Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5914 Laptop

Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5914

Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5914 Sempron™ 3600+ 2.0GHz 160GB 2048MB
15.4" Trubrite™ WXGA DVD-RW VHB NEW, SEALED

Sony Vaio FW170J/H Laptop

Sony Vaio FW170J/H

Sony FW170J/ H Core™2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz 320GB 4096MB 16.4"
XBRITE WXGA BLU-RAY BT VHP Webcam TITANIUM GREY FACT

Sony Vaio TZ190N/BC Laptop

Sony Vaio TZ190N/BC

Sony TZ190N/ BC Core™2 Duo U7600 1.2GHz 32GB SSD 2048MB 11.1"
XBRITE WXGA DVD-RW WAN BT Vista Business Webcam FP BLACK+ CASE
NEW, SEALED

Sony Vaio CS215J/W Laptop

Sony Vaio CS215J/W
Sony CS215J/ W Core™2 Duo T6400 2.0GHz 250GB 4096MB 14.1"
XBRITE WXGA DVD-RW BT VHP Webcam DOVE WHITE FACT.RB.

Philips to Manufacture Notebooks in Brazil

The 13-inch model is more powerful in various aspects, first it will run on an Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 with 2.0 GHz and will feature 2GB of RAM, 120 GB HDD and the Dual Layer burner.
It will be priced at around $2,200.

There is no info related to the products names but Philips specified that these two are designed only for the Brazilian market.

Dell Studio XPS 16

Do you know what I hate about early January? There's CES, there's MacWorld(well, at least it was, because its future is a bit uncertain), both with a bunch of interesting laptops and accessories to be released, but you only get some technical specs, the looks, and... sometimes you get info about pricing and availability, sometimes you don't. Now, it's the perfect time to check some of those hot products and the user reviews they got. Today's target is the Dell Studio XPS 16, released in early January, at CES.

What I find strange is the fact that the Studio XPS 16 and XPS 13 are quite different, but both are described by Dell as "Blending power with elegance, (..) designed to deliver the ultimate multimedia laptop experience." Anyway, I am not here to judge Dell's content writers, because there's something even more interesting.

Dell Latitude XT2

Dell, my friends, Dell is one of the all-time favorite brands I can think of when talking about laptops, and most impressive part of it all is how they managed to improve the customer support services in only a few years. Fortunately, I never had to use Dell's customer support services, but I have some friends who did, and a few of them told me everything got much better in the last 2-3 years. These being said, let's take a look at today's Dell candy - the Latitude XT2!

"The industry's first tablet PC with multi-touch screen technology has taken superb to a new level with the Dell Latitude XT2. The XT2 lets you use natural gestures like a pinch or tap for scrolling, panning, rotating, zooming and more." Now, this black beauty has just been spotted on Dell.com, but no matter how much you'll pay for it, you won't have it before the 9th of April.

Dell Latitude E6400 XFR

I don't know if you managed to see the Jericho TV series, but if you missed it...that's no big loss, after all. Anyway, I am not going to tell you anything about what's happening there, because what made me think about it today is Dell's latest laptop ruggedized to meet military standards and even go a bit beyond, the Latitude E6400 XFR. Just as a side note, there were also some iMacs in Jericho, but let's push it aside now and move to the Latitude XFR, shall we?

Oh, yeah, one more thing - in Jericho, there was a guy having a laptop like this one(could have been a Dell too, I can't remember) that was able to withstand an EMP. Now, that you know what made me link Jericho to the Latitude E6400 XFR, let's see the technical specs of this beast:

- 14.1-inch display with Direct View technology, optimized to make the screen easily viewable in direct sunlight, by increasing the backlighting and reducing reflectivity, thanks to a special coating.

HP Pavilion dv3z 13.3″ Small Notebook Computer

The new HP Pavilion dv3z is a small notebook computer that's not only affordable, starting at a price of just $799.99, but also stylish and slim in design, measuring only 1.01 inches thickness at a weight of 4.35 lb.



From the specifications list we find out that it’s a complete mobile computing solution for everyday tasks, being equipped with Windows Vista, a 13.3-inch High Definition LED display, AMD processing technology, long battery life and wireless connectivity, in addition to the built-in optical drive for burning your DVDs and CDs, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics with 64MB memory, HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection with automatic lock, HDMI out, keyboard backlight and password management.

HP Bluetooth Laser Mobile Mouse HDX Wireless Computer Mouse

In addition to the laptop models introduced lately, HP launched also a new wireless computer mouse with a stylish appearance, called the HP Bluetooth Laser Mobile Mouse – HDX Series.



Created probably to match the high-end portable entertainment model known as HP Pavilion HDX notebook, the new wireless computer mouse features wireless connectivity via Bluetooth technology, and uses the laser tracking technology, allowing you to use it on any surface, wherever you are.
With the adjustable DPI functionality you can switch between 800 and 1600 levels to reach your favorite performance matching the currently used applications.
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More than these, the HP Bluetooth Laser Mobile Mouse – HDX Series features standby and sleep modes for saving energy, and powers from two AA batteries.
It comes with a travel pouch and is supported by Window XP and Windows Vista operating systems, but you’ll need to install the included software in order to make it work.

HP Urban Courier Bag Blue Laptop Bag

I personally like to see all those cool laptop bags available in different designs and styles, but there’s one thing I am not attracted of – the high price, even if when it’s not about genuine leather.



While some models go over $100, HP keeps it affordable, at $44.99 for a brand new HP Urban Courier Bag like the one in the picture.
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The blue laptop bag is sleek, with an adjustable shoulder strap, and looks good enough for everyday use.
It has a quick-access pocket and can hold laptop computers measuring up to 16 inches in diagonal, which seems ok, taking into account the fact that most of use carry 15.4-inch models.

HP Pavilion dv4t, Updated

This world is spinning around to fast, that's a fact. No, this has nothing to do with the fact that our planet is actually spinning faster and faster(that has been proven already, but we won't be thrown into orbit too soon, don't worry), because what I care about here are laptops, and not world peace and prosperity. The laptop targeted now is HP's Pavilion dv4t, an older product that's getting better...the quiet way!

No less than three Pavilion laptops got various updates during the last few weeks, and the dv4t is one of them. Why the dv4t, and why now? As I said, the world is spinning around much too fast, and HP surely got that right.

Just as a side note, the Intel Atom CPU reached 2 GHz... so netbooks may soon catch up to some entry-level full fledged laptops, if the laptop producers are not taking care to keep their product lines updated! Anyway, for now, everything's safe, because the Z5xx processor series is mainly targeting the mobile market, and possibly the tiny Sony VAIO P...
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...so let's get to the HP Pavilion dv4t update: LED-backlit display, Espresso Black and Moonlight White color options, integrated WWAN (Verizon or AT&T), a generous 500GB HDD, as well as optional NVIDIA GeForce G 105M graphics with 512MB of dedicated memory. At last, there are some high-end features available on request, like the Blu-ray drive, integrated HDTV tuner, and a 12-cell battery!

New Classmate PC

Intel introduced its new Classmate PC design featuring convertible a display system that allows the user to turn the mini notebook computer into a tablet PC.
The new convertible Classmate PC model running with the low-power consuming Intel Atom processing technology is destined to the learning sector, specifically to primary school students, and brings a touch-sensitive user interface, the 180-degree swivel display and a rotational camera, while included in the Intel Learning Series, a new initiative gathering hardware, software and different services meant to improve the education in the emerging markets.



The previous version of the Classmate PC with clamshell-style design is currently used in the Magellan Initiative in Portugal for elementary school children, but Intel arranged to bring out a new design of the Magellan PC with enhanced reading and writing capabilities, larger display, more system memory and powerful high-speed Internet connectivity technologies such as 3G and WiMAX.

Intel CULV Initiative

If you're not much into hardware, then let me tell you a very simple thing - as lower the voltage needed by a certain chip, the lower its temperature. When overclocking processors, increasing voltage is the last thing to do to ensure the system works properly, but considering the small chips used these days in notebooks, and the fact that most of us have more computing power than needed on the road, we need even lower voltage chips to get things right.

According to various sources, Intel's Consumer Ultra Low-Voltage (CULV) initiative will have as leaders two of the largest PC makers,probably Dell and HP, both expected to come up with tiny notebooks with screens between 11 and 13 inches, sometime during this summer.

Xplore iX104C4 Tablet

Here comes a new rugged tablet PC in town, the iX104C4 model from Xplore Technologies, a US manufacturer of rugged mobile solutions and the one who brought the world’s first Pentium III Pen Tablet Computer, first rugged Microsoft compliant Tablet PC, first fully rugged Tablet PC with multiple wireless options using a fully integrated implementation, first and only automatic Dual Mode version of the Tablet PC, first Intel Pentium-M 733 processor with Centrino technology, the AllVue LCD technology, and 4 multi-modal wireless devices in a rugged, portable Tablet PC.

Xplore Technologies’ targeted sectors of the market include warehousing/logistics, public safety, field service, transportation, manufacturing, route delivery, military and homeland security.
Its new rugged tablet PC has important technology enhancements such as highly sunlight readable screen, the Dual Mode flexible user interface, new redesigned antennae, new wireless modules, the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system pre-installed, and Windows Vista Business support.

ASUS VX1 Lamborghini

The affair between luxury cars and powerful laptops began with the partnership between Acer and Enzo Ferrari that produced the Acer Ferrari 4000. Itronix, another laptop maker, made a modest attempt at emulating GM's Hummer SUV with its Hummer Laptop IX 600.

This year, ASUS revs its engines by introducing the ASUS VX1 Lamborghini ($2,799 list). This new partnership with Ferruccio Lamborghini adds another car emblem to a growing number of automotive-inspired mainstream laptops.

Asus W7J

The moderately priced Asus W7J offers a powerful dual-core engine, discrete Nvidia graphics, and dual-layer DVD burning in a stylish, portable package. Unfortunately, you'll need to spend $1634 if you plan to do spend much time away from an outlet.

The W7J is encased in a smooth, black body with subtle silver highlights that accentuate the 12.4 x 8.9 x 1.1-inch frame. Weighing in at a light 4.2 pounds, the W7J won't bog you down on the daily commute.

ASUS Laptop

As you probably know already, ASUS is a company that opened various paths in the industry so far, so hearing they did it again shouldn't surprise you. While they didn't come up with the smallest laptop so far or anything like that, they just announced the first laptop to feature the new GeForce GT 120M graphics processor from NVIDIA, namely the ASUS N81Vg, pictured below.

The official mumbo-jumbo takes off as usual, but I think it's worth taking a look: "ASUS, a pioneer in the adoption of cutting-edge notebook graphics, announced today the ASUS N81Vg, the world’s first notebook to feature the new NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M graphics processing unit (GPU). The NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M GPU features NVIDIA CUDA™ technology with 32 processor cores, DirectX 10 support, and 1080p High Definition video playback through NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD technology. Coupled with the ASUS N81Vg’s 14-inch LED backlit display, the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M delivers unrivalled visual clarity and vibrancy."

ASUS Eee

The ASUS Eee PC family is getting larger with each month, I guess, and since they were the first ones to bring the netbook to the masses, I see nothing wrong with it. Well, this exponential growth should stop one day, but we're not going to talk about that now. Basically, we have some ASUS Eee PC 1008HA news. What kind of news? Its price!

According to various sources, the 1008HA is expected to be available for UK-based consumers at a price point of £359, including VAT. That's a bit over $500 in the US, or €382 in the rest of Europe. So...what will we get for this price?


Leaving aside the fact that the 1008HA is quite a handsome gadget, the 10.2-inch LED backlit screen with 1024x600 native resolution, the Intel N280 Atom CPU and 1GB of RAM aren't that ugly, either. While no SSD version is currently planned, the 1008HA will come with a pretty large 160GB hard-disk drive, at least for a netbook.

Subsidized MacBooks!?!

When I hear about subsidized products and services, I usually want to kill someone. Don't get me wrong, I am a very peaceful person for most of the time, but subsidies make me go crazy. Why? Simply because you take a product, you sell it for half the price or even less, but you pay at least 3-4 times the price in the long run, that's the idea.

Considering the above, should you get a subsidized MacBook? Well, according to The Register, "Orange is reportedly in talks to add a MacBook to the range of subsidized hardware network operators are handing over these days, equipping the mobile executive for only a small monthly commitment."


I always hated the sound of this word - "commitment," and this time it's the same. I hate it! As the same report claims, "Orange is prepared to hand over the £350 Toshiba L300 to those prepared to sign up to a £35-a-month contract for a couple of years. That would put a basic MacBook at £369."

At last, here's the worst part of the story - speculations go as far as saying that Apple may embed a GSM module and SIM slot into the MacBook, making it an Orange-exclusive. Come on, I like to consider this a joke and a paranoid rumor. How would you take such an aberration?