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Back to school tools
Subject: Mobile | September 19, 2007 - 03:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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... or in some cases maybe a bribe. Ars Technica examines the Lenovo ThinkPad T61, the HP Pavilion dv6500t , Sony's VAIO VGN-FZ180 and the Toshiba Satellite A205-S4617, all priced between $1,200 to $1,400, if you don't count the Blu-Ray player on the Sony. They rate the laptops on a number of different areas, focusing more on portability and productivity than gaming, which is a good thing in the case of the Toshiba.
HD ThinkPad
Subject: Mobile | September 12, 2007 - 02:59 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Lenovo's new ThinkPad T61p sports a 15.4" display, which is nothing interesting, but the display goes to 1920x1200, which is. Driving that is a QuadroFX 570M with 256MB, so you won;t be gaming, but your multimedia will look great. You should see what other features Digital Trends uncovered in this Santa Rosa based notebook.
"The T61p is a very capable and powerful notebook that should be on any cubicle jockey or road warrior's wish list."
Here are some more Mobile articles from around the web:
OQO First to Ship 1.6GHz VIA C7-M ULV Processor
Subject: Mobile | September 11, 2007 - 11:18 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Taipei, Taiwan, 10 September 2007 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that OQO Inc. is the first manufacturer to ship the 1.6GHz VIA C7-M ULV processor in the latest configurations of its award-winning model 02 product line.
The higher-speed processor in this update of the OQO model 02 - the world’s smallest full-featured Windows Vista PC – further increases the device's performance and thus enables mobile professionals to enhance their anytime/anywhere productivity.
Ultraportable Santa Rosa power
Subject: Mobile | September 6, 2007 - 02:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The ultraportable Dell XPS M1330 is up for review at the Hardware Zone. It sports a widescreen 13.3" WXGA TrueLife LED monitor, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, and a T7700, all in a 2kg package, including the battery. As you would expect, the notebook is customizable depending on whether you need a more powerful version, or just a portable workstation. Along with the new chipset comes a new shell design,
Packard Bell Makes It Easier To Stay Connected with its New 950-gram Notebook
Subject: Mobile | September 4, 2007 - 11:25 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Packard Bell, one of the leading consumer electronics brands in Europe, today announced the launch of its new EasyNote XS, a 7-inch notebook which combines advanced portability with a full featured PC running Windows XP Home Edition. Designed to be your everyday mobile companion, it's the perfect choice for mobile users that find full-sized notebooks too big and PDAs too limited.
Externalizing your power
Subject: Mobile | August 31, 2007 - 01:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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AC Ryan has released a universal notebook external battery, called MobiliT. It weighs about 1.5lbs, and provides 6600 mAH (105WH), and lives up to it's universal claim by coming with 8 output tips and input connectors. DV Hardware found adding 2 hours or more of power on the go was well worth the price.
It's the extras that make it special
Subject: Mobile | August 27, 2007 - 05:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you are going to spend the money to get an Alienware laptop, what is the point in going with the basic model? AnandTech asked themselves that when they decided to review the Area-51 m9750, and then busied themselves adding the extras that make Alienware the envy of laptop gamers everywhere. Read on to see what they ended up adding to the machine, and how much it set them back to get blazing hot graphics on a laptop.
AGEIA Enhances Mobile Gaming With The Launch Of World's First AGEIA PhysX Mobile Processor For High
Subject: Mobile | August 22, 2007 - 12:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - August 22, 2007 - Mobile gaming just got better: AGEIA Technologies, Inc. the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for PC and a leader in console games, today announced the world's first PhysX Mobile processor, the AGEIA PhysX 100M, for high performance gaming notebook PCs.
New mobile workstation from Lenovo
Subject: Mobile | August 21, 2007 - 01:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The new ThinkPad T61p is quite powerful for a notebook, even a ThinkPad. With a C2D T7700, 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300
and Nvidia Quadro FX 570M (256MB) with a 15.4" 1920x1200 display. Vista's built in experience benchmark places it at 4.8, the lowest score being the RAM. Give this notebook a good look over at XYZ Computing.
Empowered by PC Club?
Subject: Mobile | August 15, 2007 - 05:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The PC Club Enpower ENP660 is essentially an HP dv6500t, with different options available. What does make it stand out is the full-size keyboard that includes a numpad. On a 15.4" notebook, that is a rarity, but it also the only thing that really stands out on this notebook. AnandTech spent a bit of time with this system, and you can see what they learned about it in their review.
Luddites, or the enlightened?
Subject: Mobile | August 9, 2007 - 01:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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This may seem a little blasphemous, but Tech ARP has questioned the usefulness of PDAs! They tested a dedicated PDA against the old analog style personal organizer. Paper versus digital meet in a battle for supremacy. Before anyone points out that the paper organizer can't make phone calls it needs to be pointed out that the test is against a true PDA, not the multi-function PDA smart phones that have become available fairly recently.
Sony's snazzy new notebooks
Subject: Mobile | August 3, 2007 - 04:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The VAIO lineup has been updated with 2 new models, the CZ and TZ, and Hardware Zone was there to get some pictures and specs. The CZ is full sized, with a 14.1" screen and an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.80GHz on a PM965 Express based motherboard. It comes with some nice features, including a built in 1.3 megapixal camera in a 2.5kg package. The smaller TZ is only 1.5kg, but it still manages a 11.1" screen as well as Centrino C2D support on a Source: Hardware Zone
Semi-portable heavyweight
Subject: Mobile | July 30, 2007 - 02:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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At 8lbs, and enough high powered components to drain the battery in no time the Alienwaire Aurora m9700 notebook isn't terribly portable. As a desktop replacement however, this notebook has more than enough power for any gamer in it's most expensive configuration. The Tech Lounge couldn't resist picking one up to review, and you just know they didn't get the basic model.
A big laptop shopping list
Subject: Mobile | July 25, 2007 - 01:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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XYZ has compiled a list of 9 notebooks, each of which they rate as a dream machine. Some, like the Alienware, you will have a hard time getting your company to pay for, but others are very light and have extended battery power.
Big fun with ThinkPads
Subject: Mobile | July 20, 2007 - 02:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The ThinkPad series is billed as a rugged laptop that is able to survive whatever it might encounter in the day to day life of a mobile employee. Tech ARP witnessed a demonstration of the technology that allows it to survive everything from liquid spills to drops, and tests of how well they work. By the end of the demonstration, the laptop did end up a bit worse for wear, but fun was had by all.
New iPhone blues
Subject: Mobile | July 17, 2007 - 12:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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[H]ard|OCP has posted some info on a lovely little trojan designed to redirect you to a fraudulent site when you try going to an official iPhone website to make a purchase. Victims will end up giving their credit card. banking information and so on to these botnet farmers, with predictable consequences. Be careful.
"Researchers at PandaLabs have issued a warning to iPhone users about the new Aifone.A bot Trojan that is making the
rounds.
Looking to buy an iPhone?
Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile Processor, Extreme Gaming Goes Mobile
Subject: Mobile | July 16, 2007 - 01:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Outrageous mobile performance,
radical mobile enjoyment.
Designed for gamers and power-users, the
Intel Core 2 Extreme mobile processor is the
worlds highest performing mobile processor.
For those who want the most intense, high
performance mobile computing experience
available, Intel Core 2 Extreme mobile processors
deliver revolutionary mobile dual-core performance, 4 MB of shared L2 Advanced Smart
Cache, and an 800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB).
ASUS' sleek new tablet
Subject: Mobile | July 4, 2007 - 01:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The ASUS R1F is a tablet, with a 13.3" rotatable LCD screen, an Intel C2D T5500, 1GB DDR2 and and an 80GB HDD. As a tablet, it is set up to be controlled by a stylus, and does accept handwriting, but also has a mouse and keyboard if that is your preference. Read the full review at X-Bit Labs before you dismiss this as not a real PC.
MSI is tweaking Santa Rosa
Subject: Mobile | June 29, 2007 - 02:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The MSI PR200 is based on the Santa Rosa design, which has replaced the aging Centrino design. One of the more interesting things about this laptop is it's 3DMark score. Even though this is more of a productivity laptop than a gaming machine, it manages to beat the Santa Rosa reference by about 17% on 3DMark06. With it's 210 minute battery life, you might even have time to get a little gaming in between presentations. Get the full story at the Hardware Zone.
NotePal Series - NotePal Infinite
Subject: Mobile | June 29, 2007 - 12:22 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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As the world's leading brand in thermal management, Cooler Master has devoted itself to notebook product development for several years, constantly pioneering new solutions through its NotePal series. Cooler Master is very excited to introduce its latest achievement in the NotePal series, the NotePal Infinite, designed with a truly innovative cooling principle, which promises to offer a more stable and comfortable environment for your mobile work and entertainment.
All this begins from the desire to resolve the increasing hassles from multiple heat sources in today’s notebooks.
