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  Lenovo has strengthened its portfolio for the Indian market by expanding with 12 new products across the notebook, netbook, all-in-one and desktop categories. The new products are a part of Lenovo’s marketing initiative that hopes to change perspective of consumers regarding computers as “lifestyle enablers.” The new products include Lenovo IdeaPad Z460, Z560, Y460, [...]

  To mark Toshiba’s 25 years of business in the portable PC market, they have announced the world’s first dual touchscreen ultraportable PC and an internet-centric “cloudbook”. Both the products along with few other notebooks will go on sale from June 25 in Japan. The dual touchscreen computer is known as Libretto W100 and features [...]

  Seems like Samsung is not the only one trying to pitch its products to football (or soccer) lovers. It’s their compatriot LG who has launched X140 World Cup Edition netbook and unlike Samsung’s offering, LG improves only on the aesthetic front. The netbook comes with a player striking a ball etched on the lid. [...]

  N150 is one netbook for Samsung that’s been doing well in the market due to its Corby-like colors. Now they’ve taken their same netbook and announced N150 Plus Adidas Special Edition that not only gets improved on the aesthetic front but also on performance too. The netbook comes in a glossy white hue with [...]

  Sony’s Billabong limited edition W Series netbook is now available in the United States market. The netbook is the same we saw last time and will come in Imperial Lime color with splashes of black, lime green and blue colors. Moreover, Sony will participate in Billabong’s Design for Humanity event where they’ll auction off [...]

  Acer will soon be launching Aspire One 533 with a new design. Like the AO521, this netbook will also sport the same chrome-accented logo but will have more chrome accents surrounding the touchpad buttons and near the hinge. As for the hardware, the netbook is said to be a “refresh” with Atom processor options [...]

  MeeGo has announced the release of the first version of MeeGo. The MeeGo Netbook user experience is understandably for the netbooks and will provide a stable environment for developers to develop apps as well as give a taste of the rich user experience on netbooks. The current build includes features like: – Visually rich [...]

  If fancy colors at the back of the notebook lid is your thing, Sony’s newest offering might appeal to you. The special Billabong edition VAIO W is available in Australia for now and as you can see will come in a trendy Imperial Lime color that features splashes of black, light blue and lime [...]

  Hold your horses! Acer has squashed the recent rumor surrounding a Chrome OS announcement. While they’re excited about the OS, they’ve confirmed that no Chrome OS netbook or prototype will be shown at the Computex or in “short-term”, which means we’ll have no luck of seeing it for few more weeks or couple of [...]

  Asus is said to unveil a netbook that will integrate a slot for inserting mobile phone. This bit of news comes from UK distributor who claims that the slot-in phone will allow users to use the phone as a standalone device and also enable seamless internet connectivity on their netbooks. It is said to [...]

  We do know that Acer wants to be the first vendor to offer a Chrome netbook and the first steps towards their goal will be realized at the Computex expo starting early next month. Venture Beat has heard from multiple Taiwanese sources that “Acer will launch Chrome OS devices at the Computex Taipei show”. [...]

  It’s no surprise that Dell’s recent leaks show Android playing a pivotal role. However, their association with the OS might expand to smartbooks too. A roadmap slide uncovered by guys at Androidcentral shows that couple of ARM powered smartbooks are destined for some time later this year or early 2011. The smartbooks are named [...]

  Acer will soon be releasing a new Aspire One netbook powered by an AMD processor. Macles, who’s spot on Acer’s upcoming products claims AO521 will be powered by AMD V105 processor. The netbook won’t be the fastest one around since the CPU is clocked at 1.2GHz but will boast decent graphics performance with the [...]

  In addition to the C200 AIO, Lenovo also announced S10-3s netbook. The S10-3s is basically a variant of the S10-3 announced in January but comes in a slimmer package along with some software. The 16mm netbook features 10.1-inch LED backlit screen, Intel Atom N470 or N450 CPU, up to 2GB RAM, up to 320GB [...]

  Asus continues to expand its Eee PC line. The latest addition has been surfaced in Europe in the form of Eee PC 1001PX. The netbook boasts carbon-fiber design and echoes the specs of most of the netbooks available in the market like a PineTrail 1.66GHz N450 Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, Ethernet [...]