Acer’s latest Gemstone Blue, aka Aspire 6920 is rather a high-end multimedia notebook than a business PC. Just take a look at its specs, and you'll know what I mean. Here's what it offers:

- 16" full HD 1920 x 1080 Cine Crystal TFT LCD
- Touch-sensitive CineDash Media control
- Up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM
- Intel Core 2 Penryn 1.5GHz Processor
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Yesterday at at CeBIT Asus has announced the price and the release date of their new Eee PC 900 series laptop. They will be selling the device in the U.S. sometime next month at a price of $499. Some of its features include a larger 8.9" display with 1024 x 600 resolution, 8GB/12GB/20GB of flash-based storage, and Windows XP/Xandros Linux OS.

"Samsung Electronics, a market leader in consumer electronics and world leader in IT technology, today unveiled the P200 Ultra Portable Notebook PC, a high-performance device built for mobile workers and the latest addition to Samsung’s rapidly expanding P Series business lineup, at the CeBIT 2008 Conference..."
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Yesterday at CeBIT ASUS has unveiled its new R70a UMPC. The device is quite big, but offers some nice features.  And now the weird part: apparently it lacks a keyboard...

- 7" display
- Windows Vista OS
- 120GB HDD
- 1.6GHz CPU
- 2 USB ports
- Memory card slot
- GPS capabilities

That's all we know for now. Stay tuned for more details on specs, pricing and availability...

Lenovo ThinkPad X300 notebook is finally released, and looks like it has surpassed the MacBook Air, despite being a little thicker. Just look at what it has to offer:

- 0.73" thick
- 2.93 pounds in weight
- Intel Centrino CPU with vPro technology
- 13.3" LED backlight WXGA+ LCD display
- 1.8" 64 GB SSD
- Up to 4 GB memory
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Just to let you know, the shipments of the Asus Eee PC's will be limited due to a lack of power supplies, estimating "at only between 650,000 and 700,000 units for the quarter".

Elonex intends to create the first ultra-mobile laptop costing less than GBP100, meant for educational purposes. Even in developing countries the price of up to 100 pounds could be considered acceptable.The device is called the ONE, and will be showcased at The Education Show at the NEC Birmingham from February 28 to March 1.

Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi is the latest and most powerful addition to the company's series of gaming notebooks. This model operates on the Intel 'Penryn' Core 2 Duo T8100 (45 nm) processor running at 2.1GHz with a 3Mb L2 cache, and integrates two Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT video cards. The SLi mode allows to gain playable FPS even at high resolutions.

NEC LaVie G type J will be the first laptop to integrate the Sierra Wireless MC8780 embedded HSDPA module. This chip will allow users in Europe and Asia to access both quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSPA networks directly from their notebook. The HSDPA-enabled NEC LaVie G type J will soon be available in Japan for NTT DoCoMo.
The MC8780 chip is specifically meant for Europe and Asia, while the North American version is MC8781.