A scheduled Dell press event today may announce the release of Dell’s new 8.9-inch and 12.1-inch E-series netbooks. There is also rumor of a 10-inch model. We’ll have to wait and see.
Update: No Dell netbooks were announced today, but new Latitudes were announced.
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Panasonic announced today the addition of a UMPC tablet to their Toughbook lineup. With a 5.6-inch screen, solid-state storage, two batteries totaling up to 9 hours of runtime, the usual durable design, and a weight of only 2.3 pounds, the Toughbook CF-U1 is sure to be a hit.
Here are the specs for the latest Panasonic [...]
AMD not content to be left out of the UMPC market showed of a UMPC at Computex Taipei. The specs for the device are:
7 inch 1024 x 600 touch screen
AMD Turion64X2 with 1GB RAM
60/80GB HDD
optical mouse pointer and buttons
2 x USB and one mini USB
audio in/out
VGA out
2.5 hour battery life while playing videos
about 200mm x [...]
Dell is looking to compete with the likes of Asus’ Eee PC and HP’s Mini-note 2133 with an ultra-mobile PC that is so far being referred to as the Mini Inspiron. Specifications are are yet to be revealed, but so far it looks like it could be a real contender in its class.
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For those of you drooling for the 9-inch screen version of the popular Asus Eee PC, some online retailers have just started taking pre-orders. Here is a list of links that I have compiled so far:
MacMall: Eee PC 900 12G XP Notebook - Pearl White
8.9″ WSVGA LCD, 1GB DDR2, 12GB Solid State Disk, 1.3 [...]
Riyad Emeran gives a nice review of the new Asus Eee PC 900. The Asus Eee PC 900 is the successor to the wildly popular Eee PC 701. In addition to the larger 8.9-inch screen on the Eee PC 900, other improvements include 1GB of RAM, up to 20GB of solid state storage, larger multi-touch [...]
HP has introduced a formidable competitor to the runaway success Asus Eee PC. HP revealed that the mini-notebook, dubbed Mini-Note PC, would hit the streets later this month at under $500.
The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC weighs in at 2.5 pounds and comes with an 8.9-inch screen (bigger than the Eee’s 7-inch screen and just slightly [...]
More details have come to light about the 9-inch version of the Asus Eee PC. Aside from its larger form factor, the only improvement known at this point over the 7-inch Asus Eee PC is a multi-touch trackpad. The multi-touch trackpad should allow for easier zooming and scrolling.
MacMall: Eee PC 900 12G XP Notebook [...]
If the only thing that was keeping you from buying an Asus Eee PC sub-notebook was the 7-inch screen size, get ready, because Asus is set to start shipping an Eee PC with a 9-inch screen sometime in the middle of 2008. Sources say that the 9-inch model will come in 8GB and 12GB capacities. [...]
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