Samsung P460 (NP-P460-FA01UK) is creating waves in the market for bringing great mobility to the users who use laptops for business purpose. The great performance of this laptop is owing to the great innovation and research done by Korean manufacturer Samsung before making this laptop. Its stylish design is another aspect that lures the customers towards this masterpiece. Samsung P460 (NP-P460-FA01UK) provides extremely powerful performance owing to Intel Pentium Dual core T3200 / 2GHz processor installed in it. The Samsung laptop comes with 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM which provides great storage facility to the users. It has got astonishing 160 GB hard drive and comes with Microsoft Windows Vista Business or XP professional downgrade. Samsung P460 (NP-P460-FA01UK) comes with 14.1” TFT screen with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution that ensures great picture quality. It has got DVD+RW optical drive which uses light Scribe technology for optimum functionality.

Samsung P460 (NP-P460-FA01UK) uses Intel GMA X4500 -128 MB graphics that helps users to play even high definition 3D games on their laptop. The company provides 1 year warranty on this product that is the testimony of the great faith that the company have on this wonderful product. The Samsung P460 (NP-P460-FA01UK) is integrated with 1.3 Megapixel notebook Camera that helps a lot in video chat etc. This is a very thin (34cm x 25cm x 3.1 cm dimension) and light (weighs just 2.42 kg) laptop that provides great convenience to the business people in carrying this laptop wherever they go. All these aspects of the great innovative product makes it the best buy for the users.

Asus is going to add a new 10 inch netbook to its Eee PC line named 1002HA netbook. This one is an upgraded or restyled version of the Asus 1001HA, which was leader in its time.

Like most hi-end Asus netbooks, the 1002HA is also expected to have a captivating configuration and enough juice to handle resource hungry tasks. It will come with a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and a hefty 160GB hard drive. The design will be captivating too. The design of 1002HA is same as the existing Asus Eee PC S101. This netbook will have a curved and pseudo-brushed metal external shell, front mounted speakers and more compact shape. The two cell battery (instead of the six cell batteries used in other Asus ultra portable computers) assures that the users don’t face any problem while carrying the device around due to the reduced weight.

Some other important features include Wi-Fi connectivity, USB ports and a built-in card reader. The company hasn’t reveled too much about this gadget, but as far as the performance is concerned, it will be an ideal computing device to have. It is believed that the 1002HA netbook will come with an attached price tag of €449, which is equivalent to around £360.

Nowadays smartphones are really getting smart enough to perform a large number of computing tasks. Smartphones like the Apple iPhone 3G, T-Mobile G1, Blackberry Bold, HTC Touch, HP Data/ Voice messenger, E-Ten phones and many more, are capable of high speed internet surfing and executing web based tasks. With such a scenario, analysts are speculating that relatively soon consumers will prefer smartphones over their personal computers.

This is naturally because smartphones are far more portable when it comes to internet usage. The mobile world is just offering more sophisticated phones day by day, which promise to fulfill the needs of the next generation of computing enthusiasts. According to a survey, the amount of mobile internet connections will incredibly grow up to 5.8 billion till 2013. Practically every smartphone released today, like the HTC Touch Pro Raphael, for example, offer a whole host of features that rival small laptops. Mobile manufacturers and wireless carriers are continually upgrading their offerings, which results in the evolution of super phones that support instant messaging, social networking, newsreaders, office applications and much more.

According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, “You know, one of our entrants into that category, if you will, is the iPhone. For browsing the Internet and doing e-mail and all the other things that a netbook lets you do. And being connected via the cellular network wherever you are, an iPhone is a pretty good solution for that, and it fits in your pocket.”

Greg Sterling, founding principal of Sterling Market Intelligence said, “The usage that iPhones have already had clearly validates the idea that smartphones will expand into PC territory. Opera confirmed to me over the phone that in places like India they’re seeing more usage from their mobile browsers than on the desktop.”

Computer manufacturer HP is going to take a serious bid in the netbook market by introducing its HP Mini 1000 series. Not one, but three new models are released in a late fall netbook offensive. Dubbed as the HP Mini 1000, Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition and MIE the array of netbooks targets ‘internet-centric’ consumers, mobile professionals, fashion forward people and social media enthusiasts. With the hat-trick HP tries to take on Asus, which is very agile in the netbook market having just another new Eee PC model announced. Hence, HP offers the Mini 1000 in a bunch of different styles and configurations.

HP put some effort on the design and made its new netbook range sleek and light-weighted. They are less than 1-inch thick and users need to carry little more than 1000g in their bags. The design highlight, however, is the Vivienne Tam Edition, which was first shown at the Tam’s Fall 2009 fashion week. It rather looked like a ‘purse’ than a HP netbook.

HP Mini 1000 netbook features and configurations

All three models run on an Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz processor. The HP Mini 1000 netbook has pre-installed Window XP and features an Ethernet jack, two USB ports, WI-Fi and Bluetooth. Customers can choose between a 8.9-inch or 10.2-inch BrightView screen version. Additionally, the HP netbook comes either with a solid state or mechanical hard drive. Availability is expected in December. Prices start from $399 (£250).

HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition. This netbook is ideal for fashion-forwarded women with an affectation for vibrant red colours and peony-flower motifs. The features of the 10.2-inch netbook are similar to the standard version. The Tam edition will hit the stores right before Christmas for $699 (£435). Both netbooks come with a free six-month subscription to HP Upline, an online storage portal for multimedia content.

HP Mini 1000 with Mobile Internet Experience (MIE). For people who just wish to access the internet on the go. This version comes with an HP interface making it easy to enjoy digital content and multimedia applications. MIE is ready to go with preloaded email, Skype, messenger and video chat. All applications are conveniently controlled via the dashboard. It has the same configurations but backs on the Linux operating system. This netbook model goes on sale in January 2009 for $379 (£235).

G-NET has recently introduced two new tablets, the Rugged Tablet PC and the Industrial Panel PC. The latter one is a 10.4 inch semi-rugged industrial panel PC which has been designed for light industrial, medical, kiosk and vehicle mount applications. This one is super fast and is packed with a fast processor, large capacity hard drive, sunlight readable touch screen, and plenty of other features that make you feel excited. The previously industrial computer manufacturer has apparently decided to branch into the consumer market by unveiling its own challengers to the extra popular netbook class, which includes such models as the Eee PC or Acer Aspire One. Shawn Gusz, CEO of G-NET Inc. says, “The second product we are really excited about is our new 10.4″ Industrial Panel PC. This system was built with affordability in mind. The unit features a fully enclosed metal chassis, a 1.5 GHz CPU, 512mb of RAM and a 40 GB hard drive. As with most of our products the display is also a sunlight readable high brightness touch screen which is almost always required for vehicle mount and industrial applications. “We really believe in these new products and we will continue to innovate and develop new solutions in order to further position ourselves as a leading provider of industrial and vehicle mount computers.”

G-NET Industrial Panel PC features:

• VIA C7 1.5ghz CPU (with fan)
• VIA Chipset
• 512mb DDR2 533 RAM (upgradeable to 1GB)
• 40gb 2.5” IDE HDD (Solid state flash drive also available)
• Windows XP Pro
• 10.4″ Diagonal TFT Active Matrix sunlight readable backlit display
• 4 Wire Resistive Touch Screen
• 2 x 1W Speakers
• PS2, USB 2.0, IEEE1394 Firewire, line-out, line-in, mic-in, RCA Composite Video Output, S-Video Output, RJ45 Ethernet LAN 10/100, DC power connector, PCMCIA Type II Slot and Compact Flash Slot
• 12 months warranty

If you have been looking for a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), with high-end features, then here is the perfect device for you. The iKit introduced by iMovio is an amalgamation of a smartphone and a mini-PC. You can also call it a pocket mobile companion that is as handy as a mobile phone. At first glance, you might not notice all the sophisticated features of this small, WiFi enabled handheld.

The iKit possesses compact dimensions of 95mm x 65 mm x 15.5mm. It includes a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8 QVGA display along with an 8GB SD card slot. While the gadget is as good as a decent smartphone, the USB port makes it a reasonable alternative to a laptop or, at least a netbook like the Asus Eee PC 701 4G. The trendy looking iKit is truly an affordable substitute for the expensive smartphones as well as the mini-PCs.

In fact, IMOVIO seems to create the gadget with the same idea in mind, which can be gathered from a statement of the company’s CEO, Dr. Jack Torobin. He said, “Many consumers can’t afford the latest smartphones or mini-PC gadget, while others simply can’t use or just don’t like the existing form factors…..” Dr Torobin further stated that many users, particularly women and adolescents are likely to be more interested in the stylish iKit.

The portable iKit is capable of fulfilling all modern communication needs along with the benefits of a clamshell design and a landscape screen.

ARM, a British processor design company is recognized for its preeminence in the smartphone market. After marking its presence in the manufacture of smartphones, as well as the iPhone, the company is now ready to launch a netbook capable processor. The novel product is expected to offer competition to Intel’s Atom.

Speaking about the company’s latest move, Rob Coombs, director of ARM’s mobile solutions said,” In the future, we’re going to be in Netbooks…..Expect announcements in the next few months”. This step is quite surprising as ARM is more of a small devices company. However, only performance can reveal the capability of ARM’s netbooks, which are expected to run on Linux.

As conveyed by Coombs, we can expect to experience the new Cortex-A8 in netbooks along with smartphones. The first smartphones based on A8 will probably hit the market next year but we will have to wait till 2010 to see A9 in action. The multi-core A9 is in a direct competition with the approaching dual core Atom. Currently the Atom is found in nearly every netbook on the market, including the ultra successful Asus Eee PC 901 20G Linux model. The rivalry becomes even tougher with Intel’s recent announcement on the companies intentions to introduce Atom chips into smartphones. Will both the innovators benefit by entering into each-other’s shoes?

Well! It is just a matter of some more time and the product will be ready for an acid test

As X-mas gets closer, the IT giant Toshiba is getting ready to delight its UK customers with a whole new range of exciting laptops before the end of the year. For big boys, the company is going to act like ‘Santa’ by handing out lots of cool gadgets. The new NB100 laptop is all set for UK market. This one is the company’s first gadget to enter into the growing netbook market. It’s a mini laptop loaded with big features. If you work on power hungry, resource demanding applications, then this netbook is fit for you. It has a blazing processing speed due to its 1.6GHz Intel Atom mobile chip, which is supported by up to 1GB of RAM. Whether you are a Windows expert or Ubuntu Linux fan, the NB100 netbook can accompany you without any hassles.

The 8.9-inch LED backlit widescreen TruBrite display offers a stunning resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. This little mobile mate also offers 120 GB of storage space. The most exciting feature is that the Toshiba NB100-128 is still a winner, ergonomically. The total weight of this device is less than a kilo and it’s very compact in design. Therefore, you can carry it with you anywhere you want without putting much burden on your shoulder.

The connectivity features are also very impressive. It contains Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), 10/100 Ethernet port and 3 USB ports. There’s also a 0.3MP integrated webcam.

The TZ-Series of Sony’s ultraportable laptops is among the best business laptops available in the market. To continue this success story, Sony has launched another series of similar devices, termed the TT-Series.

The new range of ultraportables includes sleek and slim laptops that weight a mere 1.3 kg, while maintaining the quality level of the previous TZ-Series. An ideal frame combined with a trendy and smooth design is good enough to accompany any business user. However, a corporate look is not sufficient to make this a perfect model. The key features of the TT-Series include an impressive eight hour battery life with the low voltage Intel processor. The Intel 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo SU9300 processor also supports a 4096MB memory.

Other impressive features of the novel range feature an auto-dimming screen, which is capable of adjusting the brightness in accordance with the ambient light. The minimum use of power makes the Sony VGN-TT11WN/B, and its sister models, an excellent base for all day use. The 11.1-inch Super-TFT screen provides a sharp and bright colour display, while the Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics card makes sure images are smooth and detailed.

To further enhance the user-convenience, Sony has incorporated a quick-charge feature that lets you to charge around 50 percent of the battery in an hour’s time. Altogether, TT seems to be a robust series of business laptops, desired by modern professionals and entrepreneur with a flamboyant taste.

As a now familiar name in the world of computers, the Eee PC is a name that has been making headlines and waves in the laptop world for over a year. Asus’ latest addition to the ultra successful series actually bares more resemblance to the Asus U6V ultraportable, than other Eee PCs. In fact, it not only shares more in common with Asus’ notebook line in terms of appearance, as many of the Eee PC S101 are more reminiscent of a fully sized laptop, rather than an Eee PC.

If you dislike the battery location of Eee PCs, then you will have no issues with the S101 Netbook as its battery in the form of a 4-cell pack is concealed on the bottom. Along with being adequately placed, the battery has an amazing life. It lasts for 526 minutes, which is perfect for supporting your day-to-day work. The slim look of the device is the main selling point behind a netbook, and with a mere weight of 1.1 kg and a thickness of 25mm, the Eee PC S101 excels on this front, though less so than other Eee PCs. Although most users can go with the cell battery, it is possible to enhance the life with the Asus Super Hybrid Engine that has four levels. However, the Auto-saving mode must be used for a limited period as it is connected to the CPU’s functioning.

The glossy finish of the Eee PC’s lid, along with the metallic palm rests, promotes a concrete feel. This impressive build is not only good-looking but also very solid and properly grips the screen to keep it in place. The standard 10.2 inches panel offers a remarkable screen resolution and it is a pleasure to work with the keypad of this tech-smart model.