What do you get if you take the HP Envy 6T ultrabook, replace the 15.6 inch display with a higher resolution full HD panel, add a touchscreen, and replace Windows 7 with Windows 8? You get the SpectreXT TouchSmart Ultrabook, a new premium laptop that HP plans to launch in December. It’s not just the […]
August 2012
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CyberPowerPC Zeus-M ultrabook launches for $679
Ultrabooks are thin laptops with relatively zippy Intel processors, solid state storage (or at least a solid state cache drive, and a few other bells and whistles that usually drive up the price. That’s why ultrabooks generally cost a lot more than an average notebook. But the CyberPowerPC Zeus-M ultrabook is one of the most […]
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Asus X201 ultraportable notebook on the way
Asus is adding a new model to its line of low-cost mainstream notebooks. The company introduced an Asus X201 at the IFA trade show in Berlin today. The thin and light notebooks aren’t exactly ultrabooks. They feature hard drives instead of solid state storage, and come with lower power processors than you find in most […]
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Samsung ATIV Tab Windows RT tablet on the way
Samsung’s Windows 8 tablets should hit the streets in late October. But they won’t be Samsung’s only tablets running a Microsoft operating system. Samsung is also introducing a 10 inch Windows RT tablet called the ATIV Tab. The ATIV Tab features a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor and Microsoft’s new version of Windows […]
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Samsung Galaxy Camera is powered by Android
Most smartphones feature cameras. But the Samsung Galaxy Camera is something else — it’s first and foremost a camera with a high quality lens. It just happens to have the elements of a decent smartphone or media player including a 4.8 inch touchscreen LCD and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. The Galaxy Camera doesn’t […]
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Samsung introduces Galaxy Note II, with an even bigger display
Samsung unveiled its second-generation Galaxy Note smartphone today. It has a slightly larger screen, a faster processor, and a bigger battery — but the Galaxy Note II will actually be a hair thinner than the original Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note will ship in the US in mid-November. The Galaxy Note II continues to blur […]
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Samsung Series 5, Series 7 Windows 8 hybrid tablets to run $649 and up
Samsung is launching two new tablet/notebook hybrid computers next month, The Samsung Series 5 and Series 7 Hybrids will be available on October 26th, the same day Windows 8 launches. In some parts of the globe, these tablets will be sold as the Samsung ATIV Smart PC and the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro. That’s […]
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Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite Android tablet coming in October for 249 Euros
Huawei’s new 7 inch tablet should be available in Europe in October for 249 Euros, or about $312 US. We first heard about the Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite last month, but the company hadn’t made price and availability information available until this week. The tablet features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel IPS display, a 1.2 […]
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Sony VAIO Tap20 blurs the line between desktop, tablet PC
Tired of tablets with puny 10 inch displays? Sony’s got an answer: the Sony VAIO Tap20, a Windows 8 computer with a 20 inch display. You can use it as an all-in-one desktop, or as an enormous tablet. There’s a kick-stand built into the back of the machine, letting you prop it up on table […]
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Sony unveils Vaio Duo 11.6 inch tablet with slide-out keyboard
Toshiba isn’t the only company bringing a Windows 8 tablet with a slide-out keyboard to market. Sony is showing off the Vaio Duo convertible ultrabook at the IFA trade show in Berlin this week. As expected, it’s a tablet with an 11.6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display and WIndows 8 software. But if you […]