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Fujitsu has recently released their new Lifebook MH380 mini-notebook. It’s another low-cost and ultra portable netbook.  When netbooks were first released some people simply thought that it was a phase, however, the small little notebooks are becoming increasingly popular.

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Unfortunately, the only group of people that will be able to purchase the Lenovo Ideapad U150 are those who live in Japan.  The Lenovo Ideapad U150 is a great laptop for individuals that want lots of portability.  The laptop weighs in at only 3.3 pounds and is 1.35 inches thick.  In addition to portability, the company is also claiming the Lenovo Ideapad U150 can get up to 7 hours of battery life on its 6-cell battery.

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Dell’s 9-inch ultraportable has now got a name and a vague release date. Called the Mini Inspiron and due out sometime in August, Dell has been tight lipped about features, specs, and pricing. But if past relationships with Microsoft are any indication, the Mini will almost certainly be paired with XP and an Atom processor. Ubuntu may also be a possibility, especially given  the trends in the mini-market as of late.

 

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The Pulse Smartpen from Livescribe uses a small computer to capture handwriting and can simultaneously record audio, synchronizing it to your writing. You do need to use it with the Dot paper Notebook which is printed with micro dots  that tells the Pulse Smartpen where a user is writing or taping, they cost around the same price as a normal notebook.

Registered users can also share data online with a supplied250mb of storage, the information is viewed as either flash movies or PDF files.  A 3D recording headset is supplied for far-field recording, each earbud has an embedded microphone to record in large room or noisy environment. The goal is to record exactly what’s coming into both ears.

 Livescribe is also launching the Livescribe Developer Program to invite programmers to develop applications for the Pulse Smartpen.

The Livescribe Smartpen is $149  for the 1GB model with 100 hours of audio storage & 16,000 pages or $199 for 2Gb which doubles the capacity of the pen.

PC Version available in march with the Apple version being released in September

Via Ubergizmo

At Macworld 2008 Apple has launched its new ‘Macbook Air’ the worlds thinnest notebook. Check out its full specification here

Available in 2 weeks for $1799 about £1200

Via Geeky Gadgets

Intel has revealed details of the World’s smallest solid state disk drive (SSD).

The Z-P140 is designed for mobile phones, portable media players and other small devices.

This new drive is no bigger than a penny and weighs just 0.02 ounces the same as a paper clip, and according to Intel this new drive will be faster than flash based memory cards and can read data as fast as 40MB per second and write data at 30MB per second.

The Z-P140 will be available in a 2GB version initially, a 4GB version will be available sometime next year and there is currently a 16GB version in development.

This is a very interesting development, and this would also make a get drive for ultra portable notebooks and other small devices.

via Electronista

Dell has launched World of Warcraft Edition Laptops.

The Laptops come with a 17 inch HD LCD, illuminated speaker grills, a backlit keyboard, an integrated Logitech GamePanel LCD stats tracker and an nVidia SLI with an AGEIA PhysX mobile card.

You get two choices of laptop, Horde or Alliance, a quest envelope and a WOW backpack full of gear.

Each laptop comes with both versions of WOW, and all patches, plus a bunch of customized WOW backgrounds and screensavers.

These WOW Laptops start at $4,500 (about £2,250).

via Slash Gear

Check out this video comparison on a Sony laptop between a standard HDD and a Solid State Hard Drive.

The Notebook used is a Sony Tz91 which comes with the option to have a solid state hard drive as your main drive.

The other laptop uses a standard 5400 rpm hard drive, both laptops are running Windows XP, and the one with the solid state drive boots up 12 seconds faster.

This is a pretty amazing difference, there is just one problem, adding a 64GB solid state drive to this laptop will cost you an extra $1,000 (about £500).

As with everything as solid state drives become more popular the price is going to fall, I wonder how much they will cost in a year from now.

SysAdminGear via Gizmodo

Check out this USB rechargeable torch from Brando.

This USB Recharable Clip Torch is engergy-saving, rechargeable and portable. It comes with a super bright white LED which gives you strong light in dark environment. It can be recharged conveniently via computer USB port. Besides, it contains 2 clips in the package, enables you to clip it anywhere.

Heres the specs.

• Super bright LED Torch with book clip & notebook clip
• Powered by inner rechargeable by USB port
• Charging time about 3 hours
• Rotable torch on 180°. Torch power ON/OFF
• Size: 166 x 34 x 15.5 mm
• Weight: 7g (Tourch Only)

It is available to buy online from Brando for $14 (about £7.00).

Check out this handy multimedia remote for notebooks.

It will let you controll music, dvd’s and photos from up to 30 feet away.

Here’s the specs

• Â Arrow, Enter, Back and Page keys to navigate Windows Media Center and give PowerPoint presentations.
• Volume Controls to crank the volume up and down in any Windows Program. E.g. PowerPoint, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Power DVD, Winamp…
• Media Controls to Play, Pause, Fast Forward and Rewind videos, DVD, live and recorded TV, even music.
• Eliminate lost remotes by storing it inside your laptop (PCMCIA Slot), that way it is always available when you need it.
• The remote protrudes slightly from the slot, making it easy to pull out and use.
• Support user custom key setting
• Support Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME
• Powered by Lithium battery (CR2025)
• Dimensions: 85.8 x 54.2 x 5.0mm

The USB Media Remote is available online from USB Geek for $30 (about £15).

via Geek Alerts

Alienware has officialy launched its two new notebooks, the Area-51 M15x and Area-51 M17x that we reported on last week.

The Area-51 m15x has a 15.4 inch widescreen display, Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Processors, NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX, 667MHz DDR2 Memory, Dual Hard Drives with SmartBay,Above 1080p Video and HD Audio.

The Area-51 m17x has a 17 inch widescreen display, Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Processors, NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX, 667MHz DDR2 Memory, Three Hard Drives with SmartBay, Above 1080p Video and HD Audio.

Source: Alienware

Alienware briefly published details of two new unreleased notebooks on their website, before taking it down.

The guys over at Notebook Review, were on the ball and managed to grab all the details of these new Notebooks.

The first model revealed was the Area-51 m15 which features a 15.4 inch screen, an Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8 GHZ processor, 1GB of RAM, n 80GB hard drive and an Nvidia 8800 GTX graphics card with 512MB of memory, this graphics card hasn’t even been announced yet and it will be the most powerful mobile graphics card available from Nvidia.

The Area-51 M15 will start at $1,399.

The second model revealed is the Area-51 M17x which features a 17 inch screen, and offers dual SLI 8800 GTX graphics cards, an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme 2.8GHZ processor.

The Area-51 M15 will start at $2,199.

via Notebook Review

Asus has launched a new notebook the F8P, designed for business users and aimed at the Christmas  buyers.

This new notebook comes encased in white leather, and Intel Core two Duo processor, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD2400 graphics card and a 250GB hard drive.

There is also Bluetooth 2.0, a 1.3 mega pixel webcam, a fingerprint reader and comes loaded with Windows Vista.

The Asus F8P goes on sale at the end of the month for $1,945 (about £975)

via PC Launches

Check out the USB finger optical mouse.

The USB Finger Optical 3D mouse is designed for the PC, notebooks or laptops. It is compatible with MS Windows 98/2000/me/XP/Mac OS 9 and above. It features a scroll wheel, left and right buttons and can be easily used on most surfaces.

It is available to buy online for £4.88 (about $10)

via Gadget Venue

The World’s first Patened NB Air Extracting Fan. It allows faster extraction of the hot air out of a running system, which stabilizes the operation of the NB and prolongs its lifetime. 2. Universal Clip for fastening USB power interfaces, Compatible for all major NB brands 3. Weighted only 60g.

It is available to buy online from Nexfan for $14.99 (about £7.50).

via Red Ferret