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Acer Brings Forth Two WiMAX-Enabled Aspire Notebooks

Yesterday was an interesting day as many PC vendors had the opportunity of introducing their WiMAX-enabled portable systems, in support of XOHM's launch of the nation's first US WiMAX wireless broadband network. Like Toshiba and Lenovo, Acer America is also among the first systems vendors to announce their...

9 October 2008
04:12 GMT

MSI Intros Bravo EX620 Notebook with Entertainment in Mind

While fellow Taiwanese competitor ASUSTek is busy promoting its latest Eee PC netbook, the stylish and good-looking S101, Micro-Star International has just updated its notebook offering with a new portable computer system designed with entertainment in mind. The new Centrino2-enabled Bravo EX620 notebook comes with C...

8 October 2008
09:17 GMT

NVIDIA's Hybrid Graphics Improve Performance in Centrino 2 Notebooks

Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has recently announced that three major portable systems makers that have already released their latest Intel Centrino 2 notebooks have incorporated the new GeForce 9300M and GeForce 9600M graphics solutions. In doing so, Sony, Fujitsu-Siemens and BenQ will enable their customers ...

12 September 2008
07:01 GMT

Fujitsu Asia Rolls Out New L1010 Notebook

In the upcoming months, we are bound to see a couple of new Centrino 2 notebooks out there, all of them ready to provide users with some of the latest technologies in portable computer systems. One such example is the new L1010, which has been recently introduced by Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific. The new notebook is part o...

8 September 2008
03:47 GMT

Zepto Hydra Brings the Power of Gaming

It’s been quite a while that Intel's Centrino 2 technology was unleashed, and we have already seen a number of new notebooks being released by major manufacturers, all based on the aforementioned mobile technology. However, in the world of portable gaming systems, there's always room for improvement, ...

8 September 2008
03:12 GMT

Gaming Comes in a 14.1-Inch Form Factor

Today, Micro Star International (MSI) has announced the availability of a new 14.1-inch notebook, specifically designed to meet the requirements of today's gaming users. As expected, the new portable computer system is powered by Intel's recently released Intel Centrino 2 technology, which, combined with se...

29 August 2008
08:20 GMT

Fujitsu Siemens' LIFEBOOK Series Upgraded to Centrino 2

It's been over one month since Intel finally unveiled its latest generation notebook platform, the Centrino 2. Since then, several manufactures have announced their own Centrino 2 notebooks, some of which have already been benchmarked and tested. However, more notebooks based on the new platform are still to eme...

29 August 2008
05:47 GMT

New Notebooks for Gamers and Business Users - Courtesy of ASUS

ASUS is one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards, portable computing systems and more. As far as portable systems go, one of its most successful product lineups is, without a single doubt, the Eee PC family, which currently counts no less than 12 models. However, the Taiwanese manufacturer also boasts an impr...

25 August 2008
06:54 GMT

Toshiba Has Two New Centrino 2 Notebooks

Almost one month ago, Intel was rolling out its next-generation mobile platform, the Centrino 2. Since the release date, a number of manufacturers have announced and even released their own Centrino 2-based notebooks, and amongst them is also Toshiba. The company has just recently introduced its summer collection for...

21 August 2008
08:15 GMT

Acer's Gateway Announces Centrino 2 Gaming Notebook

Gateway, now known as a subsidiary of Acer Inc., has announced today the release of its Cetrino 2-based P-7811FX notebook, designed for those gaming users that also take great pleasure in multimedia entertainment. The product has been released just in time for the "Back-to-School" shopping frenzy, which is a rather c...

14 August 2008
04:17 GMT

New Latitudes for Business Users, Courtesy of Dell

Despite yesterday's many rumors and speculations, Dell has not released its highly anticipated Mini Inspiron. However, loyal fans will probably be glad to hear that the company has brought to light a completely new line of Latitude and Precision laptops. Designed for business users, Dell's newly released po...

13 August 2008
03:53 GMT

Intel's Calpella to Be Launched in Q3 2009

Although people are just getting used to Intel's latest mobile platform, the Centrino 2, the Santa Clara-based chip manufacturer is already planning ahead. The company is reported to be working on the development of their next-generation mobile platform, which follows the current one codenamed Montevina.Details ...

5 August 2008
10:52 GMT

MSI's Latest Notebooks Are Centrino 2

MSI, one of the largest Taiwanese manufacturers of computer hardware products, has recently launched new notebooks designed to meet the requirements of today's gaming users. With these two additions, MSI is taking a step forward, in line with its competitors, which have already launched their Intel Centrino 2-ba...

5 August 2008
03:31 GMT

ASUS Already Shipping Centrino2 Notebooks

ASUS looks to be keeping things really focused with its portable computer systems lineup. And that's somewhat explainable, taking in consideration that the company's CEO has set a rather impressive target, at least for the Eee PC lineup. But the fully-fletched notebook lineup might also deal with such a hig...

22 July 2008
14:51 GMT

LG Also Goes Centrino 2

If you are getting ready to acquire a new Intel Centrino 2-based notebook and you haven't yet decided which manufacturer to go with, then you might want to check out what LG has announced it has to offer. Apparently, the Korean manufacturer too has jumped on the Intel Centrino 2 bandwagon, by releasing its own n...

21 July 2008
13:06 GMT

New TravelMate and Aspire Notebooks Are Centrino2 All the Way

Not at all surprisingly, Acer has recently announced a number of new notebook computer systems that are based on the latest Intel Centrino 2 platform. Released as part of the company's TravelMate and Aspire series, the new laptops will provide Acer fans with the power of the latest Intel technology, which includ...

17 July 2008
11:31 GMT

Toshiba's Latest Notebooks Jump on the Centrino 2 Bandwagon

While everyone is now talking about the latest Intel Centrino 2 technology, one of the three of Toshiba's newest notebooks isn't all about this Intel mobile platform. Despite the fact that Toshiba announced the products one month ago, it is just now that we can finally get to take a closer look at their tec...

16 July 2008
04:31 GMT

Intel Working on Future Intel Centrino 2

As you already know by now, Intel has finally rolled out its latest mobile platform, the Intel Centrino 2. And, from the looks of it, what we are being offered right now is not all that the new platform is capable of - in fact, upcoming releases will bring us WiMAX and smaller chips for thinner notebooks like the Mac...

15 July 2008
06:19 GMT

WiMax Comes in September for Sure

The WiMAX high-speed wireless technology is coming towards users this September, though on a limited basis, announced Barry West, Xohm (Sprint's WiMax unit) president. It will be offered by Sprint and the companies that saved the Xohm's WiMAX network back in May. Lots of hardware manufacturers and software ...

15 July 2008
05:52 GMT

First Intel Centrino 2 Gaming Notebook, Courtesy of OCZ

As most of us expected, Intel unveiled yesterday its highly anticipated Centrino 2 platform, paving the way for the future of notebooks. As a result, we are already seeing a number of system manufacturers releasing their own implementations of the newly announced platform. In fact, OCZ has already decided to throw in...

15 July 2008
04:41 GMT

Sony's 16.4-Inch Wide Multimedia Notebook, a World's First

Yesterday, Sony announced the launch of a new notebook, the VAIO FW, a mobile PC capable of rendering HD movies the way they were meant to be displayed. There will be multiple configurations available for the new FW notebook, including a standard and a premium model. The latter is able to play Blu-ray Disc high-defin...

15 July 2008
04:29 GMT

July 14: Today is Centrino 2 Day

The new Intel notebook platform, originally announced for launch at the Computex show, has been delayed for several reasons for today. Still, we will only see the platform designed for discrete GPUs, while the one with integrated graphics and Mobile WiMAX is expected in the following weeks. Intel says that the new pr...

14 July 2008
05:09 GMT

HP Rolls out Centrino 2 Based Notebook

Having the Intel Centrino 2 notebook platform set to be launched three days from now made the market players move towards its adoption on the new machines ready for release. Hewlett Packard, has already announced the roll out of some notebooks featuring the platform. Other PC vendors, including Lenovo, Toshiba and Fu...

11 July 2008
04:54 GMT

Intel Centrino 2 Platform Comes on July 14

Desktops are rapidly loosing ground in front of notebooks lately, the sales confirm it daily, and every new Intel platform developed for notebooks catches the eye on the market. The long expected Intel Centrino 2 platform, also known by the name of Montevina, has been set for launch on July 14, next Monday. The platf...

11 July 2008
04:10 GMT

Intel Centrino 2 to Get Listed at Resellers

Although Intel announced last month that the launch of the Intel "Montevina" Centrino 2 mobile platform would be delayed, it seems that the processors would be rolled out by the company on the initial date, July 14. Glimpses of the upcoming mobile processors can already be taken at some resellers.Intel stated last mo...

23 June 2008
09:19 GMT

An Asus Notebook Gets WiMAX with Centrino 2

Computer users attending this year's Computex will be able to see an Asus notebook that features Intel's latest Centrino 2 technology, also known as Montevina. According to a recent entry on Intel's Mobility blog, the Asus notebook will be displayed at Computex in Taipei, which will open its doors tomo...

2 June 2008
06:26 GMT

Intel Centrino 2 Platform Delayed for August

Earlier this year, everything pointed to a June launch of Intel's Montevina-based Centrino 2 platform, but those wanting to get their hands on such a notebook will have to wait for a few weeks. Intel has made today a statement announcing that it has to postpone the launch of Centrino 2 due to technical reasons. ...

29 May 2008
07:11 GMT

AMD Prepares 100 Laptop Designs Ahead of the Puma Launch

AMD announced that it is currently working on 100 different laptop designs based on the Puma mobile architecture. The company is gearing up for a massive attack on the mobile computing market that will probably unleash in June, during the Computex show."That's twice as many designs as we had at the launch of our...

29 April 2008
08:58 GMT

AMD's Puma Mobile Platform is a Powerhog

Advanced Micro Devices seems to be facing some critical issues with the upcoming Puma mobile platform, slated to arrive in mid-2008. Rumors about some design flaws in the platform started to show up in early February, when tech analyst Doug Freedman of American Technology Research went public with a statement.'&...

25 April 2008
03:05 GMT

Cizmo Unveils its Centrino 2-Based Gaming Notebooks

German notebook vendor Cizmo has just announced its first mobile offering based on Intel's upcoming Centrino 2 platform. Despite the fact that Intel has not officially unveiled its ex-Montevina platform yet, Cizmo is the second vendor to announce its Centrino 2 products in less than a month.The CX15 notebook fro...

16 April 2008
06:28 GMT

Micron Starts Sampling 4 GB DDR3 Notebook Modules

Micron has just announced that it started sampling units of its 4 GB DDR3 memory modules, built using 2-Gigabit DDR3 chips. The new memory offering is comprised of the highest-density DDR3 modules on the notebook market.The nowadays mobile technology asks for significant amounts of system memory, that is a key elemen...

2 April 2008
09:54 GMT

Toshiba Introduces Centrino 2 Laptops, Forgets About Tech Specs

Toshiba has announced a new update to its upcoming Satellite and Satellite Pro machines based on Intel's Centrino 2 platform. However, it seems that the PC vendor rushed in showing the world the next generation of notebooks, because Intel has not finished yet revamping the ex-Montevina platform.According to the ...

20 March 2008
11:17 GMT

Intel Slates the Centrino 2 Chips for June, September

Intel plans to release its upcoming Centrino 2 mobile processors in two distinct waves. The company will roll out its first batch of mainstream 45-nanometer ex-Montevina CPUs in June this year. The quad-core mobile processors will launch with the second wave in September.The recently-branded Centrino 2 mobile chips w...

14 March 2008
06:12 GMT




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