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Apple’s original MacBook Air may have fit inside a traditional office envelope, but it seems that Intel’s got a few tricks up its sleeve, too. Here at IDF 2011, Mooly Eden — vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group — ripped a Toshiba Portege Z830 Ultrabook out of a Dell Inspiron 600m. For those unaware, we first touched the former last week, while the M600 saw its big reveal in the early days of 2005. Seems we’ve come quite a ways in six short years, huh?

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We aren’t talking Pixel Qi-style savings or anything, but then again, IDT’s not asking you to ditch the conventional LCD your retinas refuse to step away from. The company’s Panel Self Refresh technology just got a major shot in the arm here at IDF, with the introduction of the world’s first Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.3-compliant Timing Controller with integrated PSR technology. A lot of technobabble, sure, but here’s the lowdown: with this stuff in the mix, most users will see upwards of 45 minutes of battery gain, as the panels don’t require constant refreshing.

Granted, power savings are only seen with static images on-screen, and you’ll need a PSR-enabled graphics processor to take advantage. The good news, however, is that Intel seems to be into the idea of using this stuff to boost the overall battery life of Chipzilla-based machines, so it shouldn’t be too long before it starts popping up in laptops and Ultrabooks. As to how the magic actually works? IDT’s PSR technology “identifies a static image and stores it local to the TCON in an integrated frame buffer; then, it seamlessly displays the image from the local frame buffer allowing the eDP main link and a majority of the GPU functions to be powered-down, resulting in significant power savings.” Have a look at the unveiling video just after the break.

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Looking for a Cedar Trail-powered update to the long running Classmate PC line of netvertibles? Intel’s got you covered here at IDF 2011, with a refreshed edition of the very familiar hardware on display. All the usual elements are here, with a handle, touchscreen and stylus combined with a tough rugged casing ready to take the worst a 3rd grader can dish out. It felt a little lighter in our hands, and while this was just a demo unit as usual we’re told OEMs should have production versions available soon. If you need to see it in motion to believe all that next generation Atom power could be packed inside, just watch the video after the break.

Myriam Joire contributed to this report

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We’d handled ASUS’ UX21 back at Computex, but we’d never gotten up close and personal with its larger brother, the UX31 — until now. We spotted the 13.3-inch aluminum beaut just chilling at the Ultrabook pavilion at Intel Developer Forum. With the same 0.67-inch profile as its smaller sibling, that larger footprint means it’s naturally a bit heavier (2.9 pounds), yet it’s available with the same Core i5 (or optional i7) innards. Expect more when the duo goes on sale later this month, but for now take a peek at our hand-on video after the break.

Myriam Joire contributed to this report.

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Much in the same vein as the smartphone showed off this morning, Intel also teased a Medfield-based Android tablet. But unlike the prototype Andy Rubin whisked with him off stage, we were able to at least get up close and personal with its Intel inside sibling. Unfortunately we weren’t able to actually touch it, but here’s to hoping we can track one down and do a proper hands-on at some point today.

Update: Our eagle-eyed friends at CarryPad have spotted an NFC marking on the tablet’s back.

Intel shows off Medfield-based Android tablet at IDF 2011, we (briefly) go eyes-on (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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