HP ROLLS OUT NEW NOTEBOOK MINI 100 IN ITS MINI NOTEBOOK FAMILY

HP announced the launch of its latest notebook HP Mini 110 series which will replace Mini 1000. This new member in Mini notebooks family is available in pick chic, black swirl and white swirl protective HP imprints and comes in two flavors- The HP Mini 110 Mi Edition (Linux) and Windows XP Edition costing $279.99 and $329.99 respectively.

Its Linux version can be further upgraded to faster N280 CPU from Intel N270 Atom CPU while its Windows XP version features identical CPU upgradation option. Both the gadgets include 10.1 inch screen at 1024x576 resolutions. Some of the other features include WiFi connectivity and 6-cell lithium-polymer battery which require extra $40 in the price.

The best part about this new series is that you can take it anywhere you want with all-day battery life and has the ability to connect to the Net without a WiFi hot spot. The Mini 110 contains three USB ports, a VGA connector, a LAN jack, microphone/headphone combo jack and a five-format memory-card reader. Weighing about 2.6 pounds, this notebook’s economy-class version is expected to hit Indian markets next month. However you can order in advance at the HP Online alongside fashionable HP Viviene Edition.

PACKARD BELL DOT , A FAMILY NETBOOK

A NETBOOK is not just a small computer to work, it is also a good tool to perform basic household tasks, for which the use a laptop is too bulky but for a computer that falls short of pocket.

With this philosophy, the manufacturer Packard Bell has designed the new equipment called "Dot".

This is a NETBOOK with 8.9-inch screen and a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels.
It weighs 1.25 kg and has a size of 253 x 189 x 39 mm.It also works with an Intel Atom processor,and this new family purpose netbook has 1 GB of RAM and hard drive has a capacity of 160 Gb

As for the rest of its features, has three USB ports (enough for many), a card reader 5 in 1, and an integrated webcam.

In addition, uses wireless technology WiFi b / g and, optionally, can be completed with a module for 3G connections.

The operating system of this NETBOOK Packard Bell is Windows XP and comes with a price of 350 €.

All in all ,I can recommend this netbook if you are in need for a "laptop" ( saying laptop because netbook is a series of laptops) that can hold your household data ,and I can freely say that it can be used also for other normal purposes that other netbooks have.

TOSHIBA REVEALS THE A605 – THE PORTEGE FAMILY

Loaded Features on the 3.3 lbs. Portege A605 intimately go with the ones found on Portege R500. Toshiba has revealed a 12" Centrino 2 spirited ultra-portable laptop for the consumer marketplace. Weighing just 3.3 pounds and with due dimensions of 1.18" in thickness, the notebook is talented to transport nearly 7 hours of battery power packs life (as claimed by the sources). The Portege A605 arrives in a glossy silver Aluminum field and also exercises a built-in optical drive. In addition, this most recent ultra-portable from the Toshiba campsite also wraps in a spill-resistant keyboard, fingerprint reader, HDD fortification, LED-backlit LCD, USB sleep-and-Charge/eSATA combo port, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

ASUS FAMILY BIGGER BY FOUR

Four new variants - 1000HD XP, 904HD XP, 901 XP and 900 XP construct their way in Taiwanese marketplace. ASUS has revealed additional updates to its EEE PC arrangement and we've got no less than 4 new variants to account about. Launched for the Taiwanese bazaar only (for now), each of the 4 new variants come pre-loaded with Windows XP.

Here's a quick look at all the models:

• EEE PC 1000HD XP - 10"; 80GB HDD; Intel Mobile; $542 approx.
• EEE PC 904HG XP - 9"; 80GB HDD; Intel Mobile; $479 approx.
• EEE PC 901 XP - 9"; 12GB SSD; 1.6GHz Atom; $542 approx.
• EEE PC 900 XP - 9"; 16GB SSD; Intel Mobile; $447 approx.

LG EXTENDS ITS FAMILY NUMBER AT THE IFA 2008

LG has utilized the IFA 2008 juncture to platform the subsistence of their new-fangled net book named X110. Comparable to other net books which it would unswervingly contend with, the unit is motorized by Intel's Atom processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 10" WSVGA display, 80/120GB HDD, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Windows XP Home Edition. Characteristic and specs wise, you may observe LG's X110 is moderately average except for the truth that it will attribute incorporated 3G HSPA wireless for mobile broadband. Be expecting in a variety of colors like white, black, pink or silver. No utterance on pricing so far, but the European liberate for LG X110 net book could happen early this November.

MEDION FAMILY EXPANDS

The producer Medion expands its merchandise line by the Akoya S5610. The new-fangled notebook offers the Intel Centrino 2 chipset. The maker Medion revealed its own Centrino 2 little time after the arrangement of the innovative architecture. It is the Medion Akoya S5610. The laptop proffers a 15.4-inch exhibit and gets supported by an ATI Radeon HD 3470 graphics accelerator with 256 MB video RAM. The incorporated processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 with 2.0 GHz and 3 GB DDR2 RAM are also in-built. The accumulation storage apparatus consists of a usual 320 GB hard disk. In addition, there is a 1.3 mega pixel webcam and a finger print reader pre-installed.

INTEL FAMILY EXPANDS:

DELL FAMILY GETS BIGGER

The computer manufacturer giant, Dell today revealed "Studio," a new purchaser line intended for "articulacy and inspired living." Dell is obviously targeting artists and other creative genre who desire a personalized laptop that is exclusive for the personality who owns it. Crammed with a concrete range of features and presented with compound customizable variants it's probable to generate a custom-made notebook to convince your desktop replacement and day by day mobility requirements.

The 1st Dell Studio products are 2 notebooks, the Dell Studio 15 featuring a 15.4" flaunt and Dell Studio 17 featuring a 17.1" exhibit. These notebooks offer eye-catching designs that allocate elements (Just as the wedge-shaped outline and drop hinge) from the well-liked XPS line of premium laptops, and come in your preference of colors and design elements for personalization. Beyond the extensive range of color variants and palm rest designs, the Studio laptops present slot-loading drives, discretionary built-in mobile broadband wireless, and non-compulsory mercury-free LED displays. Both laptops are obtainable today on the Dell Studio website beginning at $799 for the Studio 15 and $999 for the Studio 17 and will be easily reached at Best Buy and Staples stores in the subsequent few days.

AMD FAMILY SPREADS - TURION ULTRA PROCESSOR A NEW GENERATION UPGRADE

The Turion Ultra is the 1st processor AMD has considered exclusively for the mobile market; former Turions were essentially Athlon 64s and Athlon 64 X2s with thermal characteristics superior enough to make it in notebooks. Yet the Turion Ultra, while its cores are essentially unaffected from desktop Athlon 64 X2s, has inherited a few architectural refinements from AMD's Phenom processors, together with Hyper Transport 3.0. Furthermore, the Turion Ultra proffers finer grained clock rate control as well as tolerating it to clock the cores separately of one another. It's also capable to animatedly scale the Hyper Transport as required, resulting in a processor that can act in response specifically as required to workloads.

More enhancements comprise an augment of processor cache from 1MB of L2 cache to 2MB (L2 cache is essentially RAM built onto a processor) and hold up for up to DDR2-800. By themselves, these may not affix up too much, but while memory velocity has historically been for the most part insignificant to Intel's Core processors, it has had an additional quantifiable collision on AMD's dual cores. Regrettably, the TDP (Thermal Design Power) hasn't distorted from presented Turions: the Turion Ultra's arrangement tops out at 35W, precisely the same wattage as its predecessors and accurately the same wattage as its Intel opposition, though it bears declaring Intel and AMD measure TDP in a different way. Given the enhanced power-saving characteristics, the Turion Ultra ought to offer at least slightly superior battery life to on hand Turion X2s, but it may not be competent to compete with Intel's Core 2 Duos in recital or battery life. Still, it's an enhancement in an era where CPU power is already at a coarse excess.

DELL FAMILY ON THE GROWING SCALE

Dell today revealed a number of services for tracking and recuperating lost laptops and shielding receptive data on the machines. The newest offerings are a development of the computer manufacturer's Pro-Support portfolio of services. Dell revealed the support services for businesses in February, as part of its approach of flattering more than just a PC provider. The most recent offerings comprise notebook tracking and recovery, isolated data erasure, hard drive data recovery, specialized data annihilation, fortuitous damage repair, and comprehensive battery warranties. Pro-Support services are serviced by Dell or its partners. In focusing on laptop services, Dell is taking lead of the use of laptops over desktops in the workplace, a tendency that increases the necessity for tighter precautions for mobile PCs.