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Intel Atom N455 and N475 Spotted

Over at CeBIT a couple of new Intel Atom processors for Netbooks were spotted called the Intel Atom N455 and Intel Atom N475. Intel have yet to announce these two newly spotted processors even though the announcement was made/released on Saturday regarding the Intel Atom N470.

From what we understand about the two new versions, the Atom N455 looks to be an update to the Intel Atom N450 and the Atom N475 looks to be an update of the Atom N470. It is believed that both will run at the same 1.66GHz and 1.83GHz that the previous models run at with the only difference being that there is support for DDR3 memory instead. [Read more…]

Intel Atom N470 Processor Announced

The Intel Atom N470 has been officially announced. The announcement appears to have come a little early as the document is dated the 1st March. On to the details…

The Intel Atom N470 is a step up from the Intel Atom N450 CPU and runs at 1.83GHz along with housing 512Kb of L2 Cache. DDR2 667 memory is also supported by the new N470 CPU. Intel claim that the performance has been improved in the way of speed which is almost .2GHz quicker and it has been designed with more efficiency too which could further increase battery life on devices such as Netbooks that run it. The Atom N470 also has built in graphics allowing another performance boost for the netbooks it sits in.

It is unknown at the moment which OEM’s are signing up for the Atom N470 CPU, but Intel do say that major OEM’s are signing up which we assume will be the likes of ASUS, Samsung and all other companies who currently run the Intel Atom N450’s. [Read more…]

ASUS Eee T101MT Hands-On

The ASUS Eee T101MT is an Intel Atom N450 netbook tablet that was first spotted a few weeks back. The ASUS T101MT recently started showing up various places to be reviewed.

The tablet has some fairly standard specs which include an Intel Atom N450 CPU with hyperthreading running at 1.66GHz. 2GB of RAM is included (on the review version) and for storage it uses a hard drive with a 320GB capacity that runs at 5400 RPM. The screen measures 10.1 inches and has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. [Read more…]

ASUS Eee 1015P, 1016P and 1018P Leaked

Details have emerged about three new ASUS Eee PC’s that are expected to be launched at CeBIT in the next few days. Each of the Eee PC’s falls in to the 1000 series and therefore, each has a 10 inch screen. It is expected that each of the netbooks will also run the Intel Atom N450 processor.

ASUS Eee 1015P

The ASUS Eee 1015P is an update to the ASUS Eee 1005P, but in this build it has a larger touchpad. It has a matte display and chiclet keys but the body of the netbook has been uprated to aluminium. The battery life is also similar to the 1005PE in that it gets around 14 hours although that is without wireless switched on, and we assume without too much demand on the processor. Either way, 14 hours with all that switched off should still see a good amount of hours with wifi switched on. [Read more…]

LG Unveil 13.3 Inch Capacitive Multi-Touch Laptop Screen

LG have created a new display that has obtained the Windows 7 Touch Logo certification. The screen measures 13.3 inches and is a capacitive multitouch screen that is designed for netbooks and laptops.

LG have taken a slightly different approach in creating this touchscreen. Normally a layer is applied over a standard display. In this case, LG have built touch sensor within the display it’s self. Benefits of using this type of system are that the screen size can stay the same thickness regardless of it being touch or not (which ads slight bulk to a screen). Also picture quality is not filtered at all allowing for crisp images to be seen. [Read more…]

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Range Spotted

Leaked information on the Lenovo Thinkpad X201 series has been spotted recently that shows the new range of laptops are getting some upgrades to their looks as well as upgraded internals.

The Thinkpad X201 will have a 12 inch screen putting it close to the netbook category. Several processor options will be available for the 12 inch laptops which include the Core i7-620M option for the X201 and the Core i7-620LM for the X201s. The X201 and X201s come with speakers although the s variety has mono sound on it’s speakers for some reason.

An optional webcam is available that has quite an impressive 2 megapixel sensor is also being made available for the Lenovo X201 series. What has stayed the same on the new series of models are the ports, ie there is no eSATA, no HDMI, or DisplayPort. It has the same keyboard as the X20. [Read more…]

Acer Aspire One 532G is NVIDIA ION 2 Powered

Acer have unveiled their latest netbook called the Acer Aspire One 532G. The new Aspire One 532G is the first netbook to run the NVIDIA ION 2 chipset.

Feature wise, it has a 10.1 inch LED backlit display. It uses an Intel Atom N450 processor that runs at 1.66GHz which is complimented by the NVIDIA GT218 GPU that has 512MB of dedicated memory attached.

Battery life on the new Aspire One is also excellent and according to numbers is good for about 10 hours of usage on a single charge which we assume is low usage and not highend graphics usage. [Read more…]

Deal of the Day: MSI Microstar X400-205US X-Slim Laptop

LogicBuy have a deal on their MSI Microstar X-Slim netbook at the moment (the deal is ending today sometime so you’ll need to act quick). They current have $150 knocked off the price of the laptop bringing it down from $549 to $399 which also includes free shipping.

The MSI X-Slim X400 has a 14 inch screen and comes with a black and silver trip. The processor powering this laptop is an Intel Core 2 Solo SU2700 running at 1.3GHz. For memory it has 2GB of RAM and storage is by hard drive with a capacity of 320GB. The laptop also uses the Intel GMA 4500HD graphics chipset.

Wireless connectivity allows it to connect to 802.11n networks allowing for quick data transfer in the right conditions. [Read more…]

4 Port USB 3.0 Hub Launched – Worlds First

We have been noticing occasionally that devices that launch with USB ports, ie, laptops, netbooks, motherboards etc… have started getting USB 3.0 ports included. Buffalo are now about to launch the worlds first 4 port USB 3.0 hub.

The device is called the BSH4A03U3 and comes in either black or white. Compatibility show it can work with several OS variations that includes Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista as well as Mac OS X 10.4.

If you don’t have any USB 3.0 devices just yet then the device is backwards compatible with both USB 1.1 and 2.0 specifications. [Read more…]

ASUS Eee T101MT gets an Intel Atom N450 Processor

The ASUS Eee T101MT has been unveiled and when launched, will come supplied with an Intel Atom N450 processor (AKA – a Pine Trail chip). By using the latest Intel Atom N450 chip it can achieve longer battery life and run a tad quicker too than previous models.

The operating system running on this tablet netbook will either be Windows 7 Starter or Windows 7 Home Premium all depending on which version you want to buy.

The screen on the ASUS T101MT measures 10.1 inches and is backlit by LED. As it’s a tablet device, the screen is also touch based by using resistive touch. The screen has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. [Read more…]

1TB SSD Sized like a Postage Stamp

Researches over in Japan have managed to successfully shrink down the traditional makings of an SSD (solid state drive) so small that 1TB of data could be stored on a device the size of a postage stamp. The company claims to have developed technology that shrinks the traditional sized SSD’s down by 90% making them ultra small. As well as shrinking the physical size down to near nothing, the chip also has energy efficiency boosted by 70%.

By creating SSD’s a fraction of the size and boosting their efficiency it paves way to a lot of small (in physical size) storage to be put in devices such as mobile phones and netbooks. [Read more…]

Compaq AirLife 100

HP have built their latest netbook device that actually is a smartbook crammed in to a netbook if that makes sense. The device is called the Compaq AirLife 100 and it runs the Android OS, is powered by a Snapdragon processor (rumoured) and uses an SSD for storage.

The new device, perhaps a smartbook, includes always on connectivity and can run all apps that Android based phones do to allow for email and instant messages to be sent along with access to social networks, media and other information you typically keep on your phone.

By mixing the phone with a netbook profile it allows for a larger screen, measuring 10.1 inches and a larger keyboard that measures 92% of a full sized device. [Read more…]