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MSI Unveils the Multimedia-Ready Bravo EX627

MSI has recently announced the introduction of a new Centrino 2-based portable computer system, designed to provide users with a high level of audio and video entertainment. The new laptop, part of the company's E-series family, has been featured with a 16-inch display and has been designed to provide users with...

15 June 2009
03:48 GMT

MSI Announces Two New 17-Inch Laptops

Just days away from the Computex 2009 kickoff, MSI has decided to update its line of portable computer systems with the introduction of two 17-inch models, part of the company’s gaming and entertainment series. Both systems have been designed on the Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform and provide users with a choi...

27 May 2009
10:45 GMT

MSI Rolls Out New GX723 Gaming Laptop

Taiwanese system vendor MSI, has recently announced the expansion of its line of gaming notebooks with the introduction of the new GX723, featuring the Turbo Drive Engine Technology. The company's new laptop has been built with a 17-inch display and takes advantage of Intel's latest Centrino 2 mobile platfo...

18 May 2009
04:27 GMT

MSI Intros Two New Gaming Laptops

Taipei, Taiwan-based Micro Star International has decided to expand its line of gaming-ready portable computer systems with the introduction of two new models, the GX623 and the GX633, both of which have been equipped with a 15.4-inch LCD monitor. Each system offers a different configuration choice, with the former b...

4 May 2009
04:41 GMT

MSI Rolls Out New Gaming GX403 Laptop

MSI launched a new portable computer system today, part of the company's extensive line of portable gaming PCs. The new G-series laptop is dubbed GX403 and is designed to leverage Intel's latest mobile platform, Centrino 2, in a convenient and portable form factor of 14.1 inches. It packs MSI's unique ...

13 April 2009
06:22 GMT

Montevina Plus Processors to Enable Affordable Ultraportables

One of Intel's upcoming processor updates is expected to provide end-users with some new ultraportable PCs that will be as thin as Apple's famous MacBook Air, but which will come at a more affordable price tag, ranging from $399 to $1499. The new processors are part of what the company titled as the Montevi...

30 March 2009
05:31 GMT

Samsung Plans Two New Centrino 2 Laptops

Samsung is preparing to expand its range of Centrino 2-based portable computer systems with the introduction of two new models, the Q320 and the R522, each of them having been designed for different computer users, a detail that is fairly given away by the overall design of the two and the internal hardware specifica...

25 March 2009
09:26 GMT

Motion Computing Offers the J3400 Dual-Battery, Rugged Tablet PC

Motion Computing, a leading manufacturer of mobile computing and wireless communications, has unveiled today a new rugged tablet PC that is said to be capable of providing the user with a high-quality computing experience all through the day and even when exposed to bright sunlight. The J3400 tablet PC combines a rug...

16 March 2009
09:39 GMT

Notebook Vendors Not So Enthusiastic About Calpella

According to the latest info on the market, some notebook vendors aren't happy with the anticipated release date of the Calpella platform, designed by Intel. The leading chip maker is expected to announce its new Calpella platform, designed to provide a higher level of performance for portable computer systems, ...

5 January 2009
07:21 GMT

Kingston Shipping 4GB HyperX DDR3 SO-DIMMs

Kingston announced having started shipping its high-end ultra-low latency HyperX DDR3 gaming SO-DIMMs. The new memory modules have been designed especially for the owners of Centrino 2 laptops. The HyperX DDR3 kit includes two 2GB modules which carry the HyperX banner and are equipped with blue-painted aluminum heats...

5 December 2008
02:47 GMT

MSI Intros GeForce 9500M GS-Equipped Entertainment Notebook

MSI might not be the biggest name on the notebook market, but it sure does try to deliver some of the latest technologies in computing hardware by releasing new and higher-performance systems. The most recent product in the Taiwanese company's range of 16-inch notebooks comes in the form of a Centrino 2-powered ...

5 November 2008
05:30 GMT

OCZ Unveils New 15-Inch DIY Gaming Notebook

OCZ is probably among the first choices of most computer enthusiasts out there when it comes to high-performance memory or computer-related accessories. However, the company has also entered the world of personal computing with its DIY (Do-It-Yourself) notebook lineup, a concept that allows computer enthusiasts to co...

31 October 2008
06:37 GMT

Toshiba Delivers 1.13-Inch Thin Tecra R10 Laptop

Just when we thought Toshiba was done announcing the latest additions to its portable computer systems lineup, the company takes us by surprise once more, and intros yet another new laptop as part of its Tecra series. The Tecra R10 from Toshiba is built to provide a unique design in a 14.1-inch form factor. In additi...

14 October 2008
12:41 GMT

Toshiba Unveils the Centrino 2 Portege M750

Toshiba's Digital Products Division has certainly had a busy day today, as it has not only introduced the latest additions to its Satellite Pro lineup of portable computers, but has also announced the 10th generation of Tablet PC, with the launch of the new Portege M750, a successor to the company's award-w...

14 October 2008
09:43 GMT

Toshiba Adds New Satellite Pro Laptops

Toshiba, one of the leading makers of computer systems, has just introduced two new portable computer systems as part of its Satellite Pro lineup of laptops, with either of the two coming in a different form factor. The company's latest addition of Satellite Pro laptops will be available with a 15.4-inch display...

14 October 2008
04:18 GMT

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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