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AVATAR Mercury Ultrabook AVIU-145A2 Review
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 To get an idea about the available battery life I put the AVATAR Mercury Ultrabook AVIU-145A2 in High Performance mode after a full charge and played back a 720p video in a loop. It lasted roughly four hours, which is a great performance and would yield a longer on-screen time under normal use. In terms of portability the AVATAR Mercury Ultrabook AVIU-145A2 weights about 3.9 pounds; not the lightest ultrabook out there but I still find it very comfortable to carry around. The aluminium body offers a good grip and is overall very nice to the touch. I actually managed to fit it in the ECBC Poseidon Messenger Bag K7202 that I reviewed a while back. The thin build of the Ultrabook made it possible to also fit the charger and some other stuff in the various pockets; not bad knowing that the bag is for 13 laptops!"
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ASUS VivoBook X202E Laptop @ Hardware Secrets
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The ASUS VivoBook X202E is a compact laptop (a.k.a. netbook) with a 11.6 touchscreen, Core i3-3217U CPU, 500 GB hard drive, and 4 GB of RAM. It comes with Windows 8. Lets take a look at this small notebook."
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ASUS MX279H Review @ Ocaholic
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The ASUS MX279H is an attractive display with a very decent, frameless design. With a mere 18 millimeter thick display you get a 27 inch AH-IPS panel, FullHD resolution, a touch sensitive menu bar and the possibility to tilt the panel. Thanks to the AH-IPS panel image quality should be very good and furthermore we`re curious whether FullHD is or isn`t enough for a 27 inch display."
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Samsung 9-Series NP900X4C-A02 15" Ultrabook Review
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"Samsung's 9-Series NP900X4C-A02 notebook is the latest in a new line of Ultrabook's, a fancy name bestowed upon sleek and slim laptops that elicit envy at first glance. Design wise, Samsung have done well by their 9-Series Ultrabook; the system is wrapped in dark cobalt blue aluminum chassis that adopts many of the design elements of an Apple Macbook Air, yet posses the large screen size of a MacBook Pro (albeit with better hardware) and a sticker prices that won't cause heart failure."
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Lenovo IdeaPad Z400 Touch Review @ TechReviewSource.com
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The Lenovo IdeaPad Z400 is a desktop replacement that hopes to bring some of the touch-friendly features of today`s smaller Ultrabooks along with it. It has a 14-inch touch display, an optical drive and strong performance, but the keyboard could be better and the battery isn`t removable."
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Asus VivoBook X202E-BH91T-CB Review @ TechReviewSource.com
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The Asus VivoBook X202E-BH91T-CB attempts to hit the sweet spot by serving up a tiny Windows 8-equipped laptop that boasts a touchscreen, diminutive chassis, andbest of allan affordable price tag. Make no mistake: the VivoBook X202E-BH91T-CB isn`t designed to chug through intense applications."
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Toshiba Kirabook Review @ TechReviewSource.com
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The Toshiba Kirabook is an attempt to conquer the Apple MacBook laptop. It is an upscale Ultrabook laptop that has a sleek, thin design and a Retina-like 13.3-inch touch screen display. With the Kirabook, you also get excellent battery life and a speedy solid-state drive."
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Samsung 5-Series NP540U3C-A01 13.3-inch Ultrabook Notebook Review
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"Samsung's 5-Series NP540U3C-A01 Ultrabook is the first laptop to cross PCSTATS test bench with Windows 8 installed and a touch screen. Our first impressions of the new interface are positive - poking at the screen with ones fingers easily compliments the keyboard and touchpad to really bring out the best in Microsoft Windows 8 and crack open a whole new world of applications. The touch screen interface is intuitive to learn, landing Samsung's NP540U3C-A01 ultrabook functionally somewhere between a sup'ed-up tablet and laptop."
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Sony VAIO Fit 14 Review @ TechReviewSource.com
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The Sony VAIO Fit 14 is a mainstream laptop that comes as close as you can without being an official ultrabook, but it went over specification. It`s nice to look at and somewhat powerful, but a couple of issues keeping it from scoring higher."
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ASUS VivoTab Smart ME400 10.1 inch Windows 8 Tablet Review @ Legit Reviews
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If you`re looking for great portability, tablets are certainly the way to go. Tablets are typically smaller and light than ultrabooks, though they don`t have the power of an ultrabook. There are certainly some tradeoffs, but depending on your needs a tablet like the ASUS VivoTab Smart may be exactly what you need. Tablets are light and can easily fit into places such as a briefcase, purse, or even into the pockets of some jackets and pants making them great for on the go. The ASUS VivoTab Smart that we`ve been looking today at is great for those looking for productivity on the go and has some distinct advantages over some of the tablets out there..."
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ASUS MeMO Pad Smart 10 and VivoTab Smart Compared
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There are some interesting things happening in the tablet world. Perhaps the biggest development of all is that Apple's iPad family is finally starting to yield market share to the competition, and that's primarily due to the increasing number of affordable Android slates being pumped out by name brand manufactures. At first, pedestrian price tags were only attached to Android tablets in the 7-inch range, but more recently we've started seeing large slates come down in cost. One of the more intriguing options is the Asus MeMO Pad Smart 10, a 10.1-inch slate that streets for as little as $280, or about half the price of a regular sized iPad. Given that it's one of the least expensive 10.1-inch Android tablets on the market, we told Asus we had to have one to evaluate, and they obliged.
What's also interesting in the land of tablets is the emergence of Microsoft's touch-friendly Windows 8/RT software. Microsoft made a concerted effort to build a unified platform that's just as capable on mobile devices (if not more so) than it is on the desktop, and that's given rise to a new generation of Windows hardware, including tablets and hybrids. In addition to the MeMO Pad mentioned above, Asus sent us its VivoTab Smart, another 10.1-inch tablet, only it's built on a x86 foundation and is running a full version of Windows 8 -- gnarly...
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Gigabyte P2742G Gaming Laptop at Modders-Inc
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Gigabyte has introduced the P2742G. This is a 17.3? 1920×1080 laptop with the Nvidia 660M at the core of this beast. With i7-3630QM processor and the ability to cram 24 gigabytes of ram in it, will the Gigabyte G2742G be enough to satiate my gaming-on-the-go appetite?
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G-Form Extreme Edge Case for iPad & 10.1" Tablets Review @ TestFreaks
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" Protection for tablets can come in many shapes, sizes, colors and forms and not all are created equal. Up for review today I have a case that I would consider extreme protection for your tablet. This is the case that was dropped from 100,000 feet with an iPad inside of it and the iPad survived unscathed. Now that’s what you can call extreme protection surely! The case is the G-Form Extreme Edge Case and it’s for the iPad & 10.1? tablets. The case uses a special material that reacts when force such as a drop is applied to it. It’s normally a soft almost gel like material but when force is applied it hardens instantly for protection of whatever is inside of it. So read on to learn more…"
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Samsung Galaxy S4 review: the software
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Samsung has for a while been at the forefront of introducing cutting-edge software-based innovations into its high-end smartphones. The TouchWiz shell the Korean company developed for Android is becoming increasingly comprehensive. Last year's Galaxy SIII introduced things like Smart stay, Pop Up Video and all kinds of tricks taking advantage of motion and proximity sensors. The Galaxy Note 10.1 added the ability to display two apps next to each other, and the Galaxy Note II came with a preview feature that was activated when you hovered the pen right above the screen. All of these innovations have found their way into the Samsung Galaxy S4, it's almost a best-of collection of what Samsung has developed over the past few years with some new additions.
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Microsoft Surface Pro review: the office tablet?
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Microsoft has proven with its first real Windows tablet that it has a clear vision. We'd argue that it's focused a bit too much on touch, as the Touch and Type Cover isn't a real alternative for an actual keyboard and touchpad. Touch operation is still an issue on the Windows desktop, it's just not made for it (yet). The Windows Store doesn't have enough useful apps for the Metro environment to be a true alternative yet. Microsoft hasn't even released a touch version of the Office package yet. The general feeling we therefore get after testing and using the Surface Pro is that it's a work in progress. It's an interesting attempt with lots of potential, but it won't be for everyone.
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