LENOVO IDEAPAD U310 AND U410 ULTRABOOKS HIT FCC

The Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and U410 ultrabooks have the FCC. Both laptops are expected to go on sale in May. They will have prices starting at around $799 and up. Here is an overview.

The Lenovo IdeaPad U310 measures 0.7 inches in thickness and weighs 3.7 pounds. It has a 13.3 inch display. Other specifications include 4GB of RAM, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 1 USB 2.0 port and a 3-cell, 46Whr battery. The

ACER WORKING ON A 15 INCH ULTRABOOK WITH FIBER GLASS CASE

Rumors doing the rounds suggest that Acer is working on a new thin and light laptop with a 15 inch display and a fiberglass case. The device is reportedly being built by Taiwanese OEM Pegatron.

Ultrabooks usually have 11 to 13 inch displays, but models with 14 and 15 inch displays are also coming. According to Intel, an ultrabook is a thin and light laptop weighing less than 4 pounds and

ASUS U82U THIN AND LIGHT LAPTOP WITH AMD CPU COMING SOON

Asus is working on a new thin and light laptop called U82U but it won’t be part of the company’s Zenbook line of ultrabooks. It will have an AMD processor, instead of the Intel Core i-series processors found in ultrabooks. According to Asus, a thin and light laptop with an AMD processor will be more cost effective than a similar ultrabook with an Intel CPU.

The Asus U82U will be slightly

NOVATECH LAUNCHES BUDGET-FRIENDLY NFINITY ULTRABOOK IN THE UK

Novatech has launched an ultrabook called nFinity in the UK. Like typical ultrabooks, the Novatech nFinity, too, will be a thin and light laptop with Intel processors but its biggest USP will be its price. The ultrabook will run 430 pounds (about $687) in the UK. That’s not bad at all because computers aren’t exactly cheap in the UK. Even in the US, ultrabooks usually start at around $800.

3 MORE ARCHOS TABLETS HIT FCC

Three more Archos tablets have showed up at the FCC website but few details are available at the moment.

The Archos Arnova lineup consists of the company’s low cost tablets. They don’t have high-end hardware, but the new models are all expected to run Google Android 4.0 operating system. According to the FCC documents two of these tablets – the Arnova 7b G3 and Arnova 7f G3 – have 7 inch

NEW IPAD CAN RUN AS A 4G HOTSPOT FOR 25 HOURS

The new iPad has mobile hotspot features. That means if you have a supported device and a supported data plan, you can use the tablet as a portable 4G modem for your laptop. You just need to turn on the mobile hotspot feature and then connect your laptop or another mobile device over WiFi.


Although it is a useful feature, the iPad isn’t the first device to sport this feature. Some versions of

TESO K116 IS AN ULTRABOOK WITH A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY AND DETACHABLE KEYBOARD

A certain Chinese company called Teso has launched an 11.6 inch ultrabook with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor and detachable keyboard. The device showed up at the Alibaba site recently.

The computer has a list price ranging between $400 and $600 per unit, but keep in mind that this is not the price at which it will hit the market. It is the price for distributors who order 1000 or more units.

JAPANESE COMPANY LAUNCHES BUDGET-FRIENDLY LESANCE ULTRABOOK

A Japanese company called Unitcom has launched a new thin and light ultrabook in its Lesance notebook lineup. The laptop is quite attractively priced. In Japan it will go on sale this weekend for prices starting at the local equivalent of just $730. At that price point, it is definitely one of the cheapest ultrabooks around. What’s more, it could be even cheaper in other countries because in

UNANNOUNCED SONY VAIO CHROMEBOOK HITS FCC

Sony is yet to officially announce that it is working on a Chrome OS notebook. Nonetheless, a certain Sony laptop bearing the model name Sony VAIO VCC111 has showed up at the FCC website. Although it is not exactly clear which operating system it runs, rumors suggest that it could be Sony’s first Chromebook.


A Chromebook is a laptop that runs Google’s Chrome operating system. The VAIO VCC111

MEET BODHI LINUX: A CUSTOMIZABLE OS FOR NETBOOKS, TABLETS AND DESKTOPS

Bodhi Linux is a light-weight highly customizable Ubuntu based operating system. It also comes pre-loaded with several apps you will find in Ubuntu. However, there is a major difference between Bodhi and original Ubuntu. Bodhi is quite customizable. It allows a user to choose environments suitable for laptops, tablets and desktop computers.


Bodhi Linux 1.4 was released this week. The update

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