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MSI Debuts 12.1 Notebook

The new 12.1" notebook from MSI will offer specs and pricing that are perfect for those looking for something just a tick above a netbook. The MSI L2100-036US notebook will feature a 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo MV-40, 2GB RAM, and a 250GB HDD. The graphics will be powered by an underwhelming ATI Radeon X1250. The resolution will be 1366 x 768, and you will have 802.11b/g/n, 3USB ports, a multi-card reader, audio in/out and both VGA and HDMI for connectivity. It tips the scales at 3.2lbs and is c...

AT&T Now Offering Subsidized 3G Samsung Go

AT&T is now offering another netbook which it will subsidize for you upon signing up for a data plan. The Samsung Go will feature Windows 7, but only Starter Edition. The latest netbook which AT&T is offering under the subsidy arrangement (requiring a 2 year data plan signup from the consumer) is the Samsung Go. The mini-notebook tips the scales at 2.8lbs and sports a midnight blue "soft texture" design featuring rounded edges and a chiclet keyboard. The netbook specs are fairly st...

Dell Adamo is The Sexiest Laptop Ever

Dell Adamo is the sexiest laptop ever. This notebook come with Atom processor for a 1.4-GHz Core 2 Duo ULV CPU, which we prefer for running Windows 7 Premium. There’s also 4GB of RAM and a 128GB solid state drive from Samsung under the hood. This laptop weight is 3.2-pound with price starting $1,799. Elevated Design As you lift the lid, the keyboard unfolds from the display (almost as if it were a spaceship deploying its ramp, inviting you to come aboard) and the bottom part of the lid ext...

3M launches privacy filters for 10 inch netbook screens

If you’ve ever used a laptop in a cafe, library, park or other public place are the chances you’ve had someone looking over your shoulder to see what you’re doing. For this reason, there is a cottage industry for laptop screen privacy filter. A privacy filter is a piece of plastic that you can place on your laptop screen to limit seriously the point of view. When you sit in front of the computer, you should not have trouble reading the screen. But if you are at it from an angle, you will not ...

MSI intros CR610 notebook

MSI announced on Thursday the imminent publication of CR610, a 16-inch notebook  PC with AMD on the Tigris platform with an Athlon-II processor. Even PCs with Windows 7 pre-installed on its 2.5-inch hard drive, which had in 250, 320 and 500 can capacity. Up to 4 GB of RAM can be set with graphics from an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 chipset treated. Otherwise, a Wi-Fi connection is integrated Bluetooth, but remains an option. A DVD burner is standard fare, is a 1.3-megapixel camera and mult...

ASUS smartbook with Android due early 2010

Asus boss Jerry Shen late at an investor conference yesterday, said his company is an Android-based SmartBook on shelves by early 2010. Reversing earlier doubts about a market for such a system, says Shen, based on a portable Snapdragon, Qualcomm’s chips and the Google mobile OS should be the first “secret weapon” for the company. Specifications are not available, but Smart Books are normally with 1 GHz or faster processors and a relatively low amount of RAM and permanent storage, since they ...

Asus Eee PC T91MT multitouch netbook/tablet now available for pre-order

Asus will start to build an updated version of the Eee PC convertible touchscreen netbook T91. As the unit I reviewed a few months ago, the new model of a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor and includes a 8.9-inch touchscreen display, you can directly on the keyboard for use in tablet mode is folded. But there are three things that set the new Eee PC T91MT apart from the older model: * It runs Windows 7 Home Premium * The touchscreen supports multi-touch gestures * The solid state disk has ...

HP Pavilion dv8t Quad Edition Overview

The HP Pavilion Quad dv8t Edition Series Hewlett-Packard’s new 18.4-inch entertainment notebook. The pavilion dv8t Quad Edition leverages the latest quad-core Intel Core i7 720QM or 820QM processor and replace the 18.4 “Core 2 Duo Quad-powered HDX18t, which is no longer available to be HP.com. Dv8t The Quad features the Nvidia GeForce 230M GT 1GB graphics card, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, up to 1 TB of disk storage with dual hard drives and a Blu-ray burner or Blu-ray drive. The display has a F...

Dell Latitude XT2 XFR

Dell has launched the Latitude XT2 XFR, a robust version of the XT2 12.1-inch Tablet PC. The rugged industry’s first capacitive multi-touch tablet left-fall protection from rain, dust, vibration, extreme temperatures and will inadvertently. Dell Latitude XT2 says the XFR independentlyverified been taken to military (MIL-STD-810G) and IP54 (Ingress Protection) standards for operating in extreme conditions including drops of up to 3 meters. Protective devices include rugged hinges, robus...