Dell Studio XPS 13 Leaked

Over at the NotebookReview.com forums, somebody has posted some leaked Dell presentations. Among the more interesting slides / pictures, there was one for the 13.3″ Dell Studio XPS 13, which is coming in November.

It looks nice, and could be a serious rival to the MacBook Air, Vodoo Envy 133, and Lenovo ThinkPad X300. “Premium materials and designs with focus on fit and finish” is mentioned prominently.

Specifications:
- Slot loading Blu-Ray dirve
- Intel Motevina platform
- HDMI Output, Hybrid SLI graphics (wow)
- “Capacitive Multi-Media Buttons”
- Backlit keyboard
- Mobile Broadband options
- WiMax Options
- Bluetooth/UWB Support
- Webcam, biometric security
- E-SATA port

It also mentions that the display is “Edge to edge glass (floating display)” which is really interesting - they did not have any pictures of the display itself, but that’s the first I’ve heard of such a display.

This is going to be a very high-end laptop when it’s released.

Read: NotebookReview.com Forums

Hercules eCafe Netbook

Speaking of non-mainstream AMD-based netbooks, here’s another one, although it’s not nearly as powerful as the Everun Note (which is using a regular AMD dual-core CPU versus this AMD Geode).

Specifications:
- LX 800 AMD Geode CPU (500MHz)
- 8″ Widescreen display - 1024×600
- 512MB - 1.5GB Memory
- Linux (not sure on distro)
- Card reader or PCExpressCard
- Webcam
- 20GB Storage (unsure if SSD or HDD)

It looks to be available in September for 300 € (around $440 USD) in Europe. The display is rather unique - I would think it would have been a 7″ display. I’m also surprised at the CPU, given what you can currently buy on the market at that price point.

Read:
- PCGamesHardware.de / Blogeee.net (French)
- flickr gallery

Raon Everun Note - Product Page

Back in June, we mentioned that information about an AMD-based netbook was making the rounds. It’s getting pretty close to being available, and it’s based on a full-size AMD Turion 64×2 Dual Core CPU running at 1.2GHz.

It’s called the Raon Digital Everun Note and Dynamism now has a page up, with some specifications and a few concept images and, unfortunately, no release date.

It’s got a 7″ 1024×600 touchscreen display, powered by the ATI RS690E graphics chipset with 128MB of dedicated DDR2 memory. It’s described as having around 2.5 hours of battery life.

Dimensions:
Width: 7.87 inches / 200 mm
Depth: 4.65 inches / 118 mm
Height: 1.08 inches / 27.5 mm

“The Everun Note is all keyboard and screen, with no wasted space. The concept is not new — we recall the Toshiba Libretto with fondness, as many early mobile computing enthusiasts do. To us, this Everun Note is like a modern-day Libretto-inspired mobile device with specifications that dwarf the original.”

Read:
- Dynamism
- Pocketables Forums

Asus Eee PC 900HD at FCC

One of the new netbooks mentioned in Asus Eee PC Roadmap has hit the FCC. This time it’s the 8.9″ Asus Eee PC 900HD (or the Eee PC 900HD).

Unfortunately there’s not much information on it at the FCC (due to confidentiality agreements / regulations that are in place at the moment), but as JK and others have pointed out, the bottom is definitely different than a normal Eee PC 900.

I would speculate that it will be Intel Celeron M-powered (Based on the other 900 variants - The 901s and 904s were Intel Atom-based, while the 900 series has a Celeron). It shoudl also have a 2.5″ SATA HDD (given the “HD” in the name). Asustek has maintained that they will continue to sell Celeron-based netbooks for the time being, until the Atom shortage is over (although you never know - Intel did just announce more Celeron M CPUs last week).

Since it was submitted to the FCC for approval, we can expect to see it on the US market in the next month or two, or at least available for pre-order. Given that you can get 8.9″ Intel Atom-based machines for $340 - $430 from Acer and Lenovo, one would expect that a new Celeron-based 8.9″ sub-notebook with a conventional drive should fall within the same range (or even cheaper).

Read:
- FCC filing
- via jkkmobile

Fujitsu P1610/1620 - Price Cuts, Replacements?

The Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 and P1620 supplies seem to be drying up.

With all of the netbooks coming out with similar-sized 8.9″ displays and decent battery life, a lot of us have wondered what Fujitsu would do. Of course, only a few netbooks offer touchscreen / Tablet PC-style displays like Fujitsu’s P-series, but they definitely aren’t matching the performance of the P-series since Fujitsu used a normal-sized ULV CPU in there. They did have the advantage of being %50 - %75 cheaper.

Chippy over at UMPC Portal posted about some huge price cuts over in Europe with the P-series. We are talking close to $1,100 USD (around 800 Euros). That’s a big price cut and drops it down into what I would consider to be a high-end netbook range.

I’ve noticed that the P1610s and P1620s are getting harder to find at various online retailers - you can still purchase them from Fujitsu, with almost immediate shipping, but they are getting hard to get elsewhere. We saw this with the Fujitsu U810 / U1010 when it was about to be replaced. We’ve also seen some recent rumors regarding an Intel Atom-powered Fujitsu Netbook.

Is Fujitsu about to announce something new in the 8.9″ range?

Intel Announces New Mobile CPUs

At the Intel Developer Forum last week, Intel announced the general availability of the same types of Merom-based CPUs that are currently powering the Ultra-lightweight 13.3″ Apple MacBook Air. This was speculated back in Lenovo ThinkPad X301 and the HP EliteBook 2530p, among others. All are 45nm.

1066MHz Front Side Bus
- Low Voltage (LV)
- SL9300 (1.6GHz, 6MB L2), 17W TDP, $316
- SL9400 (1.8GHz, 6MB L2), 17W TDP, $284

800MHz Front Side Bus
- Ultra Low Voltage (ULV)
- SU9300 (1.2GHz, 3MB L2), 10W TDP, $289
- SU9400 (1.4GHz, 3MB L2), 10W TDP, $262

These were also announced:
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