A8Js Notebook Series with World's First NVIDIA GeForceR 7700 GPU

Subject: Mobile | September 13, 2006 - 05:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS), a leading provider of high-performance notebook computers, today announced the A8Js notebook series empowered by the latest visual processing capabilities. Based on the Intel Core2 Duo processor, the slim and lightweight A8Js is the world's first notebook series to adopt the NVIDIA GeForce® 7700 GPU for a spectacular graphics performance.

PC Perspective Spots the New RIM Blackberry Pearl

Subject: Mobile | September 11, 2006 - 02:49 PM | Jonathan Hung
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I was at a party this past weekend where I bumped into an old friend of mine who works at RIM. After some small talk, the conversation went something like:

Me: "So have you used the new Pearl?"

RIM Friend: "You want to see it?"

Me: "SURE!!"

When it comes to cool new gadgets and toys, I have no shame in revealing my uber geek. ;-)

This new consumer-oriented Blackberry has an integrated camera, plays MP3s, and does videos.

PDAs to give you extra mobility

Subject: Mobile | September 8, 2006 - 02:22 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Tech Zone has published a guide to help give you an idea what to look for in PDAs.  With the vast amount of choices on the market, it really comes down to what you need, and they are happy to tell you the key features to search for.

Dell Offers Core 2 Duo XPS M1710

Subject: Mobile | August 28, 2006 - 03:44 PM | Jonathan Hung
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While a lot of notebooks are being announced today featuring the latest Core 2 Duo mobile CPU (which we reviewed here), but the one that jumps out to me is the Dell XPS M1710 with the Core 2 Duo announced by Dell today.

Of course this shouldn't really be a surprise to many of you since we put a Core 2 Duo into a XPS M1710 almost 1 month ago and found that it worked nearly flawlessly.

Cool-Looking—and Running—Laptops Get Performance Boost from Intel Core2 Duo Processors

Subject: Mobile | August 28, 2006 - 03:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 28, 2006 —
Laptops around the world are getting a make-over as systems based on
Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology are now shipping with Intel®
Core™2 Duo mobile processors inside, Intel Corporation announced today.

Introducing Intel's new low power mobile chips

Subject: Mobile | August 28, 2006 - 12:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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HotHardware has the goods on Intel's new Core 2 Duo Merom.  They have all the bells and whistles you expect, like unified 4MB L2 cache, just running at a lower voltage and heat.  If you have any questions left after reading their review, Ryan's is bound to answer them.

A pair of Sony Core Duo Laptops

Subject: Mobile | August 23, 2006 - 05:36 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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X-bit Labs looks at Sony's update to their S series, two models bearing the moniker SZ.  Sporting various features, like Stamina mode, which disables the Go 7400, and runs the laptop off of the integrated Intel video, and a button to reduce CPU speed while it is running.