The EliteBook Folio is HP’s first business-class ultrabook. It has many of the features we’ve come to expect from consumer-oriented ultrabooks including a thin and light design and solid state storage. But it also has enterprise security features as well as one item that’s nearly impossible to find on an ultrabook: a user replaceable battery. […]
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HP introduces 15 inch ultrabook, sleekbook
HP’s new ultrabook and sleekbook lineup doesn’t stop at the 14 inch screen. The company also has a new model with a 15.6 inch display. It’s available today with an Intel Core processor for $800 and up. And AMD-powered sleekbook model should be available soon for prices starting at $600. The largest notebook in the […]
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HP launches Envy 4 ultrabook/sleekbook for $700 and up
HP is adding a new line of thin and light notebook with an all-metal case to its lineup today. It comes in two versions that look exactly the same. The only differences are under the hood. The HP Envy 4 Ultrabook has an Intel processor and either solid state storage or a hybrid hard drive […]
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HP Envy Spectre XT ultrabook coming in June for $1000 and up
The HP Envy Spectre XT is a thin and light laptop which HP says offers a “no compromise” experience. HP’s new 14 inch and 15.6 inch ultrabooks weigh 4 pounds or more and feature a choice of hard drive or solid state disk. But the Spectre XT weighs just 3.07 pounds, measures less than 0.7 […]
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Unofficial CyanogenMod 9 build for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0)
It’s only been a few weeks since the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) went on sale in the US, and it’s been even less time than that since hackers figured out how to root the 7 inch tablet. Now one of the first custom ROMs is available for the Galaxy Tab 2. Independent developer xoomdev […]
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ZTE shows off V96 tablet with 1.7 GHz dual-core chip
Chinese device maker ZTE is starting to show off its upcoming V96 Android tablet. There’s no word on a launch date, price, or even what regions the tablet will be available in. But based on the specs alone, the V96 looks like a tablet to keep an eye out for. The ZTE V96 features a […]
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Deals of the Day (5-08-2012)
Google Android 4.0 tablets aren’t in a club quite as exclusive as the one that contained Android 3.0 tablets. Google felt that in order to provide a decent experience, tablets running Android 3.0 through 3.2 needed to meet certain requirements. So the company only made source code available to a small group of manufacturers that […]
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Chinese PC makers are cloning ultrabooks… sort of
Ultrabooks are all the rage with big name PC makers in the these days. Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba all have thin and light laptops they’d like to sell you — and the Apple MacBook Air is probably the first ultrabook, even if it doesn’t wear that label. But just like every other […]
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Pocket-sized fuel cell can power a smartphone for weeks
It’s kind of amazing how many of us walk around with portable, internet-connected computers in our pockets. But there’s one major problem with modern smartphones: They get horrible battery life. Up until a few years ago I carried around a tiny Nokia candybar-shaped phone that made calls and did little else. I only had to […]
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Lenovo introduces “tiny” desktop PC lineup
Lenovo’s taking a truth-in-advertising approach with two upcoming desktop computers, and calling them the ThinkCentre M92p and M72e “tiny” desktop PCs. Each computer measures just a little over 1.3 inches thick and looks more like a USB DVD drive than a full-fledged computer. Â Lenovo is aiming the PCs at business customers though, so the company […]