Panasonic is expanding its line of smart notebooks with the Let’s Note SX and NX series, which are scheduled to be released soon. The Let’s Note SX1 and SX2 offer Intel Core i5 processors in a compact, ruggedized magnesium form factor with batteries that provide up to 16 hours of run-time. Depending of your specification of choice Panasonic will be able to offer you either a traditional HDD or fast SSD capable to boot your system in just 9 seconds thanks to Panasonic Quick Book Manager.
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The details of Alienware’s 2012 notebook line-up has come out publically well before an official announcement. The new notebooks appear to be refreshments to Alienware’s existing M14x, M17x and M18x models; these said to be dubbed the M14x R2 (14-inch), M17x R4 (17.3-inch) and M18x R2 (18.4-inch). While the info available about the specs of this laptop is rather limited at this point in time. As for the R2 units, the first one M14X R2 will feature a GPU coming as part of the motherboard, and options including 1GB and 2GB right out of the box. The 17-inch M17x-R4 is said to provide a choice between AMD’s Radeon 7970M GPU and NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 660M or 675M graphics components.
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GammaTech has just put another device to its lineup of rugged Windows tablets. The Tablet is dubbed GammaTech RT10C. It’s a thicker, rugged tablet that’s able to withstand sandstorms, torrential downpours, and other harsh conditions.The new tablet has 10.2 inch screen. The tablet is a little heavier with highly protective casing and weighs 2.3Kg / 5lbs and measures at 270mm x 184mm x49mm. The GammaTech RT10C features an Intel® Core™ i7-620UE mobile processor with integrated HD graphics and runs on either Windows® embedded standard 2009, Windows 7, or Windows 7 Pro. The RT10C features a 10.2� touchscreen (1024 x 600) display, an Intel Core i7-620UE mobile processor, two USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port, PCMCIA slot, two mini card slots, CompactFlash slot, a VGA port, Serial port, WiFi, and Bluetooth.
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Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced its latest netbook, dubbed the HP Mini 1104. The Mini 1104 promises durability and performance for those who may be frustrated by text-entry on a tablet.The new netbook is designed for education and business applications, packing in a near full-sized keyboard, up to nine-hours of battery life and a multi-touch trackpad. Connectivity-wise, you’ll have options for three USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, audio in/out, and VGA. Or, go wireless with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, and HSPA+ mobile broadband with GPS support. You’ll get up to 9 hours of battery life and a multitouch trackpad on this little machine.
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At a press release in Hamburg, Acer apparently said that both the Acer Iconia Tab A510 and Acer Iconia Tab A700 tablets should be launched in April.Pricing for the A510 and A700 (64GB model) could be around €500 and €749, respectively. The US equivalents will likely carry the same numerical values, but in dollars. The two Iconia Tabs share 10-inch screens and Tegra 3 processors that give them much better performance. Where they differ the most is in the resolution department. While the A510 features a respectable 1280×800 display, the A700 boasts a next generation 1920×1200 tablet display.
The A510 features 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 10.1-inch display, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The equipment is completed by a door mini-HDMI, mini-USB and a slot for microSD cards.
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Notion Ink has just informed its plans for a second-generation Adam tablet. NotionInk and TI are collaborating and the new Adam II will have a TI OMAP44XX processor along with other TI components. The tablet will be designed specifically for “best power performance and multi-tasking experience� and will ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Moreover the new Adam II will have Texas Instruments components like Wi-Link 7.0 and Phoenix Audio Power Amplifiers. The original Adam had been popular because it was one of the first devices to ship with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and it offered an optional Pixel Qi low-power, sunlight readable display
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The Asus Eee PC 1225B ultraportable notebook is now available for purchase in Italy. Eee PC 1225B is featuring an 11.6 inch with resolution 1366 x 768 pixel, and presented with two options based on processor power sizes, one with 1.65 GHZ AMR E-450 dual core and the other option is a 1 GHZ AMD C-60 dual core. The notebook has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, making it a hair smaller than the other 12.1 inch Eee PC 12xx series notebooks that have been released over the last few years. Sadly, the notebook is not available yet in the US. The rest of the Asus netbook is pretty bland and doesn’t seem to differ too much from all the other Eee PC models that Taiwanese company has released.
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LG has just introduced its LTE tablet expanding LTE Leadership into Tablets. This is their first LTE tablet and although it’s heading to South Korea first.The Optimus Pad LTE is thinner at just 9.34mm compared to the 12.7mm thickness of the non-LTE version. It’s also lighter at just 497g compared to the 621g of the Optimus Pad. The tablet will be sporting an 8.9″ IPS True HD display with a resolution of 1280×768. And for tablets, the 8MP rear camera will definitely set a new standard if the lens used is of decent quality
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Today, HP has just unveiled its wall-sized 132-inch touchscreen displays that can be used in high-end retail displays or battlefield control room. The VantagePoint actually consists of six HP LD4730 47-inch displays (covered in Gorilla Glass) all linked together to create an 11- by 7-foot display with a total resolution of 4098 x 1536. HP targets a fair number of industries with the VantagePoint, where they include (but are not limited to) executive briefing centers, showrooms, retail, financial services, automotive, airline, consumer packaged goods and the government. Brightness is 700 cd/m² (500 cd/m² in energy saving mode). An infrared-based touch overlay provides precision touch interaction with 32 touch points. The video and image processing are managed by an HP Z800 Workstation. The Z800, in turn, is driven by dual processors and an ATI FirePro graphics card. Audio and color contrast is handled by a Pavilion Slimline PC dedicated just to those purposes.
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At CES 2012, Toshiba showed off a convertible Windows 7 notebook called the Portégé M930. The notebook has an articulating hinge to switch between notebook and slate mode. One just has to push the screen until it is facing the other way round and then fold it down over the keyboard. This swivel action is sturdier than the sliding action type mechanism seen on other such convertible devices. The laptop has a 13.3 inch display, an Intel Core i5 processor, Intel HD 3000 graphics, 4GB of RAM, and a 256GB solid state disk. There are 2 USB 2.0 ports, a full-sized Ethernet and HDMI out ports, and a full SD slot for connectivity. There is also a pointing stick on the right edge of the hybrid device that two mouse buttons.
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