Author Archive: Chuong Nguyen
CES: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Hybrid Hands-On (Video)
Lenovo showed off their ThinkPad X1 Hybrid laptop at CES in Las Vegas, which evolves the veritable ThinkPad X1 hardware by giving the laptop more juice time in between charges thanks to two separate processors and a secondary OS. Thanks to an instant on mode, the Lenovo X1 Hybrid can go for 10 hours of [...]
HP Talks About Notebook Designs, Windows 8, Touch, Ultrabooks
This article is cross-posted on GottaBeMobile. I had joined HP on a press tour earlier this week where the company was showing off its business-class EliteBook notebooks, which is an elegant aluminum-clad enterprise notebook that boasts rugged features that are tested using military specs. During the company’s presentation on design, notebooks design head Stacy Wolff [...]
The Key to Unlocking the Secret to HP’s Elite Tough
HP invited a number of foreign and domestic press to tour its campus in Houston, Texas where HP notebooks are designed and engineered. On the first day, upon arrival, HP left a welcome kit that introduces the theme of the three-day tour: HP’s Making of Elite, which will highlight not only the technological innovations behind [...]
Apple Offers MacBook Bottom Case Replacement Program
Due to an issue affecting the white plastic MacBook model where the bottom plastic cover would separate from the rubber, Apple is offering a case replacement program. The MacBook models being affected are the those that have moved to the unibody plastic design–MacBook Pro and MacBook Air owners are not affected as this program applies [...]
HP EliteBook 2560p Combines Optical Drive and Small Form Factor (video)
HP is boasting that the EliteBook 2560p is a unique notebook in its class as it is one of the few to combine an optical drive in an ultra-portable 12.5-inch form factor targeted at enterprise customers. HP EliteBook 2560P Quick Specs Like the EliteBook 2760p Tablet PC, the 2560p model is also powered by either [...]
HP CoolSense 2.0 Detects If You’re Using Laptop on Lap or Table (Video)
HP has updated its CoolSense technology, now in version 2.0, which can automatically detect how a user uses their notebooks and adjust the performance and cooling of their laptops automatically. What this means for the consumer is better performing machines and, more importantly, no more leg burns! HP CoolSense 2.0 Demo Video The technology is [...]
HP SimplePass 2.0 Makes it Simple, Secure to Manage Passwords (Video)
Managing passwords for your digital life is often a complex solution that’s only mitigated with massive Excel spreadsheets and sticky notes on your computer to help you remember those log-ins, but exposes you to security risk. With HP SimplePass 2.0, HP is combining its biometric security fingerprint reader along with a one-time password environment to [...]
HP ProBook 5330m Brings Consumer Features to the Enterprise (video)
In what the company is calling the ‘consumerization of IT,’ HP is bringing a number of consumer features to its enterprise class ProBook 5330m notebook. Those consumer features include a stylish, slim design, HP Beats Audio, and a backlit keyboard with island-style keys. HP ProBook 5330m Hands On Video HP ProBook 5330m Features The 5330m [...]
HP Pavilion dv4 Anounced With Pacific Blue Hue – Hands On Video
The HP Pavilion dv4 follows the design elements of the HP Pavilion dv6, but adds some color to the line. The 14-inch dv4 features either a Pacific Blue or Expresso Black colors, and the color is found on both the top of the lid as well as on the surface housing the keyboard and on [...]
HP DataPass Brings Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband to HP Notebooks (Video)
On select HP notebooks with embedded 3G cards for mobile broadband access, including those with Qualcomm’s Gobi cards for GSM/HSPA/CDMA/EV-DO network access, HP will be pre-installing a connection manager that gives users access to HP DataPass, a pre-paid mobile broadband service for on the go connectivity. Rather than have enterprise and consumer customers sign up [...]
