notebooks

This year, Samsung aims to overtake Apple in notebook production

Published on: 30th January, 2011

Samsung plans a 60 percent increase in notebook shipments, trying to overtake Apple worldwide in notebook production, as part suppliers said recently. The company has shipped ten million portables last year and hopes to reach 16 or even 17 million in 2011. Both companies were almost tied during the first nine months of last year, [...]

New notebooks from Toshiba: Satellite and Qosmio

Published on: 15th January, 2011

Toshiba has presented a series of new notebooks added to its Qosmio and Satellite groups. One of the new notebooks based on the second-generation Core i5 processor from Intel, the Satellite E305 has a 14-inch display and a chiclet keyboard, which both integrate LED backlighting. The rear of the screen is protected by a cover [...]

iPad competing with notebooks and peace on wish lists for holidays

Published on: 17th November, 2010

According to Consumer Electronics Association, the iPad is competing with peace and notebooks on the top positions in holiday wish lists. The tablet made by Apple was in the top three according to a survey asking about holiday wishes of any kind. It came behind notebooks and “peace and happiness”. Its position is higher than [...]

CX620 notebook from MSI with 3D display

Published on: 8th November, 2010

The latest notebook of MSI, the CX620 3D, features a 3D display. Users will be able to watch 3D content with special glasses thanks to the 15.6-inch display that uses circular polarization. There will be three modes available: native 3D effects, automatic conversion between 2D and 3D, as well as standard 2D visualization of typical [...]

Starbucks to launch a new digital network in cooperation with Yahoo

Published on: 26th October, 2010

Starbucks customers in the United States will soon get a new portal page to log into the Internet, which will offer news, entertainment and content related to health/lifestyle, all these free but available only in stores. The content is coming from premium content providers. The SDN (Starbucks Digital Network) and its content have been optimized [...]

MacBook Air will still have Core 2 but a lower price

Published on: 19th October, 2010

The 11.6-inch MacBook Air of Apple is believed to have a modest update of its processor but will compensate in other aspects. It will still have a Core 2 Duo processor, most probably like the existing S series in current Air, but there will certainly be an upgrade to the GeForce 320M (MCP89) for improved [...]

HID and Sony try to unite NFC and FeliCa in phones and notebooks

Published on: 16th October, 2010

HID Global and Sony planned to unite FeliCa and NFC (near-field communication) in notebooks. The new technique is expected to work with both formats and give portables an alternative of paying for items. Signing in by only bringing a card up close, or another device, would also be possible, no matter if they were using [...]

Microsoft initiates a campaign on Facebook with PC vs. Mac application

Published on: 30th September, 2010

Microsoft has begun an anti-Mac campaign on its Australian fan page of social networking with the PC vs. Mac Facebook application. The company hopes to interrupt the stereotypes created by Apple ads related to Windows users by inviting visitors to guess each other’s computer choices. They are also invited to take quizzes and test their [...]

Supplier orders for Apple extended to early 2011

Published on: 25th September, 2010

Apple has so heavy device orders that it is asking its suppliers for orders to be shipped in early 2011, according to sources from assemblers and chipset producers. The main products of the company, the iPad, MacBook, iPhone and iPod still have a strong demand, so that Apple is scheduling orders into 2011. The sources [...]

Pay-as-you-go data, 3G portables unveiled by AT&T

Published on: 25th September, 2010

AT&T has expanded its mobile data plans with the first options related to prepaid data. People having built-in 3G in their notebooks will benefit from the DatConnect Pass, which offers the option of paying for only a small amount of data, without needing a contract. Prices are $15 for 100MB of data used over the [...]

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