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Hands on the 11.6″ Toshiba T210
Jul 26th
Yesterday at the Toshiba 25th Anniversary Press Conference we got our hands on the Toshiba T210 sub-notebook, which kind of reminded us of a disco-ball! Its ultra shiny finish on the palm rest area had us wondering about how well the surface would wear. We still enjoyed our hands on this solid 11.6″ mobile computer with the Intel Pentium U5400. If you want to check out the full specs I’ve included them below the video after the break.
Hands on with the 11.6″ Toshiba T210
July 23, 2010 by Nicole Scott
toshiba-satellite-t210
Yesterday at the Toshiba 25th Anniversary Press Conference we got our hands on the Toshiba T210 sub-notebook, which kind of reminded us of a disco-ball! Its ultra shiny finish on the palm rest area had us wondering about how well the surface would wear. We still enjoyed our hands on this solid 11.6″ mobile computer with the Intel Pentium U5400. If you want to check out the full specs I’ve included them below the video after the break.
Satellite T210 Specifications:
- Intel Pentium U5400
- up to 3 GB DDR3 ( 800 MHZ ) RAM
- up to 250 GB HDD with 3D impact sensor
- 29.5cm (11.6”) TruBrite HD display with LED backlighting (16:9)
- Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, WLAN (802.11 b/g/n)
- 2 x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA / USB combo port with Sleep-and-Charge, Multi-Card Reader, HDMI
- VGA Webcam with Face Recognition
- Iron Red Metallic design
- Toshiba Media Controller, Toshiba LifeSpace
- Dimesions: 284mm x 202.8mm x 17.6mm (front) / 33.6 mm (back)
- Weight: starting at 1.48 kg
- Autonomy: up to 8.5 hours
- Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit)
Sony Vaio M126 Netbook Hands On
Jul 21st
We came across the Sony Vaio M126 in Mumbai India, this netbook is essentially an upgraded Sony Vaio W but with an Intel Atom N470 processor and improved battery life. It comes with 2GB of DDR2 Ram and has a display size of 10.1 inch and 1024 x 768 pixel display. Other specs include a 320GB HDD, Intel Media Acc 3150, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, BT, Windows 7 Starter 32 Bit, 6 Cell and a weight of 1.4 Kg. If you want to check out our hands on video, its after the break.
It is available now in Mumbai for 22,990 Rupees which is roughly $475USD. I’m sure the price could have come down a bit had I tried to haggle. It also comes in Pink, White & Black.
Apple may be developing smaller MacBook Air
Jul 18th
Apple has spent much of the last two years explaining that the company has no interest in launching a netbook. Instead, Apple launched the iPad this summer. Sure, it costs more than most netbooks, and lacks a hardware keyboard. But like a netbook, the iPad is a light weight, portable device with good battery life, a web browser, and the ability to run thousands of applications.
But the iPad isn’t a netbook. It’s harder to type on and doesn’t run full blown desktop apps. The closest thing Apple has that runs a full version of OS X, is the Macbook Air, a thing, light weight and super-expensive Macbook that was launched a few years ago. But even though the MacBook Air weighs just 3 pounds, it has a 13.3 inch display, which makes it a bit bulkier and harder to carry around than a netbook or an iPad.
Now DigiTimes reports that Apple is preparing to launch an updated version of the MacBook Air. Rumor has it that the new model will have a smaller 11.6 inch display. While that would still make the laptop a bit bigger than most netbooks, it would leave room for a full sized keyboard while leaving enough room inside the computer for a speedier (and more energy-hungry) processor than that found in a netbook or iPad.
According to DigiTimes, the new version of the MacBook Air will use an Intel core i-series processor and should be available in the second half of 2010 — which would be any day now. Maybe Apple has no plans to talk about iPhone 4 reception issues at tomorrow’s press conference after all. Maybe Steve Jobs is just going to introduce a new toy to take people’s mind off of their dropped calls… nah, probably not.
Rumor has it that the new MacBook Air will be even thinner and lighter than the original — although I suspect that could mean it will carry an even higher price tag than the current model, which sells for $1499 and up.
