Spring has announced the availability of the Dell Mini 10 netbook, the first mobile device that offers fast Internet access thanks to Sprint’s 3G network. It is compact and affordable and is now available at all Sprint stores by the Bay Area for $199.99. It comes with activation on a Sprint Mobile Broadband plan with a 2 year service agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Among the features of the Dell Mini 10 include an embedded EV-DO which reportedly supports faster data rates and higher system capacities which should deliver high speed web access when needed for any purpose. It also boasts of a 10.1” LED, an Intel Atom Processor Z520, a 1.3 MP webcam and a 160 GB HDD among others. It weighs just 2.6 lbs.

(Source) Press

Tags: Atom, Dell, Dell, high speed, Intel, internet access, Laptops, mail, mobile device, mp, speed web, sprint mobile broadband, system capacities, web access, webcam

Here’s something nobody expected from Windows 7. It looks like the new Microsoft OS and the iPhone don’t really like each other. There are various syncing issues already reported but Microsoft is not to blame this time. At fault seems to be Intel’s P55 Express chipset and its USB controller. People say that the iPhone gets recognized but syncing is not possible. We’ll be waiting for an official stance on the matter and the parties involved should better find a fix for it. The iPhone is the best sold phone so far and Windows 7 is already very popular. Naturally there are quite a lot of iPhone owners out there that will be using Windows 7 soon. And let’s not forget that Apple is getting ready to ship iMacs packing Intel Core i5 and i7 processors in November. Cupertino would hate to see similar syncing problems occur especially between iMacs and iPhones. So what do you say Intel? Is a fix coming soon?

via TheRegister

Tags: Alltel, Apple, Core i5, Core i7, imac, Intel, iPhone, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Windows 7

In case you are waiting for Intel to launch USB 3.0 chipsets then we have some really bad news for you. Although the new USB standard has been official for quite a while, Intel will apparently start delivering those USB 3.0 chipsets only in 2011.

Various manufacturers have already started making USB 3.0 gadgets which we won’t be able to enjoy in the near future. According to inside sources “tech and strategy groups [at Intel] are not always aligned with the product development teams that are in the mode of trying to make revenue and prioritize what to integrate.”

In other words there’s no point in buying USB 3.0 devices just yet since it will take two years until Intel starts offering USB 3.0 chipsets to the masses. What do you say folks, is this fair to us? Aren’t we entitled to USB 3.0 speeds?

via EETimes

Tags: 2011, chipset, delay, Intel, Mobile News, Portable Devices, USB 3.0

Two new notebooks were released in the market today, the Gateway EC Series which comes in two sizes, a 15.6” and 11.6” for the people who seek premium aid from mobile computing devices. The 15.6” notebooks come in two models: EC58 and EC54. Both weigh about 5.29 lbs. and are 1” thick. They are designed in a brushed aluminium alloy chassis available in Arctic Silver and Pacific Blue. Among the highlights of these notebooks include Intel Core 2 Duo or Pentium Dual-Core processors, a 16:9 aspect ratio, 4GB DDR3 memory (upgradeable up to 8GB), a web camera, 320GB HDD, and a 8X DVD drive. They retail for about $649.99.

The EC14 is the one with the 11.6” HD LED backlit display. It weighs only 3.79 lbs and comes in Cherry Red or NightSky Black colors. Among the features of the EC14 include a choice of processor ranging from Pentium Dual Core, Intel Celeron Dual Core and Celeron Single Core. It has a hard drive of up to 320GB, 4GB of memory (expandable up to 8GB), web camera, and a multi-in-1 card reader. The EC14 retails for $549.99.

(Source) Press

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Acer seems to be busy these days. After releasing one laptop after another, they have another product released in the market with the Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9012 Nettop. This nettop is an ultra-sleek, dark blue device that is practically the size of a book. The AspireRevo R3610-U9012 features an Intel Atom 330 Processor (1.6GHz), Integra NVIDIA Ion Graphics Solution, 2GB DDR SDRAM, 160GB SATA HDD, multi-in-1 card reader and interface ports such as HDMI, eSata and VGA.

The AspireRevo R3610-U9012 is a functional solution for home PC needs and various multimedia endeavors which includes gaming when connected to an LCD or TV. The Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9012 retails for $329.99 and is now available in the U.S.

(Source) Press

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Acer launches its first touch screen notebook with Windows 7 Home Premium with the Acer Aspire AS5738PG notebook PC. With the AS5738PG, owners can now use the touch screen as an alternative way of interface for varied uses such as playing movies, navigating through websites and launching installed applications.

Among the striking features of this Acer notebook include a 15.6” HD CineCrystal LED backlit multi-touch screen display, an Intel Core Duo processor T6600, 4GB DDR memory, 320GB SATA HD, 8X DVD multi-double layer drive, built-in stereo sound speakers with Dolby Optimized Surround Sound and an Acer Crystal Eye webcam (640×480). The Acer Aspire AS5738PG notebook PC will retail for $799.99 and will be available starting October 22 at local retailers.

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For the people on the go, here is another potential notebook you can consider having along. Acer unveils its latest portable computing device with the releases of the Acer Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ 11.6-inch notebook. Boasting of an 11.6” HD LED backlit-display(1366×768, 16:9 aspect ratio), the Acer AS1810TZ is powered by an Intel Core Duo processor, an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 4096MB DDR2 memory, 320 GB HDD, webcam, multi-in-1 card reader, HDMI port and more. The Acer Aspire AS1810TZ notebook retails for $599.99 and will be available by October 22.

There are other models as well with varying screen size. Pricing is indicated below for reference.

• Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810T-8737 (13.3” LED-backlit TFT LCD screen) ($799.99)
• Acer Aspire Timeline AS4810TZ-4508 (14” LED-backlit TFT LCD screen) ($649.99)
• Acer Aspire Timeline AS5810TZ-4784 (15.6” LED-backlit TFT LCD screen) ($649.99)

(Source) Press

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Acer has formally unveiled its first laptop with touch screen capability which should provide another way of interface and navigation from people who put premium on functional features for notebooks today. The Acer 5738PG laptop highlights this new feature, a first for the company as well as standard features of their latest offering that include a notebook powered by an Intel Core Duo with ATI Radeon HD 4570 with a 15.6” LED-backlit screen (1366×768 resolution). Other specs include 4GB RAM, 320GG HDD, HDMI out and 4 USB 2.0 ports. The Acer 5738 laptop will retail for $799.99 and is expected to come out by October 22 along with a Windows 7 OS.

(Source) Engadget

Tags: Acer, ati radeon, backlit screen, functional features, hd, HDD, Intel, intel core duo, interface, laptop, Laptops, netbooks, new feature, notebook, Notebooks, ports, screen capability, touch screen

Hewlett Packard has unveiled two thin full-performance notebooks in the market which should add to the everyday mobility and computing needs of consumers today. HP presents the HP ProBook 5310m and HP Pavilion dm3, both slim and stylish which should capture the eye of techie geeks looking for new laptops available in the market.

The HP ProBook 5310m boasts of a 0.9” thin frame which weighs only 3.7 lbs. It comes with a 13.3” diagonal LED HD display and a standard voltage processor for maximum productivity. It comes in two optional processors, an Intel Celeron dual core ($699) and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor ($899) with a battery that can last up to 7 hours of use.

The HP Pavilion dm3 offers a choice between AMD ($549) and Intel ($649) processors and features a 13.3” diagonal LED HD display and a battery that can last up to 10 hours.

(Source) Press

Tags: AMD, consumers, dual core, hewlett packard, HP, HP, hp pavilion, Intel, intel celeron, intel core 2, intel core 2 duo, intel core 2 duo processor, Laptops, Laptops, maximum productivity, Notebooks, processors, thin frame

If recent reports from DigiTimes are to be believed, we may be seeing 2 ASUS branded ultrathin laptops featuring Intel’s 45nm Celeron 745 and SUE2300 processors make their debut sometime next week.

There isn’t much more to know other than the first markets getting the laptops will apparantly be Europe, Taiwan and China sometime right around September 7th.

These reports are added to the fact that ASUS president, Jerry Shen, had previously stated that ultrathin laptops will make up for 10-20% of the company’s laptop shipments for Q3 of 2009.

Tags: ASUS, cpu, Intel, jerry shen, penryn, ultrathin, Uncategorized

A new all-in-one PC has been unveiled by Medion, the Medion Akoya “The Touch” X9613 all-in-one PC. From the name alone, you know that this PC features touchscreen technology, all 24” of it. The Akoya X9613 comes with a 24” multi-touch-capable screen together with an impressive list of specs that can really get you drooling.

The PC features Intel’s 2.0GHz Core 2 Quad Q9000 CPU with 4GB of RAM, NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 240M graphics card and a Blu-ray drive for its main specifications. With those specs, this PC can deliver the expected 1920×1080 HD we are all raving about these days. It also has boasts of SCART and VGA inputs, and three TV tuners.

Among the other goodies included are the 1TB hard-drive, eSATA, S/PDIF, WiFi b/g/n, gigabit ethernet and Bluetooth 2.1, together with a webcam and stereo speakers plus subwoofer.

There will be two models available. One will retail for $2,152 while the other $2,727. No word on what model or specs would differentiate them.

(Source) Slashgear

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MSI has big plans for the netbook business especially considering that Windows 7 is soon going to be available worldwide. The company plans to launch what looks to be a totally hot netbook next year. The U150 will use Intel’s Pine Trail chipset and will offer you a resistive touchscreen. We don’t have all the features just yet but the U150 already looks promising. We’ll be waiting for CES 2010 to see Intel’s Pine Trail chipset at work and we’re counting on more netbook makers to start planning for this new generation of touch-friendly netbooks which will be running Windows 7.

via Engadget

Tags: Intel, MSI, netbooks, netbooks, Pine Trail, U150, Windows 7

MSI will be unveiling a new netbook soon and it is called the MSI Wind U150 Notebook. What makes it so special? The new MSI Wind U150 netbook will make use of touchscreen technology as well as the new Pine Trail Atom platform. The new MSI netbook is expected to be unveiled at the CES.

MSI is hoping to be the first company to land the Pine Trail Atom since Intel has not officially launched the latest Atom processor in the market. The Pine Trail Atom seems to be one of the marquee features of this latest MSI Wind netbook since it reportedly shows improved graphic performance and improved power consumption.

And the other marquee feature is the touchscreen, 10-inch convertible U150 with Windows 7. But before all that happens, MSI will be unveiling the 12” Wind U210 which makes use of the AMD platform. It will be available in two variants: one with Windows XP, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive retailing for about $379 and another running on Vista Premium for $429.

The U210 will be available in the U.S. this coming September.

(Source) Gizmodo

Tags: 160gb hard drive, AMD, amd platform, Atom, ces, coming in september, graphic performance, improved power, Intel, Laptops, marquee feature, MSI, netbook, notebook, Pine Trail, power consumption, variants, Windows XP

It’s again time to talk about tablets and we don’t mean Apple’s upcoming iTablet. Today we’re talking about Dell’s future gadgets which include a MID, a smartphone and apparently a touchscreen tablet. What’s more interesting is the fact that Dell is planning to offer said tablet for free when future customers sign up for a contract or for “one or more digital media subscriptions. As you already imagine, details about Dell future gadgets are pretty scarce so far but people say Intel will be working together with Dell in order to launch the table in about six months from now.

via Wired

Tags: Apple, Dell, handset, Intel, MID, Mobile News, Portable Devices, tablet

Compaq has today announced two notebooks for business use; the 515 and 610. Those hoping to play Crysis on one of these need not apply.

Anyways, the 515 will featurea  14.1-inch display, an AMD Athlon X2 or Turion X2 CPU, up to 3GB of RAM, an ATI RAdeon HD 3200 GPU, up to 250GB of hard drive space and a starting price of $429. The 610, on the other hand,will feature a 15.6-inch display, an Intel Core 2 Duo or Celeron Dual-Core processor, up to 3GB of RAM, an Intel GMA X3100 GPU, up to 250GB of hard drive space and a starting price of $449.

Any takers?

via Laptoping

Tags: 515, 610, AMD, athlon x2, ati radeon hd 3200, Business, celeron dual core, Compaq, core 2 duo, Intel, intel gma x3100, Laptops, Mobile News, notebook, turion x2

Intel has recently issued a press release detailing their recently launched 34nm SSDs. Despite featuring so called “advanced” technology buzz circulating suggests that the average user won’t notice any notable performance gains, but then what’s so special about them?

Well, Intel is hoping that the price tag will set them apart from the rest with the 80GB version being priced at $225 and the 160GB version at $440. Intel also lets us know that 1 year ago these two drives were priced at $595 and $945 respectively.

Will you be picking up one of Intel’s new 34nm SSDs or do they need to release them in higher capacities to win you over?

Press release after the break.

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Tags: 160gb, 34nm, 80gb, Desktop PCs, Intel, Laptops, solid state drive, SSD

AMD is ready to make a move in the nettop and all-in-one PC business. The company already has a platform ready to compete against Intel’s Atom platform. The Neo has so far remained pretty quiet but AMD is apparently going to use it in future nettops and all-in-one PCs. Here’s what Bob Grim, AMD’s director of client marketing said:

We’ve known all along that this type of technology would really work well in multiple platforms and multiple types of form factors. These CPUs perform better than the Atom processor, and the graphics are superior. These things… can play Blu-rays, they can play games.

AMD hasn’t revealed any details regarding any future products but we’re suspecting it’s only a matter of time until it does. What would you choose between Intel’s Atom and AMD’s Neo platform?

via thestandard

Tags: all-in-one, AMD, Atom, Desktop PCs, Intel, Mobile News, neo, nettop, pc, Portable Devices

Now don’t get all scared/excited folks! This is just a rumor circling the web today. It seems that Apple is considering replacing NVIDIA chips in its future Macs as it looks like negotiations between the two companies have come to a halt. Is AMD/ATI stepping in? Are we going to see Apple work with Intel? Are the new Macs going to have Core i7 chips under the hood? Is that even possible at this point? Right now we don’t have any official position from neither Apple nor NVIDIA. We can assume that Apple is punishing NVIDIA for the recent chip defects spotted in new Macs. And considering the fact that the Cupertino-based company has been hiring lots of former AMD graphics employees we can also assume that something’s happening and the future of MacBooks might be totally different.

via semiaccurate

Tags: AMD, Apple, ati, chip, chipset, Core i7, Desktop PCs, Intel, Laptops, Macbooks, nvidia

We can honestly say that we knew this was bound to happen. The minute Intel and Nokia shook hands thinking at the future of mobile devices, people must have started wandering when the first Nokia laptop should arrive. And Nokia is on track with its laptop plans for this year. Together with Intel it will launch an Atom-based netbook sometime in the third quarter of the year, according to the Commercial Times.

The Nokiabook will probably be made by Compal and Quanta, two companies well versed in the netbook-making business. Compal will go even further and create a Qualcomm Snapdragon Nokia smartbook but we don’t have any specific details for any of those future Nokia devices just yet.

via intomobile

Tags: Atom, Compal, handset, Intel, Mobile News, netbooks, Nokia, Nokia, Nokiabook, Portable Devices, Quanta, Smartbooks

HP is proud to unveil their latest addition to the already saturated netbook market, the Mini 5101. As you can see from the above shot this is definitely one of the finer looking laptops. But who cares about looks, it’s all about specs, right?

Under the hood of the Mini 5101 you will find one of Intel’s Atom processors, a 7200 RPM hard drive or 80/128GB SSD, a 2MP webcam, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 10.1″ 1024 x 600 or 1366 x 768 LED display. Battery wise you’re looking at a 4 or 6 celled battery with the 6 cell being touted as lasting for 8 hours. All of this packed into a modest 2.6 pound package is sure to make netbook buyers turn their heads.

The Mini 5101 starts at $449 and will go on sale next month.

Tags: Atom, bluetooth 2.0, Hardware, HP, Intel, Laptops, led display, mini 5101, Mobile News, netbook, Processor, web cam