Tag: CES
HP ENVY Spectre 14 Hands-On Video
Here at CES 2012 there are a number of new notebooks, but the glass loving HP ENVY Spectre 14 stands out in a crowded room with a design that incorporates glass on multiple sides. I was able to go hands on with the new glass covered beauty at PepCom and came away impressed with the [...]
HP ENVY Spectre 14 Ultrabook is One Glassy Ultrabook
HP shined at CES 2012 with the introduction of the HP ENVY Spectre 14, a new Ultrabook that incorporates glass throughout the design, Beats Audio and a 14 inch screen inside a 13.3″ body. HP’s big draw is the use of glass throughout the Spectre 14′s design. This includes a scratch resistant glass lid, as [...]
Nuance Bringing Headset-Free Voice Control to Ultrabooks in 2012
Today at its press conference at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, Intel announced a partnership with Nuance to bring that company’s voice recognition to Ultrabooks at some point in 2012. And while both companies were a bit light on the details, they did have a couple of things to share. If there was one thing [...]
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 [...]
Intel Attempts to Define Computing Future with Thin “Ultraboooks” Starting under $1,000
At Computex 2011 Intel announced a new plan to help usher in a new class of thin ultraportable notebooks that cost less than $1,000. Intel is calling these new notebooks “Ultrabooks” and wants to move at least 40% of the consumer notebooks to this thin form factor by the end of 2012. The new Ultrabook [...]
AMD Ships Over 1 Million Fusion Processors
The AMD Fusion processor family was announced at CES 2011 earlier this month and wowed us with the promise of a better graphics performance in affordable notebooks, netbooks and tablets thanks to a combined CPU and GPU. On a 4th Quarter earnings call Thomas Seifert, AMD Interim CEO, announced that AMD had shipped over 1 million Fusion APUs [...]
Best of CES 2011 Awards for Notebooks.com
The Consumer Electronics Show 2011 is in the record books and we were on hand to get a look at the various mobile and technology products being showed off to attendees. Here are our Best of CES 2011 awards in numerous categories. Best Notebook: Alienware M17x The notebook garnering the Best Notebook award for CES [...]
Best of Show CES 2011: Powermat
Mobile batteries always seem to die at the worst times. Wouldn’t it be nice if your phone would just charge automatically every time you weren’t using it? Powermat is doing its best to make the dream of wireless charging a reality. While the Powermat products at CES 2011 were certainly impressive, its the proliferation of [...]
Best Mobile Lifestyle Accessory of CES 2011: ContourGPS Cam & Contour Mobile App
We found one device at CES 2011 that that combines the excitement of extreme sports and mobile technology. The ContourGPS, an HD camera that can be mounted just about anywhere, is gaining the ability to work with mobile phones thanks to Bluetooth and some new apps. With apps, GPS module, microsSD, Bluetooth and a Lithium-ion [...]
Best Gadget for the Family at CES 2011: Sony Bloggie 3D
There was no shortage of gadgets at CES 2011, but the Sony Bloggie 3D stood out as something the entire family will enjoy in the new year. Starting at $249, the Bloggie 3D will make it easy and affordable for families to capture all those precious moments in 3D. Until now, producing 3D video has [...]
