Lenovo has announced a new laptop called the Lenovo IdeaPad Z that comes in a series of three models. The models are the Z360, Z560 and Z565.

Processors on the new Z series vary from an AMD V series single-core processor all the way up to an Intel Core i7-620M with TurboBoost.

Price points start at around $650 where you will end up with a 13 inch model with a screen resolution of 1366×768 pixels in a widescreen aspect ratio. Upgrades see these notebooks being upgradable to an Intel Core i7 processor along with an NVIDIA GeForce 315M with 1GB of memory. 8GB of DDR3 memory can also be used. For storage you can go up to 650GB hard drive based. [Read more…]

Just hours after receiving details of the new Sony VAIO P Series (second gen model), we now get to see all the insides of the lime green version.

The new Sony VAIO P Series was first announced this morning where we learned that it has a GPS built in along with accelerometers, 3G data connectivity amongst a few other new features.

The teardown reveals that Sony has done a lot of work squashing all the components in to the P Series although in doing that they also get rid of a standard SSD and change it for another SSD with a different non standard connection. [Read more…]

The APad, AKA iRobot, is an Apple iPad clone that runs the Google Android operating system. It is designed to look like an iPad (kind of, but not very good) and has a 7 inch touchscreen along with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The screen is in a 16:9 aspect ratio.

For connectivity it has wireless 802.11 a/b/g. The Android operating system uses a Chrome browser from what we have read and the device is capable of supporting PDF documents along with Word and Excel files. Email is also available on the device.

The device comes with 128MB of RAM and for storage you get the option of either 2GB or 4GB. A microSD card slot is also included allowing for up to 32GBof extra storage to be used. [Read more…]

We are hearing rumours today that the MacBook Air from Apple [AAPL] could be receiving an update as early as this week. The new product number is said to be MC516LL/A K87 BETTER BTR-USA. The same source of the information also correctly identified updates to the MacBook Pro that occurred a few weeks back.

The last update to the MacBook Air happened back in June 2009 and according to Mac Rumors, the Air is now overdue an update.

However, it isn’t certain if the product ID relates to the MacBook Air, or perhaps an LCD screen. Either way, several thousand units are said to be heading to Australia where a major product launch is happening this week. [Read more…]

Sony has announced new models in the Sony VAIO P Series. The new ultra-portable PCs weigh just over 600g and have a number of new features which includes a GPS sensor and a Digital Compass along with an accelerometer. 3G is built in to the new VAIO P series also allowing connectivity whilst on the move.

The new ultra-portable is described by Sony as giving a fully-features Windows computing experience… and so much more (in their words). By adding the extra functions such as the GPS, digital compass and 3G connectivity, it certainly does add a bit of versatility to the ultra-portable.

On the keyboard a trackball can be found along with a couple of buttons. Also duplicated is a set of more mouse controls that can be found at the edges of the screen. Both a touchpad and left/right mouse buttons can be found down the left/right side of the screen allowing you to control the ultra-portable VAIO P with your thumbs as pictured above. [Read more…]

Several months ago, Microsoft [MSFT] and HP announced that the HP Slate was to launch this year. The device was designed to run Windows 7 and was set to be a large competitor in the tablet arena. Just last week, HP announced that they had shelved the HP Slate which was rumoured to be because of HP buying Palm and potentially a webOS tablet being built.

We now hear that HP will be launching a webOS based tablet that will be called the HP Hurricane and will have a launch date of quarter 3 2010.

No details are available just yet about what the tablet will run in terms of a processor, RAM, storage and connectivity but we have to say that it does sound interesting as we have heard good things about webOS. [Read more…]

Back in March we wrote about the WePad that was designed to take on the iPad. The company behind the WePad called Neofonie, have decided to change the name to WeTab.

The reasons for the name change are not clear although it could be related to Apple applying a bit of pressure, or perhaps Neofonie just getting a little scared and wanting to separate their product a little.

The WeTab is an 11.6 inch touchscreen device that has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It is powered by an Intel Atom N450 processor and has integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics. [Read more…]