News Tommy Melville - 27 May 2009 - 9:41am Lenovo鈥檚 latest netbook, the IdeaPad S12, aims to unite the best of its current netbooks, the IdeaPad S10 and S10-2, in one machine. The 12-inch laptop boasts a host of eye-catching features including a full-size keyboard, which should provide ...
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General Review Netbooks 10.1-inch screen 3G/HSDPA Intel Atom Packard Bell Super-TFT Under 1.5kg Philip Barker - 27 May 2009 - 2:51pm We got the chance to have a play with some of Packard Bell's latest products today at the trendy Kensington Roof Gardens, including th...
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News Tommy Melville - 29 May 2009 - 4:45pm These days, it seems not a week goes by without a fresh rush of netbooks entering the market. HP鈥檚 Compaq Mini 110c is the latest machine to raise its head above the parapet. While the 10.1-inch Compaq Mini 110c doesn鈥檛 bring anything new or re...
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General Review First looks 15.6-inch screen Asus Intel Laptop Super-TFT Philip Barker - 28 May 2009 - 4:47pm It鈥檚 easy to think of Asus as a netbook manufacturer thanks to the success of its Eee PC.聽Asus hopes to change this with the introduction of the high-end UX rang...
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News Tommy Melville - 27 May 2009 - 4:16pm Yesterday Packard Bell invited us along to Kensington鈥檚 prestigious Roof Gardens to witness the rebirth of the company, and also to take a look at their latest range of laptops, including the EasyNote TR85, TJ and NJ. The EasyNote TR85 is the m...
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Netbooks 8.9-inch screen Asus Intel Atom Software Super-TFT Under 1.5kg Philip Barker - 1 June 2009 - 2:56am Following on from our exclusive review of the UK鈥檚 first production-spec Asus Eee PC T91 , the Taiwanese company has finally decided what touch software to bundle...
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Philip Barker - 29 May 2009 - 4:46pm If you鈥檙e accustomed to the best in life, then no other laptop comes close to offering as much as Sony鈥檚 top of the range 13.1-inch VAIO Z21ZN/X. Weighing in at 1.5kg, this tiny machine is among the lightest fully-featured laptops on the market, the design ...
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News Tommy Melville - 26 May 2009 - 2:35pm Lenovo has unveiled its latest two laptops, the IdeaPad U350, a stylish ultraportable machine, and Lenovo G550, a feature packed laptop aimed at the business market. The IdeaPad U350 looks fantastic, is crafted from a silver metal and clearly h...
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General Review Smartphones Acer Philip Barker - 26 May 2009 - 1:23pm We鈥檝e been waiting to get our hands on one of Acer鈥檚 Tempo smartphones for a little while now, following on from the company鈥檚 acquisition of phone manufacturer E-Ten last year. The Acer X960 is the first Tempo mo...
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What do you do when a laptop does nothing when you try to turn it on. Rommel asked the Answer Line forum for advice. I'm going to assume that your data is safely backed up, and that you're not worried about retrieving your family photos, your almost-finished thesis, or your foolproof plan for w...
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We're a little over two weeks away from this year's Worldwide Developers Conference , and the rumor mill is starting to go into overdrive. Forget Snow Leopard or iPhone OS 3.0; the chattering classes are all in a tizzy over the possibility of new iPhones and that netbook-tablety-touch thingy , and...
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Apple may have turned its nose up at the netbook market , but that doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 ignoring the void between its $400 iPod touch (32GB) and $1,000 MacBook. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes Cupertino will launch a touchscreen tablet, priced in the $500 to $700 range, in the first half o...
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General Review Laptops 12.1-inch screen Business Intel Samsung Under 3.5kg Philip Barker - 21 May 2009 - 1:34pm Samsung鈥檚 R-series offers good quality and features at a price that doesn鈥檛 break the bank. The R522 is a mid-range system that features impressive quality, g...
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News Tommy Melville - 21 May 2009 - 2:44pm We鈥檝e been given an exclusive first look at a pre-production version of HP鈥檚 forthcoming ProBook 4510s laptop. The machine is aimed at the business market and comes in a broad range of models. The ProBook鈥檚 15.6-inch screen features a widescree...
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Laptops Tommy Melville - 20 May 2009 - 12:48pm Hanspree is best known for its televisions, but is now the latest manufacturer to enter the netbook market. Its Hannsnote (拢269 inc. VAT) is effectively a rebranded MSI Wind, and is a compact and usable offering that provides ample mobility ...
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General Review Laptops 3G/HSDPA Asus Intel Lenovo Sony Toshiba Under 2kg Philip Barker - 20 May 2009 - 9:25pm Weighing聽under聽2kg and offering the best battery life available, ultraportable laptops such as聽the Asus U6V, Sony VAIO TT, Lenovo ThinkPad X200 and Toshib...
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Smartphones Sony Ericsson Philip Barker - 20 May 2009 - 4:47pm Sony Ericsson鈥檚 Xperia X1 is the聽company鈥檚 first Windows Mobile handset, and proved to be聽one of the most eagerly anticipated smartphones last year. Featuring a slide-down QWERTY keypad and a 3-inch touch sensitive screen,...
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General Review Smartphones HTC Philip Barker - 19 May 2009 - 2:36pm HTC鈥檚 original Touch Diamond was an impressive touchscreen phone, with a low battery life proving its biggest problem. The Touch Diamond 2 is a complete overhaul, adding usability, and attempting to address the fault...
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By now you know that you can download the Windows 7 Release Candidate free of charge from Microsoft and use it for nearly a year. Of course, the traditional method of installing the OS starts with burning the downloaded ISO file to a DVD, which you then pop into your desktop or laptop. That's fin...
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News Tommy Melville - 18 May 2009 - 2:58pm MSI has today announced the GX723, the latest addition to the G Series, their gaming family. A 17-inch display will dominate the GX723, and it鈥檚 interesting to note that MSI has not included a Super-TFT screen coating which means no distracting...
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