Geekblue has a pic and some information on an interesting project to develop cheap laptops for developing countries. It is an attempt to improve the standard of education in underdeveloped countries. Interesting looking laptop – what is that thick area around the hinge – a big battery?
‘MIT’s Media Laboratory has announced the development of a […]
Finally IBM move away from those black computers.
“For more than a decade, US computer company IBM echoed Henry Ford in its design approach toward its iconic Thinkpad laptop computers: customers could have any colour they wanted – as long as it was black. “
Lenova are starting to have an impact:
“ The move away from the […]
Pcmagazine writes:
‘Sony is drawing oohs and aahs once again with its coolest ultraportable yet, the Sony VAIO VGN-TX670P. Like its predecessor, the VAIO VGN-T350P, this laptop integrates Cingular’s EDGE 3G WAN radio. The TX670P also includes some very cool improvements, is even slimmer than the T350P, and integrates something all ultraportables should have—a built-in DVD […]
Ubergizmo has some information about a some new toshiba laptops. The new Toshiba Qosmio G20 and F20 laptops.
‘Toshiba, Japan has announced their latest Qosmio laptops: the G20 and F20. The high-end G20 features:
• 17-inch (1440×900) display• Pentium M 750 (1.8GHz / 533 Mhz bus)• 2GB of RAM• 200Gb HDD (2×100)• Bluetooth v2• GeForce Go 6200 […]
gizmag has some information about a new samsung 19” notebook.
Samsung will debut a promising new notebook concept at the upcoming IFA Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin which opens September 2. It would be easy to accuse Samsung of continuing to play the same “mine’s bigger than yours” game it plays with camera phones, but the […]
Toshiba Satellite R15-S822
Pcmag.com review the latest toshiba tablet oc offering. They say that the bottom line is “It’s not your run-of-the-mill tablet: This one is ready to replace your everyday laptop”.
I am still undecided if a replacement is the way I want to go. In leaning towards buying a second hand slate tablet […]
Craig Pringle has a nice summary of his experiences of playing with a motion LS800 tablet pc over the weekend.
I have had the pleasure this weekend of having the ultra mobile tabler offering from Motion Computing – the LS800.
After three days I have to say I am very impressed. As previously posted my first […]
cnet have a review for the Toshiba Libretto U100 which is a very light sub-notebook that can be carried around easily.
The Toshiba Libretto U100 is built for road warriors and gadget hounds who feel that even four or five pounds of computer gear is just too much to carry between airport gates or meeting rooms. […]
I was most distressed four days after buying my new computer to find that my “d” key was not working properly. It seems in the geekyinfo family that laptop keyboard keys are destined to go caput early as the same thing happened with Phil’s short lived Dell. With two geeks living in the […]
A post from Mrs Geekyinfo.
Well it was time to get a new computer as relying on Phil’s hand me downs was becoming more trouble than it was worth. The wife of a technophile normally doesn’t have the privilege of choosing things for herself or getting new equipment. So quite a novelty.
My main requirements […]