AMD announced a new line of notebook GPUs today. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2000 products feature ATI Avivo HD technology and UVD to deliver HD DVD and Blu-ray disc playback, and advanced power management. 
The Wall Street Journal's personal technology guru offers some tips for notebook shopping. Walt Mossberg thinks that right now might not be the best time for buying a notebook and suggests users wait for Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Vista Sideshow to become widely available. He particularly likes Lenovo and Sony designs. Mossberg likes MacBooks and MacBook Pros, but notes they lack built-in wireless broadband options. 
NVIDIA announced a new line of notebook GPUs aimed at mainstream users and gamers alike. In this podcast, NVIDIA product manager Ravi Kashik talks about the benefits of the new 8M GPUs and explains why Vista users need a powerful GPU to get the most from their notebooks. 
Notebooks.com got a hands-on with HP's 20-inch HDX "Dragon." Analyst Samir Bhavnani from Current Analysis West shares his thoughts about the HDX 
Sony announced the VAIO FZ series of 15.4-inch widescreen notebooks with an optional Blu-ray Disc drive. The premium VAIO FZ model will let users watch full 1080 HD video and record on BD media. An HDMI out cable makes it a snap to connect a high-def TV. 
HP announced an entertainment notebook today dubbed "The Dragon" or Pavilion HDX. The HDX features a tilting 20.1-inch widescreen display. Starting at $2,999 the HDX will compete with Dell's XPS M2010 for users who want serious multimedia power in a quasi-portable form factor. 
HP announced the Compaq 2710p notebook, a convertible tablet that can be configured with up to three batteries. The optional expansion base features a DVD-RW drive and various ports.. A second battery can be sandwiched between the base of the tablet and the expansion base, for all-day computing. 
I'm attending the Making Connections:The HP 2007 Mobility Summit in Shanghai, China this week. HP will be announcing several new products and services today and tomorrow. 
Samsung Q1 UltraSamsung's launching their second attempt at the UMPC with the Q1 Ultra, an improvement on their best-selling Q1 UMPC. Samsung hopes both consumers and business people will spend at least $799 on its latest UMPC. 
Loopt enables mobile phone users to communicate based on location and proximity. The service perfect for the social butterflies who don't mind sharing where they are with their friends. 
Acer announced the Aspire Gemstone notebook, which features some slick design touches such as rounded edges. The new design is a welcome update to Acer's dated notebook cases. 
Many consumers found their Apple G4 iBooks suddenly died after about a year, just beyond the expiration of their warranties. Defective iBooks may be replaced in Denmark. 
AMD announces 64x2 dual-core mobile processors based on 65nm technology. The new processors will deliver superior performance and improved power management. 
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