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  • Multitouch comes to Dell laptop in time for the holidays?

    In the still of the night, Dell quietly gave the nod to the Studio 17 laptop addition to the touchscreen lineup.  The laptop features multi-touch gestures for manipulating the screen as well as its own set of touch-enabled applications.  The laptop is expected to ship next month for $899. The base Studio 17 received high marks for design and user experience.  The touch version adds only the touchscreen and apps.  Unlike other touchscreen laptops of…

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Most reliable laptops: Asus and Toshiba

by JG Mason on Nov 18, 2009 at 09:19 AM

SquareTrade set off an ambitious study to compare netbooks and laptops failure rates of their customers.  SquareTrade provides warranties on electronics as an aftermarket sale, so when something fails, they should know, right?  Their study shows Asus and Toshiba tops the list in reliability but just how reliable are these… Continue Reading »

Samsung ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) laptop gets Hands-On

by JG Mason on Nov 10, 2009 at 03:29 PM

The Samsung X120 with Intel’s new ULV chip got a hands-on and the result: there is lots to love.  It is small, not much bigger than a netbook, packs lots of computing power (it can handle Windows 7) and a multi-touch trackpad. The hands-on demo came up with a battery… Continue Reading »

New OLPC laptop with “double the speed” coming next month

by Robert Nelson on Nov 10, 2009 at 02:01 PM

Despite not hearing much in terms of the OLPC project recently it seems that they are still seeing their fair share of success. According to Walter Bender they have topped one million downloads on Sugar Labs. “I had been meaning to mention that already several weeks ago we exceeded one-million… Continue Reading »

Nokia’s Booklet 3G netbook to be available with Best Best on November 15

by Robert Nelson on Nov 8, 2009 at 08:31 AM

Courtesy of a Best Buy Reward Zone member advertisement, we now know that the Nokia Booklet 3G will be available as of November 15. Which is of course much nicer than the previous time frame of sometime during the holidays. For those interested, the Booklet 3G will set you back… Continue Reading »

New battery technology could greatly improve battery life of mobile devices

by Shawn Ingram on Nov 6, 2009 at 08:12 PM

Finding a new way to store power in our mobile devices has been a problem for quite some time.  We’ve been stuck with Lithium-Ion batteries for a while now, and unless a device is using ULV or is a netbook, chances are the battery life could be a lot better. … Continue Reading »

Walmart’s $298 pre-Black Friday laptop is real, and not all that bad

by Robert Nelson on Nov 5, 2009 at 10:26 AM

Yesterday, fellow Gadgetell writer JG told us about Walmart’s pre-Black Friday sale and one of the items up for sale is a $298 laptop from HP. According to the initial ad listing we could see that laptop has a 15.6-inch display with a 250GB hard drive. Of course, there are… Continue Reading »

Wal-Mart’s Pre-Black Friday sale - Xbox and cheap laptops

by JG Mason on Nov 4, 2009 at 02:02 PM

What’s better than a Black Friday sale?  A desperate Pre-Black Friday sale in hopes to get all the dollars you would have spent on the actual Black Friday.  Wal-Mart delivers with a sale this Saturday, Novermber 7.  The deals look worthy of making a special trip. From the Xbox 360… Continue Reading »

Who’s on Crack in Tech: 10.30.09

by JG Mason on Oct 30, 2009 at 10:00 AM

This week stands out for me and my mobile phone addiction.  Big announcements in the tech world get us all excited until we stop to ask some questions.  Then we get kind of pissed off and start turning on the hype.  Behold the gems I turned up this week: Sears… Continue Reading »

Commit a crime just to see Dell’s new cop tablet with multi-touch

by JG Mason on Oct 28, 2009 at 08:07 AM

Yesterday, Dell announced that its new Latitude XT2 XFR tablet laptop is shipping.  Claiming to be world’s thinnest for a 12.1” screen at a narrow 1.5”, the laptop/tablet comes ruggedized and ready for battle.  Designed for the rigors of first responders in the field, the price tag is a sharp… Continue Reading »

The laptop kit every corporate drone should have

by JG Mason on Oct 26, 2009 at 02:21 PM

If you’ve been issued a laptop from your company, thoughts of how to turn this quasi-mobile device into a passable workstation immediately springs to mind.  Logitech answers the call with their MK605 Notebook Kit.  The kit includes some smart parts to make your in the office time a bit more… Continue Reading »

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