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February 27, 2005
Panasonic, Japan has announced the addition of two new models to its "TOUGHBOOK" range of sturdy notebook PCs that can survive a 90 cm fall when powered off.
The "29 Series" (13.3" LCD) and "18 Series" (10.4" LCD with 180 degree rotation) will go on sale from 7 March. A saltwater corrosion-resistant version of the "29 Series" will be released on 7 April.
The standard 29 Series (CF-29JC1AXS) is expected to cost 450,000 yen while the corrosion-resistant 29 Series (CF-29JC9AXS) should go for 500,000 yen, the 18 Series (CF-18GC1AXS) should go for around 350,000 Yen.
Features include magnesium alloy main body components, HDD protected by special damping material and enclosing it in a metal case, when not operational, the new models can apparently go from a drop from 90cm on to plywood or concrete. - More at TechJapan
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February 26, 2005
Dell has announced the XPS Gen 2 and the Inspiron 9300 laptops.
The XPS Gen 2 is Dell's new gaming laptop that features NVIDIA's new GeForce GO 6800 Ultra graphics card which features 256MB of video ram, a 17-inch widescreen display, Intel Pentium M 2GHz processor, and can be customized for up to 2GB of ram (512MB standard). The laptop will start at a base price of $2,749 US and is available now on Dell's website.
The new Inspiron 9300 features a 17-inch widescreen display, 64MB video card (upgradeable to 256MB), and up to a 2.1 GHz processor
Via Mobile Mag
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February 16, 2005
Sharp Corporation, Japan has announced the "Mebius PC-AL3DH," a new notebook PC with a 15" 3D LCD capable of displaying XGA resolutions. Release date March 25th - 360,000 yen. Features include special 3D supporting display that allows for the enjoyment of 3D video without the use of special glasses, "TriDef DVD Player" which allows for the realtime pseudo-3D display of conventional DVDs, "NVIDIA 3D Stereo" to display games supporting Direct3D/OpenGL in 3D, Pentium M 750 (1.86 GHz) CPU, 1GB of memory (DDR2-533, max 2GB), 80GB hard drive, Intel 915PM chipset, GeForce Go 6600 (128MB), a DVD Super Multi Drive (+R DL support), Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 1394 (4-pin), USB 2.0, D-Sub 15 pin, modem, etc..
The battery life is about 1.7 hours. Measures 326 x 273 x 32.2 ~ 41.5mm and weighs about 3.5kg. via Tech Japan
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February 15, 2005
VoodooPC has announced the launch of a new thin and light notebook computer featuring the new Intel "Sonoma" Centrino Platform. The Voodoo ENVY m:515 features new technology from Intel and Nvidia. It offers a faster bus speed, faster memory, and superior wireless performance than previous Centrino models. Also featuring new PCI Express graphics from mVidia, the Envy m:515 is thin and light, with strong graphics performance.
Starting at $2800, the Voodoo ENVY m:515 is the latest entry into the gaming notebook category. - Seen at Gizmodo
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The new 24" Widescreen UltraSharp 2405FPW Flat Panel Monitor from Dell is touted to offer the ultimate display experience. Targeted for computing enthusiast and graphics professionals, the 2405FPW features 1920x1200 Native Resolution, 12ms (typ) Response Time, Dual input support, P-I-P (Picture-in-Picture) , and a 4 port USB Hub and 9-in-1 card reader.
via Gizmodo
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February 10, 2005
IOGEAR today introduced their new PC only USB 2.0 docking station. The docking station connects to your laptops USB port allowing you to expand your laptops capabilities, or just dock your laptop at home or work. The device has an Ethernet port, two PS/2 ports, an audio-in jack and audio-out jack, a serial port and three USB 2.0 ports. The device is available on IOGEAR's website now for a price of $89.99
- MobileMag
- Engadget
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February 9, 2005
The Satellite P35 is a new Notebook Computer from Toshiba featuring a 17" WXGA display w/TruBrite. Touted as the ultimate gaming machine, features include 16:9 aspect ratio make it perfect for viewing wide-screen format movies, Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor supports Hyper-Threading Technology, ATI discreet graphics (P35-S629) , 17" diagonal wide-screen display is intensified with TruBrite technology, Harman Kardon speakers and SRS TruSurround XT technology, 100GB hard drive.
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February 8, 2005
Fujitsu has announced the LifeBook N3500 their first Intel Sonoma based laptop. Features include a 15.4" screen (first for fujitsu), new screen technology called "Color-Enhanced Crystal View", a built-in TV Tuner option, Express Card slot and DDR2 SDRAM.
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Toshiba Corporation, Japan has announced the "dynabook R10/170L7" consumer tablet PCs set for release on February 18th. Price is estimated at around 19,500 yen. Toshiba's first consumer tablet PC uses a convertible style allowing the LCD to rotate 180 degrees. Features include a "3D Acceleration Sensor" that detect the rotation of the LCD, and the direction of the image can be adjusted with a single touch, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, Celeron M 360 (1.4GHz) CPU, 512MB of memory (max 2GB), 60GB hard drive, Intel 855GME chipset (integrated video), a DVD Super-Multi Drive (+R DL support), and a 14.1" LCD supporting 1024 x 768 display.
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February 4, 2005
Financial times is reporting that the fourth largest regional telecommunications group, Qwest Communications International, and the second largest US long-distance carrier, MCI could announce a merger agreement as soon as Monday, according to people in the know. Qwest expects to save between $2.5bn and $3bn in annual costs as a result of the merger. The company will pay about $6.5bn for MCI. Earlier Reuters reported that either Verizon or BellSouth might still enter the bidding. MCI's shareholders apparently think the company is worth much more even though MCI emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a year ago. Shares gained 88 cents to close at $21.03 on Friday - the highest closing since April 15. The market values MCI at $6.69bn. Qwest's shares also rose on Friday 10 per cent increase. The market values Qwest at about $8.81bn. Analysts calculate MCI would add about $2bn a year in cash flow to Qwest which would help the Denver-based company continue to service its $17bn in outstanding debt
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