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After mobiles phones, laptops are probably the second most personal devices we own, and now they come in more shapes and forms than ever before. The introduction of touch-screens to laptops has ignited a wildfire of industrial design creativity, which is why a PC manufacturer like Toshiba has to wonder what early adopters like you and us think of the difference between new designs like the Portégé Detachable Ultrabook, or something more classic like the Kirabook or other laptops like it. Given that both are so different, this has to be an apple vs. pears comparison, but it’s fair to say that budget usually allows the purchase of only one laptop – so when it comes down to it, which type would you get? (more…)

Detachable vs. Clamshell Ultrabooks: What Side Are You On? [Promoted] original content from Ubergizmo.

Toshiba and their first Chrome OS-powered laptop is now available in the U.S., where it will feature a 13.3-inch display, running on an Intel Celeron 2955U Haswell processor, carries 2GB RAM, and sports a 16GB solid state drive (SSD). You will be able to pick up this Toshiba Chromebook at a price point which resides somewhere in the region of $280 a pop, depending on the retailer that you decide to purchase it from. Adorama happens to sell the Toshiba Chromebook for $280, while those who prefer to do their online shopping from Amazon will have to fork out $288, and picking it up directly from Toshiba.com would cost you $300.

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The Canvio Home Backup & Share is Toshiba’s new home network appliance (or home network attached storage/NAS) and will come with either 2TB or 3TB of disk storage. The device will be marketed as a personal cloud storage since it can server content both within the home and over the public internet as well. This has become a must-have feature since a big part of the appeal for customers is to control their own data, both in terms of hosting, but also in terms of recurring subscription fees – that’s particularly true for multi-terabytes users.

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When new form-factors are created, they attract curiosity, wonder or even skepticism. Sometime, it can be hard to relate to something new and when Toshiba asked us what kind of users we thought could benefit from their Portégé Detachable Ultrabook design in particular (official product page), but also from computers like it in general. We took a good look at different usage models, and reached a number of conclusions about who would best benefit from this form-factor. As the title indicates, we think that professionals are the more likely beneficiaries, but if you recognize yourself in these points, then you should take a good look at detachable Ultrabooks. Here they are: (more…)

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One of the best parts of CES are the devices that companies show off that are more or less conceptual, and may or may not ever even get made. One such gadget is the Toshiba 5-in-1 tablet, notebook, media player, drawing slate, etc. It’s sleek looking in pre-production solid aluminum, and also has a lot of potential as a flexible hybrid with a form factor that’s tailor-made for Windows 8.

As explained by Toshiba, the device isn’t yet ready for production, though it does exist as a fully functional prototype. And really it isn’t too far off from existing devices like the Lenovo Yoga line of notebooks. But this Toshiba concept has some unique elements, like the dockable keyboard which is usable on its own with any other Bluetooth-enabled hardware, and the battery that lives in the display for fully independent tablet-style usage.

Windows 8 is a bit of an odd duck for many PC OEMs: It’s not something that necessarily works with traditional device designs including notebooks and desktops, and yet it’s also an OS that’s made to take advantage of existing Windows software, which isn’t optimized for touch-based interfaces.

It’s rare that concept devices displayed at CES make it to market fully intact, but Toshiba’s got something good going on with its industrial design, as well as the basic concept behind this 5-in-1, so hopefully it doesn’t get too watered down before hitting store shelves.