Toshiba launched three Centrino 2-based laptops

Toshiba has launched three Centrino 2-based laptops and they are the ‘Satellite A300 Black Label II’, ‘Satellite A300′, and ‘Portege M800′.

The 15.4-inch Satellite A300 Black Label II is powered by a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 processor and features 2GB DDR2 800 SDRAM, ATI Radeon HD3650 graphic chipset, and 320GB of dual hard disk(160GB+160GB). Besides that it also supports Wireless LAN, DVD Super-Multi Drive and Bluetooth connectivity.

While the white pearl 13.3-inch Portege M800 is powered by a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor and features 2GB DDR2 800 SDRAM, Intel X4500 HD graphic chipset, and 250GB hard disk. This one is equipped with 9-in-1 multi-card reader, DVD Super-Multi Drive and you also get the Bluetooth and Wireless LAN connectivity.

The Satellite A300 Black Label II is priced at 1,790,000 KRW, Satellite A300 at 1,490,000 KRW and the Portege M800 at 1,590,000 KRW.

[via Aving]

New Laptop Incorporates Split Keyboard

With more people struggling with the effects of carpel tunnel, it’s become more pressing for computer designers to provide more ergonomic options for users. This is also been a problem with laptop designs which struggle with ergonomic design and lightweight function, and the user usually loses the battle as laptop makers keep designing laptops with smaller, standard QWERTY keyboards. But this company not only decided to give users more room with which to type, it also figured out a way to give the user more screen real estate, very much like the Nintendo DS does. And it’s an idea that’s been around for nearly ten years and never capitalized on … until now.

It’s called the Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook Portable Personal Computer and the sweetness isn’t only the fact that the keyboard splits open to give a computer user more room to fit their hands, but that it has a second LCD hidden underneath it. What a fantastic idea.
The second screen works in concert with the first screen – giving the user a “drag and send” capability for open windows or programs, or act independently as a pen-based input screen for note taking, sketching, and just about anything else a user can do to write into the interface. This makes the EDSSKN of tremendous benefit to not only writers and word processors, but artists and designers as well.

Or, users can use the space to place notes in more natural position to type from.

The laptop is scheduled to ship later this year from Electronic Keyboards. Or, you can buy the patents outright!

Hat Tip - Technabob

MSI GX620/GX720 gaming laptop

This is the latest gaming laptop from MSI, the GX620/GX720. Both have the Turbo Drive Engine which allows the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor goes 15% faster. They both come with 320 GB HDD, up to 4 GB DDR2 RAM, Blu-Ray reader (optional), MSI’s VIVID Image Enhancement Technology, the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 3D graphics card, and Dolby® 7.1 digital surround sound. Both were housed in an alloy case with strong red accents. It is definitely a laptop for hardcore gamers.