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Toshiba Portege M750, R600, A600 Announced

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Toshiba Portege M750 Toshiba Canada has announced several new ultraportable Portege models, all with 12.1″ LED-backlit displays, including a “convertible” Tablet PC / laptop. All are loaded with Microsoft Windows Vista and are based on Intel’s Centrino 2 platform, with Intel GMA X4500 graphics. While the R600 and M750 are replacing existing 12.1″ laptops, the A600 is the first of its kind in Toshiba’s lineup with a 12.1″ display. The A600 is kind of a budget laptop compared to the other two (with a starting price of around $1320 USD) – while the R600 may share some of the same components, it is lighter and overall smaller than the A600. All three have spill-resistant keyboards

Toshiba Portege R600
– Ultra Low Voltage Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 / SU9400
– Solid State Drive (SSD) Options
– Up to 9 hours of battery life
– Starts at $2,399 CAD – $2095 USD
– 1GB built-in RAM, 1 memory slot (upto 5GB Total)
– Weighs just 2.4 pounds / 1.1 kg

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Toshiba Demonstrates SCiB Battery Technology

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Last week at CREATEC 2008 (a consumer trade show held in Japan every year), Toshiba showed off some new battery technology that could shake up the notebook battery market (and how we think about batteries and battery sizes in general). The technology is called “Super … Read more

Toshiba NB100, Dynabooks on Display

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The 8.9-inch Intel Atom-powered Toshiba NB100 (NB105) was on display at CEATEC 2008 and Akihabara News snapped some photos. CEATEC 2008 (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is basically a consumer electronics trade show held every year in Japan. Given that netbooks are consumer-oriented (in addition … Read more

Toshiba NB 100 Specifications

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Some additional specifications for the Intel Atom-powered 8.9″ Toshiba NB100 netbook have been released, in the press release for today’s Toshiba Dynabook NX announcement. Nothing too major (that we didn’t already know), outside of the memory appearing to be limited to 1GB, which is strange. … Read more

Toshiba Dynabook NX Announced

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Akihabara News has word of a new 12.1″ LED-backlit ultraportable laptop from Toshiba, the Toshiba Dynabook NX. Poking around the web, we found the official press release, and some of the stats are very impressive. The Dynabook NX follows on the heels of the 12.1″ … Read more