A partnership between the semiconductor firm MaxLinear and Hauppauge Digital to produce a neat little TV tuner designed especially for laptops and netbooks. The MxL5007T can pick up over the air HD (ATSC TV) signals.
This device also works with European and other standards such as DVB-T, DVB-H, DTMB, QAM and unencrypted HD cable video channels. This comes out as competition to the only other netbook tuner, the one that has been in the news recently from Dell for the
The mobile broadband provider AT&T has added more mini laptops to its subsidised range, as from now new customers will be able to pick up an Acer Aspire One, Dell Inspiron Mini 10, and Lenovo IdeaPad S10.
All three machines offer similar specs, 10 inch display, 1 Gb, 160 Gb hard drive, Windows XP and multi touch trackpad. The cost for the machines will $200 when taken on a two year contract at a cost of $40 per month
Anyone looking for a tough tablet laptop may be interested in the new Durros 8404 rugged tablet laptop that is being shipped right now. It has an 8.4 inch touchscreen display. This computer is rugged and tough just right for job where the computer is likely to be knocked around a little.
Features:
8.4” daylight-readable LED SVGA touchscreen panel
Display boasts a brightness of 1,100 NIT and a 120-degree viewing angle
Intel Atom CPU
Hot-swappable battery
IP65-rated solid-aluminium chassis
Ethernet
There are plenty of mini laptops around with Apple logos on most of which are not much to write home about, but occasionally machines turn up that make you think that maybe this could be the Apple netbook that everyone keeps talking about.
This one is being produced by a Chinese computer maker; it is an ARM based device with 8.9 inch display and of course the Apple logo on the lid. Is this the Apple laptop in the making or clever hack by a Chinese firm cashing in on the success of Apple.
SmarTone Vodafone the Hong Kong based mobile communications provider is introducing their own netbook onto the market. This is a ten inch device that will be provided free of charge to those customers who are willing to sign on the dotted line for twenty four months.
Features:
The 10.1 inch (1024 x 600) display is powered by a 1.6GHz N270 Atom PCU
1 GB RAM
16 GB SSD
3G module
Wi-Fi (b/g)
3 cell (1800mAh) battery
Weighs 1kg (2.15lbs)
Measures just 0.9-inches in thickness
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It may have been around for a while but getting your hands on one of these things is truly difficult, but some folks have managed it now. It turns out that the US version is something special indeed this is because it comes with a six cell battery, sure it slightly on the chubby side but you can accept this as it is good for around eight and half hours of use, now that is good!
Features:
10.1 inch 1024 x 600 resolution display
1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor
1 GB of RAM
160 GB hard drive
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
This is product by Targus, who are well known within the laptop accessories business. This stand is very different to any other stand on the market. as you would expect it comes in the shape of an X, but because of this it will fold down flat into 6.4” x 1.6” x 1.5” so that makes it very easy to carry around.
Product Features
Metal construction
Compatible with notebooks up to 17
Colour – Silver
Dimensions (W x D x H) – 6.4 X 1.6 X 1.5
Weight – 5.6 oz.
Technical Details
Brand
There is a lot products around that either cool a laptop down or raise it up for ease of use, but most of these are actual stands, mats or larger powered coolers. However, these feet attach to the bottom of the laptop and stay there when not in use. When the user wishes to raise the back up for height or to let cool air, they simply pop the feet out and it will lift the laptop up by one inch, now that has to be cool.
Product Features
Cool & Elevates your Laptop
Fits All Standard Notebooks
Easy to Apply, Just Peel-N-Stick
This version of the Probook range was announced sometime ago, but we have had to wait until now for the launch of this machine that is suitable for both educational and business users as it is quite capable of handling a heavy workload with ease.
Features:
Choice of Core 2 Duo processor
Up to 8GB of DDR3 memory
A 160/250/320/500GB SATA II hard drive
Optional Blu-ray drive
13.3 inch LED-backlit HD display (matte or glossy)
Optional ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 GPU
Three USB 2.0 sockets
HDMI / VGA
Business users are being targeted by HP as potential buyers for the interesting Mini 5101 mini laptop and at $399; there are so features that are attractive not just to business users but any computer user, such as the magnesium alloy chassis, Wi-Fi and the 7200 rpm hard drive.
Features:
Intel Atom N280 processor, clocked at 1.66GHz and coupled with 1GB of DDR2 800Mhz memory
Offers 4 hours and 30 minutes of battery life
The 10.1-inch LED-backlit WSVGA display with resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels
160 GB SATA 7200 RPM hard
