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Never heard of Inhon? That might change with the Taiwanese computer maker’s Blade 13 Carbon laptop, which it claims is now the world’s thinnest and lightest. Tipping the scale at 870g (1.9 pounds) and 10.7mm, the company says it undercuts NEC’s 12.8mm Lavie X by a whopping 2mm, while nipping the 875g LaVie Z by 5g. There are still weighty specs crammed into the package, however: a Core i5 or i7 CPU, 1080p screen, 128GB or 256GB SSD and 4GB of RAM. If you’re looking for that kind of unencumbered power, the Carbon will also lighten your pocketbook to the respectable tune of $1,350, while a dialed-back 1,600 x 900 fiberglass version — still radically lean at 12.6mm and 1,195g (2.6 pounds) — will run a grand or so. These models will arrive in Taiwan in June, with no sign that it’ll come to relieve us overburdened laptop users stateside.

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Source: Engadget Chinese

Samsung’s ATIV Smart PC has been giving Americans a blend of LTE data and Windows 8 for some time, but we’re sure that some would like a little more oomph. The company agrees — it just released a version of the ATIV Smart PC Pro equipped with AT&T-capable LTE. If you’ve got a not-insubstantial $1,600 to commit to a tablet, you can stay online beyond WiFi while wielding a laptop-grade 1.7GHz Core i5, 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD and as much as eight hours of runtime.

Ultrabook fans aren’t left out from Samsung’s upgrades. A newer Premium trim level for the 13-inch Series 9 swaps out the regular 1,600 x 900 LCD for a full 1080p screen. The higher resolution bumps the price to a slightly intimidating $1,900, although Samsung does outfit the PC with a 1.9GHz Core i7, 4GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Between this and the Smart PC Pro, it’s safe to say that the company can accommodate the highest of the high end.

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Sony was mum on most of the details of the VAIO T15 and a touch-upgraded T14 when they appeared at CES. We won’t have to wait until the spring launch in the US to know what some editions of the Ultrabook will carry, though. At least for Japan’s February 9th release, the T15 won’t be running any Haswell-based parts — the top-spec system carries a 2GHz Core i7 from the current generation, a BDXL drive and a 1TB hybrid hard disk. The touch-ready T14 will be just as modest with a 1.8GHz Core i5, a DVD burner and up to 750GB of hybrid storage. We wouldn’t be shocked to see performance boosts to either PC before they cross the Pacific, but we at least know what to expect as a baseline.

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Source: Sony (translated)

No one would accuse Samsung or other Chrome OS supporters of hardware overkill: the Chromebox Series 3 and other Google-based PCs often carry just enough processing grunt to browse the web properly. Imagine the resulting surprise when a Liliputing reader discovers an unannounced Core i5-equipped model listed as in stock at multiple retailers. The XE300M22-A01US carries a 2.5GHz, Sandy Bridge-era dual-core chip on top of the usual 4GB of memory and 16GB solid-state drive. That’s far from cutting edge, but more powerful than the creaky Celeron reserved for those who didn’t receive a Google I/O edition. Samsung hasn’t confirmed the existence of the quicker Chromebox, and there’s some question as to whether the system incorporates the sleeker 2013 redesign or sticks to the tried-and-true 2012 layout; we’ve reached out to both Google and Samsung and will let you know if there’s more concrete information. Quoted prices suggest there’s a premium over the original at $405 or more, as of this writing. It’s a lot to pay for a PC without native apps, although those who want only the unfettered web might have something close to their dream desktop.

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Gigabyte came to CES with a pair of Windows 8 tablets, the S1082 and S1185, in hopes of making a splash in a US market that still tends to associate the company name with PC motherboards. We had the opportunity to try both, and came away intrigued — there’s a handful of touches on each that separate them from the pack. Read after the break for our impressions and video tours.

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Source: Gigabyte (1), (2)