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• The iPod and the "product transition"

  Published: July 27, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Apple, Arstechnica, Benreitzes, Forbes, Imac, Ipod, Product Update, Producttransition, Productupdate, Refresh, Speculation, Thinksecret, Ultraportable, Update

  Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, Apple Financial, iMac, iPhonePerhaps the most interesting and mysterious two words heard yesterday during Apple's big conference call were "product transition." The biggest surprise of the call was that Apple was setting its profit guidance much lower than expected, and the two big causes they gave for

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• HP Compaq's 2210b/CT ultraportable aims for the suits

  Published: August 2, 2007, 8:30 pm

  Tags: 12 1 Inch, 2210b, 2210b Ct, Business Laptop, Businesslaptop, Compaq, Expresscard, Hp Compaq, Hpcompaq, Japan, Ultraportable

  in at just 3.7-pounds, this ultraportable packs a modest 1.86GHz Celeron processor, 512MB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, no integrated optical drive, a 1,280 x 800 resolution panel, Vista Home Basic, and your choice of a four- or eight-cell battery. Additionally, you'll find an SD card slot, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, VGA / S-Video outputs, gigabit

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• Switched On: MacBook mini would answer iPhone's call

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:49 pm

  Tags: Apple, Foleo, Iphone, Macbook, Ross Rubin, Rossrubin, Switched On, Switchedon, Ultraportable

  Filed under: Cellphones, LaptopsEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment: A few weeks ago a two-part Switched On column (see: here and here) discussed Apple's approach to the iPhone keyboard. I agreed with Apple's reasoning that, for a phone, or at least this first iPhone, the

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• Apple files patent for collapsible ports

  Published: August 16, 2007, 3:15 pm

  Tags: Apple, Collapsibleports, Design, Patent, Ultraportable, Unit

  for use inside a coming ultraportable computer. I didn't quite get the idea at first (because supposedly the ports collapse in order to give the innards more room to spread out), but apparently the ports actually sit on the hinge at the back of the unit-- by opening the thing up, you also open up the ports, and can then plug the cords in. So

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• Packard Bell's EasyNote XS 7-inch laptop

  Published: September 3, 2007, 2:22 pm

  Tags: Easynote Xs, Easynotexs, Packard Bell, Packardbell, Ultraportable

  Filed under: Laptops Just in case you hadn't noticed, there's a real bumper crop of super-tiny 7-inch laptops this year, and it looks like Packard Bell didn't want to miss out on the fun. The new EasyNote XS eschews the Linux of some of its peers for some vanilla XP Home action, and runs on a VIA C7-M Ultra Mobile Platform. There's a VGA webcam,

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• Fujitsu's LOOX T70XN laptop: now in a multitude of colors

  Published: September 4, 2007, 6:04 pm

  Tags: Color, Colors, Core 2 Duo, Core2duo, Fmv, Fujitsu, Led Backlit, Loox, T70xn, Ultraportable

  to its LOOX T70XN. This ultraportable sports a 10.6-inch LED-backlit display, a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U7600 processor, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, between 80GB and 100GB of hard drive space, and Intel's GMA950 graphics set. Moreover, this bad boy can get up to 13.8-hours of battery life when hooked up with optional cells, and connectivity shouldn't

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• Kohjinsha SH-series UMPC bumped to Intel A110 processor

  Published: September 5, 2007, 2:41 am

  Tags: 1seg, Kohjinsha, Kohjinsha Sh8, Kohjinshash8, Sh8, Ultraportable, Umpc

  an HDD -- a real no-no for ultraportables. You'll be looking at ¥238,000 (about $2,047) fully specced with a 1Seg TV tuner and Vista / MS Office pre-load when these hit Japan in September. Docked, white-on-black style after the break. [Via Impress]Continue reading Kohjinsha SH-series UMPC bumped to Intel A110 processor Read

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• Sony intros upgraded and drip-proof VAIO G-Series laptop

  Published: September 25, 2007, 1:04 pm

  Tags: Laptop, Sony, Ultra Portable, Ultraportable, Vaio, Vaio G, Vaiog

  Filed under: Laptops It looks like Sony's found yet more room for improvement in its VAIO G-Series ultra-portable laptop, and not just in terms of the usual spec bumps. While it certainly has that front covered, it's also mangaged to squeeze in some newfangled water-proofing measures, which apparently discharges water through a "water pit" at the

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• Asus intros U1E ultra-portable laptop

  Published: September 28, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Asus, Laptop, U1e, Ultra Portable, Ultraportable

  Filed under: Laptops We just caught sight of three new Asus laptops, but it looks like that's not all the company has up its sleeve, with its ultra-portable U1E model now also making its first appearance. This one boasts an even smaller form factor than the company's just-announced 12.1-inch, 3.3 pound U6S laptop, in this case shrinking things

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• Rumor: Mac mini turns Nano in late October

  Published: October 4, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Announcements, Apple, Apple Tv, Hard Drive, Mac Mini, Mac Nano, Rumors, Ultraportable

  as well, the long-rumored ultraportable that Apple is supposedly working on-- a.k.a. Rumor #3.The future of Mac, or wishful thinking? At this point, we have no indication-- Mac OS Rumors is no 9-to-5 Mac (ouch, but they deserve it, don't they?), but they are called "Rumors" for a reason. Either way, I want to buy an extremely small, compact,

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• How would you change Dell's XPS m1330?

  Published: October 5, 2007, 8:38 pm

  Tags: Dell, How Would You Change, Howwouldyouchange, M1330, Ultraportable, Xps M1330, Xpsm1330

  not, Dell's sexy XPS m1330 ultraportable was unveiled to us way back in June of this year, which may not be all that notable if the Round Rock powerhouse would've had these things out to eager customers in a timely fashion. As it stands, one of Dell's most highly anticipated laptops (dare we say, ever?) spent the majority of its time in a cycle

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• Hey Asus, where's the $199 Eee PC?

  Published: October 22, 2007, 2:35 am

  Tags: Asus, Au Optronics, Auo, Auoptronics, Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Chimeioptoelectronics, Cmo, Eee Pc, Eeepc, Ultra Portable, Ultra Portable, Ultraportable

  Filed under: LaptopsLast week Asus finally revealed pricing and specs for their much anticipated Eee PC ultra-portable laptop. Anticipated not so much for the specs -- 7-inch LED-backlit LCD, 2 to 8GB of flash storage, up to 1GB memory, WiFi, and webcam -- but for the low, low $199 retail price. Rightly, more than a few of us were dismayed when

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• Asus' Eee PC 701 gets reviewed, adored

  Published: October 25, 2007, 10:14 pm

  Tags: Asus, Eee Pc, Eee Pc 701, Eeepc, Eeepc701, Review, Reviewed, Ultraportable

  Filed under: Laptops "Pound for pound, the best value-priced notebook on the planet." Sure, you could stop right there if you'd like, but where's the fun in that? Laptop Mag was able to get their paws around an Asus Eee PC 701, and while you may not think a meager 900MHz Intel Celeron processor could stir up all sorts of jubilant emotions,

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• The case of the missing resolution independence

  Published: November 1, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Confirmation, Detective Tuaw, Developers, Independence, Leopard, Macworld, On The Case, Resolution, Resolution Indpendence, Rumors, Truth, Ultraportable, Wwdc

  Filed under: Macworld, Analysis / Opinion, Rumors, Software, Odds and ends, WWDC, Apple, LeopardWhat the heck happened to resolution independence?In Gruber's review of the Powerbook a few years ago, he trumpeted the coming of a feature long evading the Mac faithful, a resolution independent interface. Others at the time expected the same thing to

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• How would you change Asus' Eee PC?

  Published: November 9, 2007, 5:28 pm

  Tags: Asus, Eee, Eee Pc, Eee Pc 701, Eeepc, Eeepc701, How Would You Change, Howwouldyouchange, Hwyc, Ultraportable

  into a sub-$400, two-pound ultraportable. Of course, critics were not hesitant to admit that the bugger wasn't perfect, and we've all ideas that a number of you early adopters out there share similar sentiments. So without further ado, why not give the world a piece of your mind on the matter? How would you meliorate the Eee PC? Make it more

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