At CeBit 2012 Ultrabooks were a big topic for Intel, at their press event they even showed off a touch screen Ultrabook. Dotted around their booth and were the Acer Aspire S3, Toshiba R830 & the ASUS Zenbook UX31… with an impressive laser etching
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Pimped Out ASUS Zenbook UX31 Outdoor Screen Test
Nicole has a pretty sweet ASUS Zenbook UX31 on long-term loan from Intel so that she can experience firsthand how well the Ultrabook will do as her daily driver. We have a hands-on video below that was shot outside so that you can see how…
Intel Medfield Orange Smartphone Browser Benchmarks
At Mobile World Congress last week we got to spend some hands on time with the Orange Smartphone which will be released in France this coming June. This week at CeBit a good friend of Netbook News, Caschy from Caschys Blog spent some intimate time…
Touchscreen Ultrabook Reference Design Hands on at CeBit 2012
Intel has been talking about their next generation of Ultrabooks and touch screens have been a big part of that world. Today at their press event at CeBit they showed off a reference design for a touch screen Ultrabook and as you can tell from…
‘Key Lime Pie’ to Follow ‘Jelly Bean’ on Android Road Map
The Verge has just received a tip that the next dessert on Google’s road map to follow ‘Jelly Bean’ is ‘Key Lime Pie’. In case you’re not sure what is going on Google names each of their Android software updates after a dessert, they started…
Netbook Navigator Nav13X is Netbook and Ultrabook Mashup
Netbook Navigator created a laptop called the Nav13X that has Ultrabook looks with a netbook processor.
As you can see, the Nav13X looks a lot like a MacBook Air or an ASUS Zenbook UX31…. It has a 13-inch screen with the typical Ultrabook screen
Intel “DJ Mix Table” Demo at Mobile World Congress
Intel had a fun music-related demo at Mobile World Congress where “table jockeys” (as opposed to disc jockeys, get it?) could use special cubes and tiles to create music mixes on a Microsoft Surface-like table called the “DJ Mix Table”.
As the cubes and tiles…
Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Available, Starting at $999.99
We saw a lot of Ultrabooks at CES 2012. One of my favorites was the Dell XPS 13. Its design was really sharp, and most notably, it fit a 13.3-inch display into the form factor normally reserved for laptops with an 11.6- or 12-inch screen,…
Lava XOLO X900 Intel Atom Smartphone Announced for India *Update Video
Intel and Indian manufacturer Lava have officially announced their partnership and the first Intel based smartphone to head to the India market, the XOLO X900. It is based on Intel’s smartphone reference design featuring the Intel Atom processor Z2460 with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and supporting…
Intel Atom Smartphone Road Map Revealed
At a press event at Mobile World Congress 2012, CEO Paul Otellini revealed the road map for the Intel Smartphone Processor Line. What was most interesting about its presentation is that the mention of cores were noticably absent from the discussion. During the Q&A Paul…
Intel Atom Z2580 Medfield Processor Added, Doubles Performance
Intel has just announced that Z2580 that we tipped earlier today. It’s a dual-core version of the current smartphone platform.
…the Atom™ Z2580 processor that doubles the performance of the Atom processor Z2460, and features an advanced multimode LTE/3G/2G solution. Intel will sample the Z2580 …
Marvell Releases Smartphones Chipsets for Emerging Markets
Marvell may not be the processor on everyone’s lips but at Mobile World Congress they’ve released new chipsets for smartphones, smart TVs, networking and more. Among the new products is the world’s first TD-HSPA+ modem chip for smartphones used in emerging countries such as China.…
Orange to Sell “Santa Clara”, Intel’s Medfield Smartphone Reference Design
When Intel showed off their Medfield-based Android smartphone reference design at CES 2012, they said that they wanted to produce a reference design to showcase what smartphone manufacturers could do with the Medfield platform.
OEMs could choose to use as much or as little of…
Intel Releasing Medfield Smartphone with Lava in India
The most marketshare to be gained in the entery level smartphone game over the next 12 months is going to be in the developing countries like India and China. BGR claims that Intel will partner with Indian brand Lava to launch a new smartphone brand…
Ultrabook Roundup and Overview – Compared to Pricey Sony Vaio Z Series
With the rise of Ultrabooks, the market for expensive ultraportable laptops in the $3000 to $4000 range like the Sony Vaio… Z is quickly dwindling. Ultrabooks are thin and light laptops in the 11-inch to 13-inch range (so far), some with premium features and fashionable
