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It's a pleasure talking about those new HP laptops especially as they keep coming in. Today we have the Puma based Compaq 6735b and 6535b models. These two business oriented laptops come with the AMD Puma platform and their basic setup will sell at $779. But let's look what else we're going to find inside.

The Compaq 6735b is a 15.4 inch laptop while the 6535b is a 14.1 notebook. Both of them will have similar configuration. As for processor you can choose between the AMD Turion X2, X2 Ultra, or Athlon X2. You will get the ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphic card and up to 8GB RAM, you know just in case your job is launching rockets from NASA and you have to occasionally do it from home. The hard drive is a little little at 160GB but you can replace the DVD burner with a second HDD. Although I would advise for getting yourself and external dependable hard drive and leave that DVD in place.

The LCDs are special too. They will play nicely in WXGA resolution. The 15 inch version will get WSXGA+ while the 14 inch version will get the WXGA+ resolution. Need more details? Check with HP for further customization, although it might not be available just yet.

via Engadget

I don't know if this cuts cake or not, but Toshiba's Portege R500-12Q, rebranded for US as the R500-S5007V, still remains the first laptop to have 128GB of SSD sweetness, while being thin and light at the same time. There is no word on when it will become available, but at $3000, I would give the MacBook Air a pass any day over this.

Here is what you will get if you pony up $2,999:

• Intel Core2Duo Processor U7700 1.33GHz, 2MB L2, 533MHz FSB with 64 bit


• 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM


• 128GB Serial ATA Solid State Drive


• 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen high-brightness display with 1280 x 800 WXGA resolution


• Transreflective backlit LED


• Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950


• 7mm, 8x SuperMulti-DVD (+/-R Single Layer) drive supporting 9 formats


• Genuine Windows Vista Business (32-bit version) with downgrade media for Genuine Windows XP Professional


• Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN, Intel PRO/1000 - 10/100/1000 Ethernet, and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR


• 3-Year Standard Limited Warranty

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How many of you were expecting the MSI Wind to hit the market already? And from what we learned at Computex this year the Wind should have already arrived. Well it didn't! Not yet! The release date has been postponed to June 27th. What's one more week of waiting anyway?

Why did they cancel and postponed this event? Apparently they ran out of batteries out there and all six-cell batteries will be downgraded to three-cell batteries. The price will drop accordingly to just $479. That doesn't sound that good. After all I wanted the Wind to be really portable and useful. Battery life just went down from 6 hours to Eee battery time (approximately 3 hours). How portable and useful is that?

I was actually surprised to see the Wind run into problems. I kinda started liking it over any of the Eees.
I'd like to know if future battery upgrades for the Wind are to be expected. In other words, should I buy an MSI Wind now (read June 27th) or wait for a better version to be released?

We've shown you a powerful gaming design yesterday, the Qosmio X305 and we have another Qosmio, the G55 under scrutiny today. It's rumored that this laptop will go in sale somewhere in July for no less than $1,550.

Here's what we know so far about the Qosmio G55 from Toshiba:

• an 18.4-inch (1680 x 945) display,


• Centrino 2 CPU,


• GeForce 9600M GT,


• 4GB of RAM,


• dual drives,


• "Quad Core HD processor" (Cell-based SpursEngine?).

What we are curios about is the visual gesture control capability. Apparently that's what the quad core HD processor should be doing. That's something I want to see done. I like the old fashion keyboard and mouse thing to control my blogging habits and I intend to keep it for a long time. But I'd still try the hands control thing once!

via Engadget

The MSI Wind U100 gets ready to meet the people. We've seen so many Eee wannabes so far, each having good and bad parts to add to this new mini laptop market.

From what people are mumbling over the MSI Wind it looks like Asus should fear the U100 release. First of all I must say the price looks really good. The Wind with Windows XP is going to retail for $499 which is a whole $100 cheaper than the Eee 901. And if you don't remember why the Wind is not only cheaper but better, here's why: it's got 10 inch screen and a whooping 80GB hard drive.

I haven't had the chance to test the MSI but I did try the Eee. The MSI does make a better impression. I would alway recommend a bigger, better laptop, but if I were to choose from the MSI and the Eee series, I'd go for the MSI Wind for now.

I don't know about you guys but when I think about my laptop I want it to be better and more efficient when it comes to doing all that work or entertainment. I don't particularly want it to look better so others can admire it. Same thing goes for my desktop. They aren't cars. I wouldn't tune them up. But Dell sure is investing time and resources in their Studio Laptop line as for some people personalization is important. I am just hoping they are working unde the hood as well.

Besides Mike Ming's touch, multiple colors are rumored and more tech upgrades are waiting inside. We'll have HDMI and eSATA in the 1536 version. There's WWAN options from Sprint, AT&T and Verizon. There's hybrid and dual drive options in the 1735 and as for video cars, we can count on ATI 3450, 3650 and NVIDIA 8600M GT.

All we need now is some prices for this Studio laptops!

via Engadget

Eee did it again. I mean Asus. I have a hard time naming them as it looks like the Eee is going solo with their whole new line of Eee products.

Like I said yesterday, the Eee seems to be appearing everywhere. Asus will Eee anything and it's up to us, the buyers to allow it or not. Today we are looking at the Eee stick which is based on the Wii console. It was a matter of time until other big electronics manufacturers started to come up with different Wii versions. And we aren't counting all the Chinese knock-offs of course!

We're not sure if the Eee Stick will be sold by itself or bundled with any of the Eee PCs or the Eee Box yet but it seems that's the direction Asus is heading. $1000 might get you the Eee 901 PC and the Eee Stick, but then again we aren't sure of that. The release date of the Eee Stick isn't available yet either but we'll be waiting.

In the mean time I'll get out of my Eee chair and go to my Eee bathroom for a quick Eee experience. Wonder where my Eee towel is!

ASUS Taiwan has announced the release of the latest Essentio CS5110 Mini PC. It belongs to the family of Eee Station series. Loaded with innovations the Essentio Mini PC lets the users enjoy exceptional quality graphics. Interestingly, Asus CS5110 Essentio Mini PC is the world’s smallest Desktop PC.

Look at the image. It appears elegant. This irresistible PC is provided with a discrete graphic card for best reproduction of high definition movies. You must be wondering what all will it include?

Well, I won’t keep you pondering..It is equipped with a Blu-ray drive, wireless remote for home theater, hard drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT card.

You can choose from the available black and white options as per your choice. This model will also reach Computex along with ASUS fantabulous collection of electronic products.

Via: Press

We had a small notebooks day today here at MobileWhack with so many small laptops emerging from various manufacturers. The leader of the pack, the Eee inventor, Asus, will be launching soon the Eee 1000, which is a 10 inch notebook.

All this is bound to happen in a few days in Taipei at Computex 2008. The Eee PC 1000 is Asus' way of answering to feedback received from their customers. They are asking for a bigger display and a wider keyboard for a better Eee experience, and I couldn't agree more!

The Asus Eee 1000 will be available later this year and we hope we can count on some other hardwares upgrades besides the extra inch. Hopefully we will know more about this laptop in a few days. We're also curious about the official release date and of course the price. If you are in Taiwan, give us a hint once you find out more.

via Gear Diary

Microsoft unveiled its latest accessory, the Microsoft LifeCam. The series includes three models, including the VX-5000, VX-500 and LX-2000. With a unique bendable attachment base that you can use with pretty much any surface (either on your laptop or your desktop), it comes in a convenient size so you can carry it around.

The LifeCam VX-5000 webcam has a colored ring around the front of the webcam, available in Cool Blue, Lucky Green and Fire Red. It comes with MSN Photo Swap, allowing you to share photos during a video conversation. The other two models are affordable ones: the VX-500 is your basic webcam while the LX-2000 features a full-size headset.

Pricing and availability:

LifeCam VX-5000: available in June 2008, retailing at US $49.95

LifeCam VX-500: available in May 2008 for US $16.95

LifeCam LX-2000: also in May 2008, for US $29.95

via press

View imageHP 2133 Mini-Note is a slick PC released on April 4th. Is it a direct answer to ASUS EEE, which was a huge hit all over the world?

Sure it is, with customizable configurations starting from 1.0Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, 4GB SSD Hard Drive, SuSE LED 10 to the top of their class at 1.6Ghz CPU, 2GB RAM, 120GB 7200 Hard Drive, Vista Business. The ASUS Eee PC 900 is also available for $550, but they can't say they have that many versions.

HP 2133 is now available in about 8 versions with prices ranging from $500 to $800. And they have one important upgrade, which can be selected when buying a Mini-Note. That is, drums rolling, the option to downgrade to XP instead of the very useful and original annoying Windows Vista.

Apple's Macbook Air has at least one important problem to solve, and that is overheating. This problem has been reported and I would assume Apple would solve it by the time they launch the next version. Just in case your Air needs more air in order for you to keep doing what you're doing without any time off for cooling, here's an external cooler, the Zephyr from Moshi. It might be the world's slimmest cooler designed for the world's slimmest laptop.

Apple is thinking outside of the box all the time. I think I said this already elsewhere, but they are thinking so outside the box the box isn't even there. And that's what you'd have to do too as an Apple owner. That's what they expect from you when you use their products I guess..

This lady in New York had her house broken into. A few things were stolen, among which a Mac laptop. While at work she was given a call by a friend who told her laptop just logged in. Luckily for her, she works in an Apple store. She used another Mac and went Back to My Mac to get to her iSight built in camera on. That way she was able to see and even recognize the thief. The rest is history already, with the help of police she got her laptop back.

Dell is one of the largest mid-range laptop sellers. They offer cheap, affordable solutions to everyone looking for a laptop. Their systems are competitive and dependable but if you want more out of your notebook then I am sure you have already thought about buying an Apple right?

But Dell is on the lookout and they must know what people are waiting for. So looking at the leaked picture above I can't help but thinking, are they just trying to impress or is this real? The new Dell Inspirons called 1435,1535 and 1735 are going to hit the stores May 26 (1535 ) and June 9th (1735) and October (1435). They are supposed to be thinner then usual Inspirons and therefore not so heavy. And thrust me, they were heavy! Are they going for the slick Macbook Pro look? Are they going to bring up performance as well?

Besides the 1-1.5 inch "upgrade", Dell is going to throw in slot-loading (Blu-ray) drives, 3G options and processors running up to Core 2 Duo T5850 2.16GHz. Dell suddenly appears more attractive to me. Unfortunatelly they still run Windows Vista XP.

Continue Reading: New Dell Inspirons to Challange Apple's MacBook Pro

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Dell XPS M1730 Coming Soon
The Revamped Dell Inspiron 1525 Notebook
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For all Toshiba fans out there, and not only, we have some good news. This company is working at full strength and they have just announced the new Portégé M800.
What did they hide in this laptop exactly? Let me show you:

• 13.3-inch,
• weight in at 4.3-pounds,
• beautiful design,
• processor 2GHz Core 2 Duo T5750,
• 1GB of DDR2 RAM,
• 250GB hard drive,
• WXGA (1280 x 800),
• 1.3-megapixel webcam with microphone,
• Intel's GMA X3100 graphics set,
• DVD burner,
• three USB 2.0 ports, FireWire/VGA/headphone sockets,
• 802.11a/g/n WiFi, 56k modem, gigabit Ethernet and Bluetooth
• Vista Home Premium (it's uninstallable don't worry).

And how much does the new Portégé Laptop? That's a good question we would like answered. The M800 will be a limited edition and as for availability, you will get in only later this year if you are in Europe or the Middle East

There's no need to tell you what Alienware is and what they stand for, but just in case you haven't heard about them, they're an amazingly creative hardware company.

A while ago we showed you what Area 51 m17x is exactly so I would only have to remind you this is one of the most powerful laptops designed so far. It's a very expensive dependable choice whether you are a gamer, a writer or a hi-tech graphic designer. If you love movies or you yourself create any media, you should choose it too. I'd have a hard time choosing between the m17x, a couple of Dell XPS systems and a few Apple MacBooks.

The Area 51 m17x it's fully customizable online right now and ready to be shipped. Price ranging from $2200 to $4200 depending on what you mount on it. Which one would you choose?

Sony is working hard for developing a viable new battery to mount on their cell phone line. Small Fuel Cells 2008, which took place from April 30 to May 2, 2008, in Atlanta was the perfect place to show off their new 50 x 30mm fuel system.

This new battery is based on methanol which it uses as fuel. It's an actual active fuel-cell system which will control the actual fuel supply with a pump. The power output is supplemented by a Li-polymer secondary battery and it can reach 3W if needed. Using this type of battery will get you up to 14 hours of continuous cell phone video.

Wonder what the competition is doing battery-wise. I always thought Nokia batteries rule but I'd try out one of this Sony babies when they will come out!

Fujitsu LifeBook U810 and Fujitsu T2010 Tablet PC have been revealed since January at CES 2008. What we didn't know yet were their prices. The two tablet PCs have both the built in HSDPA modem for better, faster connectivity. 3G access will be provided, and there's no surprise here, by AT&T with download speeds from 600 to 1400kbps and upload speeds from 500 to 800 kbps. But let's look at the prices! The U810 model has an 800Mhz processor topped by 1GB of DDR2 RAM. It has both Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity options, an USB port, VGA out and Ethernet slots. The U810 runs either Windows Vista or XP and has a 5.6 inch touch screen LCD and a 40 GB hard drive. Battery life is up to 5.5 hours which is a good thing to keep in mind. If you choose this one you will have to pay $999 for it and add an extra $200 for the HSDPA modem. The T2010 has a 12.1 inch WXGA indoor/outdoor LED. The processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo 7600 with ultra low voltage. Battery life is said to be up to 11 hours which is remarkable. I would choose this tablet PC (with a Windows XP) if I needed one badly. This model's price starts at $1,499 but then you add the extra $200 for the modem. Remember the ModBook? How would you like a Fujitsu real tablet PC instead?

I thought today was a cell phone news only day but here we have a scoop on the future 17 inch Asus G70 (gaming) Notebook.

Here are some specs which will make everyone want more:

• Intel Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Extreme processor,
• 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi,
• twin 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GTs,
• up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM,
• dual hard drives availability,
• WUXGA / WXGA,
• Blu-ray writer,
• 2-megapixel camera,
• Bluetooth 2.0+EDR,
• gigabit Ethernet,
• 8-cell battery,
• built-in Altec Lansing stereo speakers,
• a subwoofer,
• an embedded TV tuner,
• a remote control.

How would you like to take it for a test? I wonder how this 10.6 pound mammoth costs and how can it live up to the famous Dell's XPS systems?

The Asus Eee PC 4G-XU Notebook, one of the most successful sub notebook computers designed by Asus, and probably the one that started the hype for subnotebook computers now comes in 3 different colors. For those users always on the lookout for new styles, new skins, this is going to be great news. As seen in the picture, the ASUS Eee PC 4G-XU will now come in colors of pastel blue, pastel green and pastel pink. Really, I'm not into colorful gadgets, I'm more of a black/white/gray sleek-device type of guy, so I leave it up to those who like it to decide.

via: asus

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Asus Eee PC 900 is Now Official
Asus Releases Accessories for Eee PC Mobile
Asus Eee PC 10-inches And Asus Eee With Atom Inside

That's right, the laptop is given for free. Of course terms and conditions may apply but you can indeed get the 2GB Asus Eee PC 700 when you switch to a bank's checking account.

You have to be Canadian (sorry everyone) in order to get this deal. And you would have to contact your local RBC Royal Bank branch to go through the necessary steps in order to get this free computer. I actually wonder what the catch is for them to afford buying as many laptops, each one worth $300. I am sure they will get their money back from their future customers right?

Nevertheless this is a good marketing idea. Offering an Asus Eee PC is so much more than offering a $25 gift card. I wonder where this innovative idea lead to, in terms of bank services. Who's going to be the first bank to offer a free iPhone?

A Dell laptop is possibly one of the best deals available worldwide. Not only are they dependable but they are also fairly cheap making them always a good pick.

The recently announced Dell Vostro 1310 and 1510 are now available for sale in the US market with the 1710 model to be accound in the future. They will be available in stores and they should already be ready to be purchased through their online store.They are quite portable and really affordable with the 1310 starting from $749 and the 1510 starting from $599. And they can deliver the expected quality we need when working on the go.

They are customizable of course and you'd be interested to know you can pack an Intel CPU up to a Core 2 Duos with RAM upgradeable to 4GB and hard disk drives ranging from 80GB to 250GB. Other more interesting feature include fingerprint readers, TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 1.2 module, cable lock slot and factory-installed security software. There's no trialware preinstalled and you can opt in for either a Windows Vista OS or the more reliable Windows XP. Dell will offer some interesting free services such as 10GB of DataSafe Online Backup, Network Assistant and PC TuneUp.

If you were looking for a cheap notebook (like I am) you might just check one of these up!

Continue reading: Dell Vostro 1310, 1510 Laptops Now Available in the U.S.

The last model in the latest Toshiba's Satellite Pro extension is Pro L350 Laptop. This one equips a 17-inch spacey XGA+ TruBrite display. The Notebook features a 10-key numeric pad, 802.11 a/g/n wireless, 160GB HDD and webcam with microphone. This affordable Laptop is priced $1, 0991. The Pro Range lets you save your cost for purchasing an extra monitor. For more information visit Toshiba's online shop.

Apple's MacBook is a proof to what thinking outside of the box means. It's a very reliable laptop for a multitude o situations. What it isn't is a tablet PC. Although tablet PCs have their popularity among a certain share of the market, Apple hasn't created any tablets (yet).

Axiotron took a MacBook and converted it into a tablet called the Modbook. What they simply did is remove the keyboard, mouse pad and LCD and replaced them with an LCD digitized display and a pen to work on that new surface. This is not a touch screen so your finger won't work.The price for which such a piece of equipment retails is $2.279. Too much you say? I agree.

I could give you specs but I won't because this machine uses everything from that original MacBook. Axiotron haven't changed anything under the hood and everything is still there working as it should. The OS is still a Mac OS X with no modifications other than adding the pen drivers.

So I think a better move would be waiting for an official Apple tablet. I am sure they aren't ignoring that segment of the market. I'd certainly wouldn't pay extra for turning my MacBook into something I can't fully use. What do I mean? I would miss the keyboard, and I'd hate the fact I can't switch from landscape to portrait or the fact that the new LCD is not as mobile as expected from a tablet. And if you really really need that tablet PC, you'd better get an extra one instead of turning your Apple into a mutant. That way you will benefit from both worlds. The artist in you will definitely choose!

Continue reading: Axiotron converts MacBook into tablet PC Modbook

ASUS has recently unveiled X80LE-4P099H Notebook PC in the Korea market. This low-end Laptop is powered by Intel Celeron 550 processor. It features Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, 120GB of SATA drive, 1GB of DDR2 memory expandable up to 2GB and support for SPDIF slot. You can purchase ASUS X80LE-4P099H Notebook PC from ASUS's online shop. The notebook comes with a 2 year warranty and online support. It is expected to be available at 600,000(KRW).