ASUS's UL30Vt announced, somehow finds room for discrete graphics

ASUS impressed the world with its lightweight, inexpensive 13.3-inch UL30 over the summer, and just last week impressed us with its switchable-graphics packing bigger cousin, the UL80Vt. Now the 30 is getting the discrete treatment, enabling users to choose from molasses rendering and 'all-day computing' battery life or slightly more robust graphics and slightly (about an hour) shorter longevity. The system also packs DDR3 memory, a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor (able to be overclocked), and that 'stylishly robust' aluminum lid. No word on release or price, but the earlier Vt models didn't come with a massive leap in MSRP, so we'd expect this one not to fall too far from UL30's $749 street price.

Gallery: ASUS UL30Vt

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Hercules eCAFE EC-1000W Netbook

Computer peripheral maker Hercules is set to release their latest mini laptop for the US market. Known as the eCAFE EC-1000W, the netbook offers a 10-inch 1024 x 600 display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, a 1GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a chiclet-style keyboard, a webcam, a 4-in-1 card reader, WiFi, a 6-cell battery and runs on Windows 7 Starter Edition OS. The eCAFE EC-1000W will be available in the US at some point for $399.

(Via Laptop Notebook News.)

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DigitalRise PC-729 Tablet PC Runs Windows XP

Just when you think everyone will be jumping on the Windows 7 bandwagon, we’re getting more reports than usual of devices running Windows XP. Here’s another one from DigitalRise. The PC-729 Tablet boasts a 7-inch touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth and an Arm9 processor. I’m quite concerned with the 480 x 272 resolution of the 7-inch touchscreen and the 128MB RAM. It makes the DigitalRise PC-729 a little anemic to me. The Tablet PC or Micro PC willset you back $355 at the link below.

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Lenovo IdeaPad shown to possess Pineview CPU by FCC photo shoot

Remember that Pine Trail fast-tracking we were talking about? Yeah, it's for real. Intel's latest submission to the FCC reveals details of a new member of Lenovo's IdeaPad netbook range, and is the first confirmed sighting of the Pineview processor every netbook diehard has been waiting for. The documentation suggests an S10-3 moniker for the new 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 machine, which is likely to pair up that Atom N450 with 2GB of RAM and 250GB of storage. Click past the break to see the sticker with all the specs on it, and do make your voices heard in the comments below regarding that buttonless touchpad -- a Synaptics ClickPad, perchance?



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Dospara Releases New Laptop For Hardcore Gamers

Dospara comes back to the gaming laptop market by releasing the Prime Note Galleria IW, a 17-inch notebook with powerful specifications. The laptop is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Core i7-720QM CPU with an Intel PM55 Express chipset, an nVidia GeForce GTS 250M GPU with a 1GB of VRAM, a WSXGA+ Resolution (1680x1050) LCD display, a 4GB of RAM, a 500GB of HDD, a Bluray player, four USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi b/g/n, an HDMI port, and a 2MP webcam for video conferencing. Measuring 395mm x 278mm x 35mm and weighing 3.1Kg, the Dospara Prime Note Galleria IW retails for 169,980 Yen or approx. $1,897.
[Akihabara]

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Kohjinsha PA series reviewed, found lacking

It's well established by now that the Kohjinsha PA series tablet is one peculiar creature. It has the internals and OS of a netbook, with a 1.33GHz Atom CPU and Windows XP Home, the 4.8-inch display of a portable MID, and the convertible capabilities of an internet tablet, while its price (around $770) seems to imply it performs all three roles with aplomb. The Pocketables crew have followed up their unboxing of the quirky little device with a full-on review, and their conclusion has been that sadly it's more of a chump than a champ. Poor build quality and substandard input controls dragged this contender down, in spite of its swiveling screen and decent performance thanks to a 32GB SSD. Ultimately, it's the price that dooms the PA series to ignominy, and it seems like only a miracle -- or a timely RilakKuma rebadge -- will make it commercially successful. Hit the read link for the full story.

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