MSI is about to start a new round of the “How Should We Define Netbooks?” debate with its new Wind U230 machines. The company is calling the 12-inch replacements for the Wind U210 netbooks, but they have awfully ultraportable-ish leanings.
Today’s featured deal is a 14-inch Dell Inspiron 14 (1464) for the sweet price of $499 with this coupon from LogicBUY. This preconfigured system comes in Obsidian Black, but it’s also available in Ice Blue and Promise Pink for $40 more. This Intel Core i3 model of the Inspiron 14 is usually $654. Plus, the deal includes free shipping.
One of the best perks of working in the tech biz is that we get to see, handle and review all kinds of gadgets and devices before they hit the market. Sometimes, we get to do a little something special by giving away some of our favorite gadgets to our readers and fans. With the HTC HD2 just weeks away from hitting the market, we figured it would be a great time to give one away.
I’m sensing a pattern here. After Steve Ballmer showed off a mysterious HP tablet during his CES keynote, HP released more details in late January, on the eve of the Apple iPad’s debut. Today, as the world re-watches the first iPad commercial, which aired during last night’s Oscars, HP is again showing off the Slate, this time running Adobe Flash.
Between the Toshiba Satellite E205, the Dell Studio 15z, and, now, the Sony VAIO S Series, Best Buy has a triumvirate of sleekly designed laptops that you can only buy through the big box retailer, and all of them come with Intel’s Wireless Display technology. WiDi lets you stream content from the PC to a big screen TV using the included Netgear Push2TV adapter. With a 13-inch screen and a chassis that’s a little over an inch thick, the Vaio S is the thinnest and lightest of the bunch, while still offering performance that blows away most other notebooks in its weight class. At $1,049, though, it isn’t exactly cheap for a laptop these days, and it’s the most expensive of Best Buy’s newest exclusives. Are those extra couple hundred dollars worth it? Find out in our full review.
First it was Google Maps Navigation (Beta), which at first brought free spoken turn-by-turn directions to only the Motorola Droid (and later devices running OS 1.6 and up). Then came Google Buzz for mobile, the controversial social networking service, which is currently available for those Android phones running 2.0 and up. And just yesterday, the search-giant-turned-smart-phone-mogul released the very cool Gesture Search app, which allows users to look up contacts and locate applications just by scribbling a letter on the screen. Have a Motorola Cliq or a HTC Droid Eris or a Samsung Moment? Sucks to be you, because this app is also limited to Android 2.0 or above. It’s clear that Google is favoring the newer versions of its OS. This unfairly punishes both owners of devices running older flavors of Android, as well as Google’s partners.
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lthough the eBags new backpacks looks like it would be right at home on campus, it has the features to please both students and business travelers alike. Appropriately named the TLS (Tough, Lightweight, Smart) Workstation Laptop Backpack, the bag has three main compartments and many interior pockets, enough to comfortably tote your laptop, as well as all your gear.
Ohmigodohmigodohmigod, Apple just announced that the iPad will go on sale in the U.S. on April 3, and that U.S. consumers can pre-order the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/3G models starting March 12. That’s next Friday, folks! Unfortunately, only the Wi-Fi model will be available for purchase on the 3rd; the Wi-Fi/3G version won’t be ready until late April.
