Acer: Centrino 2 For Aspire And TravelMate Notebooks

Yesterday Intel’s ‘Montevina-Day’ – and – of course Acer was also unveiling information on new Centrino 2 laptops. Nine new notebooks, which take advantage of Intel Centrino 2 with faster processors and FSB. Four notebooks of the Aspire lineup will support WiMAX functionality and are aimed towards the multimedia user. Five new TravelMate notebooks are [...]

Fujitsu: Six New Notebooks Based On Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology

Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today debuted six LifeBook notebooks powered by next-generation Intel Centrino 2 processor technology offering increased performance and longer battery life. Perfect for advanced users and consumers who want desktop performance and sophisticated style on the go, the enhanced LifeBook A6210 notebook features a stylish high-gloss black lid, bright 15.4-inch LCD display, [...]

Sony: Teaser For Centrino 2 Notebooks On Monday

Sony posted today a teaser confirming the start date for its new Centrino 2-based Vaio line. Sony expects to formally unveil the new range on July 14th at 9PM Eastern and is known to be introducing several new models as well as potentially refreshing existing systems for the initial launch. Additionally the Centrino 2 notebooks [...]

Samsung: Five New Notebook Models

Notebookitalia revealed Samsung’s five new laptop models: The ultraportable Samsung Q210 (12.1″) and Q310 (13.3″) as well as the mainstream R510 Aura (15.4″, WXGA) and R560 (15.4″, WSXGA+). The 17″ bang is the Samsung R710 with a WUXGA display (1920 x 1200 pixels).
The subnotebooks Q210 and Q310 come with actual Intel CPUs, Core 2 [...]

Sony VAIO: New Vaio FW And Vaio SR Notebooks

No secret and posted already all over the web: Sony’s new FW and SR laptop models. Some most important specifications in short, because the detailed specs are available through Sony then anyway.
The Vaio VGN-SR come with a 13.3-inch, LED-backlight widescreen display and an ATI HD3470 Graphics Chipset. The European Models should enlist as VGN-SR11M (1250 [...]

Notebook Sales: Netbooks To Boost Sales Worldwide

With more and more brands like Acer, Dell and HP entering the market for low-cost small notebooks like the Asus’ Eee PC, the market specialists from Topology Research raised forecasts for the worldwide laptop market from 120 to 128 million units. That is around 7 percent more than expected. So Topology Research sees a plus [...]

MSI Wind: Cheapest OSX Notebook

MSI Wind: Cheapest OSX Laptop. One geek at InsanelyMac.com has managed to install Leopard OSX on MSI’s Wind UMPC. Though the small factor subnotebook isn’t officially available yet, an user called ‘jav’ claims to have Bluetooth, sound and Ethernet working without problems out the box. Wireless LAN and a proper screen resolution still missing.
“Well, here [...]

Toshiba: Next Generation AMD Platform Available On New Satellite Laptops

Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced that select models of its Satellite series are equipped with AMD’s next generation notebook platform.
The Satellite laptop PC series, including the P300D, A300D, M300D, U400D, L300D and L350D, is offered with variations of AMD’s Athlon Dual Core QL, Turion Dual [...]

Quanta: Number One Notebook OEM

Top-five notebook OEMs: Rank by share, 1Q08

Rank

Notebook OEM

1Q08 share

Major clients

1

Quanta

31%

HP, Dell, Apple, Acer, Lenovo

2

Compal

24%

HP, Dell, Acer, Toshiba, Lenovo

3

Wistron

16%

Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, FSC

4

Inventec

11%

HP, Toshiba, FSC, Acer

5

Pegatron

8%

Asustek, Toshiba, Dell

Others

9%

Total

100%

Source: DisplaySearch, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008

LCD panel makers: Shipments to top-five clients, 1Q08

Rank

LCD panel makers

Top-five clients

Shipments share to top-five clients

1

LG Display

HP, Dell, Acer, Toshiba, Apple

74%

2

Samsung

HP, Dell, Acer, Toshiba, [...]

Sales: HP Still Number One In Laptop Sales Worldwide

HP remains number one in worldwide laptop and notebook sales.
DisplaySearch states, that in the first quarter 2008 ( Q1/2008 ) the global market for laptops and notebooks went up for 35 percent to 31 million units. Very strong HP and Dell, still at the Top and increased above-average. Asus, Apple and Lenove performed also very [...]