LENOVO ANNOUNCES THINKPAD EDGE LAPTOP LINEUP FOR 2012

Lenovo has formally unveiled its ThinkPad Edge laptop lineup for year 2012. The newest additions to the Edge family include two new laptop models with 11.6 inch displays. There are several larger models too.

One of them – the ThinkPad Edge E130 – has an Intel Core i-series processor. The other model – the ThinkPad Edge E135 – has an AMD Vision processor. It looks like neither will be available

INTEL OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES CEDAR TRAIL ATOM PROCESSORS

Intel has officially introduced its new Cedar Trail processors for netbooks. We have already heard about two of them – the 1.6GHz Intel Atom N2600 and 1.86GHz Intel Atom N2800.

The other processors built on the platform include the Atom N2650 and the Atom N2850. The Atom N2650 is a dual core processor with a clock speed of 1.7GHz. It has a TDP of 3.6 watts. The Atom N2850 is a 2GHz processor

LG ANNOUNCES Z330 AND Z430 ULTRABOOKS

LG is the latest company to throw its hat in the ultrabook ring. The company will showcase two new ultrabooks at the Consumer Electronic Show next week. Of these, the LG Z330 has a 13.3 inch display while the LG Z430 sports a 14 inch panel.

Both models will be available with a choice of Intel Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 processor and Intel GMA 3000 HD graphics. The operating system on board is

TOSHIBA TO LAUNCH NB510 NETBOOK WITH CEDAR TRAIL ATOM PROCESSOR

Now that Intel has officially launched its Cedar Trail platform more and more PC makers have started announcing netbooks sporting the shiny new processors. Toshiba is the latest company to launch a line of 10 inch netbooks powered by Intel’s third generation Cedar Trail chips.

Some leaked photos of the upcoming laptops have already hit the market. Toshiba is expected to introduce them at the CES

GADMEI T863 3D TABLET AVAILABLE FOR JUST $199

Gadmei has just launched a tablet with a 3D display. The Gadmei T863-3D is an Android tablet with an 8 inch 3D display.

The most attractive thing about the Gadmei T863 tablet is its price: it runs just $199. Devices with 3D displays aren’t exactly cheap even though there isn’t a lot of 3D content available for your viewing pleasure. But for prices as low as $200, they aren’t a bad deal at all.

EVERY BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK (16GB, 32GB, 64GB) NOW RUNS $299

Research in Motion is trying every trick in the book to ignite customer interest in its PlayBook tablet. The company changed the pricing for the tablet several times over the last few months. At times, the tablet was available for as little as $199 (16GB model).


Anyway, today RIM is running one of the strangest promotional offers yet. Any BlackBerry PlayBook is now available for just $299. The

VELOCITY MICRO LAUNCHES CRUZ T507 AND T510 ANDROID TABLETS

Velocity Micro has been making affordable Android tablets for a while. Although they aren’t exactly top-of-the-line, they do offer decent performance. And now the company is launching two new tablets which have better hardware and software than the previous models.


While the existing versions of Velocity Micro tablets ship with Android 2.3 or an earlier version, the new models have Android 4.0

SAMSUNG SERIES 5 ULTRABOOKS UP FOR ORDER

The Samsung Series 5 ultrabooks are now available for pre-order. Two models are currently available – one with a 13.3 inch display and another with a 14 inch display. Retailer J&R is now selling the 13 incher for $899.99. The 14 inch model runs $949.99.


Both models have nearly identical specifications. They both have an Intel Core i5-2467M processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 1366 x 768 pixels

LOW COST CLASSPAD TABLETS UP FOR ORDER IN INDIA

A Delhi based company called Classteacher Learning Systems is launching a new line of budget-friendly tablets called Classpads in India. These machines will have prices ranging between $140 and $260. That means they are much more expensive than the $45 Aakash tablets which just about everybody seems to have pre-ordered.

The Aakash tablets are sponsored by the Government of India. Built by a

MSI WIND U180 NETBOOK UP FOR PRE-ORDER IN GERMANY

MSI launched several popular netbooks over a couple of years ago. Right now the company is mainly known for making motherboards than computers. Although the company did launch a few computers recently none of them were as popular as the Intel Atom based netbooks MSI launched in 2008 and 2009. Nonetheless, the company continues to try its luck in the netbook space.


MSI has just launched a new

HP FOLIO 13 REVIEW

The HP Folio 13 is temptingly priced. The 13 inch ultrabook starts at just $900 and has got a 128Gb SSD, a Core i5 processor, backlit keyboard and HDMI output port. With that kind of hardware it can easily undercut the Asus Zenbook UX31 and the 13-inch MacBook Air. The folks at Engadget have published a detailed review of the tablet. Here are the excerpts.

The notebook has impressive looks.

ASUS EEE MEMO PAD TABLET LEAKS

More and more Asus products have started leaking ahead of the Consumer Electronic Show or CES. First we got a sneak peek at the Eee PC Flare. Now we have got more than a sneak peek at the 7 inch Eee Memo Pad. Asus first announced this tablet at CES in January 2011. Unfortunately the little fellow didn’t get to see the light of the day during last year. However, its siblings the Eee Pad

ASUS EEE PC FLARE LEAKS

The netbooks that Asus launched during the last few years have had more or less the same design. They were wider in the back than the front. Asus used to say that this design was inspired by seashells. Anyway, it looks like Asus is no longer interested in drawing inspiration from that seashell.


The company will reportedly introduce a new design for its upcoming netbooks. Remodeled versions of

HP ENVY 17 AND ENVY 17 3D NOW UP FOR ORDER

The remodeled HP Envy 17 is now available for a starting price of $1250. The 3D version runs $1600.

The HP Envy laptops have always had premium features. The new Envy 17 is no different. It has a largely metal chassis which makes it quite sturdy and comes standard with a full HD display.


The new Envy 17 can be configured with quad-core processors and either a 128GB mSATA SSD or a dual 1TB

CLOSER LOOK AT THE HP ENVY 15

HP has redesigned its Envy 15 laptop. The new model has a 15.6 inch IPS display with a full HD resolution. Displays with 1366 x 768 pixels are also available.


The new HP Envy 15 can be configured with quad-core processors. It is Beats Audio certified and comes standard with six speakers, a subwoofer and supports HP Wireless Audio. They also feature HP’s CoolSense technology. The base

SONY'S TABLET S GETS A $100 PRICE DROP

Apple introduced its iPad with a $499 price tag and has stuck to that price point since then. Most other PC makers who launched tablets with similar starting prices, however, had to reduce the prices to boost sales. The HP TouchPad, for instance, launched with a $499 price tag. However, it was only after HP reduced the price to $99 that the tablet started flying off the shelves. RIM too slashed

2011 Best Seller Laptops at Amazon.Com

Year 2011 is very rapid technological developments. One of the fastest growing is the Laptop. There are several big name vendors such as Apple, Toshiba, and Asus whose products are very popular with laptop users.

Here are five laptops that have the best sales at Amazon.com during 2011.

PRODUCT PAGES FOR ACER ASPIRE ONE D270 GO LIVE

Acer hasn’t yet officially announced a netbook with an Intel Cedar Trail Atom processor, but the fact that the company is building one is kind of certain. Every major PC maker out there is building netbooks with Intel’s newest Atom processors and Acer can be no different.

Anyway, several retailers have already posted product pages for Acer’s upcoming netbook. According to Notebook Italia, the

ARCHOS 80 G9 ANDROID TABLET NOW AVAILABLE WITH HARD DRIVE OPTION

Android tablets usually have SSD storage, but that doesn’t mean that they can't have a hard drive. Archos has just announced that its 80 G9 tablet is now available with a hard drive option.

The Archos 80 G9 is one of the few 8 inch tablets on the market running the Android 3.2 operating system. The new tablets have 250GB of storage. That means, there is plenty of space to store your music,