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Intel Metro, World’s Thinnest Notebook

Metro NotebookIntel first showed off the Metro concept notebook at Intel Developers Forum last month. Business Week got an in-depth look at the notebook, which may be produced late this year. The Metro is fashionably thin, measuring less than .7-inch thick and weighs 2.25-pounds.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 25, 2007  | 

Specs on Thinkpad T61 and R61

Details are emerging on the next round of Thinkpad notebooks. The T61 and R61 will feature Intel Centrino Pro technology and widescreen displays.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 24, 2007  | 

Intel Shows off New UMPC Slider

Intel is showing off a new UMPC at IDF that’s supposed to launch sometime in 2008. Intel says this “this truy the full Inernet in your pocket.” It runs on cellphone batteries and lasts for between four and six hours. It weighs less than a pound and boots up almost instantly.
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Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 18, 2007  | 

Intel’s Concept ‘Metro Notebook’

Intel showed off a concept computer called the Metro Notebook at the Intel Developers Forum. The slim notebook is designed to be carried over your shoulder so you can easily access the secondary e-ink display. The display is always on, even when the notebook is powered down, so users can can check their calendars [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 18, 2007  | 

The Future of Mobile Computing?

 
This is Intel’s take on the future of mobile computing. These slick devices will have impeccable speech recognition and connect seamlessly to your watch, your car and your home.
Will notebooks and keyboards be a thing of the past? I wonder how long it will take for today’s clunky and expensive UMPCs to evolve into [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 13, 2007  | 

Intel Announces Centrino Pro for Business Notebooks

Intel announced a new brand of mobile processor technology for business notebooks. Intel Centrino Pro will extend the features designed for desktop business PCs called Intel vPro processor technology into its forthcoming high-performance notebook offering.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 4, 2007  | 

Intel Gets into Notebook Solid State Drive Game

Intel Corporation announced today its entry into solid state drives with the Intel Z-U130 Value Solid-State Drive. Based on NAND flash memory with industry standard USB interfaces, the Intel Z-U130 Value Solid State Drive. The Intel Z-U130 will ship in 1GB to 8GB varieties and feature 28 MB/s reads and 20MB/s write times.
“Solid state drive [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on March 12, 2007  | 

ASUS Notebooks Get Intel’s Wireless-N

ASUS announced that its S6Fm, V1Jp, VX2, W2P and W6Fp notebooks will get Intel’s Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection technology. This technology is an upgrade to current wireless components found inside the Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology and will boost notebooks’ connection speeds up to five times and double their range.

Intel and ASUS claim the new [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on March 1, 2007  | 

Intel Announces Next-Gen Wireless-N Tech

Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection, an upgrade to the wireless component found inside Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology and other Intel-based notebooks.
As notebook PCs increasingly download broadband-intense content such as movies, videos and music, a more powerful networking solution is needed. According to Intel, the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N technology offers [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on January 23, 2007  | 

Lenovo’s New Core Duo ThinkPad Notebooks

Lenovo unveiled its new ThinkPad Z61 series and R60 series, both combine Intel’s Core Duo processors with newly enhanced multimedia and wireless connectivity options.
The new Z61 series is available in 14.1-inch (Z61t) and 15.4-inch (Z61m); the new models feature a choice of integrated or discrete graphics and up to 4 GB DDR-SDRAM for optimal [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 18, 2006  |