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Toshiba’s Libretto W100 to start shipping in Japan on August 11

Published on: 11th August, 2010

Toshiba has recently declared that its twin-screen Libretto W100 Windows 7-based tablet PC will start shipping on August 11. Even if the final prices have not yet been announced, the tablet will most likely be priced at $1,099 when reaching the USA. This remains, however, a special edition and will probably sell quickly.
The new device [...]

Gartner Research shows Mac sales at 24 percent in US, more than industry average

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

A report recently published by Gartner Research says that US Mac sales in the second quarter have reached 24 percent, which means 1.7 million units. This is outpacing the average of the industry. Gartner analysis places the domestic market share of Apple at 9.8 percent, which is higher than the 8.8 percent estimated by IDC.
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Apple credited with 8.8 percent US computer share and is closer to Acer

Published on: 18th July, 2010

Apple is closer to Acer’s third place in the United States computer market, as IDC estimates. Apple claims now 8.8 percent of market share and is ranked fourth, after a growth situated above the average year-over-year rate. It has 1.62 million Macs. Acer is third but has dropped from 12.3 percent to only 11 percent. [...]

The lightest full notebook ever, claimed by Toshiba

Published on: 25th June, 2010

Toshiba has continued to launch its notebooks by rolling out the so-called “lightest full notebook”. The new Portege R700 is thick under 0.7 inches and is weighing just three pounds. However, it has full features notebook processors which are up to and include Intel’s dual Core i7. Although having an unusual weight for a notebook, [...]

Toshiba’s first Windows tablet with dual-screen

Published on: 25th June, 2010

Toshiba marked its notebooks’ 25th anniversary with the unveiling of the first dual-touchscreen tablet computer powered by Windows. The Libretto W100 is equipped with twin multi-touch displays, seven-inch sized and with a resolution of 1,024×600, which virtually control the whole Windows 7 interface. One of the displays can either work separately, acting as a keyboard [...]

Toshiba’s first step into smartbooks – the Android-powered AC100

Published on: 25th June, 2010

The most recent portable launch of Toshiba seems to be as unique as the previous ones, because this is the maker’s first step into smartbooks. The new AC100 is only 0.8 inches thick and it only weighs 1.9 pounds. Despite these, the portable could prove to be more capable than an Intel notebook, thanks to [...]

Fujitsu and Toshiba to unite phone businesses

Published on: 21st June, 2010

Fujitsu and Toshiba have concluded a provisory deal to merge their phone businesses. According to the memorandum of understanding, Toshiba will hand off this business to a new, not yet named company, while Fujitsu is expected to buy the majority of shares of the new entity which would begin on October 1st. The formalization of [...]

Toshiba’s first 3D notebook to ship in the USA

Published on: 21st June, 2010

Toshiba has recently updated its notebook product line and headlined the series with the company’s first North American 3D notebook – Satellite A665 3D Edition. The new model offers a 15.6-inch, 120HZ display, which is able to handle stereoscopic 3D, and also a GeForce GTS 350M, which gives 3D Vision support for games and online [...]

128GB flash memory chips from Toshiba

Published on: 20th June, 2010

Toshiba has recently released the first 128GB embedded flash memory chip in the history, setting a new mobile storage record. The new chip is built on a 32 nanometer process and it benefits from 16 8GB NAND layers which are meant to double the previous best capacity; this doesn’t affect the thickness, though. Toshiba has [...]

Apple – the only US computer assembler to beat industry average

Published on: 11th June, 2010

Apple has been the only American assembler of computers to beat the average for growth of the industry in the beginning of 2010. With Macs climbing 32.4 percent year-over-year, Apple gained 3.4 percent market share of total computer sales worldwide, which means the seventh place. Hewlett Packard and Dell have grown slower than the 22.7 [...]

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