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Admittedly, we had our doubts when we first heard about gScreen‘s dual-screen Spacebook portable and saw only renders and prototypes not shown working. We’ve now got video of the laptop in action, although the company couldn’t have done much more to make it a less appealing presentation. The glimpse is seconds long, the resolution is very low and lighting is poor, but it does seem to be working solution. Video beyond the read link, here’s hoping next time around we get something a little clear.

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gScreen Spacebook caught on video working its dual-screen magic originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With a 1.4GHz Intel SU3500 chip, up to 4GB of memory and a 1366 x 768 display, Acer’s 11.6-inch Timeline 1810T threatens to bridge the usability gap between netbooks and workhorse laptops. And now that the first review has come in, we can say that the verdict is… well, ambivalent. Multitasking, battery life and general build quality scored the thumbs up, but the glossy screen and casing weren’t so well received, and 1080p and Flash video playback were hit-and-miss. Set to be known as the Aspire 1410 in the US, this grown-up netbook is expected to arrive pretty soon, with some online retailers already offering pre-orders at $450. The video review is after the break, or hit the read link to check out the unboxing and more extensive thoughts on the laptop.

[Via Netbooked]

Read – 1810T to be sold as 1410 in US
Read – 1810T / 1410 unboxing and review

Continue reading Acer Timeline 1810T gets renamed and reviewed ahead of imminent US release

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Acer Timeline 1810T gets renamed and reviewed ahead of imminent US release originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Step aside, World’s Cheapest Laptop, Lanyu of China just undercut you — and the magical $100 barrier — with the 666 Yuan ($98) LY-EB01. This marketing marvel might have a processor slower than most netbooks’ FSB at 266MHz, and its 128MB of RAM might spontaneously combust if you even type the word Vista into it, but it is, technically, a laptop. And you can totally store, like, a few hundred Word files on the 2GB flash drive. Having played around with the previous champ of the ‘cheap ‘n useless’ weight class, we must at least congratulate Lanyu on a solid looking construction, and hey, apparently there’s a chance for a release outside China. Aren’t you excited?

[Via Cloned in China]

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Lanyu LY-EB01 is world’s cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like we’ve got not one, but two nuggets of good news for you today: firstly, the latest Gigabyte swivel-screen tablet has been unboxed, undressed and appropriately groped up, and secondly, Amazon have now got stock of the device at $679 plus shipping. That might still seem a bit rich for a netbook, albeit with expanded functionality, but it’s significantly more affordable than what our European comrades have to pay. As to the unboxing — and there’s a lot of it since Gigabyte decided to pack the unit in like a matryoshka — the Liliputing crew do a thorough inspection as well as a size comparison against devices from ASUS and Lenovo. Slide past the break to see the pair of videos and judge for yourself.

Continue reading Video: Gigabyte T1028X unboxed, handled, available in good ol’ USA

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Video: Gigabyte T1028X unboxed, handled, available in good ol’ USA originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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DigiTimes is reporting — in its usual sourceless, rumorific way — that a slew of Taiwanese manufacturers are set to deliver smartbooks based on the Snapdragon and Tegra chipsets by the fourth quarter of this year. Acer is leading the charge with an Android-sporting device, adding to its push of the Google mobile OS, while Mobinnova has confirmed US and European orders for its 8.9-inch élan, shipments of which might top half a million units in 2009. In the meantime, Inventec is expected to launch a 10-inch Tegra smartbook entitled Rainbow, which is probably set for a prompt rebadge. On the other hand, citing what it sees as weak demand, ASUS is holding back and won’t launch anything until November at the earliest. While none of these rumors are massively surprising, and given the source could be downright erroneous, they do hint at a wild, industry-wide synergy of smartbook rollout for the holiday period. And we all love synergy.

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Snapdragon and Tegra smartbook rumors swirl before likely year end push originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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