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Archive for July 2008

July 21st, 2008

The Ultraportable War

Susanne Choney at MSNC wrote a piece about how in the US the ultraportables are fast becoming a favorite as an individual’s secondary computer. Here is the article and the link:
The market for skinny laptops gets fat: In United States, ultramobile PCs find favor as a secondary computer
By Suzanne Choney
MSNBC
And I guess this is as […]

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July 21st, 2008

Fujitsu’s Asus Killer?

Chris Davies post, Fujitsu 8.9-inch netbook photos leak: €400 and due this Fall, features the first (?) photo of an Asus Killer from Fujitsu. Check the post.
A lot of deductions and theories can be made from pictures and the post. One thing important is how much will it cost. According to the post, it might […]

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July 21st, 2008

Sony Vaoi Z, FW, SR and BZ comes with Centrino 2

Talk about power and beauty Sony has officially introduced its latest range of laptops and all of them powered by the Centrino 2. Picked this bit of news from Adam Hartley’s post, Sony’s new Centrino 2 powered Vaio range: It’s official. Finally. The ultimate ultraportable?, at TechRadar.The ultraportable Vaio Zs are extremely pretty ang […]

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July 21st, 2008

Dell E to land this August fo 299 dollars

According to the Digitimes, Dell is set to introduce the Dell E this August. And its coming in US$100 cheaper than the Aspire One from Acer. Dell’s low cost computer will be priced at US$299. Digitimes further reported that according to its sources the notebook will be manufactured by Compal Electronics.
The article further revealed that […]

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July 21st, 2008

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200

Have you seen Lenovo’s latest ultraportable? The ThinkPad X200. It weighs around three-pounds and powered by Intel’s new Centrino 2 mobile-PC platform. And Jamie Bsales of SmallBusinessComputing wrote Latest Little ThinkPad Delivers Big Performance is an interesting review of the X200.
X200 replaces ThinkPad X61. Bsales conducted tests that:
“… the X200 generally […]

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July 20th, 2008

MSI Wind finally arrived

The MSI Wind U100 has finally arrived in the United States. Read and view one of the first encounters with the Last (?) and much awaited ultraportable for 2008 here at Adam’s blog
Initial reaction at least from Adam’s viewpoint seems to be positive. His wife was satisfied with keyboard and the ten (10) inch […]

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July 13th, 2008

Belkin products for the Asus Eee

If you want to take a break from the Ultraportable Wars and if you have had enough of hearing about the next Asus killer (It is getting to the point of Kwisatch Haderach proportions). Might we at Ultra Light Delight suggest some retail therapy or at least some window shopping - the online version.
Visit the […]

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July 13th, 2008

Asus Eee hedging its bet

According to a post/report, Asus Eee feeling the pinch: Test of mettle, by Wily Ferret, at the Inquirer, Asus was only able to ship 1.7 million. They originally planned to ship around 2 million.
But which Asus Eee?
Shipping and selling are of course two different things. And it would probably be more prudent to wait till […]

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July 13th, 2008

A promise of slimmer and flexible notebooks and ultraportables

Based on Robert Jaques post,Boffins promise flexible laptops, at IT News scientists predict that there maybe new forms of billboards, television and laptops that are flexible and only 1 cm in thickness.
Researchers Marianna Khorzov, David Andelman and Rafi Shikler made these predictions. Khorzov and Andelman are rearchers at the School of Physics and Astronomy at […]

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July 11th, 2008

With Toshiba’s Portege M800 the music never stops

What is Candy Pink and has a radio?
If you are talking ultraportables it must be Toshibas’ s Portege M800. Toshiba has come out with a set of computers for the market. Nearly all comes in a Fusion Finish. This is Toshiba’s own a super-high gloss exterior that is made via a special manufacturing process […]

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