Panasonic has formally announced the Panasonic ToughBook CF-U1, an ultraportable device powered by a 1.33GHz Intel Atom CPU. The device has been shown at various events going back to Cebit Germany, but today marks the official announcement of availability and pricing. It has a 5.6-inch … Read more
While I would take issue with Akihabara’s announcement that the new model of the Toshiba Portege R500 is “The World’s First Laptop with 128GB SSD” (since Toshiba announced the Portege R500-12Q for European customers back in April), it’s still a good sign that Toshiba is … Read more
Over at the Lenovo “Inside the Box” blog, Matt Kohut reported on swapping his existing 7200rpm 2.5-inch hard drive for a 1.8-inch 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD) in his ThinkPad. It did involve using an adapter from a 1.8-inch form factor to a 2.5-inch form … Read more
In a follow-up to details leaked last week about the upcoming 12.1-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X200, more images, specifications, and a release date have been leaked through 51nb.com. Among the new details, an updated Magnesium Alloy-based chassis that houses a ThinkPad T-series size keyboard (probably due … Read more
VR-Zone has posted their first impressions, along with several photos, of a pre-productin Acer Aspire One, which is Acer’s 8.9-inch entry into the netbook market. They noted that internally, the Aspire One preview unit they had is referred to as “ZG5”, that it an 8GB … Read more