We often talk about laptops and their batteries. We’ve heard how various manufacturers promised long lasting batteries for our future next notebooks. And I am not talking about the small netbooks which require less juice to work.

Pixel Qi might be the company that’s going to deliver a 40-hours laptop battery up and running sometime in the second half of 2009. Imagine being able to use a laptop for a whole day and even more without a charge. We’ll be back with more news when these batteries become available.

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In case you are waiting for the first nebook to pack any other processor than the current Intel Atom than you are in for a surprise. AMD won’t enter the netbook business. Why do they want to do such a thing? Well CEO Dirk Meyer is simply ignoring it:

We’re ignoring the Netbook phenomenon—just thinking about PC form factors above that form factor.

AMD says that people, dissatisfied with them netbooks have turned to AMD computers. Hmmm, the grapes might be sour for AMD. I am surely no netbook lover, but I can count the million units sold so far. And manufacturers keep making more.

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The 14.1 inch B80A from Asus might be just the next business laptop you’re going to work with. So what’s hot about this new business notebook? Here are some specs for all you cubicals lovers:

• 14.1-inch WXGA (or WXGA+) display
• Intel’s Core 2 Duo T9400/T5850/P8600/P7350
• up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM
• SATA 160GB/250GB HDD
• dual-layer DVD writer
• 1.3-megapixel webcam
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• WiFi
• 6-cell battery
• HDMI output
• backlit, spill-proof keyboard and
• fingerprint reader.

There’s no price or release date available yet. But hang on to your current laptop, we’ll find them all out for you.

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Fujitsu has announced upgrades for three LifeBook notebooks which are meant to make them faster, safer and even more stylish. We are going to talk about the Lifebook A6220 today, but if you are interested in other lifebooks, you’ll have to know that the P8020 and T2020 LifeBooks have also new interesting features.

The A6220 is a 15.4 inch laptop which has a 15.4 inch Crystal View WXGA display and an Intel Centrino 2 processor. From now it will have swappable lids. That means you will be able to keep your laptop in fashion while dealing with any scratches that might occur. The lids come in indigo, red and gold so you will three versions to choose from. The lids are available from Fujitsu. Indigo comes as default while the red and gold options are available for $19.95 each.

Pricing for the A6220 starts at $1,299 for the basic configuration. Here’s what it would look like:

• Intel(R) Centrino(R) 2 processor technology with Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P8400
• Powerful ATI RADEON(R) HD 3470 with fast DDR3 dedicated graphics and up to 1.9 GB of HyperMemory support
• Gesture-enabled touchpad for easy scrolling and zooming, and wireless USB option for added convenience
• Removable dust-filter, spill-resistant keyboard and shock mount hard drive offer added reliability and peace of mind
• Integrated HDMI port and optional Blu-ray(TM) optical drives for a high-definition experience
• Fast E-SATA port for transferring photos and large files, and fast and longer range 802.11N wireless option
• Fingerprint sensor option for security and password management

So what would you choose? The new MacBook or the LifeBooks A6220?

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We already know about Asus‘ intentions to release a touchscreen Eee PC. But the computers manufacturer won’t stop there. In preparation for Windows 7 which will show officially up next year, Asus will have several laptops with touchscreens waiting for Microsoft’s new OS. There’s not much info about the new computers but it’s said that Asus will worki with AU Optronics or Chi Mei Optoelectronics 11.6 or 12.1 inch versions. We’re in for a long wait. 2009 is still far away and Asus has plenty of time to announce features and prices for the upcoming touchscreen laptops.

We’re about six hours away of the Apple MacBook event and we are anxious to see if any of the rumors we’ve had so far will be confirmed. So far we’ve seen the Brick Aluminum design; we’ve heard about the Apple netbook which is supposed to cost around $900; we’ve seen Best Buy prices which also revealed different color schemes and we’ve read quite a lot about the price cut everyone is expecting.

We don’t know that many things about the Air and we hope we will be in for some surprises. As we did with other Apple events, we’re going to keep you updated later on today when we’re going to be covering the event.

Apple’s MacBook event is less than 24 hours away. We’re waiting for Steve Jobs to deliver one more keynote this year, which we will, of course, deliver to you live. Until then we have more rumors to check out and share with you guys. This time we’re taking a look at Best Buy inventory lists which contain new MacBook and MacBook Pros. Below we have the rumored prices by model, size and color:

GREEN: $1,999.99 - 15″ MacBook Pro base model
PURPLE: $2,799.99 - 17″ MacBook Pro base model
YELLOW: $1,499.99 - 13″ MacBook top end model
BLUE: $2,499.99 - 15″ MacBook Pro mid model
ORANGE: $1,299.99 - 13″ MacBook mid Model
RED: $1,099.99 - 13″ MacBook base model

From where I am sitting, I can’t see any price cuts. And where’s the Air? Best Buy? What about the rumored Apple netbook? We’re going to see the real deal tomorrow!

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If you remember correctly, when we started talking about Dell’s notebooks, the E Slim line, we had some leaked info according to which Dell was supposed to launch multiple notebooks of different sizes. We already have the Inspiron Mini 9 but that’s about it.

So what do we have in the picture here? It might just be the 12 inch Dell E Slim notebook we have been waiting for. We don’t have anything official yet but who knows what next week will bring. Besides the new Apples we might see new Dell showing up.

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Asus is ready to install touchscreens in their future netbooks, but in the mean time MSI is ready to launch their next generation netbooks the Wind 2. The Wind U120 is a 10 inch netbook which will have a 120GB HDD or a choice of SSD, 802.11n WiFi and 3G via HSDPA. The exterior looks pretty much like its predecessor, but I think you should be interested in what’s inside.

The U120 is coming this December and it will cost around $600.

Besides the aluminum brick rumor and the already leaked photos of it, we have found another rumor worth spreading. Although there’s no confirmation yet from Apple it looks like various retailers have received inventory info showing an $800 laptop coming. Could it be Apple’s first netbook? I was wondering when would they start making them. Besides this the $800 model a whole new list of notebooks are rumored to be on the same inventory list.

What say you Apple? What about the MacBook event?

Dell has recently launched its netbook line. The Inspiron Mini 9 entered the market a little late, but I am confident it will catch the competition soon. And Dell went ahead and made its netbook available with Linux OS but with a twist. If you want to choose Ubuntu 8.04 as your default operating system then you will automatically choose the 8GB SSD model. If you want more memory, better get a card or an external hard drive.

The Mini 9 Linux version costs £269 or $472 while the Windows XP version costs £299 or $525.

With 9 days left until the Mac event, more and more rumors are getting released. Most of recent ones talk about are either “leaked” shots or stories about how new Macs are being made.

This rumor right here says Apple is manufacturing MacBook cases from a single piece of Aluminum. That would be the MacBook Brick. If that’s true, may we please have a location of the plant that’s supposed to make them? If it’s true, how come we didn’t hear anything about it earlier?

I’m looking forward to see what Apple is going to pull of on October 14th. And I am interested in more than just the deign.

HP is trying to reinvent itself or what? I guess all PC manufacturers should be getting their act together and come up with some new models right about now. The Mac special event is due to arrive and I’m sure a lot of people would want a new Mac no matter if they end up buying one or not.

HP has launched two new special edition laptops. The dv4t and the dv5t. The first has a 14.1 inch with WXGA panel, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a NVIDIA 512MB GeForce 9200M GS, a Core 2 Duo processor of your liking, up to 400GB of HDD space, WiFi and WWAN and an integrated HDTV hybrid tuner. The dv5t has a 15.4 inch LCD, GMA4500MHD integrated graphics, Blu-ray besides what you’ve already read about the dv4t.

What’s special about these two laptops? I guess it must be the fancy design, right? Pricing starts at $1,099.99 for the dv4t and at $949 for the dv5t.

MLC technology or multi-level-cell technology has been included in the new Toshiba SSD drives. These come in 8G, 16GB, 32GB and 250GB. What happened with the gap? Nothing in between 32GB and 256GB? Netbooks and desktops/laptops versions right? (more…)

Samsung is in officially in the netbook business with their NC10 netbook release. Samsung will roll out a 10 inch model. The rest of the specs are pretty much similar to what we have been used to see so far: (more…)

Here are two of Lenovo’s newest ThinkPads. One is the X200t tablet and the other one is the laptop version codenamed X200s. The tablet comes as an X61t replacement. In October when both of them will finally be available they will cost anywhere from $2,325, with the tablet getting the more expensive price.

Inside there’s a processor ranging from 1.2GHz SU9300 Core 2 Duo to a 1.86GHz SL9400, up to 4GB of RAM, a 128GB Samsung SSD, integrated graphics card, WWAN, WiMAX and UWB. Built-in GPS comes with the WWAN option A Led backlit screen and a battery running about 15 hours complete the specs. Reduced touch pressure with Wacom digitizer and a dual swivel hinge will be some of the feature you will come to love.

Although expensive, I’d consider the tablet version if I was looking for a new tablet. What do you think?

Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 is certainly one of the most expensive tablet-UMPC out there. No matter what it packs inside the hefty price of $1,300 will make you want to buy a new Mac instead. (more…)

The Dell Mini E series aka the Dell Inspiron 910 aka the Dell Mini 9 has been officially launched. We were expecting it to hit any moment and Dell finally delivered.
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We’ve been waiting for this Dell for quite a while now. It’s the future rival of the Eee and the Wind, but it’s not officially out yet. According to latest rumors the new release date for the Inspiron 910 is September 5th.

If that’s true, in less than three days the first Dell E-Mini comes out. The netbook will offer you a choice of RAM from 512MB to 1GB, a choice of SSD from 4 to 16GB and an WWAN option. According to leaked specs we also know Dell wants to sell it for $299 and we know it has ordered about a million of them. Will any of this get confirmed this Friday?

The simple word Commodore brings back good memories for lots of grown ups. Well in case you want a modern Commodore gadget in your home, look for the Commodore UMMD 8010/F netbook.

And now get ready for the Eee deja-vu part. The Commodore netbook spotted at the IFA in Berlin will have a 10 inch display, a 1.6GHz Via C7-M processor, an 80GB HDD, 1GB or RAM, a 1.3 megapixel camera 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth. Well not exactly a deja-vu here, but the numbers in those features are similar to so many netbooks currently available. The pricing is rather high as this one will cost $610. I’m guessing we’re paying for the name more than for the actual specs there.

In case you’ll be needing desperately a Commodore netbook, go look for Dutch company Yeahronimo Media Ventures as they are the ones that own the name and the device.