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admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:30 +0000

Always spot on Acer insider Macles, have a few extra inside scoops for us, revealing some upcoming netbook plans and models from Acer. Acer looks set to release another netbook based on the new Cedar Trail platform, being powered by the Intel Atom N2800 (1.86GHz dual core) processor. Appart from this fact very little is [...] Related posts:

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ASUS ADDS NEW LAPTOPS TO ITS N-SERIES

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:16 +0000

Asus has made three new additions to its N family of multimedia laptop lineup. The new models are the 14 inch N45SF, the 15.6 inch N55SF and the 17.3 inch N75SF.

All new models in the N-series have a built-in speaker system and an optional external subwoofer designed by Bang & Olufsen. They are powered by 2nd generation Intel Core I series Sandy Bridge processors. While the 14 inch N45SF has a 720p display resolution, the larger models are available with up to full HD resolution. The graphics option on all models is the NVIDIA GeForce GT555M discrete video card.

The new N series laptops sport a brand new design with piano-gloss lids and silver keyboards. Other specifications include up to 750GB of storage, up to 8GB of RAM and optional Blu-ray.

Pricing and availability
The Asus N55SF and N75SF are now available in the US for around $1,200 and $1,350 respectively. No word on the pricing or availability of the N45SF.

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ASUS EEE PAD SLIDER UP FOR PRE-ORDER

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:15 +0000

The Asus Eee Pad Slider is now up for pre-order in the US. The Slider is a 10 inch Android tablet with a slide-out keyboard. Unlike the Eee Pad Transformer which has a detachable keyboard, the Slider comes standard with its keyboard which will hide itself behind the display when you are not using it.

The Eee Pad Slider was introduced at CES in January. It has more or less the same specifications as the Transformer. Both models have 10 inch HD displays and 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processors. They also run the same operating system – Android 3.2.

While you can pick up the Transformer for just $400, you will need to shell out an extra $150 for the keyboard dock. The Slider together with its keyboard is available for $479. On the other hand, the keyboard dock on the Transformer has a battery of its own. The Slider keyboard is merely a keyboard.

There is still no launch-date, but Amazon is taking pre-orders for the 16GB model for $479. The 32GB model runs $579.

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ACER ICONIA TAB A501 COMING TO AT&T

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:15 +0000

The 10 inch Acer Iconia Tab A501 is coming to AT&T. The carrier will start offering the tablet on September 18th. The SIM free version will run $480. If you are willing to sign up for a 2 year service contract, you will get the tablet for the subsidized price of $330.

The Iconia Tab A501 has a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. The 10.1 inch display has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The tablet runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system and has 16GB of storage.

The WiFi-only Iconia Tab A501 has been available for a few months. The new model supports AT&T’s HSPA+ mobile broadband network. The data plans for the tablet starts at $15 (250MB of data).

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Apple to Refresh MacBook Pro Lineup Before Year’s End?

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:14 +0000

By Jeff Baker – 09/14/2011 3:30:52 PM

Earlier this year Apple came forth to announce that they would be refreshing their critically acclaimed MacBook Pro line up. This update would bring things such as the high-speed Thunderbolt I/O port and newer processors. However, it seems that Apple may be looking to surprise us with a second 2011 refresh towards the end of the year.

Reports are coming to us from AppleInsider that say Apple will be coming forth later this year to announce new MacBook Pros that incorporate Intel’s latest Core i5 and i7 processors. Fret not though as these same sources suggest that the general form factor and everything else will remain constant meaning the need to upgrade won’t be too undying. However, for those of you on the market for a new MacBook Pro you may want to hold off until later this year before picking one up.

We’ll keep you posted as more information is made known to confirm or deny these rumors.

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AMD’s 28nm GPU Demoed, Release Later This Year

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:09 +0000

In another demonstration of silicon health AMD was showing working 28nm mobile GPU silicon running Dirt 3. It's too early to talk about performance or specifications, but AMD is still committed to a Q4 release for its 28nm GPU lineup.

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Look Out Bulldozer, Here Comes Trinity: AMD’s 2012 Demo on Video at IDF

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:09 +0000

AMD's Bulldozer CPU is on the verge of being released. Sever markets will see the CPU soon, while desktop customers will have to wait until Q4 (which is only a month away at this point). No one likes to ship a delayed part, but if you do your job right the part that follows should arrive in a timely fashion. The follow-on to Bulldozer is called Piledriver and it will make its debut with AMD's Trinity APU in 2012.

Trinity is a higher end successor to Llano. It will integrate 2 – 4 Piledriver cores and feature some sort of a Radeon GPU on-die. Performance across the board will be higher than Llano. Piledriver should offer better performance per clock vs. Bulldozer, but Trinity won't be targeted at the same high-end market that AMD's FX series based on Bulldozer will address. Presumably we'll see a Piledriver based FX CPU at some point down the road. AMD indicated that Trinity was a few months away, implying an early 2012 launch.

To show the health of Trinity silicon, AMD showed it running Deus Ex in a suite a block away from IDF. The Trinity demo was done in a generic notebook chassis. We weren't allowed to benchmark the APU unfortunately. You can check out the demo in the video below:

If AMD can deliver Trinity in early 2012 and continue to execute beyond it, we may finally see the end of AMD's CPU woes. The company needs to put out a solid design and improve on it regularly. With Trinity following Bulldozer so closely, AMD may be doing just that.

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HP Offers Refund to European Touchpad, Pre3 Buyers

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:08 +0000

The HP Touchpad's troubled saga continues: the company's European arm is now offering partial refunds to anyone who brought the tablet at anything other than the bargain-basement fire sale price. The refund is for the difference between that clearance price and the price that the buyer originally paid, and the same courtesy is also being extended to buyers of the Pre3 smartphone, which never made it to the US.

Some retailers, like Best Buy in the US, have already been offering similar partial refunds to anyone who bought the Touchpad before HP pulled the plug, but others (including Amazon) have referred unhappy buyers to HP itself. Ths gesture should help to ameliorate any remaining ill will generated by the Touchpad and Pre3's quick discontinuation.

At this time, there's no word on whether HP is planning on extending this offer to the US or other territories.

Source: HP

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Intel Discloses Cherryville & Hawley Creek SSDs: Intel’s Fastest SSD in Q4

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:53:08 +0000

In addition to the SSD 710 series, Intel also disclosed two more SSDs codenamed: Cherryville and Hawley Creek. Cherryville is Intel's next 6Gbps SATA drive, replacing the SSD 510 and using Intel's 25nm MLC NAND. No word on whether or not it will use a 3rd party controller or Intel's own design. Intel claims Cherryville will be the fastest SSD on the market when it is introduced later this year.

Hawley Creek is the replacement for Larson Creek, Intel's SSD for use with Z68 caching systems. Hawley Creek will switch to 25nm MLC NAND and hopefully address pricing as well.

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