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LCD iView Panoramic Display

Friday, February 29th, 2008

The iView curved monitor, designed by Nuno Teixeira, is both compelling and definitely not post-iconic…a kind of stretched and curved double iMac all-in-one desktop computer.
The LCD iView, as it’s officially called, is unfortunately just a concept and so not many details are available. The iView has a curved panoramic double LCD screen on the front [...]

MacBook Air Dissed and Dismissed

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

The Nikkei Electronics Teardown Squad went out to their local Apple Store in Ginza, Japan, and purchased an Apple MacBook Air notebook, with the intention of seeing how it works.
True to their name, the NETS did indeed disembowel the MacBook Air, and were kind enough to share their findings and observations.
In brief, they weren’t impressed. [...]

ThinkPad X300 Reviewed

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Technology journalist Walt Mossberg reviews the soon-to-be-available Lenovo ThinkPad X300 notebook computer. In sum, Walt likes the thin (0.73-0.92 inch) ThinkPad calling it impressive, solid and innovative and perfect for many mobile PC users.
WM dings the X300 for its small (64GB) solid-state-drive, relatively low battery life and the big price ($2476-$3000). But he does go [...]

Exploding Laptop Catches Fire! - Film at 11:00

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Here’s a link to a rare video of an exploding notebook, possibly an LG XNote Z1.
Laptop Battery Explosion - nocutnews.co.kr, 2008/02/12

Lenovo ThinkPad X300 - Another Thin Notebook

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Lenovo has a new super-thin notebook in the pipeline, the ThinkPad X300. Walt Mossberg got a hold of one & found that it’s like Apple’s MacBook Air in that the X300 is quite thin, has a 64 GB solid-state drive and a 13.3 inch LED-backlit.
The X300 includes some of the features that the MBA [...]

Yuno PC …Coffee Mug with a Built-in Computer

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

The Yuno PC represents device convergence with a difference. The conceptual mash up combines a personal computer with a coffee mug to provide widget-style alerts for Email weather stocks etc - for your mobile caffeinated perusal. -clever name
Design by Jason Farsai via Yanko Design

MacBook Air vs Macintosh Portable

Monday, January 28th, 2008

The Macintosh Portable was Apple’s first notebook, or perhaps more accurately a 1st attempt at a more easily portable Macintosh. The Mac Portable sold for $6,500 when it was introduced in 1989 and weighed in at a massive 15.8 lbs.
See how it stacks up to Apple’s newest notebook, the MacBook Air at the link [...]

MacBook AirCraft

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

The MacBook Air the way it should’a been designed…
“The innovative now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t port hatch flips down to reveal (and closes to hide) all the ports you really need: 3 USB 2.0 ports, 5 FireWire ports, Floppy drive, and iPod Shuffle in your MacBook. Even the MagSafe power connection has been reconsidered and slimmed to fit [...]

MacBook Air Reviewed by WSJ

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal reviews the new Apple MacBook Air, which (.again.) is officially described as the World’s Thinnest Notebook. Walt describes the MacBook Air as pleasing and surprising, likes the screen & full-size keyboard but deducts points for: no removable battery, no optical drive, no Ethernet jack etc. Generally he says [...]

MacBook Air - World’s Thinnest Notebook

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

At Macworld 2008 today, Apple introduced their latest laptop, the MacBook Air - billed as the world’s thinnest notebook. The thing tapers from 0.76-inches at the back to a ginormous 0.16 inches at the front…for an average thickness of 0.46 inches or 11.68 mm. The Air measures 12.8×8.94 inches and weighs 3 lbs or 1.36 [...]