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Toshiba Satellite U840 14 inch ultrabook arrives in Australia

Brad Linder — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:26:50 +0000

Toshiba has introduced a new ultrabook with a 14 inch display. It will be available soon in Australia for $1499 Australian, or a little over $$1699 US -- but computers tend to be pretty pricey down under. I suspect the Toshiba Satellite U840 will be a little more affordable if and when it makes it to the States. The U840...

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You lose some, you sue some: Apple lawsuits in Germany, Australia

Brad Linder — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:32:15 +0000

In today's edition of the worldwide courtroom drama that is Apple versus everybody, the iPhone and iPad maker is going on the offensive in Australia -- while suffering a pretty serious setback in Germany. Motorola had sued Apple in Germany for infringement of a patent related to email account synchronization. A judge has ruled in Motorola's favor for the second time...

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Court: Samsung can sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia

Brad Linder — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:15:24 +0000

While Samsung's legal battle with Apple over tablets continues in Germany, an Australian court has lifted a ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in that country. This summer Australian authorities had issued a preliminary injunction on Samsung's tablet sales, but an appeals court has overturned that ruling. That's not necessarily the end of the story though. Apple can still appeal...

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Samsung tablet sales paused in Australia due to Apple lawsuit

Brad Linder — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:10:13 +0000

Apple appears to be having much more success with its lawsuits outside of the US these days. This weekend we found out that the Amazon Appstore had stopped accepting software from German developers due to a trademark suit over the term "App Store." Now Bloomberg is reporting that Apple has managed to put a temporary stop to sales of Samsung...

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Kogan to ship a Chromium OS laptop next week

Brad Linder — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:29:45 +0000

Don't want to wait until June 15th to get your hands on a Chromebook from Acer or Samsung? No problem. Starting next week you can pick up a laptop running Chromium OS from Australian consumer electronics company Kogan. The laptop has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.3 GHz Intel Celeron SU2300 processor, 1GB of RAM, a...

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer down under

Brad Linder — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:29:02 +0000

Asus appears to have tackled the supply problems that had been plaguing the Eee Pad transformer. Not only is the $400 Android tablet showing up in stock at more and more US retailers, but the company is also launching the Transformer in additional countries. Today the tablet heads to Australia. It looks like the tablet will run $599 AUD (about...

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Kogan introduces Ubuntu notebook, Android tablet in Australia

Brad Linder — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:35:18 +0000

Kogan Electronics is launching three new budget computing products in Australia: an Android tablet, an Ubuntu notebook, and a set-top-box that brings Android to your TV set. Honestly, I have a hard time getting all that excited about yet another Android tablet, but Agora's model does have one thing going for it -- a low starting price tag of about...

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Dell Inspiron M102z laptop with AMD Fusion now available down under

Brad Linder — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:13:38 +0000

Dell still doesn't offer a notebook with AMD's new Fusion processor in the US, but the folks at APC Magazine report that the Dell M102z is now available in Australia with a choice of an AMC C-50 or AMD E-350 dual core chip. The base model runs $599 Australian and has 2GB of RAM, a 1 GHz AMD C-50 processor...

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Deals of the Day (3-29-11)

Brad Linder — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:00:35 +0000

Netbooks, Notebooks, and Tablets HP Pavilion dm1z 11.6" laptop w/AMD E-350 dual core CPU for $400 - HP (coupon: NB5751) Refurb ASUS Eee PC 1005PEB w/Atom N450, 6 cell battery for $220 - Mwave Velocity Micro Cruz Reader R101 7" Android tablet for $110 - TigerDirect (coupon: WQO22984) Accessories 8GB Apple iPod touch and Insignia NAV01 GPS bundle for...

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Australia’s Pioneer Computers adds a Honeycomb tablet to its lineup

Brad Linder — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:50:24 +0000

Pioneer Computers has produced a couple of interesting tablet designs over the past few years, including the 10 inch DreamBook ePad F10 Oak Trail tablet, and 11.6 inch ePad L11 with an Intel Atom N450 chip. Now the company is introducing a 10 inch tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and Google Android 3.0 operating system. On paper, the...

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Pioneer introduces DreamBook ePad F10 Oak Trail tablet

Brad Linder — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:00:59 +0000

Australian computer company Pioneer has introduced a new 10 inch Windows tablet called the DreamBook ePad F10. The tablet feautres a 1.5 GHz Intel Z670 Oak Trail processor with integrated graphics and a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel multitouch display. The Pioneer DreamBook ePad F10 will be available with up to 2GB of RAM, between 16GB and 128GB of...

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Toshiba NB550D netbook with AMD Ontario chip hits Europe, Australia

Brad Linder — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:58:54 +0000

There's still no mention of the new Toshiba NB550D on the company's US web site. But Toshiba Germany is showing a listing for this new 10 inch mini-laptop with an AMD C-50 Ontario chip, and the folks at PC Authority in Australia have received a demo unit for review. I've reached out to my contacts at Toshiba to see if...

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10 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab on the way?

Brad Linder — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:31:09 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is already one of the hottest Android tablets available, but it looks like Samsung is already thinking ahead toward version 2. Silicon Republic reports that the company plans to release a 10 inch version of the tablet in the first half of 2011 -- although it doesn't sound to me like the site has received confirmation...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet spotted in the wild

Brad Linder — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:13:19 +0000

Samsung hasn't exactly been doing a good job of keeping its upcoming 7 inch Android tablet under wraps. But the company hasn't officially unveiled the device yet, despite a few early photos that were mistakenly shared with the world. But the folks at Electronista spied a device that appears to be a Samsung Galaxy Tab in the wild on a...

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Pioneer DreamBook ePad L11 tablet to to hit Australia next month

Brad Linder — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:20:32 +0000

The Pioneer DreamBook ePad L11 is an 11.6 inch tablet with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor and Windows 7. What really makes this tablet exciting is that while it has netbook-like internals, it comes with some top of the line netbook options including NVIDIA ION graphics, a high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel display, and 16GB through 64GB of...

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