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Laptop Silicon in the Handheld Space
The more I test Intel Sandy-Bridge based systems the more I am becoming convinced that laptop silicon will eventually extend as a high-dynamic-range platform into to ultra-mobile PCs and tablets. The...
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Buyers Guide – CCC2011 #1 Mixed Mobile Usage with The Full Internet Experience
Jakub contacted me yesterday via the CCC email account with the first of the CCC2011 challenges. It’s a very typical one to start off with and will probably fit many peoples requirements too so lets...
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Screen Size Analysis (Sub 12″) August 2011
This is the seventh report on sizing trends in PCs below 12†screen size (and above 5â€) appearing in the German market through the popular price comparison engine, Geizhals.at (*1) The last one was...
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Cedar Trail Netbook Delays. Are You Waiting?
Despite all the fuss about Ultrabooks and Tablets there’s still a significant market for netbooks out there as small, low-cost ‘just enough’ laptops. Developing countries, students, secondary laptops,...
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Netbooks at CES 2012 – They Should Have Been Better
I honestly expected to see more, and better netbooks at CES. The Cedar Trail platform is a solid one and there’s absolutely no reason why netbooks need to fade away because with a bit of a re-design...
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CloverTrail-based Windows 8 Convertibles – Videos, Info, Thoughts.
Just how long have we been waiting for a low-power productive computing platform and an operation system built to go with it? Atom has been around (largely unchanged in it’s CPU architecture) for many...
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Lenovo Flex 10. Dual-Mode Touch with Baytrail-M Spotted.
Spotted in UAE and Singapore is a new 10-inch Lenovo Flex 10. We’ve seen the 14-inch version of this running a Core CPU but here’s something that lines up with the new class of netbook-style devices....
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A Day with the ASUS Transfomer Book T100 + WiDi Demo
At the Intel Software Summit this week I had the chance to use the ASUS Transformer Book T100 for a day. I was very impressed at the performance level, quality and battery life but handed it back...
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Lenovo Ideapad Flex 10 Summary Review
I’ve just finished the full review of the Lenovo Flex 10 for Notebookcheck.net. Check it out for a very detailed look at performance and features. Below you’ll find my overview review video and some...
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Lenovo Flex 10 SSD upgrade has great results. Recommended hack!
When I reviewed the 270-euro Lenovo Ideapad Flex 10 recently I knew it would be a great candidate for an SSD upgrade. This fanless, touchscreen hybrid is the very model of a modern casual portable...
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Macbook. No Touch = No Go.
Laptopmag published an interesting article about touchscreen laptops last week. “Why you shouldn’t buy a touchscreen laptop.” I strongly disagreed, along with others, on a Facebook comment thread....
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How to Get the Most Battery Life out of Your Ultrabook
Intel’s Core processors dynamically adjust the speed of your Ultrabook’s CPU to give you power when you need it and battery savings when you don’t. The battery savings come when your Core processor...
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APT-X. HQ Audio over Bluetooth Now on Ultrabooks
This is going to be music to some peoples ears because APT-X is now supported on Ultrabooks and notebooks with some Intel Centrino Bluetooth stacks. I heard the news in September but it’s only now I’m...
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Medion Akoya S2218 at Aldi – First reviews, customer feedback.
[Europe-focus] If you’re looking closely at the super-cheap Medion S2218 that’s being offered in Aldi in the UK / Ireland today (next week in many mainland EU countries) you’ll want to just check...
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Think about the Continuum Laptop.
Last week I wrote about the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and how it could drive adoption of the Windows 10 Mobile ‘smartphone’ as a core computing device for all consumer needs, whatever the...
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Lenovo Yoga 300 11. Cheap-screen says ‘don’t buy me.’
I’ve just posted detailed hands-on information about the excellent Lenovo Yoga 710 11-inch 360-degree convertible and as I read my colleagues review of the Yoga 300 11 I wonder why they bothered. This...
View ArticleLaptops vs tablets. My baby didn’t care for touch and apps.
At just 8 months old my son made the right choice for us. He chose ‘laptop’ and pushed the tablet to one side. Why? They’re better of course. It’s a video that I just have to re-post here in 2017 when...
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