Without a doubt, Sony's Vaio Z series notebooks are some of the most powerful, portable and elegant computing systems out there, the Japanese company really managing to outdo itself with the latest addition to the series, which we've had the chance to check out live, during a local launch event.First and foremost, it's important to mention that, similar to all of the other business Vaios, the Z series is manufactured entirely in Japan, at Nagano, in a factory Softpedia had the privilege of visiting earlier this year (you can find out more on this topic here and here).This ensures that the Z series provides a great build-quali... [read more >>] As most of you probably know only too well, one of the most important product launches that occurred during IFA is represented by Samsung's Galaxy Tab, the Korean company's first Internet tablet and, in the same time, the “weapon of choice” against Apple and their already way too famous iPad.Luckily for us, during the local stop of an European Samsung event called the “Experience Samsung Tour”, we've had the chance to take the Galaxy Tab for a quick hands-on experience, which left us not only quite satisfied with the tablet's performance, but also hungry for more hand-on time (a.k.a. a complete re... [read more >>] As we all know only too well, Apple has opted to go for an iPhone OS-inspired operating system for its iPad Internet tablet rather than for a port of the company's equally-famous desktop and notebook-operating system, Mac OS X. Nevertheless, users who still dream about an Internet tablet running Mac OS X will now be able to actually get one, albeit not from Apple, but rather from a company called Axon Logic. The device in question, called the Haptic tablet, comes equipped with a hidden EFI partition, meaning that it will allow users to run Mac OS X on it without too much trouble and tinkering involved. Unfortunately, though, don... [read more >>] Since the Kindle, in its 2009 incarnation, has been around long-enough, Amazon has decided that it was about time to refresh it, releasing today the next-generation Kindle, which is 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter design than the original, with 50 percent better contrast, 20 percent faster page turns, up to one month of battery life and double the storage. So, according to Amazon, the all-new Kindle has a new electronic-ink screen with 50 percent better contrast than its previous e-reader, a new sleek design with a 21 percent smaller body while still keeping the same 6-inch-size reading area, and a 15 percent lighter weight at ju... [read more >>] For the past few years, Cisco has been actively involved in the field of consumer electronics, trying to move away from that networking-giant image it heralded for so many years. So, the fact that they've also launched an Internet tablet (albeit a business-oriented one) in 2010 (more or less officially known as the “year of the tablet”) should really come as no surprise. The new device from Cisco is called the Cius and is described as a lightweight (1.15lbs - 0.52kg) portable business computing tablet offered with an optional HD audio station equipped with a telephone handset speakerphone, HD DisplayPort and USB ports. Th... [read more >>] Over the past few years, Sony's been one of Intel's most faithful partners, the Japanese company choosing only “Chipzilla”'s CPUs for its various VAIO portable computing systems and forgetting all about the other major player in this market, AMD. However, it seems that, probably on account on the current economic woes, Sony's decided that a collaboration with AMD might be a good idea once again, and it's now offering two entry-level notebook models powered by the company's mobile CPUs.Probably prompted by AMD's very successful VISION 2010 platform for mobile systems, Sony has decided to adopt s... [read more >>] Toshiba appears to have gone into another product launching frenzy and has come up with a series of new products, most of which manage to bring a bit of wow-factor into the mix. In addition to the Portégé R700 and the dual-screen libretto W100, the company has introduced a fresh ultraportable laptop that offers a much-welcomed hardware alternative to the netbook industry. Dubbed AC100, the system from Toshiba mixes an NVIDIA Tegra chip with one of the most popular mobile operating systems on the market, Android.A quick look at the technical sheet of Toshiba's new AC100 machine will reveal that we are dealing with a device... [read more >>] Without a doubt, many of you have heard about Bang & Olufsen, as well as their exquisite (yet extremely expensive) audio systems. Plus, even more are acquainted to Asus and its fame as one of the world's biggest notebook manufacturers. So, what happens when the two meet? Well, the result is the N73J multimedia notebook, which we've just hand the chance to take a very quick look at. To be perfectly honest, we didn't really expect the N73J to be such an exquisite audio performer, but it really seems that those high-resonance chambers provided by Bang & Olufsen ICEPower technology can do a lot of “damage”. The model... [read more >>] Since Acer was the biggest notebook manufacturer to largely adopt the new AMD Vision platform, it was to be expected that its various subsidiaries would do the same. And that's exactly the case with Packard Bell, which has announced a couple of interesting products based on this platform, including the brand-new dot a netbook, which we've had the chance to catch live for a quick photo session.The dot a is built around an AMD Athlon II Neo K125 CPU running at 1.7 GHz, accompanied by 2GB of RAM (up to 4GB supported) memory and an HDD providing up to 640GB of storage space. This makes it powerful enough for running seamlessly HD cont... [read more >>] AMD's unveiling of their new Vision platforms for 2010 will certainly bring about a host of related announcements, all of the PC manufacturers who collaborate with the CPU/GPU manufacturer probably having quite a few products ready to roll out. And Acer seems to be quite ahead of the pack, since it showcased at Cannes quite a few new products based on the 2010 Vision platform, including the company's first AMD-based netbook, the Aspire One 521.Luckily for us, we've been able to get our hands on some live photos from the site, which depict a very slim and slender 10.1-inch ultra-portable system, likely to pose some serious com... [read more >>] | 
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Despite going a bit under the radar, MSI has been one of the most prolific notebook manufactures of 2010, the company ...
