Dell Inspiron Duo Hybrid Netbook/Tablet Goes on Sale

Monday, 29 November 2010. Posted in News, Consumer Electronics, Upcoming Technologies

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Now here's another thing you never thought you'd see from Dell. Today marks the launched of the Inspiron Duo, a hybrid Netbook-come-Tablet desperate to find its way under a few christmas trees at just $545. In addition to it's 2GB of RAM and 1.5Ghz Atom Dual-core processor, the device benefits from up to 320GB of SATA glory making it one of the better equipped christmas netbooks on the market. The Inspiron Duo's real party peice comes from it's flippable 10.1-inch multi-touch display, which switches up it's full keyboard for one meaty tablet experience.

Obviously Dell didn't get the note from Apple saying moving-part storage in portables is dead, but then again with the rest of the hardware virtually the same for half the price of a baseline Air, you can't really complain. If the Inspiron Duo makes it onto your list to santa, you might want to link him up to Dell.com as you can grab one over there today.

Apple 'Back to the Mac' Event Coverage

Tuesday, 19 October 2010. Posted in News, Apple

Tomorrow, Apple are holding their 'Back to the Mac' event, turning the spotlight away from iOS and on to OS X.

With all the recent iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch hype, we can't wait to see what Apple has in store for their notebook and desktop lines. As the promo suggests, we can expect to get a glimpse at OS 10.7 (Lion?), a release which after Snow Leopard promises to pack a powerful punch. Also, updated hardware across the MacBook board is pretty much imminent, with the MacBook Air well overdue a revamp.

If your as curious as us, you'll join us back here tomorrow evening for our live commentary and round-ups, on our Twitter page and right here at Gigabyt3.com/Blog, at the following times:

06:00PM - London
01:00PM - Eastern
12:00PM - Central
10:00AM - Pacific
EDIT: As we expected Apple will be live streaming the event via a video feed on Apple.com

Toshiba Libretto Concept PC Boasts Dual Touchscreens, Coming 'Later This Summer'

Monday, 21 June 2010. Posted in News, Consumer Electronics, Concepts

Toshiba have been busy at work mixing up the mobile computing space, by today announcing their latest concept PC; the Libretto W100. This dual-screen 1.2Ghz Windows 7 system is the latest to have a pop at the next generation ultra-portable market. By replacing the hardware keyboard with a second 7" multi-touch display, Toshiba are aiming to "...deliver a rich Internet experience, multimedia playback and the freedom to multi-task..." whilst weighing in at just 1.8 pounds. Read on for the spec report!

Top 5 Notebooks Of CES 2010

Saturday, 09 January 2010. Posted in Features, Consumer Electronics

As per usual LA's annual Consumer Electronics Show totally took-over winter tech by storm! 2010's CES has introduced a smorgasbord of upcoming technologies coupled with thousands of pre-release gadgets and gizmos, wetting the worlds appitate for the next generation of video, audio, computer and gaming systems.

As mobile computing evolves with the takeoff of the tablet, we're left wondering where does this leave our beloved notebooks? Well we've filtered through the silicon to find out just this, so here's our list of Top 5 CES 2010 Notebooks!

Dell Unveils Alienware M11X Gaming Netbook

Thursday, 07 January 2010. Posted in News, Consumer Electronics, Gaming

The worlds first 'all powerful' gaming netbook.

Dell are proving this year's CES isn't all 3D, tablets and displays by annoucing the worlds first 'all powerful ultra mobile gaming system' in the form of the fragtastic Alienware M11X notebook. This ultra-compact machine sports an 11" 720p display with instantly switchable dual Nvidia GPUs for up-to 'two hours of intense gaming' running on battery. The M11X features Display Port, HDMI and VGA video outputs, and boasts 50FPS on Crysis and 30FPS with Call Of Duty.

Dell reported the laptop will be available later this year for under $1000

Google-Branded Chrome OS Netbook For 2010?

Monday, 21 December 2009. Posted in News, Consumer Electronics, Google

Google's Chrome OS

As if the G-unit haven't exited us enough lately with news of the Nexus One Google phone currently in the works and the epic Twitter rollout. It looks like Google's next insane venture has been leaked and it comes in the form of a Chrome OS Netbook!

TechCrunch have reported rumours regarding a Google-branded netbook device set for release early next year. The notebook is reckoned not to have have Intel inside, but an ARM or Nvidia processor. It's also likely to ship with a data plan as Chrome OS is oh-so reliant on 'The Cloud'.

The premise of Google releasing their own brand of netbook looks likely when compared to the similar instance earlier this week. Talk is that Google have again given a 'request for proposal' in order to cite a suitable supplier for the product

Kohjinsha DZ Dual Screen Laptop Gets Reviewed

Monday, 14 December 2009. Posted in News, Consumer Electronics, Quirky Tech

On Friday we had a look at WOW-POW's exclusive un-boxing of the Kohjinsha DZ, famed to be the worlds first 'real' dual screen notebook. After a few days with the device the same guys have put together a 3 part review, answering some of the hottest questions on the lips of the tech community plus taking a quick look at practicality, design and performance.

The DZ certainly isn't the most ground-breaking product we've seen all year but our readers seem to love it (and it's fast becoming our guilty pleasure too!) so read on for Part 2 & 3 of this comprehensive video review...

Kohjinsha DZ Dual Screen Latop Gets Unboxed

Friday, 11 December 2009. Posted in News, Consumer Electronics, Quirky Tech

Those cool cats over at Wow Pow have managed to get their greedy mitts on the Kohjinsha DZ - The worlds first "real" dual-screen laptop. The DZ is about the size of a standard netbook (obviously minus those two gorgeous displays) and packs a powerful 1.6Ghz AMD Neo processor with 4 delicious gigs of RAM.

Although this might not be the future of mobile computing, it sure is fun to watch! Without a doubt this won't be the last time we hear from the world of dual-screen notebooks.