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Lenovo has just released the new SL400 and SL500 ThinkPads touting a 14- and 15-inch LCD display respectively. Both laptops are loaded with the new Intel Centrino 2 processor. Covered in black-gloss design, these ThinkPads are being geared for small- and medium-size business users. Aside from the Centrino 2 processor, the laptops feature high-speed mobile broadband connectivity, various software for data recovery, Internet connection setup and some optional service package for online data back-up and on-site warranty repair.

Some other noteworthy features of these Lenovo ThinkPads include; high definition audio and video including an optional Blu-ray DVD optical drives and HDMI port, high resolution WXGA widescreen displays, SXGA webcam, and a full-size ergonomic keyboard.

The Lenovo SL400 and SL500 ThinkPads are both available now and are priced starting at $799.

Product [Lenovo] Via [electronista]

For our German friends, Cizmo is already popular with its production of high-end notebooks. It’s no wonder they were able to come up with a powerful laptop such as the recently released Cizmo CX15. Just don’t mind the hefty price that you have to pay for this computing machine, which is roughly around $2,400, as it may be well worth all its nifty features.

These features include an Intel Core 2 Duo processor which can either be the 2.26GHz P8400, 2.4GHz P8600 or the 2.53GHz P9400. The CX15 is also loaded with an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX graphics card, DDR3 RAM, optional Blu-ray drive, eSATA port and 32 or 64GB SSD drive. The CX15 laptop will hit the European market sometime in June, no word yet on whether it will see the light of day in the US market.

Product [Cizmo] Via [Engadget]

Sharp and Willcom have delivered a tiny yet powerful device with the D4 UMPC. Boasting of being the first UMPC with Intel’s Atom Centrino processor inside, the D4 runs at 1.3 GHz, has a 5-inch LED back-lit touchscreen display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 1GB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive, 2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and a full QWERTY keyboard.

With a high-powered processor and memory, it’s no wonder that D4 comes preloaded with Windows Vista Home Edition. The D4 UMPC weighs just under one pound and measures 3.3 x 7.4 x 1.0-inches. Other goodies include a built-in one seg TV tuner and a memory expansion slot for microSD.

The D4 UMPC will be release to the Japanese market sometime in June for around $1,280 equivalent in Japanese Yen. It is configured with Japan’s PHS system for phone calls so it might take some time before it gets released internationally.

Via [Gizmodo] Via [AV Watch]

We are lined up for the Intel Keynote here at CES. This will be the 4th live keynote we will be bringing you (check out Bill Gates, Panasonic, and Yahoo by clicking here). Intel’s Paul Otellini will be hitting the stage slightly after 4:30pm pacific, 7:30pm eastern. We are expecting announcements related to mobile computing, UMPCs (or what is actually left of them), the One Laptop Per Child project, and the new 45-nanometer based CPUs, amongst other announcements and partnerships.

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Check out the gallery: CES 2008 Keynote: Intel's Paul Otellini

Intel’s next-generation laptop chip (the next gen “Centrino,” the Santa Rosa package) will have an integrated 3G HSDPA chip from Nokia and improved graphics support for Windows Vista.

Santa Rosa, set to arrive in Q1/Q2 of ‘07, blends the Core 2 Duo processor with a new chipset called Crestline that comes with support for the company’s Active Management Technology (AMT) and improved graphics performance as well as the 802.11n wireless standard. There will also be an ultra-low voltage chip based around the same architecture for UMPCs at the same time.

Read [Silicon.com]