Acer has added a new member to its TravelMate notebook series with the announcement of the 6594. Aimed at business users, this powerful system is based on Intel’s new Core i7/i5 processor and comes equipped with a 15.6-inch LED-backlit display, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD5670 dedicated graphics card, an Intel QM57 Express Chipset, an 8GB RAM, a 1.3MP CrystalEye webcam, a DVD burner, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (optional) and a 9-cell battery. Pricing and availability are still unknown at the moment. [Acer]
Here is an unboxing video of the new 10.1-inch Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 netbook. The netbook features a 1024 x 600 display (glossy) with an Intel Atom N450 processor, a 1GB RAM, a 250GB HDD, 802.11n Wi-Fi, 6-cell 4400mAh battery, and Microsoft Windows 7 Starter. Watch the video after the jump to get more details.
Today’s featured deal is a 14-inch Dell Inspiron 14 (1464) for the sweet price of $499 with this coupon from LogicBUY. This preconfigured system comes in Obsidian Black, but it’s also available in Ice Blue and Promise Pink for $40 more. This Intel Core i3 model of the Inspiron 14 is usually $654. Plus, the deal includes free shipping.
The full specs on the Dell Inspiron 14 (1464): Intel Core i3-330M processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 250GB 5400RPM The storage device that holds your OS, programs, and data. Learn Morehard drive, Windows 7 ($77.54) Home Premium 64-bit, 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-R drive, 802.11g wireless, 1.3MP webcam, and a 6-cell battery.
NewspaperDirect announced today that they’ve struck up a partnership with Entourage Systems, makes of the Edge dualbook. Now subscribers to PressDisplay.com can download their newspapers and magazines directly to the Edge via wi-fi. This makes over 1,500 periodicals from all over the world available to the eReader.
According to the press release, titles downloaded from PressDisplay will load on the electronic paper display (EPD) and users will be able to annotate issues as well. The best part is that there doesn’t seem to be a need for an extra download — everything available from PressDisplay is compatible right away.
Periodicals from93 countries in 44 languages are available; titles include TheWashington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Globe and Mail, National Post, The Guardian, Daily Mail,International Herald Tribune, Irish Independent, Le Figaro, The Australian, New Zealand Herald, Gazeta Wyborcza, Marca, Bangkok Post, and Kommersant.
If you’ve read our article on the causes and potentially devastating effects of laptop heat, you know that thanks to external temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit,  some notebooks can feel more like portable grills than portable computers.  While inadequate heat dissipation is the manufacturer’s fault, users aren’t helpless.
If your notebook is getting a bit too warm for comfort, there are several settings you can change to make it cooler. While none of these is guaranteed to transform a 110-degree palm rest into an ice machine, the changes can help.
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Getting Into Windows Power Manager
Some of the tips below involve editing the advanced power settings in Windows Power Options. Â To access the advanced power settings:
Open Power Options either by clicking the icon in the All Control Panel Options menu or by double-clicking the Windows battery icon in your system tray.
Select Change plan settings next to the power plan you are using (balanced, power saver, etc).
Select Change advanced power settings.
Tip #1: Enable Active Cooling
Make sure that, in the Windows power settings or in your notebook’s proprietary power management software, the highest level of cooling is enabled. The menu option for enabling active cooling varies from notebook to notebook, but in some cases, the option will actually say “active cooling” and in others the option will say “maximum performance” as opposed to “maximum battery life.”
Always, select more cooling performance. This will keep the fan running longer and stronger to cool the system.
Tip #2: Enable all power saving options for the CPU, graphics, wireless card, etc.
It’s simple physics. The more power your notebook consumes, the more heat it generates. If you’re willing to sacrifice a little performance by running your notebook’s key components in low power modes, it will generate less heat.
To use less juice and generate less heat, we recommend changing the advanced settings in the Windows power manager’s, both for “on battery” and “plugged in” states:
Wireless Adapter Settings: Maximum Power Saving
Link State Power Management: Maximum power savings
Graphics Power Plan: Maximum Battery life or the equivalent, based on what video card your notebook has installed.
PCI Express -> Link State Power Management: Maximum power savings
Processor power management -> Maximum processor state: Set to a lower percentage such as 30-percent. You will want to experiment with this setting as it could severely impact performance by literally throttling down the CPU.
We took a Toshiba E205 — a notebook that reached 110 degrees along the chassis bottom in our initial review — and tested it both with its default, high-performance settings and with the power  settings set to low power as outlined above. We measured the temperatures of the keyboard, touchpad, bottom, and vent after streaming a video at full screen for 15 minutes. The results were as follows:
Notebook Contact Point
High Power Settings
Low Power Settings
Touchpad
99
94
Keyboard
99
96
Bottom
108
105
As you can see, the notebook did not exactly turn into a portable ice machine when we lowered its power settings, but two key touch points — the keyboard and the touchpad — went from a toasty 99 to a much more comfortable 96 and 94 degrees Fahrenheit. The bottom — usually the warmest surface on any notebook — still remained well above 100 degrees, but if you were using the notebook on a desk or table, you wouldn’t notice. And performance was still solid as our full screen video still played just as smoothly.
MSI is about to start a new round of the “How Should We Define Netbooks?” debate with its new Wind U230 machines. The company is calling the 12-inch replacements for the Wind U210 netbooks, but they have awfully ultraportable-ish leanings.
To start, they have 12.1-inch screens — not unheard of for netbooks, but rarer than the more typical 10-inch LCD. Then there’s 2GB of RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium (instead of Starter), and, oh yeah, the dual-core processor inside. Not a dual-core Atom as we saw on the Eee PC 1201N, but an AMD chip coupled with an ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics chips are responsible for processing all images sent to your computer?s display. Learn Moregraphics card.
I can hear fights breaking out already. “Netbook!” “Notebook!” “Dessert Topping!” “Floor Wax!”
These new Winds, whatever they are, come in two models: the U230-033 has an AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 CPU and a 250GB The storage device that holds your OS, programs, and data. Learn Morehard drive; the U230-040 has an AMD Athlon X2 L335 CPU and a 320GB drive. Otherwise, the two models are identical from their HD displays (16:9, 1366 x 768 WXGA), b/g/n wi-fi, 1.3MP webcam and 6-cell batteries. And, of course, HDMI out amongst the usual ports.
Lest this sound too exciting, there’s a fly in the ointment as concerns that battery: it’s rated for only 4 hours of life by MSI. I imagine that size display combined with the power-hungry AMD chip makes for an ultraportable that won’t want to stray too far from an outlet.
The MSI Wind U230-033 will set you back just $429 and the beefier Wind U230-040 ups the price to $479. They’re available now at Newegg.
When testing for heat levels on new notebooks, we use a laser thermometer to measure the key touch points (chassis bottom, keyboard, and touchpad) on a notebook after it has been playing a streaming video for 15 minutes in high-performance mode. We consider temperatures higher than 95 degrees Fahrenheit to be uncomfortable, and those higher than 100 degrees are cause for concern. Based on our recent testing, here are some of the hottest and coolest notebooks we’ve seen.
During the cold winter months (that we’re thankfully leaving behind) it can be hard for those of us who have capacitive touchscreen devices. Unless you have a set of fancy gloves, you have to expose your fingers to the frigid air in order to do anything with the iPhone or Droid or JooJoo you whip out of your pocket all the time. Okay, maybe that last one is a stretch. Still, a solution must be found.
You could go the meat stylus route as some in South Korea have, but that just seems… gross. Pogo came out with a stylus that worked for capacitive screens aimed at iPhone users a few months ago. While we like their offerings (full hands-on coming soon), these styli are best suited for pushing icons, scrolling screens, and getting at that tiny link text in the browser. What if you need something with a bit more precision for writing or drawing?
Dagi seems to have the answer, if the video below from HGGadgets is to be believed. Hector Gomez gave both products a try and found that the Dagi did writing in the journal better on the Lenovo Ideapad S10-3t than the Pogo. Looks like something we’ll have to try for ourselves!
In what situations would you need or use a capacitive stylus? Is it just for the freezing winter or would you welcome it for everyday use? What products and scenarios would you like us to test both styli?
Love the look of the MacBook-esque HP Envy 13 but don’t like the Appleistic price? Then this deal is for you. HP recently dropped the price of their ultra-designer laptop to $1,499 and today they’re offering a coupon that gives an additional $300 off of that plus free shipping. Sweet!
The artfully constructed aluminum & magnesium alloy chassis along with the great keyboard, dazzling screen, and awesome audio definitely grabbed our attention. And the specs aren’t half bad, either: Core 2 Duo SL9300 1.6GHz; 3GB DDR3; 250GB The storage device that holds your OS, programs, and data. Learn MoreHard Drive; Wireless-N with Bluetooth; 512MB Mobility Radeon HD 4330; Windows 7.
A very close T-Mobile source just gave us some details regarding the highly anticipated HTC HD2 with Windows Mobile 6.5. While others have reported a March 23 launch, our source tells us that is when MobiTV software goes live — not when the device will become available. For the HD2, you’ll have to wait an extra day and get it on March 24.
According to our source, the device will go for $199 on a two-year contract (as most others are reporting) and $449 for the full retail price. Sadly, and somewhat expected, the device has been confirmed by HTC as being incompatible with Windows Phone 7 software. So, if you were thinking of upgrading the device, you’ll have to hold out for the real thing.
Also, don’t forget that we’re giving away an HTC HD2 so click on over to enter to win!
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A very close T-Mobile source just gave us some details regarding the highly anticipated HTC HD2 with Windows Mobile 6.5. While others have reported a March 23 launch, our source tells us that is when MobiTV software goes live — not when the device will become available. For the HD2, you’ll have to wait an extra day and get it on March 24.