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Windows 8 Ultrabooks Considering Touchscreens, Convertible Designs

Ultrabooks started off as the same old type of notebook everyone is familiar with, only much thinner, but their makers are now considering new design elements. People may or may not remember the IdeaPad Yoga, the Lenovo ultrabook that is not really an ultrabook, not in the strictest sense anyway. Rather that stick...

17 February 2012
09:19 GMT

Gigabyte Not Discarding Convertibles Yet, Preps T1006 Netbook

Even though netbooks seldom make the news nowadays, Gigabyte has no intention of letting the product type die just yet, evident from its latest press release. Since the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show is almost here, Gigabyte has officially introduced some of the things it will have on display there. ...

9 January 2012
06:21 GMT

ASUS Makes Convertible Ultrabook for Computex 2012

One might say that it was inevitable that something like this would happen, especially since Ultrabooks were, regardless of what some may say, envisioned as a means to secure the PC market form the tablet segment. According to Digitimes, ASUS has decided to create a convertible Windows 8 ultrabook. That is, an ult...

9 December 2011
19:01 GMT

Gigabyte T1009 Cedar Trail Convertible Tablet Visits FCC

The Federal Communications Commission just got to look at yet another mobile electronic, this once a member of Gigabyte's Netvertible product line. Netvertible is a play on convertible tablet, the words used to described those laptops whose screens can rotate and allow for switching from a notebook to a tablet...

1 December 2011
16:11 GMT

Gigabyte Booktop Tablet Hybrid T1132 Gets Its Formal Wear

Gigabyte may be aiming to score some holiday sales with its newest convertible tablet, or perhaps not, given that Booktop is more a name that fits with educational venues than consumers. Then again, people from around the world are known to seek out various things, so they may very well consider the new Gigabyte pr...

28 November 2011
10:20 GMT

Intel Keeley Lake Convertible Tablet Design Introduced at Computex

Intel has already outlined its overall tactic for releasing newer and better mobile processors, but it appears there are other plans and projects in motion, such as the Keeley Lake convertible tablet design.The media slate market may be just over a year old, but convertible tablet PCs have been around for quite a bi...

1 June 2011
03:07 GMT

Dell Listened to Customers when Designing the Inspiron Duo Tablet

Although variety is definitely not in any shortage on today's PC market, companies aren't usually actively seeking to ask their prospective customers what they'd like, but Dell seems to have done so.When it comes to consumer opinions, IT players have a habit of first creating and unleashing a product,...

27 May 2011
05:56 GMT

Fujitsu LifeBook T901 Convertible Tablet Up for Sale

The market of convertible tablets might not be the greatest of segments on the IT industry, but it doesn't seem to be in any danger of disappearing, so the fact that Fujitsu is now selling one of these things isn't too great a shock.Media tablets may be a relatively new product type, but convertible ones h...

19 May 2011
05:54 GMT

HP Convertible Tablet and EliteBook Laptop Exposed

HP may be embroiled in a fairly intense situation on the server market, but it is definitely not forgetting about its product development, although it doesn't seem to be getting any better at keeping secrets either, at least if a certain report is to be believed.HP, like any other IT player, no doubt would like...

26 April 2011
04:45 GMT

Dell Also Plans 13-Inch Latitude XT-3 Convertible Tablet

Dell might not have meant for it to happen, but a roadmap for its tablets has been leaked to the web, revealing not just two 10-inch media tablets but also a convertible one, set to come soon after the Streak Pro.Dell seems to be well on its way to making use of pretty much every sort of platform out there suited in...

23 April 2011
03:56 GMT

Dell Readies 15-Inch Tablet, FCC Tests It

It looks like Dell is getting ready to launch one of those older types of tablets, the convertible variety as it were, now that a certain FCC filing has been spotted on the web and analyzed.The Federal Communications Commission often tests mobile devices and other electronics set to have broadband/wireless connectiv...

8 April 2011
05:31 GMT

Lenovo ThinkPad X220T Convertible Tablet Formally Debuts

Lenovo may have introduced its ThinkPad X series laptop not long ago, but it looks like there is an extra product that came out alongside it, one that shares most of the name while being a convertible tablet instead of a regular laptop.Even though tablets are said to have started eating away at netbooks and notebook...

8 March 2011
10:28 GMT

Dell Sells Convertible Tablet for $599, Microsoft Lists It at $399

It would seem that a paradox of sorts has appeared on the web, one involving a certain tablet/netbook hybrid and two web stores, one belonging to said device's maker and the other one to the world-renowned developer of the Windows OS.As end-users know, the past year has seen the fairly rapid rise of the media t...

21 February 2011
10:38 GMT

Video of Dell Latitude XT3 Tablet PC Reaches the Web

Not long ago, Dell officially introduced a significant number of new devices, including a convertible tablet, and it seems that that very tablet has been fleshed out, so to speak, courtesy of a certain video. Some end-users may be aware of the fact that Dell just recently launched a completely new collection of bus...

9 February 2011
07:51 GMT

Gigabyte T1005P Is as Much a Netbook as It Is a Tablet

While tablets and netbooks are now seen as distinct device types, convertible models, basically hybrids between the two form factors, actually preceded the media slate, and Gigabyte now created another such unit.By convertible tablet or convertible netbook, one means a laptop whose screen can rotate in its hinge, th...

28 January 2011
03:47 GMT

LifeBook T580 Convertible Tablet from Fujitsu Selling in the US

Even though it probably already has a whole collection of devices ready to sell for the holidays, Fujitsu decided to also push the availability of a certain product it came up with a few months back.While media tablets are definitely becoming a noteworthy market segment, convertible tablet PCs are only continuing th...

18 December 2010
07:07 GMT

Gigabyte T1125 Convertible Tablet Made Public

Though not exactly media slates, convertible tablet PCs have existed for quite some time before the iPad even came out, and Gigabyte has just introduced its latest one, the T1125, which works on an Intel Core ULV CPU.For those interested in a reminder, convertible tablets are laptops whose screens can rotate and twi...

28 September 2010
06:29 GMT

Getac V200 Rugged Convertible Laptop Runs Intel Core i7

Though convertible mobiles aren't exactly known for having the highest level of performance, there are still those laptops, even rugged ones, that do possess powerful hardware, and Getac's V200 is proof of this, being able to provide Core i7-level processing while also featuring a rugged chassis.Intel'...

7 September 2010
08:54 GMT

Panasonic 31 and 19 Toughbook Rugged Tablets Bound for Japan

Tablet PCs come in multiple shapes and sizes, but there is a certain type of such tablets, the rugged variety that is, which excels at protecting the hardware within, a useful feature for the industrial sector, and Panasonic has just revealed the existence of the Toughbook 31 and 19 series of such electronics.Though...

4 September 2010
05:49 GMT

Fujitsu Unveils Sunlight-Readable LifeBook T580 Tablet PC

With IFA in full bloom, companies are unveiling products one after another, regardless of whether their exhibitions include the new devices or not, and one of Fujitsu's latest offering is the LifeBook T580, a convertible tablet PC of 10.1 inches with four-finger multitouch support.Though media slates are gettin...

4 September 2010
04:16 GMT

Atom N550 Dual-Core Powers Gigabyte's T1005M Convertible Tablet

With Intel having so eagerly announced the upcoming collection of laptops based on the Atom N550 dual-core mobile processor, Gigabyte decided not to wait, so it brought out the T1005M, a convertible tablet of 10.1 inches with multi-touch support.Intel's announcement was made only a short while ago and was quick...

24 August 2010
09:09 GMT

Fujitsu Announces LifeBook TH700 Tablet PC in Europe

Though media slates are becoming increasingly popular, the need for physical keyboards is still strong, leading PC makers to create and release convertible tablets. Fujitsu has now stepped up and done this very thing, announcing that the LifeBook TH700 has now begun its voyage towards Europe.Tablet PCs, essentially,...

17 August 2010
05:59 GMT

HP Puts Intel Core i5 Inside TouchSmart tm2 Convertible

Even though media slates have only just set themselves up as a market segment in their own right, tablet PCs and/or electronics otherwise known as convertible tablets have been on the loose for much longer. HP, as the leading supplier of PCs worldwide, obviously has a number of them on sale. One of said entities, the...

22 July 2010
04:16 GMT

Getac Puts 32nm Core Inside Rugged Convertible Tablet

With all the craze surrounding the new AMD and Intel CPUs, as well as the many laptops and desktops powered by them that have cropped up recently, companies that deal in tablet PCs or such items have been biding their time. Now that the flow of PC releases has settled down, Getac decided it was an opportune moment t...

16 July 2010
09:53 GMT

Toshiba Intel Classmate Tablet PC Heads to Japan

Ever since Apple launched its controversial media tablet known as iPad, slates practically became synonymous with the idea of an entertainment device. And yet, industrial, professional and educational tablet PCs have existed since long before the media tablet even rose to fame. This is exactly what Toshiba, now part...

1 July 2010
09:41 GMT

Fujitsu LifeBook TH700 Convertible Tablet Surfaces

Like practically every other company in the IT industry, Fujitsu busied itself over the past month with releases and introductions of newer and better PCs. Laptops made up most of its portfolio, since mobility has become a prime concern for many consumers. Nevertheless, it appears that the company is not yet ready t...

29 June 2010
10:09 GMT

Gigabyte Pine Trail Convertible Tablet Up for Pre-Order

As it has always happened, virtually all companies that have a stake in the IT industry have spent their time looking for the right moments to enter the spotlight and announce one new invention or another. In the case of hardware makers, there are many opportunities to turn heads, the best of which are the famous exp...

19 June 2010
06:37 GMT

Panasonic Toughbook 19 10.4-Inch Tablet Gets Core i5

Though not exactly directly related, media slates and rugged tablets seem to have become somewhat intertwined. After the tablet market finally got on its feet, interest in any sort of slates, convertible or otherwise, grew significantly. This gave companies like Panasonic, which already had a line of rugged convertib...

25 May 2010
09:22 GMT

Viliv S10 Blade Convertible Tablet Delayed

At his point, after so many highly anticipated products were delayed repeatedly, including Apple's iPad and NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards, consumers are quite unlikely to be surprised when hearing that yet another upcoming device has been unexpectedly delayed. In this case, they may or may not be...

19 April 2010
06:31 GMT

Panasonic Unwraps Lightest 12.1-Inch Tablet

Though media slates are just now starting to take off, convertible tablet PCs, or tablets with keyboards, have been around for quite a while. Rugged devices in particular are often used in industrial applications, as they can withstand “abuse” and still deliver excellent performance. One of the latest suc...

2 March 2010
10:10 GMT

Viliv Convertible Touch Netbook Up for Pre-Order

Netbooks are generally seen as portable PC devices that, despite not having extraordinary performance capabilities, are appealing to end-users because of their low price and long battery life. Viliv, however, seems to have discovered the formula for netbooks that not only have a starting price of no less than $699, b...

25 February 2010
05:39 GMT

Fujitsu Unveils Its Windows 7 Lineup with Five New Lifebook Laptops

As you have probably already found out, today is Windows 7 day, which means that we will be seeing a number of new portable computer systems that will be launched soon enough. Such is the case with PC vendor Fujitsu, which has just announced its series of portable PCs designed to take full advantage of the performanc...

22 October 2009
04:55 GMT

Acer Timeline 1820p Sports Multitouch Display, Windows 7 OS

Be ready for a wave of new computer systems coming your way this month and before the end of the year, mainly because Microsoft's much-anticipated Windows 7 operating system is going to be launched on October 22, which is a good enough reason to roll out a couple of new PCs that will run on said OS. Such is the ...

7 October 2009
07:04 GMT

Want to Buy a Piece of AMD?

AMD's purchase of ATI Technologies last year has set them back a cool $5.4 billion, out of which $2.5 billion they had to borrow from one very wealthy man. But it seems that their recent mishaps have taken their toll over the company's financial status. As the first quarter of 2007 was one of their biggest...

25 April 2007
03:00 GMT


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