Here is another reason to be at CES this year. Laptop Mag has got an exclusive hands-on the HP Firefly injected with ‘Voodoo DNA’ prototype and is said to grace the HP’s booth at the event. The notebook is huge with 17-inch screen and 13-pound of mass (definitely not luggable), overclocking support and a […]
LG Display creates LCD panel for outdoor use
LG Display has announced a new 14.1-inch TFT-LCD panel that works effectively under direct sunlight by using the sunlight as the source of illumination. The display benefits from LG’s Backlight Data Signal Switching Technology which switches the display output from transmissive mode i.e. used in indoors to reflective mode for outdoor usage. This transition […]
Lenovo creates dual LCD W700ds laptop
The upcoming CES will be a special one for Lenovo because they are going to show off first-of-its-kind laptop that sports dual LCD. It is the same 17-inch ThinkPad W700 that was launched in August, but this time the main screen hides a small 10.6-inch screen behind it. The W700ds, as they call it, […]
Samsung officially (re)enters Indian notebook market
It’s official. Samsung has announced their arrival in the Indian market. But the press release states only five models compared to the website which says eight. There’s a change in the price too. X460 is pegged at Rs. 80,614 ($1700) while the website still maintains the figure of Rs. 57, 394 ($1217). For the […]
8 notebooks quietly appear on Samsung India’s website
We had a fair amount of idea of what Samsung India was up to but we didn’t expect them to re-enter the market without creating any hoopla. Their website has listed eight notebooks including a netbook to appeal to the Indian consumers. The notebooks listed are NP-R460, NP-R610, NP-R508, NP-R510, NP-Q310E, NP-X360, NP-X460 and […]
MSI to showcase touchscreen Wind netbook at CES
In an interview with Laptop magazine, MSI’s Sales guy for US, Andy Tung spilled the beans of what can we expect from the Taiwanese giant in the coming year. In all, they are about to showcase about 6-7 portable devices that includes netbooks as well as notebooks at the CES. According to him, U110 […]
Boston Power signs up with HP to sell Enviro batteries
Boston Power’s three year relationship with HP proves out to be fruitful for them. They have announced that HP will soon be taking up their long lasting Sonata Li-ion battery for laptops and sell it under the Enviro brand. Enviro battery’s claim to fame is that it is more sustainable than the conventional laptop […]
Samsung India to start selling notebooks again
Samsung is a formidable player in the consumer electronics industry here in India but they have never been able to capitalize in the notebooks arena and thus had to pull out a few years back from the laptop business. However, today our source associated with Samsung’s Indian division dropped a word confirming that they […]
HP unveils multi-touch enabled TouchSmart tx2 laptop
HP has brought a multi-touch enabled laptop to the fray. The 12.1-inch TouchSmart tx2 notebook sports a capacitive touchscreen enabling the user to perform gestures like pinch, rotate, arc, flick, press and drag and single and double tap. The notebook also comes with a rechargeable digital ink pen. Tx2 runs Windows Vista with a […]
Fujitsu LifeBook N7010 notebook comes with an extra display
Fujitsu revealed LifeBook N7010, a new 16-inch desktop replacement notebook that also integrates a small 4-inch touchscreen display just above the keyboard. It is not SideShow enabled but according to Fujitsu, it works like any other external display. The possibilities of this screen are endless but it will be popularly seen to work as […]