a dynamic user experience, but also delivers one of the easiest ways of interacting with your PC and integrating all your multimedia contents. Starting point for this smarter way to access the PC and the web, the Acer TouchPortal provides a truly hands-on experience bringing together a full suite of touch enhanced applications and gadgets for fun and entertainment:
* TouchBrowser is a touch-friendly web browser designed for searching, retrieving and presenting information from the Internet.
* TouchCam features handy touch controls to add fun video effects while chatting online, or do theme-style recording and share with friends on YouTube™.
* TouchMusic, lets you browse, manage and play your favourite music.
* TouchPhoto integrates photo management with photo sharing capabilities and is designed to interact with both local images and online albums.
* TouchVideo includes video management and sharing features. It allows you to enjoy Blu-ray or DVD movies and home videos, as well as browse and share your videos to YouTube.
But the Acer TouchPortal is not the only way the Aspire Z5761 brings your digital life together. It also comes with Clear.fi, Acer's new media sharing system based on the idea that it's easier if all multimedia content is simply brought into a single system with a common interface. No matter where they are. Clear.fi is a cross-platform solution that works straight out of the box, automatically detecting the Clear.fi-enabled devices connected to the wireless home network, and then allowing all digital content stored on any of these to be shared seamlessly using the Clear.fi media interface.
Featuring a modern, minimalist design, the Aspire Z5761 easily fits into any dรฉcor, gracing any living or working space with a sophisticated look and feel. Sharp-cut geometric lines set off the combination of aluminum with matt and glossy black surfaces, creating a luxurious effect. Cool blue lighting placed above the integrated speakers lights up the keyboard. When not in use the keyboard can be nicely tucked away below the PC, enhancing the overall minimalist look as well as increasing the free area in front of the desktop. Inspired by modern art, the silver stand is designed with a window for organizing cables while keeping a simple, yet stylish design.
Performance-wise, this is an advanced PC, rich of cutting edge technologies engineered to convey an enhanced computing experience. Exploiting the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family, that features Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, capable of increasing perfomance in response to the most demanding tasks such as editing multimedia files, or playing fast-paced games, this desktop can deliver optimal speed enabling smoother multitasking and ensuring maximised entertainment and productivity. What's more it combines turbo-charged computing power with energy efficiency.
Top-quality visual and audio components make the most of your entertainment. With a spacious 58.4 cm (23") Full HD 1080p 16:9 display, fast 5ms response and powerful graphics solutions, you will catch even the tiniest details of your favourite movies, games, pictures, and digital TV thanks to ultra-sharp and colorful imagery. Captivating and immersive audio is brought about by an integrated 5W stereo speaker system and professionally tuned Dolby® Home Theater® v4.
With a Blu-ray Disc™ optical drive (optional), multi-in-one card reader, and TV-tuner (optional) these models bring together all facets of your digital life, from movies to games, from TV to pictures: an all-in-one design also in terms of entertainment.
Full connectivity is ensured by the most advanced wireless and wired technologies: 802.11b/g/n network connection, Gigabit LAN and optional built-in Bluetooth® 2.1. The built-in microphone and high definition webcam will help you keep in touch with friends and family through video chats and conference.
In terms of storage, up to 1.5TB of capacity offers plenty of space for all your digital archives. Up to 8GB of DDR3 memory ensure seamless running of the most demanding application, while a total of eight USB port supplies handy connection to all your peripherals.
The Aspire Z5761 will be available in early May with prices starting from £799 including VAT.
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MSI FX420 And FX620DX Laptops
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The MSI FX420 comes jam packed with a 2.30GHz Intel Core i5-2410M processor, an AMD Radeon HD 6470M graphics card (1GB DDR3 VRAM), a DDR3 memory, a 750GB hard drive, a DVD burner or an optional Blu-ray drive, a 14-inch HD (1366×768) LED backlight and a 1.3MP webcam. No word on pricing at this moment.
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Acer Aspire 1430z-4677 11.6-inch Notebook Price Cut
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ASUS refreshes Lamborghini VX7 with Sandy Bridge, mercifully offers a black option
ASUS VX7-A1 Lamborghini 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)
Update: A couple sites are taking pre-orders, with the VX7 consistently priced at $2,269. Have at 'em!
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ASUS K53B 15.6-Inch Multimedia Laptop
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Eurocom Racer 15.6-Inch High-End Laptop
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HP EliteBook 8760w pleasing on the eyes, works great to increase mobile productivity
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Dell Alienware M18x 18.4-Inch Gaming Laptop To Be Available In Canada Next Month
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HP EliteBook 8760w Notebook
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Compaq Presario CQ56-115DX 15.6″ Offered for $300 at Best Buy
The battery life is up to 4 hours and 15 minutes, according to the product page.
HP's CQ56-115DX gadget has three USB ports, and Wi-Fi and Ethernet LAN connections, but lacks a webcam and HDMI output.
It sports a simplistic black chassis and weighs 5.6-pounds.
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