Dell Latitude E5410, E5510 Notebooks Released

Besides the Latitude E4310 and 2110,Dell has released the Latitude E5410 and E5510 notebook PCs for business users.

The 14.1-inch E5410 and 15.6-inch E5510 feature the Intel Core i5 and i7 CPUs or the new Intel Celeron P4500, all with dual cores, Intel HD graphics, up to 8GB RAM, up to 320GB hard drive or up to 128GB solid state storage, a DVD burner or Blu-ray drive, and Windows 7, Vista, or Ubuntu Linux OS.
The successors of the E5400 and E5500 optionally provide WiMAX and mobile broadband connectivity, as well as business-class security features.
The notebooks start at $759 and $789 USD, respectively, and are expected to be available soon.

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Panasonic Unveils Fully-Rugged Toughbook 31

Panasonic has announced the Toughbook 31, “the most powerful fully-rugged notebook computer on the market”.

The Toughbook 31 features a 13.3-inch 1024×768 XGA touchscreen sunlight-viewable display, the Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, ATI Radeon HD5650 512MB dedicated video card, up to 8GB RAM, up to 250GB hard drive capacity or an optional 256GB solid state drive, optional DVD burner, and a battery life of up to 11 hours with a charging time up to 47% faster than the previous model.

Starting at 7.9 pounds, the laptop has a magnesium alloy case with a handle and meets MIL-STD-810G and IP65 standards. It is water and dust resistant and has passed a 6-foot drop test.
Panasonic’s Toughbook 31 also includes an optional web camera, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional WiMAX and Gobi2000 mobile broadband connectivity, a fingerprint reader.
We have no info on availability and pricing at the time of this writing.

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Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 Delivers Big Sound for Small Computers

Logitech New Zealand announces the launch of the Logitech® Laptop Speaker Z205. The speaker really enhances the audio quality of your laptops and netbook as you listen to your favourite tunes, movies and video calls— a lightweight speaker with an easy-to-attach clip-on design that lets you pump up the volume of your tunes, movies and video calls wherever you take your laptop.

“While people love the portability of their laptop computer, they are often missing out on the immersive listening experience that external speakers provide,” said Bryan Simpson, general manager of Logitech New Zealand. “When designing the Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205, we wanted to help people get a better audio experience while enjoying their favourite shows or music without sacrificing portability. The Laptop Speaker Z205 is tiny enough to toss in your bag, but delivers big sound.”

Whether you use a Mac® or a Windows®-based laptop, the Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 securely attaches to the top of most laptop screens. The Laptop Speaker Z205 is small approximately 3cm thick and 6cm high, which means you'll always be able to take it with you. Plus the included carrying case protects your speaker while inside your briefcase, backpack or handbag.

Now, when you’re watching your favourite show, listening to the radio, or making a video call, you’ll enjoy rich, full stereo sound thanks to two high-performance drivers, a built-in amplifier and an acoustically tuned enclosure. And you can easily adjust the volume as well as turn the speaker on and off using the buttons located on the top of the speaker. The included USB cable is all you need for power and audio — there’s no need for an external power supply — so simply plug the Z205 into your computer and start enjoying your entertainment.

Pricing and Availability
The Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 will be available in New Zealand from the end of May for a suggested retail price of NZ $79.90 inc GST.

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HCL Launches 3G-ready Netbook

HCL Infosystems has unveiled its new range of 3G enabled ME series Netbook, the HCL ME 06.

Designed to match the persona of today’s youth and support the on-the-go lifestyle of business executives, HCL ME 06 comes with integrated 3G capabilities, offering seamless connectivity and faster access to the internet. With energy star 5.0 certified, HCL ME 06 will be available in a range of colours including red, blue and black.

HCL also launched the new notebook ‘HCL ME 45’, equipped with multi touch gesture touchpad that helps a user to expand, shrink and rotate the picture through the movement of figures on touchpad. Other innovative features include -

SPLIT ME where one can share their data without worrying about the size of the file

LOCK ME that prevents data theft from the system. This feature ensures that the data cannot be copied on to external storage devices, USB memory sticks, CD optical disk drives, hard disk drive without getting authorization from the user,

Secure ME is an effective tool which can be used to lock any application installed on the PC e.g. Internet Browser, Adobe, Power point etc, another feature

Encrypt ME allows the user to encrypt their data and avoids unauthorized access of the data providing assurance against data theft.

The HCL ME 06 netbook is priced at Rs. 19,990 and HCL ME 45 notebook is available for Rs. 39,990. These products will be available across stores in the country.

With the launch of these products, HCL also kick started a special festival campaign the ‘Winter Carnival’. Under this limited period festival offer a consumer will get an assured gift i.e. Yuvraj Singh autographed Reebok Track suit worth Rs. 5999. In addition on the purchase of an HCL ME 38 series laptop a consumer will also be eligible to receive a Nokia 3500c mobile phone worth Rs. 6289.

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Ultra-slim LG XNote With Windows 7

Following the bandwagon of ultra-slim netbooks from Dell and others, LG's new XNote LGX30 was listed on FCC site. Like any other netbook, LGX30 features Intel Atom processor and running Windows 7 operating system (Starter Edition, we suppose). Since this netbook was listed at FCC, details about pricing and availability can be expected any time soon or at the CES 2010.New LG XNote LGX30 features 11.6-inch LCD display offering 1366x768 pixel resolution. For storage, it offers SSD hard drive, and other features include Bluetooth, built-in webcam, Wi-Fi (b/g/n), Intel GMA 500 video card and multi-media card reader. Too bad as this netbook won't have Nvidia ION inside just like the LG XPION X30 nettop.This sleek looking XNote netbook surely has ultra-slim form factor. Carrying the chiclet style keyboard, this netbook will have multi-touch gestures supporting track pad with left and right click buttons. All major connectivity ports will be located on the backside of the notebook and nothing on the sides.We hope to see more details about this netbook at upcoming CES 2010 that starts on January 7.

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