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1. Traveling with the MacBook Air Butt Kicking Dell Adamo 9.99

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   Opinion Butts are kicked dot com I have been using a Dell Adamo 9.99 for several weeks now in its pre-production form.   I’m at EMC’s analyst event this week in Boston which meant I had to spend ...

2. Dell Latitude Z charges wirelessly

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 29 September 2009

   Dell has unveiled its Latitude Z laptop. The high-end machine - which offers wireless docking and inductive charging - weighs 4.5 pounds with a four-cell battery. Dell has unveiled its Latitude Z laptop. ...

3. Frenchman glassed by exploding iPhone

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   ... some concern about iPods bursting into flames. The problem is laid at the feet of lithium ion batteries - these, if not constructed properly can cause problems to computer companies such as Dell, which ...

4. Updated: Verizon promotes $200 HP netbook

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 14 May 2009

   ... May 17 Verizon netbook launch comes shortly after a similar announcement by AT&T, which currently offers netbook models from Dell, LG, Acer and Lenovo. Verizon adds: "There is a Gobi chip in the Mini ...

5. Asus sells Seashell on the Eee shore

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 14 May 2009

   ... is designed to compete with a spate of other netbooks being delivered by the usual suspects such as Acer, Dell and Lenovo. There have been indications that the netbook "wave" is slowing down, but the Seashell ...

6. Apple notebooks lauded

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 04 May 2009

   ... the Dell Studio 17 and Lenovo IdeaPad Y730 coming in second and third. Apple's support was also voted a winner, despite it only being free for 90 days. Consumer Reports has always rated Apple products ...

7. Kindle vs. iPod and AMD Dragon vs. Intel 32 nm: The power of marketing

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Wednesday, 11 February 2009

   ... race.     I believe 2009 and 2010 will be defined by companies that find a way to make their products stand out and rise above the noise. Coincidently, Dell launched its Adamo site, suggesting ...

8. The race to kill the MacBook Air is on

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 11 February 2009

   ... as Dell preps a challenger. Dell shifted its teasing campaign into a higher gear ahead of the launch of this highly anticipated MacBook Air-killer, dubbed Adamo Thirteen. Chicago (IL) - Although MacBook ...

9. U.S. gets the Dell Inspirion Mini 12

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Friday, 14 November 2008

   Today, the Inspiron Mini 12 was officially launched in the United States after it had its initial test run in Japan. The 12” notebook is a combination of a netbook and an ultraportable notebook. It does ...

10. 35,000 Sony notebook batteries recalled

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 31 October 2008

    ... than 10 million notebooks globally. The 35,000 batteries in this latest recall were used in notebooks from Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell in systems that were sold between November 2004 and June 2006. ...

11. Dell to debut Instant-On next week

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 22 October 2008

      Dell announced to customers in Shanghai that the company will be offering a first look at its new instant-on system for Latitude laptops sometime next week. Without booting their computers, users will ...

12. Is Steve Jobs right on Blu-ray and HDMI?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

    ... of setup and penetration. It is on virtually every HDTV currently shipping and it exists on a number of monitors as well. For instance, I just started using Dell’s Crystal Monitor, which only has an HDMI ...

13. MontaVista Linux drives Dell's quick-boot feature

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Friday, 03 October 2008

    CEO Rusty Harris revealed MontaVista's role developing the quick-booting, ARM-based processor subsystem expected to ship this year in select Dell laptop models. The "Latitude ON" feature aims to give ...

14. HP latest notebook will run for 24 hours on one charge, if…

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... have to worry about their notebook battery running out before their work day is over.” We have heard similar claims before, including 19-hours of battery life in a notebook that is promoted by Dell. ...

15. Sony recalls 73,000 Vaio TZ notebooks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 04 September 2008

    ... and affected every major notebook manufacturer worldwide – including Dell, which recalled 4.2 million computers, 526,000 Lenovo systems 340,000 Toshiba laptops, 287,000 Fujitsu notebooks, 90,000 Sony Vaio ...

16. Netbooks and MIDs need some Apple Magic

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    ... be exactly what Netbooks and MIDs need. This is IDF week and I have been especially interested in those upcoming Netbooks and MIDs.  I have both the HP and the Dell Netbooks in house and in use ...

17. Dell pimps its Latitude business notebooks and adds 19 hours of battery time

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 12 August 2008

      Dell is having much more fun with its products lately, which is especially visible with the bright colors the company has added to many of its products. Now these colors and new shapes are extending ...

18. Shhh. We have a product but it’s a mystery.

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008

    ... Apple has hefty margins by computing standards: over 30 percent compared to less than 20 for Dell, and just under 25 for HP. So, they must have something up their sleeve, something worth cutting into their ...

19. Dell Studio notebooks: What color would you like?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 26 June 2008

      Ok, we got it. Design and style are dominating the notebook world this year. If we believe Dell (and Apple’s success), then notebooks are becoming much more a fashion statement for certain consumer ...

20. The five big technology trends of 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 06 June 2008

    ... direction to all-in-one computers seems to be clear at HP, Dell, Sony, and Gateway. They all have been launching products; though Gateway’s offering didn’t does that well.  The most interesting is ...

21. Notebook vendors to take more delivery of Li-polymer batteries

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 27 May 2008

    ... by low supplies of battery cells, according to market sources in Taiwan. Apple has been taking delivery of Li-polymer batteries for some time, and other vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are ...

22. Lenovo recognized with environmental designations

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 11 March 2008

    ... Sony Ericsson and Dell were the only other ones who scored above 7. New monitors on the list will start being shipped on April 18 with the last one hitting store shelves May 9. ...

23. Dell adds a 15” XPS notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 27 November 2007

    Just in time for the Christmas season, Dell is offering a its previously introduced XPS M1330 notebook in a 15” shell, closing the gap between its 13” and 17” mobile performance systems. ...

24. Thinkpad turns 15, gets a $5000 "Reserve Edition"

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 05 September 2007

    ... Edition is worth a look.       $5000 is a lot of money for a notebook these days and you can expect high-end features and treatment in return. For example, those $5000 will buy Dell's ...

25. Learning to deal with the downsides of a $3000 iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Thursday, 28 June 2007

    ... new Dell M1330 XPS Laptop with almost all of the toys (LED backlit screen, RAM Drive, Hot Red Color, high end graphics, extended warranty) and still have enough money left over to buy a large screen TV ...

26. Computex Wars: AMD vs. Intel vs. VIA - and some unexpected implications

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 08 June 2007

    ... strength and Intel was on the defensive. This year, while AMD continued to show penetration into protected Intel accounts like Dell and Toshiba, Intel hit back hard with announcements that showcased its ...

27. Analyst opinion: Intel kicks laptops into high gear

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 11 May 2007

    ... right now.   Great new hardware If you haven’t noticed the Hardware OEMS are starting to invest heavily in industrial design and you’ve already seen big changes in Dell and HP consumer ...

28. PC trends 2007

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 13 April 2007

    ... It’s also a Blame Magnet!!  I’m thinking that may not be a good sign… Dell Dell has tripled their design resources and is making a hard run at the consumer market. By the end ...

29. Quo vadis, Nvidia?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 April 2007

    ... is a big change going on in the market. With the arrival of Windows Vista, you now see Dell recommending GPUs for all the new applications that are coming along. They never used to do this before. You ...

30. Dude, your MacBook is on fire!

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 13 March 2007

    ... far less likely to explode compared to the faulty type of Sony battery found in exploding Dell, Lenovo and other manufacturers products.   A MacBook user calling himself mattyB was woken in the middle ...

31. Analyst opinion: Putting the “Lust” back into a performance PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 09 March 2007

    ... go well together. Now, not all PCs are dull, certainly not those made by Alienware, Voodoo, and Dell's XPS team. These systems stand out visually but they don't broadcast their performance to ...

32. AMD celebrates record market share numbers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 30 January 2007

    ... mentioned that AMD not necessarily profited so much from new customers such as Dell and Lenovo, but received "significant contributions" in terms of market share from existing customers such ...

33. What you will see at CES and MacWorld

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 13 December 2006

    ... were the hot size this year; however, massive price drops year-over-year show that the next size up is 30". Dell currently has the most aggressively priced product in this category, while HP seems to lead ...

34. Take a guess: Who is chairing the revision of laptop battery standards?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 08 December 2006

    The IEEE is forming a group to revise the IEEE 1625 standard for lithium-ion laptop batteries and guess which two companies will chair it... wait for it... Sony and Dell. Of course, these two companies ...

35. VoIP has lots of opportunity - ISuppli

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    Monday, 30 October 2006

      Worldwide VoIP equipment revenues will rise to US$11.9 billion in 2010, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.7% from US$3.95 billion in 2005, according to iSuppli.The VoIP market ...

36. Gateway recalls 35,000 Sony batteries

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 23 October 2006

    ... manufacturer that has been forced to recall the batteries: In recent weeks, Dell, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo, IBM, Fujitsu and Hitachi have recalled more than 7.5 million notebooks. Sony estimates that the ...

37. Battery recall estimated to cost Sony at least $430 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 October 2006

    ... laptops will reach 9.6 million, which is a a significant increase from the last official number of around 8 million. An exploded Dell: The beginning of the Sony battery recall disaster... Sony also updated ...

38. Is Sony coming back?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 October 2006

    ... they are vastly improved over what Sony had in the past. This is a clear trend in a positive direction. Vaio Sony has always built nice computers but they have simply not sold well against Dell, HP, or ...

39. Sony recalls own laptop batteries

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 October 2006

    ... of computer manufacturers affected by a massive recall of Sony brand laptop batteries. An exploded Dell: The beginning of the Sony battery recall disaster... In total, 90,000 Sony Vaio notebooks are said ...

40. Hitachi becomes newest victim of Sony recall

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 06 October 2006

    ... will not have an impact on company earnings. Hitachi's announcement makes them the least hit from the recall. The list of impacted companies now includes Dell, Apple, IBM, Lenovo, Toshiba, Fujitsu, and ...

41. Fujitsu adds to Sony battery recall count

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 04 October 2006

    ... is just a blip on the radar. Other, larger scale companies have had to recall millions. Dell remains the hardest hit from the massive battery recall, accounting for more than half of the 7.5 million affected ...

42. Dell recalls another 100,000 notebook batteries

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 29 September 2006

    Dell today announced that they have updated the number of battery packs in their notebook computers that were affected by the recall of Sony batteries. According to Dell, the number has been increased ...

43. Lenovo, IBM recall 526,000 Thinkpad batteries

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 28 September 2006

    ... at the Los Angeles LAX International Airport. The latest recall brings the tally to more than 6.4 million Sony batteries that are being recalled due to a fire hazard. Dude, your Dell just exploded... Another ...

44. Notebook makers meet to discuss new battery standards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

    Amidst a flurry of notebook battery recalls, several notebook makers including Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo have met in San Jose to discuss possible new battery standards. Sony, the battery manufacturer ...

45. Toshiba recalls 340,000 notebook batteries

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 19 September 2006

    ... notebook batteries within the past five weeks. Following 4.1 million Dell notebooks and 1.8 million Apple computers, Toshiba today said that it is recalling 340,000 notebooks worldwide and 100,000 in the ...

46. Virgin Atlantic bans Apple and Dell laptop batteries

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Monday, 18 September 2006

      Virgin Atlantic Airways says it will ban passengers from using Apple and Dell laptops running on battery power for all international flights. Virgin Atlantic Airways says it will ban passengers ...

47. Recalled notebook batteries to cost Sony up to $267 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 12 September 2006

    The recent global recall of Sony batteries that has been reported to affect nearly 6 million owners of Dell and Apple notebook computers, will cost Sony as much as $267 million, according to a Sony China ...

48. Core 2 Duo notebooks offered from $850

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 28 August 2006

    Is Alienware becoming the "economy sport" division of Dell? With today's introduction of a Core 2 Duo T5500-based lightweight notebook starting at $850 (reasonably configured for under $1100), Alienware ...

49. Dell, others roll out Core 2 Duo notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 August 2006

    Several notebook builders are expected to announce the first wave of Core 2 Duo systems today. This includes Dell, which has deployed the new processor, previously code-named ""Merom"", across its product ...

50. Sony's battery troubles could turn into windfall for Korean firms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 August 2006

    Sony's battery recalls could help boost sales Korean battery makers. Following the recalls of Apple and Dell notebooks batteries, Korean newspapers are betting that their hometown favorites such as Samsung ...