GADGETS REVIEWS

Lenovo is going to release the ThinkPad W700ds, a dual screen version of the company’s latest mobile workstation.
Along with the primary 17-inch display, the W700ds includes a vertically mounted 10.6″ screen with a resolution of 768-by-1,280 pixels. The smaller display is aimed to help professional users such as photographers, designers, and engineers. It can be tilted up to 30 degrees, “to recreate a dual-display setup typically found with a standard desktop workstation”.
Lenovo is going to release the ThinkPad W700ds, a dual screen version of the company’s latest mobile workstation.
Along with the primary 17-inch display, the W700ds includes a vertically mounted 10.6″ screen with a resolution of 768-by-1,280 pixels. The smaller display is aimed to help professional users such as photographers, designers, and engineers. It can be tilted up to 30 degrees, “to recreate a dual-display setup typically found with a standard desktop workstation”.
The secondary screen adds about 2 pounds of weight to the W700 and about $500 to the base cost of the laptop that currently starts at around $2,500.
The Lenovo ThinkPad W700 has Intel’s dual or quad core processor, the Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M video card, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, and up to two hard drives, as well as a built-in Wacom digitizer with pen and a X-Rite PANTONE calibrator in select models.
The W700ds is expected to be on display at CES 2009 in Las Vegas, January next year.

Source www.laptoping.com

The Lenovo Ideapad S10 comes with Windows XP and weighs in at just 2.4 pounds, and measures 9.8 x 7.2 inches.
It features a 10 inch back-lit LCD screen and is powered by Intel’s new Atom N270 and 945 GSE express chipset, the current chipset being used in the new range of Acer laptops.
The Ideapad S10 comes with 512MB of memory and an 80GB hard drive for the base model which will retail at $399, there is also another model which has 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive, this model will retail for around $450.
Here’s the specs.
· Integrated 1.3M Camera
· 2 stereo speakers
· Multi-touch Pad & near full size Keyboard (85% full size)
· Integrated Wireless 802.11 b/g,10/100 Ethernet, Bluetooth
· Express card slot for WWAN expansion
· Up to 2-GB Memory
· 4in1 Multi-card Reader
· Form factor: 250.2 x 183 x 22-27.5mm, lightest configuration of 1.1 kg
· Large Panel 10.2” wide, LED backlight 1024×600 WSVGA
· Intel Integrated Graphics GMA 950
· Intel N270 CPU 1.6 GHz & Intel 945GSE Chipset
· Large HDD capacity 160G 9.5mm 2.5” SATA HDD (5400 rpm)
· Battery up to 3 hours with 3-cell battery, and up to 6 hours with 6-cell battery
The Ideapad S10 will go on sale next month, whether it will be good enough to challenge the hugely popular Asus Eee PC remains to be seen
Source www.gadgettastic.com

Hewlett-Packard has announced that its HP EliteBook 6930p laptop with optional ultra-capacity battery and solid state drive delivers up to 24 hours of continuous operation on a single battery charge.
“Designed and tested to last, HP batteries benefit from a combination of HP engineering and energy-efficient notebook components such as Intel solid-state hard drives (SSD) and mercury-free LED display
Hewlett-Packard has announced that its HP EliteBook 6930p laptop with optional ultra-capacity battery and solid state drive delivers up to 24 hours of continuous operation on a single battery charge.
“Designed and tested to last, HP batteries benefit from a combination of HP engineering and energy-efficient notebook components such as Intel solid-state hard drives (SSD) and mercury-free LED displays. For example, the highly efficient HP Illumi-Lite LED display boosts battery run time by up to 4 hours compared to traditional LCD displays, while the Intel SSD provides up to a 7 percent increase in battery life compared to traditional hard drives,” HP says.
The EliteBook 6930p is a ruggedized business notebook is based on Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform and has a 14.1-inch display. The highest capacity battery for the laptop has 12 cells and costs $189.