Is better battery life the next killer app?

Subject: Mobile | December 13, 2006 - 03:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Laptops have come a long way in the past 6 years.  With Alienware and others putting high end gaming components into their systems, it quickly becomes apparent that battery technology just hasn't kept pace.  The Tech Zone looks at batteries in general, and the top 5 technologies that are most likely to take us into the future.

Intel Demonstrates Its First Mobile Wimax Baseband Chip

Subject: Mobile | December 6, 2006 - 01:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. and HONG KONG,
Dec. 6, 2006 — Intel Corporation today announced design completion of
its first mobile WiMAX baseband chip. Combined with the company's
previously announced single-chip, multi-band WiMAX/Wi-Fi radio, the
pair creates a complete chipset called the Intel® WiMAX Connection
2300. This development marks another major step in Intel's efforts to
deliver an 'always best connected' mobile Internet experience for
future laptops and mobile devices.

Rock on to the Extreme

Subject: Mobile | December 6, 2006 - 01:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Driver Heaven reviews the monstrous and appropriately named Rock Extreme SL Pro, a 20 inch, 4.9kg (15lbs) laptop.  You will get a workout carrying this beast around, but it us worth it, it gets an average of 78fps in F.E.A.R. running at 1400x1050 with 4xAA and 16xAniostropic Filtering.  If you want a portable gaming beast and have $5000 burning a hole in your pocket, you should think about buying a Rock.

Racing notebook

Subject: Mobile | November 23, 2006 - 01:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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HotHardware reviews the ASUS Lamborghini VX1.  They expected a sleek body, awesome power for gaming, maybe to the point  of overheating issues, and a fairly low battery life ... sort of a PC equivalent to a Lamborghini.  Read the full review to find out if ASUS could come close to meeting expectations.

You can see Jon's take on this machine at the top of the news page.

ASUS G1 & G2 Gaming Notebook Series

Subject: Mobile | November 17, 2006 - 01:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, CA: Nov. 10^th,
2006 - ASUS, a leading provider of high-performance notebook computers,
today announced its fist two notebooks designed for mobile gamers. Based
on the latest Intel Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology with advanced graphic
solutions, the G1 and G2 revolutionize the way games are played: blistering
speed and true-to-life video and audio performances - on the go!

The next generation of Lenovo Thinkpad

Subject: Mobile | November 13, 2006 - 04:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The new Thinkpad is no slouch with a 1920x1200 LCD panel and an ATI FireGL V5200, powered by a Core 2 Duo and up to 4 gigs of RAM.  Add to that the reliability of the Thinkpad series and the limited amount of extra software installed, HotHardware may have found the best Lenovo laptop yet.

'In 2005 IBM sold the Thinkpad line to Chinese computer maker, Lenovo making it the 3rd largest computer vendor in the

world.

G2P - Gaming laptop from ASUS

Subject: Mobile | October 31, 2006 - 04:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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HotHardware reviews the ASUS G2P Gaming Notebook.  Very stylish looking, in black and red, with some structural improvements designed around gamers needs on the outside, the inside hides an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2GHz) and an ATI Radeon X1700 512MB.