Jun 20
We haven’t heard much about Samsung’s Series 9 Ultrabooks for a while, barring a resolution bump late last year. Today, though, the company announced the follow-on to that product, the ATIV Book 9 Plus.
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Jun 20
Samsung Premiere 2013 liveblog!
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Samsung’s got big news for its Galaxy and ATIV ranges, and we’ve already seen teasers that point towards new laptops, cameras and hybrids. Join us here at 2pm ET — we’ll be liveblogging it all from London!
June 20, 2013 2:00:00 PM EST
Filed under: Cellphones, Desktops, Cameras, Laptops, Tablets, Samsung
Jun 20
While the Samsung event coming up at Noon Eastern time will certainly be showing a device or two that we’ve never seen before, it would appear the company has a bit of a leaky faucet on their hands. The Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite as well as the Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus have been
Jun 20
Samsung will be revealing some new products that they’ve been working on, and as the event invitation suggested, we should be seeing some new Galaxy and ATIV devices. Just mere hours before the event is scheduled to get underway, we’ve been treated with a leak that is said to be the ATIV Book Q with
Jun 20
Samsung’s development labs are apparently overflowing with new products. We’ve seen a number of new Galaxy smartphones and tablets over the last few weeks, but the company has more to show — or at least something notable enough to warrant its own soiree in London. We’re expecting a focus on Samsung’s Windows 8 ATIV range, most likely in several hardware options, but we’re sure there has to be something from its Galaxy family that it still hasn’t unveiled just yet. Is it a next-gen Note? An Android-powered ILC camera? Join us at the time (and link) below because we’ll be covering it all.
Samsung Premiere 2013 event liveblog
June 20, 2013 2:00:00 PM EDT
Filed under: Cellphones, Laptops, Tablets, Mobile, Samsung
Jun 18
As quick as Lenovo has been to hop on the Ultrabook bandwagon, it hasn’t been so eager to launch big-screened models. Its new ThinkPad S531 explores that territory at last: the Windows 8 PC mates a slim profile with both a 15.6-inch, lay-flat LCD and a large keyboard. The experience will otherwise be familiar to those who’ve seen the S431, as it shares the same basic design language, the OneLink dock connector and a nine-hour battery. Unfortunately, the similarity also extends to the Ivy Bridge-era Intel processor — there’s no Haswell inside, at least for now. Still, the £575 ($900) UK price is within reach of many buyers, and there’s a 1080p display option coming in July. Lenovo hasn’t said if or when the S531 will reach the US, although we hope it gets a processor upgrade if and when it crosses the Atlantic.
Source: Lenovo
Jun 18
We have a few ideas about what Samsung’s going to show off at its London event, but there’s still some mysteries, like that Galaxy NX camera and what it has planned for its Windows-based ATIV range. We’ll be there to fill you in on all the details, but Samsung promises that you’ll also be able to watch along on its YouTube channel. If that sounds like your cup of tea (it’s a London event, so we won’t apologize), bookmark the link below.
Filed under: Cellphones, Cameras, Laptops, Tablets, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Samsung Mobile (YouTube)
Jun 17
Sure, you can already snag one of those Chromebooks from places such as Amazon, Best Buy and Google’s own Play shop. But, starting today, the Mountain View-based company is making various Chrome OS-sporting laptops available at more retailers around the globe — over 6,600, to be specific. Google says the likes of Walmart and Staples will now have a selection of Chromebooks up for grabs, while Office Depot, Office Max and Fry’s are expected to do the same “in the coming months.” For those across the pond, you can expect to find some of Google’s laptops at Dixon retailers in the UK, as well as Mediamarket, FNAC and Elgiganten stores in the Netherlands, France and Sweden, respectively. All in all, this is definitely a good thing for Google’s plan to get its Chromebook machines in as many locations as possible.
Source: Google
Jun 17
Samsung makes first PCIe-based SSD for Ultrabooks, we see one likely customer
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Solid-state drives are so speedy these days that that even a SATA interface might not have the bandwidth to cope. It’s a good thing that Samsung has started mass-producing the first PCI Express-based SSDs for Ultrabooks, then. The new XP941 series uses PCIe’s wider data path to read at nearly 1.4GB/s — that’s 2.5 times faster than the quickest SATA SSDs, and nimble enough to move 500GB in six minutes. It also ships in a tinier M.2 format that makes past card-based SSDs look gargantuan, even when there’s up to 512GB of storage. Samsung hasn’t named laptop makers receiving the XP941, although it doesn’t take strong deductive skills to spot one of the (probable) first customers. When Apple is shipping a new 13-inch MacBook Air that just happens to use a very similar PCIe SSD from Samsung, there’s likely more than coincidence at work.
Filed under: Laptops, Storage, Apple, Samsung
Source: Samsung
Jun 16
If Acer’s Aspire S5 were an episode of Friends, it’d be forever known as “The One with the Motorized Port Cover.” Unfortunately, while it was cool to have a complex, Thunderbirds-esque mechanical loading sequence on the laptop, it did make using its USB ports a bit of a chore. Furthermore, lackluster build quality, a weak battery and some serious usability flaws means that it probably can’t justify that sky-high price. That said, we figure plenty of you still went out and bought one, so tell us — did your experience meet up to our review, and what, if Acer had asked, would you change?
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