Asus was one of the first companies to bring ultrabooks to market in 2011. Now the company is getting ready to launch its second-generation models. The ultraportable laptops will come with 11.6 inch or 13.3 inch displays and Intel Core i5 or Core i7 Ivy Bridge processors. But what really sets the Asus Zenbook ultrabooks apart from the competition are…
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The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is a 10 inch Android tablet with a high resolution 1920 x 1200 pixel display and an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. Acer started showing off an early build of the tablet at CES in January, but we haven’t seen much of it since then. Now the Iconia Tab A700 is making its way through…
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Asus is preparing to introduce its second generation Zenbook line of ultrabooks. The original Zenbook UX21 and UX31 were the first thin and light laptops to meet Intel’s ultrabook specifications when they launched in late 2011. So what’s next? Higher resolution displays. Engadget Chinese got an early glimpse at two new ultrabooks from Asus. The company is apparently calling the…
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One of my favorite things about the Asus Zenbook UX31 I reviewed recently was the ultrabooks 13.3 inch, 1600 x 900 pixel display. It’s hard to find a notebook that comes with anything other than a 1366 x 768 pixel screen these days, which seems kind of silly when we’re starting to see 10 inch and smaller tablets with higher…
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The Acer Iconia Tab A200 may have gone up for order in the UK this week, but it’s not the only new tablet Acer will launch in early 2012. We’ve already seen a few clues that the company was working on an A700 model with a 1080p HD display, and now the folks at Russian site NoMobile.ru have some more…
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We’ve seen plenty of indications that Android tablet makers are readying new devices with 10 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel displays. But BGR reports Samsung may be preparing to go a step further by launching a tablet with an 11.6 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display. That would give the Samsung tablet a pixel density similar to the Retina displays…
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Acer appears to be working on a new Android tablet that will feature an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and a screen that will really take advantage of the Tegra’s graphics power. According to details found on the Acer support website, the upcoming Acer Iconia Tab A700 tablet will have a 1920 x 1200 pixel display. There’s no word on…
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The Acer Aspire One 522 is the first netbook to ship in the US with a 10.1 inch display and an AMD C-50 processor with Radeon HD 6250 graphics. If it weren’t for the high resolution 1280 x 720 pixel display, you’d probably have a hard time telling this mini-laptop apart from any other netbook. It’s about the same size,…
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Chip maker Marvell is starting to show off a rather exciting reference design for an Android tablet. Powered by a Marvell Armada 600 chip, the tablet has a 10 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel HD display and support for 1080p HD video playback and 3D graphics acceleration. I got a chance to check out a prototype this evening, and I…
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It looks like the Samsung NF310 and HP Mini 5103 have some competition: They’re not the only netbooks avaialble with dual core processors and HD displays anymore. LG has introduced the X170 netbook which packs both of those options. The LG X170 is available with either a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455 single core or 1.5GHz Atom N550 dual core processor….
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If you’re only going to watch one video of something being taken out of a box today, may I humbly suggest you make it this one? The folks at Samsung sent me the new NF310 laptop to review this week, and after the break you can check out my unboxing and first look video. On paper, the Samsung NF310 is…
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Samsung’s first 10 inch netbook with a dual core processor is now shipping in the US. The Samsung NF310 has the same curvy design as the Samsung NF210, but while the NF210 is available exclusively through Sam’s Club in the States, the NF310 is starting to pop up all over the place. Amazon and TigerDirect are both offering the netbook…
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