Asus EEE PC might find a competitor in BenQ’s Joybook Lite U101 notebook, which was released in Taiwan recently. The notebook is only 10.1″ and has an aspect ratio screen of 16:9. It is also equipped with LED backlight unit and has a response time of 8ms.

The notebook runs on Intel Atom CPU and has 1.6GHz. Buyers can choose between 120GB or 160gb hard drives. One could also choose between 4GB or 16GB solid hard drives and it runs on both Linux and Windows XP. It has a built-in memory of 512MB and can be upgraded to 1GB. It is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled and the keyboard is almost the size of a normal computer.

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Carrying your notebook and running around to find a projector every time you need to give a PowerPoint presentation is such a waste of time. Next time, walk into the boardroom with a two-in-one notebook/projector and impress your boss. You will look more in control of the situation if you are not bogged down carrying loads of items. Not to mention, so very cool. The portable PC theatre concept incorporates a multimedia PC and a 5.1 surround sound movie system.

With a nearby power outlet, the Portable PC Theatre would keep going for hours; the notebook battery may not work for a long time because unfortunately, this baby eats up a lot of power. The projector can also be detached and placed on an even surface during use, in case over-heating occurs inside the unified casing. The Portable PC Theatre has a design that makes it easy to carry but the features haven’t caught on enough to get it beyond the conceptual stage.

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ASUS has unveiled its platform Montevina laptop-based F8Va functionality with instant market in Korea

Asus F8Va runs on Intel Core Duo T9400 (2.53GHz) processor and operating system Windows Notebook Vista, F8Va adopted 4 GB of DDR2 800 MHz, 320 GB SATA hard drive, ATI Radeon HD3650 graphics chips and a 14-inch WXGA LCD screen with 1440×900 resolution.

Other features of F8Va included Bluray combo DVD player, digital camera 1.3 million, HDMI. It should be available in Korea market at the end of July.

Asus Japan announced that its notebook U2E equipped with a screen of 11.1 inches WXGA resolution (1366 x 768), sailed now 32 GB SSD, and will be available on July 12 for 1770 €. As a reminder, our U2E is powered by a Core 2 Duo U7600 (1.20GHz), and has 2 GB of RAM (up to 4 GB), a Mobile Intel chipset GM965 Express, micro-DVI, and the WiFi a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 2.0, card reader 8-to-1, a 0.3 megapixel webcam and a fingerprint sensor.

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Samsung has a new notebook from 15.4 inches with resolution WSXGA + (1680 x 1050) called R560 Eclipse. The new notebooks from Samsung is equipped with an Intel Centrino 2, DDR3 memory, Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, graphics card Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS and display SuperBright.

It is also characterized by a LAN connection Ethernet 10/100/1000, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, webcam integrated memory card reader 7-in-1, a slot for PCI Express, a connection VGA and 3 USB ports. The weight is around 2.5 kg.

Computer mouse, the LuvBook U100 Ultra-Mobile PC, which in July released Wednesday. It was actually, apparently, MSI’s BESURASHII Wind U100.

Specifications, which also equipped with processors ATOM, 10.2 inches WSVGA (1024×600) LCD display is adopted. Memory is RAM1GB, SATA system HDD 80GB. Processor Intel ATOM N270 (1.60 GHz), Intel 945GMS + ICH7M chipset with the communication system Wifi b / g support. In addition to the 1.3 million-pixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 functions such as that.

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A move over the voice command recognizing laptops, will be Toshiba’s next addition in the laptop segment called the Qosmio G55. 55 which is all set for its launch next month touts of q unique camera-based visual gesture control system that allows you to use your hands to communicate whatever and any number of functions to the laptop.

With the first ever used Quad Core HD processor backing it, the G55 is the first notebook that lets users control music and video playback and also PowerPoint, using just their hands, yes, there’s no remote or keyboard required. The webcam senses your movement from 3 to 10 feet away and the Quad Core HD processor interprets your hand motions in real time.That means now you can even go mime with your laptop…sounds… err…looks interesting!
Apart from the visual gesture system, which happens to be the USP of G55, it is also loaded wth other features including an 18.4-inch screen, Centrino 2 CPU, GeForce 9600M GT, 4GB of RAM, dual drives, and the “Quad Core HD processor” that backs the wide range of media functions offered by Qosmio G55.
When it comes to looks. Qosmio is good enough to give many a notebooks a run for their money with a combination of a slick black chassis, LED illumination, and metal highlights on offer.
Price: $1549
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Asus launches new portable platforms Montesina and Puma, As explained in a few weeks Asus would be throwing a few laptops.  This would not be great news but because they run out under the Intel platform Montesinos. Their designs, meanwhile, would be based on existing lines M51 and M70.

Asus is expected to unveil their new notebook series based on the M51 and M70, with M51VR, M51VA and M70VM at the upcoming Computex 2008. Our new notebook PCs running on Intel Montevina platform. The M51VR will be equipped with a 15.4”LCD screen, a Penryn CPU Core 2 Duo P8400 (2.26 GHz), 4 GB of RAM, hard disk SATA 320 GB (5400 trs / min ).

Regarding M51VA, it should be equipped with a better processor, a Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53 GHz), a 15.4”LCD screen with resolution WXGA + (1440 x 900)Â And M70VM use a 17”Full HD LCD screen with a resolution WUXGA (1920×1200), a CPU Core 2 Duo T9400, can save up to 6 GB of RAM and 640 GB 1 TB hard disk. Finally, Asus should also disclose the F5Z and X50Z with AMD Athlon64 X2 QL-60 (1.9 GHz), ATI Mobility Radeon HD3200 and 15.4′’screen.

Asus also launch other laptops with screens of 15.4 inches, although based on AMD Puma platform, under the names F5Z and X50Z.

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