Xavier Lanier

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slotMusic: DRM-Free Music on MicroSD Cards

SanDisk is teaming up with major recording labels and retailers to sell music on MicroSD cards. The "slotMusic" MicroSD cards will come pre-loaded with DRM-free albums in MP3 format, album art, liner notes and videos on select albums.
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Vodafone Offers up Free Dell Mini 9 w/ 3G Subscription

The age of free notebooks is upon us as Vodafone's announced it will offer a complimentary Dell Inspiron Mini 9 to anyone willing to pay £25 ($45) per month for 1GB data transfer via the wireless carrier's 3G network.
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HP Still #1 Global Notebook Vendor, Dell Leads in North America

According to DisplaySearch, HP continues to be the global leader in the notebook market, while Dell maintains a slight edge in the North American market. HP holds a 21.4% marketshare in North America and a 20.5% market share in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
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ThinkPad X200s and X200t Announced

Lenovo's introduced the ThinkPad X200s, a lightweight business notebook for business travelers and the X200t,the first widescreen ThinkPad tablet. Tom Ribble, the director of worldwide ThinkPad marketing, called me this morning to talk about the latest additions to the ThinkPad family.
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HP EliteBook 6930p: 24-Hours of Battery Life on a Single Charge

HP's announced that its EliteBook 6930p business notebook will have up to a 24-hour runtime thanks to energy saving components and a 12-cell ultracapacity battery. I spoke with Jeremy Brody from HP, who filled me in on exactly how this is accomplished.
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OtterBox for iPhone 3G Now Shipping

OtterBox announced the Defender series case for the iPhone 3G is now available. The iPhone 3G Defender Series case is shock resistant, rated to protect from drops of up to three feet.
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Acer Drops Aspire One price to $349

Acer's dropped the prices of its Aspire One netbook by $50, lowering the starting price to just $329. As the market for netbooks or "companion notebooks" heats up we should see more manufacturers launching sub-$350 computers.
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Notebooks.com Giveaway: Envy 133 and Three IdeaPad S10s

We're giving away one Voodoo Envy 133 and three IdeaPad S10s in a drawing that kicks off today. Here's you chance to win the world's an Envy 133, which is the world's thinnest notebook. The IdeaPad S10 is Lenovo's entry into the 'netbook' and one of my favorite affordable notebooks.
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IdeaPad S10 Demo (video)

Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 was on display at the Intel Developer's Forum in San Francisco today and we got a full demo. The S10 is well built and has a lot of features not found on other netbooks in its price range. The IdeaPad S10 is now available for order from $429.
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AMD vs. Intel Integrated Graphics Demo (video)

Pat Moorhead, AMD's vice president of advanced marketing, demonstrates the difference between Intel and ATI integrated graphics. The differences between the two notebooks are very noticeable and anyone trying to decide between an Intel and AMD system should take a look at the following video.
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Geeks.com Sony Laptop Giveaway

Geeks.com is giving away a bunch of tech gear, including a Sony VAIO notebook and 14 SanDisk Sansa dgital audio players this week to celebrate their 12th anniversary. Head over to Geeks.com to enter.
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HP EliteBook 2530p Announced (video)

HP's introduced the EliteBook 2530p, a thin and light 12-inch business notebook that can be configured with dual hard drives and either ULV or LV processors. I sat down with HP's Kyle Thorton to take a close look at the 2530p last week.
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ThinkPad X301: Thinnest ThinkPad Gets 128GB SSD

Lenovo's introduced the ThinkPad X301, which is replacing the X300. The ThinkPad X301 is about 20% faster than the previous model and can be configured with a 128GB solid state drive, which is double the original storage capacity.