Constant Connect, Ready To Rock!

Do I have to remind you how important is to be able to connect to the Internet no matter where you are? I guess not, but let me also tell you another thing - while it's great to be able to connect at anytime and anywhere, I also think you shouldn't be connected unless you really need to. The reason? I know a lot of people who can't remember the last day when they spent more than 20 minutes looking at the sky, thinking about past and future, and even spend some quality time with their friends. OFFLINE. Don't worry, I am not going to continue telling you how good is to get away from technology for a while, because only a chosen few can afford such a luxury. Instead, I will tell you a few things about Constant Connect, a new solution from Lenovo and RIM to keep you connected anytime, anywhere... as long as you have the right tools of the trade up and running, of course!Announced way back in February, Constant Connect is now finally available as a $149 option available from select business partners and, of course, through Lenovo.com.Just to refresh your memory, Lenovo and RIM "announced that the two companies will work together to promote new Lenovo mobile solutions that will help on-the-go business users enhance their mobile computing and communications experience through tighter integration between Lenovo ThinkPad laptop computers and BlackBerry® smartphones," but that was happening back in February, as I said a bit earlier.The Constant Connect solution allows ThinkPads to pull down BlackBerry emails as long as it's within range, even when the laptop is off. Completely off, to make it even more clear!At last, you can write email on your laptop, and send it via BlackBerry's wireless connection, a feature that's great for those times when you can't get to any WiFi hotspot or 3G access for your laptop.

Best Laptop For Children

If you have kids, then you probably know that, for most parents, it would be easier to find a laptop for the dog then for the children. I know some of you could say that I'm totally wrong, and I only have this to answer - you never knew the kid of one buddy of mine! For example, his monitor had fingers all over it(nothing so special here), and his keyboard knew all possible milk flavors and cookie tastes! Now, we're getting there so, considering all the above, aren't you wondering what's the best laptop for children? If you don't have children yet, that's not an excuse - one day, you'll have to find out the answer to this question anyway, so why not be able to give some useful advice to those around you before finding yourself in the same situation, huh?OK, here's the best laptop for children of the day(maybe not the best ever, but surely the best of the week, haha) - the PeeWee Pivot Tablet Laptop, making its entry into the market as we speak. Its main competitor is the good old OLPC XO, but we'll leave that one aside and see what's inside this little beast: a PeeWee security software to enable parents watch their kids' activity online, spill and drop resistance, packing the now ubiquitous Intel Atom processor, a convertible rotating screen and touch tablet with stylus, a 1.3 MP webcam able to rotate 180 degrees.Also coming with 1 GB of standard memory and a 60 GB "classic" hard drive, the Windows XP Home-powered PeeWee Pivot Tablet Laptop's price starts at $599.99 and is currently available only through http://www.peeweepc.com/.

HDX 18

Bottom Line: As a desktop replacement, it not only performs well, it makes your actual desktop look snazzier.
PC World Rating: 84.7 (Very Good)
Price When Reviewed: $1890
CPU: 2.8-GHz Core 2 Duo T9600
Display Size (inches): 18.4" Display
Wide Screen: Yes
Total HD Size (GB): 640GB Hard Drive
Min. Weight (lbs.): 9.1Lbs.
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Pavilion DV7T

Bottom Line: This heavy duty desktop replacement's performance wows, but falls a little short where you'd expect it to sing: multimedia.
PC World Rating: 83.0 (Very Good)
Price When Reviewed: $1650
CPU: 2.53-GHz Core 2 Duo T9400
Display Size (inches): 17" Display
Wide Screen: Yes
Total HD Size (GB): 400GB Hard Drive
Min. Weight (lbs.): 5.48Lbs.
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D901C Phantom-x

Bottom Line: The Phantom-X packs plenty of power and versatility, but suffers from a lackluster layout and design.
PC World Rating: 78.5 (Very Good)
Price When Reviewed: $5950
CPU: 3-GHz Intel Xeon X3370
Display Size (inches): 17.1" Display
Wide Screen: Yes
Total HD Size (GB): 320GB Hard Drive
Min. Weight (lbs.): 12Lbs.
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P-7811FX

Bottom Line: Gateway's got a full-fledged gamer's bargain notebook packed with more ports and options than you'll know what to do with.
PC World Rating: 76.8 (Good)
Price When Reviewed: $1399.99
CPU: 2.26-GHz Core 2 Duo P8400
Display Size (inches): 17" Display
Wide Screen: Yes
Total HD Size (GB): 200GB Hard Drive
Min. Weight (lbs.): 8.9Lbs.
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Qosmio X305-Q708

Bottom Line: Toshiba's high-end Qosmio X305 has lots of style and even more power, but could use a more practical physical design.
PC World Rating: 72.5 (Good)
Price When Reviewed: $4099
CPU: 2.5-GHz Core 2 Extreme Q9300
Display Size (inches): 17" Display
Wide Screen: Yes
Total HD Size (GB): 320GB Hard Drive
Min. Weight (lbs.): 9.5Lbs.
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BenQ’s featherweight Joybook Lite U101 is Atom powered

BenQ has been off the hook for a while now, but they have finally collected themselves well in time for the CES, entering the laptop fray with their latest Joybook Lite U101. Weighing at about 1 kg, the U101 is aimed as a second notebook for the vivid user. It packs a 10.1” 16:9 WSVGA LED backlit screen supporting 1024 x 600 resolutions.
This not so big notebook is powered by a 1.6GHz Atom processor for higher energy efficiency and extended battery life which is made possible with SSD-driven, three-cell battery. Joybook Lite U101 is expected to be made available by the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2009, with either Linux® or Windows® OS, 1.3MP webcam, WiFi and optional 3.75G HSUPA and Bluetooth.

Joybook R56 notebook by BenQ

BenQ has just expanded its family by dropping the new Joybook R56, but how much juice this cool Joybook encompass in it, let’s check it out.
This 15.4 inch laptop features WXGA widescreen display with an eight-millisecond response time, HDMI output, NVIDIA’s GeForce 8400M G. In addition, the JoybookR56 runs on Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 processor with 512MB to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, up to 160GB of SATA hard drive space, an optional dual-layer DVD writer, six-cell Li-ion battery, 802.11a/g/n, built-in stereo speakers/subwoofer with noise and echo cancellation software and a slide of ports that comprises FireFire, Ethernet, VGA, audio in / out, eSATA, ExpressCard, and four USB 2.0 connectors.
Price and availability is not yet leaked.
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Toshiba's latest Dynabook Satellite WXW

Toshiba has just introduced its real time gaming laptop Dynabooks Satellite WXW that might fulfill your need if you are looking ahead to get one of its kind.
The latest WXW notebook is based on the Santa Rosa platform with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7300, 1GB of RAM that you can upgrade to 4GB according to your desire and a GeForce 8700M GT GPU with 256MB of memory.
It comes with a nice 17.1-inch screen display that offers 1680 x 1050 resolution, graphic card (DX10), HDMI, with PM965 Express chipset, DVD DL burner and more then enough 120GB HDD. It measures 399×288x52mm and weighs only 3.9kg.
The notebook is currently available in Japan and to get it you might have to shell somewhere around $1800.
Via: Akihabaranews

World’s Most Expensive Laptop Costs $350,000: Cheapest Laptop is Just $100

Small world but huge difference. Today, I was searching about expensive laptops and I found one laptop to have price tag of nearly $350,000. It is Tulip E-Go Diamond. From the name you can rightly guess that it has a touch of diamond.

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I could find a nice description of this laptop in AMDboard.com:

“Tulip E-Go notebook inlaid with solid palladium white gold plates in which thousands of brilliant cut diamonds have been set. The quality is V.V.S. top-Wesselton and the total weight is 80.00 Crt.
The brilliant cut diamonds are microscopic and pave set with surgical precision. This magnificent end result is possible thanks to the use of brilliant cut diamonds with a large variety of diameters.”
I do not how many people can afford this laptop or even how many people are willingly spend so much after a laptop. However, I know that those people who would buy Tulip E-Go Diamond, would simply buy it for status symbol or as a fashionable item not to play games or watch a movie with it. About its technical specification, I am quoting from Softpedia:
“The E-Go laptop is hand bag shaped and it is targeted at ladies, so, not exactly for gamers. Though, the specifications are good. The system is based on an AMD Turion 64 processor, with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 graphic chipset and featuring 1 GB of DDR RAM PC3200 memory. The hard disk can store 100 GB SATA and the display is a 12.1 inch widescreen WHGA, supporting 1280 X 800 pixel resolution.
Also, a DVD-RW optical unit is available, a touch pad, a built in webcam with a LED illuminative point and a microphone for video and voice conferences. The connectivity is enabled by Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 1.2, the ExpressCard slot, by four USB 2.0 slots and the 10/100Base-T NIC. Additionally, VGA and S-Video port are available and a SD/MMC/MS/MS Duo card reader.
Tulip E-Go Diamond sound system is a 2.1 one stereo, while the battery has a four hour lifetime specification.”
Only four hour of battery life. I am extremely disappointed. I would not bother to pay $350,000 just to have 4 hours of battery life. Instead, I will try to have one unit of the world’s cheapest laptop at $100. Haven’t you ever heard of One Laptop Per Child project? Of course, if you are day dreaming about Tulip E-Go Diamond then you should not remember it. What is $100 laptop after all. You can find the answer in the project website:
“The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode display—both a full-color, transmissive DVD mode, and a second display option that is black and white reflective and sunlight-readable at 3× the resolution. The laptop will have a 500MHz processor and 128MB of DRAM, with 500MB of Flash memory; it will not have a hard disk, but it will have four USB ports. The laptops will have wireless broadband that, among other things, allows them to work as a mesh network; each laptop will be able to talk to its nearest neighbors, creating an ad hoc, local area network. The laptops will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data.”

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Even this $100 laptop will have a way to charge it with alternative energy sources. So, I am a big fan of this $100 laptop. The only problem is that I am not a school children anymore. I still do not have a child of my own either. So, I will have to wait until a commercial version comes to the market at $200 or some more!
Which one would you like to buy?

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Is 2009 the Year of the Netbook?

Netbooks have become much more popular in 2008 and with the new year here, it makes us wonder: Will 2009 be the year of the Netbook?Netbooks are low-cost, highly-portable, light-weight, energy-efficient laptops most commonly used for web browsing and general purpose applications. Since they are small, light and affordable, Netbooks dont have as much processing power and offer less features than a regular laptop. Standard netbooks have a 9" screen, weigh about 3 pounds and cost somewhere under 400 dollars. The netbooks were designed with mobile internet users in mind. Nobody wants to pay thousands of dollars to buy a laptop just to access the internet on the go. And with the increase in demand for mobile internet access, its no surprise that these netbooks are becoming extremely useful and will continue to grow in popularity in 2009.

Most expensive laptop you can buy

If you were rich and wanted to buy the most expensive laptop you could possibly find what would it be? Well I set out to answer this question and I feel that I have succeeded in making the laptop of my dreams. The laptop is of course an Alienware and its final cost is $7,127.00!Now that is a lot of money, but what can you get inside of a $7000 laptop? Well for starters you had to pick which laptop to get from Alienware’s already expensive lineup. The choice was easy the Alienware Are-51 m17x would be easily the best pick because with a base cost of $2000 it was by far the most expensive choice.Now we get into the real rich man’s playground, the upgrades! I am sure you have all went into a laptop upgrade config and selected all the most expensive upgrades and drool at the cost and the performance, well that is exactly what I did.Video Card: Dual 512MB NVIDEA GeForce 9800M GT SLICost: $850 – The 9800M GT SLI is the fastest video card out right now. These two video cards will guarantee you the highest quality in any game you play for a long time.Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 2.8GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB) *Also the worlds most powerful mobile processorCost- $90017” 1900 x 1200 LCD w/ illuminated keyboardThis is ridiculous quality for a 17 inch screen. My 22 inch monitor only has a resolution of 1650 x 1050! Also the Alienware illuminated keyboard is very sexy and if you have never seen one before you are truly missing out. Upgrade Cost - $504GB DDR2 667MHz RAM: This seems a little low to me. I would think a high end laptop like this would have at least DDR3 RAM and 6GB, but it might they might have been limited by the fact that they had to fit so much inside of it already. Still 4GB of RAM is plenty for a laptop and you will definitely see a huge performance gain.Cost- $350Hard Drive: 256GB (128GB x 2) Solid State Drives. Not sure you will see a performance gain in here when it comes to games, but you will sure see a price gain! Also worth mentioning is the fact that solid state drives are very quiet and produce very little heat.Cost- $1050Optical Drive: 2x Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc Burner. Wow could you imagine having a Blu-ray player for your 1200p laptop. This is a must and it sure would impress. Blu-ray movies look amazing especially when it is being played at the highest possible resolution.Cost- $400Software & AccessoriesAlienware Orion Back and 320GB External HHD - $195Astro A40 Audio System - $275Wireless Mouse - $803 year warranty $30036 month subscription to McAfee $80Microsoft Office 2007 Professional - $250The best part about this is you get your name engraved on the laptop, I mean how cool is that and all you had to do was spend a small fortune. I would really like to see this laptop built and would love to have it. I am very curious as to how well it would play Crisis. A couple facts worth mentioning is the fact that with all the performance upgrades makes this laptop not the most suitable for portability. It is 2.1 inches this and its just a solid black tone and comes in at a total of 11 pounds!Also I would like to end this article with a great quote I heard today from my friend.“Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize there's no shame in being poor...but it's no great honor either. So what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?”-Tevye

Way to a Modern Girls Heart

Valentines day is coming and here is a gift idea for your valentine! No, your not in the wrong blog, trust me. Give her a rose! Samsung has a rose colored, NC 10 available for around $500.00. This sleek lightweight 10” computer possesses a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, and Windows XP Home addition and the best part is a 6 cell battery that can hold up for 7 hours. At 2.6 pounds It’s perfect for your Valentine on the go.

Sony P-series VAIO Dont-Call-Me-A-Netbook Unveiled

This new... mini-ultraportable... notebook has received a lot of hype, and now as promised it has finally revealed itself at CES 2009. Read More

Hands On: Sony VAIO P Netbook

We finally got the opportunity to run our greasy fingers over Sony's amazing new P-series netbook (or whatever you want to call it) at CES, and we were quite impressed. Read More

Sony VAIO P Sale Price Spotted

Sony's I-swear-I'm-not-a-netbook ultraportable is expected to cost around $1000 when it releases in the US, but there are many (like us) who are fervently hoping that Sony will see fit to give it a price a little more like a netbook and a little less like an ultraportable. Unfortunately, according to prices snagged off store shelves in Hong Kong, it seems like Sony has done what nobody expected them to - keep the price high. Read More

Sony VAIO GS On The Way - A Budget Offering From Sony?

While skimming through the recent FCC patent applications on a cold winter night, we stumbled across a potential new entry from Sony. Could it be we've spotted a budget priced Sony VAIO? Read More

Touch Me Now! EEE PC T91 and T101H

Just as we expected, Asus expanded its EEE PC line with several convertible touch-screen laptops at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Asus showed off several new interesting items at CES and, of which the new netbooks attracted most of our attention on the first day. Read More

Eee PC Touch UI Looking Good In Video

ASUS debuted several new Eee PC tablet netbooks at CES last week. And if you weren't impressed with just the idea of a sleek netbook tablet, a recently released video should do the trick. Read More

Asus Eee PC 1000HE Now Pre-Orderable

The successor to the Eee PC 1000H, the 1000HE features improvements in the categories that matter to netbook users most: keyboard and battery life. Read More

Acer Officially Announces 10 inch Aspire One

It's been talked about for a while in the form of leaks and rumors, but the 10.1" Acer Aspire One is finally here. The new netbook will be similar to the 8.9" flagship Aspire One in many ways, but there are a few new plusses, most notably the battery life. Read More

Pricing and Release Date For New 10 inch Aspire One

Pricing and availability is now known for the new 10" Acer Aspire One Netbook. In short, relatively cheap and only in Europe, respectively. Read More

Samsung To Start Mass Producing 256GB SSD

The latest and greatest entry into the 256GB SSD market, the new Samsung SSDs are faster and (hopefully) cheaper than their competitors. Read More

OpenSolaris OS Now Pre-Loaded On Toshiba Laptops

Sun's flagship operating system, OpenSolaris, will be available in the US starting in early 2009. The OS will be pre-configured and optimised for select Toshiba models. Read More

Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro 17-inch, Decides You Shouldn't Touch The Battery. Also, Apple Now To Appear At CES '10

Apple's larger 17" MacBook Pro has finally been given the aluminum unibody finish its smaller cousins received three months ago. However, it's also been given an update they never got - a new high tech battery that is not user-replaceable. Read More

Apple Updates $999 White MacBook To Near Unibody Specs

Without much fanfare, Apple has recently updated the specs on its older (should we say classic yet?) white polycarbonate design. The new specs make it very very close to the newly updated and highly touted unibody models, while keeping that $999 price tag. Read More

Apple Removes NVidia Update, Maintains Standard Of Mysteriousness

On Monday, Apple was encouraging its users to patch up their Macbooks with a software update intended to fix some graphics related issues. On Wednesday, Apple removed the update, and it can no longer be found on Apple's website or in their Software Update feature. As per the usual Apple standard, no reason whatsoever was given. Our best guess was that it just didn't work. Read More

Dell Takes SSDs To Next Level With 256GB SSD

SSDs are becoming more and more common these days. Dell has taken the next step towards making high capacity SSDs a consumer item by offering 256GB SSDs in two of their Inspiron XPS models. Read More

Dell Sweetens Deal On 3G Inspiron Mini 9

Dell has made it easier than ever to get a 3G capable Inspiron Mini 9, offering it for only $99 provided you sign a 2 year contract with AT&T. The new deal is the best we've seen yet from Dell, and almost as good as other deals we've seen from Acer. Although not quite. Read More

Dell Adamo Stalled Until Mid-2009

Dell's highly acclaimed and highly mysterious Adamo might not be entering mass production until the second half of 2009. This isn't the first Adamo delay we've seen, and our fingers are crossed that it will be the last. Read More

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Display More Accurate Than Macbook Pro

Well, this came as a surprise. Whether you liked Macs or you didn't, for a long time it has been hard not to concede that Macbook displays have been superior to standard notebook displays, much to the joy of photographers and designers everywhere. So what's all this about a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 topping the new MBP 15" in color accuracy? Read More

Lenovo IdeaPad U110

The Lenovo IdeaPad U110 is well rounded ultraportable laptop that not only looks good but packs enough power to handle every business related project. However, you may have to forgive some of the ruggedness found in the ThinkPad line for looks. Read More

IBM ThinkPad R61-14W

When I think of stylish notebooks Apple's Macbook Pro, Fujitsu's Lifebook Q2010 and Sony's range of Vaios all spring to mind. However there's always space on the laptop catwalk for something as classy as Lenovo's Thinkpad Reserve Edition. Read More

Laptopical.com Deals: Lenovo ThinkPad X300 for $1322

Laptopical.com has spotted another great deal for you. Formerly just under $3000 in price, this elite business notebook can now be yours for a very reasonable price. Read More

W700 Gains Dual LCD Screen, Becomes Even Clunkier

We all know about desktop replacements, the style of laptops designed to be big and powerful enough to replace a desktop. But a laptop designed to replace a desktop rig running dual monitors? This we had to see to believe. Read More

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Display More Accurate Than Macbook Pro

Well, this came as a surprise. Whether you liked Macs or you didn't, for a long time it has been hard not to concede that Macbook displays have been superior to standard notebook displays, much to the joy of photographers and designers everywhere. So what's all this about a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 topping the new MBP 15" in color accuracy? Read More

Laptopical.com Deals: HP HDX16t + Goodies For $969

Laptopical.com has spotted a great deal on this HD quality notebook. Extra RAM, extra hardware, and a whole bunch of extra money in your pocket... what else could we ask for? Read More

HP Unveils New DV2 12-inch Laptop

Hewlett Packard just unveiled a new slim-and-light laptop at CES. It's a little 12 inch wonder that measures 0.93 inches is sure to appeal to a broader crowd than that of similar sized notebooks like the MacBook Air and other ultra-expensive alternatives, thanks to a much lower entry price point. Read More

More HP Mini-Notes On The Way

Rumors are circulating that HP is planning on releasing three new Mini-Notes, including new 11.6 and 13.3 inch models. Read More

HP Mini 1100 Series Nothing New

Recently, laptopmag found a few new models of HP's Mini series had appeared on the company website. Could this be the first confirmation of the earlier reports that HP would be releasing new HP Minis? According to HP, no, of course not. Read More

HP Pavilion tx2000 Tablet

The tx2000 is a follow-up of the - surprise - tx1000 that came out last year. This one has been upgraded with some new technology, including an active digitizer from Wacom instead of the resistive digitizer used in the previous model. Read More

Acer Aspire One

Of all the netbooks released in the last few months, the Acer Aspire One is probably the most popular. It's fitted with more or less the same components as nearly all other netbooks, but comes with a somewhat lower price tag. Read more

Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Choosing a netbook that suits you often comes down to aesthetics, and by that measure the Lenovo S10 has a lot of things going for it. It's possibly one of the best-looking netbooks around. It has a 10.2-inch LED backlit screen and comes in five different colors - red, blue, pink, black and white like our review model. Read more