Hasta La Gadget!

ASUS has announced a number of products today, the Haswell powered Transformer Book T300 is one of them. It is a 13.3 inch laptop that has a detachable full HD display. This means that the T3o0 can be used as a standalone Windows 8 tablet as well. The Transformer Book T300 has a sleek metallic design with a soft-touch finish. IPS display technology allows for a wide 178-degree viewing angles with improved daylight visibility. It is just 11.5mm thin and has a built-in USB 3.0 and a micro-HDMI port. There’s also a LED battery charge indicator. The keyboard is slim as well, just 11mm, and has a magnetic dock connector. Dock has a full-size keyboard with backlit keys and a large multi-touch touchpad support for Windows 8 gestures.

Connectivity options include 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 (optional), USB 3.0 and micro-HDMI port, microSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone/mic Dock and a micro-USB 3.0 port on the dock. There’s a 1080p rear camera and a 720p front camera for video chat. ASUS says that the Transformer Book T300 offers eight hours of battery life. It will be available with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. ASUS says that it will reveal the availability and pricing information soon.

ASUS Launches Haswell Powered Transformer Book T300 original content from Ubergizmo.

Acer’s announcing a slew of new products today at IFA, but it’s also updating a few existing models with a greater emphasis on touch. In addition to getting the mandatory upgrade to Intel’s Haswell processors, the Aspire R7 will now come bundled with an Acer active pen for use on the 15.6-inch, 1080p touchscreen. Given that the notebook offers four usage modes (including an “Ezel mode” and tablet mode), having this additional input option certainly makes sense. To help you take advantage of the digitizer, the company is adding several apps to its pre-load: MemoryBinder for drawing on top of your photos, ScreenGrasp for capturing images with the pen and Scrapboard for collecting images and ideas, much like Evernote. There’s also AccuFinger, which Acer says helps you select tiny items on-screen when you’re using fingers rather than the pen. As for availability, the new R7 will hit Europe, the Middle East and Africa in late 2013, with the base price set at €999, though we’re not sure when to expect it stateside just yet.

The Aspire E notebook series is also stepping up to Intel’s fourth-gen processors, and Acer’s adding in new AMD options as well. The biggest update, though, is the addition of 10-point multi-touch displays to upcoming models — you’ll appreciate having the option to navigate Windows 8.1 with your fingers, after all. Finally, the Aspire E will be offered in additional colors; you’ll have your choice of Keyboard White, Misty Silver or Piano Black for the 14-inch model, while the 15.6-inch version comes in Cherry Red, Clarinet Black and Steel Grey. (Piano and Clarinet Black options, oh my!) The Aspire E1 will be available in mid-October with a starting price of €399 — no word on US pricing just yet.

Filed under: Laptops, Acer

Comments

Back in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2013, Apple unveiled the refreshed MacBook Air lineup with Intel’s latest Haswell processors. The new Air models offer improved performance and increased battery life, the company claims the 13 inch MacBook Air now provides 12 hours of battery life. Rumors were circulating prior to WWDC 2013 about MacBook Pro models being refreshed as well, but the company didn’t mention anything about its Pro lineup at the event. According to a new report, Apple might start shipping Haswell based MacBook Pro models from next month.

The report comes from EMSOne, a supply chain monitor based in Hong Kong. Components for the Haswell based MacBook Pro models are reportedly being shipped to assembly plants by Taiwanese manufacturers, mass production is said to have already begun. As per the report, the launch may take place on September 10th, the day Apple is expected to unveil two new iPhones. A couple of alleged MacBook Pros based on Haswell processors have already appeared in leaked benchmark results. The results such nominal performance gain, though they aren’t exactly set in stone, there’s no way of confirming as yet if the benchmarks are indeed accurate. As yet, Apple hasn’t said anything about its plans for the new MacBook Pro lineup.

MacBook Pros With Haswell Processors Reportedly Releasing Next Month original content from Ubergizmo.

The ink is still fresh on Intel’s formal blessing of Thunderbolt 2, and as promised, there’s already a product on the market from perennial early bird ASUS. The Z87-Deluxe/Quad ATX is the first motherboard to pack the tech, which combines four of the original 10Gbps Thunderbolt channels into two bi-directional 20Gbps ports. That’s four times the speed of USB 3.0 if you’re keeping score at home, allowing two 4K displays to be driven at once, or faster-than-SATA-6 SSD speeds, for instance. Otherwise, it’s as well-equipped as you’d expect from a bleeding edge mainboard, with 4th-gen Intel (Haswell) CPU support, 10 SATA-6 ports, 8 USB 3.0 ports, and 3 PCIe 3.0/2.0 x 16 slots. There’s no pricing or availability yet, though Thunderbolt-equipped motherboards tend to be expensive. Still, if you wear the “early adopter” name-tag with pride, hit the PR after the break.

Filed under: Desktops, Peripherals, ASUS

Comments

Via: Legit Reviews

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus before – it was originally announced in a flurry of device drops back in June at an event that also unveiled desktop machines like the Samsung ATIV One 5 Style. This next-generation ATIV notebook is now being ushered in for its USA-based release this morning […]