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Vaio Narrows Light Angle to Save Power

by Tom Allen

Vaio, now an independent company after being spun out of Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27), has announced its first new products, with a return to the premium ‘Z’ series. The Vaio Z …

Lenovo Declines to Ramp Production

by Tom Allen

Notebook shipments at LCFC (Hefei) Electronics, a joint venture between Lenovo and Compal, will not be ramped higher in the next fiscal year, say sources in the supply chain. The decision was taken due …

ASUS Announces ZenBook UX305 Ultrabook Starting at $699

by Helen Vince

ASUS today announced the elegant and powerful ZenBook UX305, which is the world’s slimmest 13.3-inch ultraportable laptop at 0.48-inch thin. The UX305 weighs 2.6lbs and features crisp and vibrant in-plane switching (IPS) anti-glare displays. …

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Panasonic Toughbook 54 Sets New Standard for Semi-Rugged Laptops

by Helen Vince

Panasonic, an industry leader in reliable and innovative mobile computers since 1996, today announced the Toughbook® 54. As the thinnest and lightest semi-rugged laptop in its class, the Toughbook 54 is a highly portable …

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Toshiba Extends Battery With Broadwell

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s newest ultrabook is the Satellite Z30-B-100: a thin (17.9mm) and lightweight (1.2kg) model, with a metal body and Core i5 Broadwell chip (2.2GHz). The Intel chip – running 64-bit Windows 8.1 – is …

Dell Introduces Its Most Comprehensive and Reliable Education Solutions Portfolio Ever

by Helen Vince

Dell has announced a range of new additions to its state-of-the-art portfolio of education solutions to enhance the learning experiences of students around the world: the Dell Chromebook 11; Venue 10 and Venue 10 …

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Chromebook Pixel 2 Revealed in Bug Report

by Tom Allen

A big report in the Chromium project issue tracker reveals that Google is developing a second-generation Chromebook Pixel (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 8). The original Pixel had a 12.8″ display and 2560 x …

New Toshiba Portégé R30-A and Portégé Z30-A models

by Tom Allen

Extending its ultrabook range, Toshiba has announced three new Portégé models: the Z30-A-1CC, Z30-A-1CK and R30-A-191. Each uses a metal body and has up to 12 hours of battery life (nine hours on the …

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Taiwan’s Notebook ODMs See January Sales Fall

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s main notebook ODMs, Compal, Wistron and Inventec reported month on month declines in sales in January. Compal’s January sales were down 17.1% sequentially to NT$68.7 billion ($2.2 billion), though this was 28.5% higher …

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LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 7

by Tom Allen

The Zenbook 305, revealed by Asus at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), will be available soon. The 13.3″ unit, which has a Core-M processor and 1920 x 1080 resolution, will cost …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 8

by Tom Allen

The Zenbook 305, revealed by Asus at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), will be available soon. The 13.3″ unit, which has a Core-M processor and 1920 x 1080 resolution, will cost …

Touch Panel Firms Predict Weak Demand

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s touch panel manufacturers are predicting that first quarter weak demand for notebook applications will continue into Q2 and warn that vendors’ notebook reserves will continue to remain high. According to reports, many manufacturers …