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Lenovo IdeaPad S10 and Heat

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Seems that, like certain other netbooks, the 10.2″ Lenovo IdeaPad S10 can get a little hot in areas. I’m not sure if this is based on a pre-production / review model (which could change significantly from the final shipping models and one of the articles … Read more

Toshiba and Netbooks

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Update: Toshiba has rolled out the Toshiba Satellite NB105. Could Toshiba be jumping into the netbook market? An anonymous user over at jkOnTheRun has mentioned that Toshiba has been showing off a netbook with decidedly normal netbook specifications: – 8.9″ 1024×600 display – Intel Atom … Read more

Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 Review (NotebookReview.com)

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Last week, NotebookReview.com posted their review of the new 13.3″ Lenovo ThinkPad SL300, which is geared towards small and medium-sized businesses. It’s kind of a budget line, and it’s pointed out that it’s basically Lenovo’s answer to Dell’s 13.3″ Vostro 1310. It does feature an … Read more

Lenovo ThinkPad X301 – First Look (GBM)

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Warner Crocker over at GottaBeMobile has put together a first-look inkshow covering the new ultraportable 13.3″ Lenovo ThinkPad X301. He’s working with an evaluation uniot that has the Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) U9400 (1.4GHz), with a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). … Read more

Lenovo X200T Tablet at the FCC, With UWB

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Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet The Lenovo ThinkPad X200T Tablet PC, Lenovo’s widescreen sequel to the ThinkPad X61T Tablet PC is pretty close to being available in North America. It’s now shown up at the FCC.

The thing that struck me was that it (at least the model sent to the FCC) has a “Bluetooth and UWB transmitter” – that is, Ultra Wideband. UWB has a short range, but it’s got a good bandwidth – if it goes through as Bluetooth 3.0 (which I believe it will), to give you a comparison: UWB can transfer data up to 480Mbit/second while Bluetooth version 2.0 + EDR transfers data at up to 3Mbit/sec. It should be able to retain low-power requirements as well.

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