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Friday, September 11, 2009

Video: ultra-sleek ASUS UL50 laptop gets hands-on treatment

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/video-ultra-sleek-asus-ul50-laptop-gets-hands-on-treatment/

ASUS vice chairman Jonathan Tsang stated back in June that his company's goal was to "provide products that are better than Apple's," and golly gee, it looks as if the company is actually attempting to reach that bar. The UL series is undoubtedly a good looking bunch, which makes us even more excited to see a near-final UL50 show up on video. The good folks over at Mobile Computer have spent a few qualities minutes with the CULV-based machine, and they definitely dug the brushed aluminum lid, crisp display and full-size keyboard with numeric pad. But look, we're not here to spoil any surprises, so why not click on through and peek the vid yourself?

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Video: ultra-sleek ASUS UL50 laptop gets hands-on treatment originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG launches XD3 Slim portable HDDs

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/lg-launches-xd3-slim-portable-hdds/

Brushed aluminum exterior filed down to a minimalist 13mm in thickness with rubber-padded sides for impact protection. This is not just a portable hard drive, this is an LG XD3 Slim portable hard drive. It seems like LG has decided to differentiate its products on aesthetics alone, as the XD3 has the same USB and SATA II connectivity that have been on offer since the XD1, and storage is no greater than the max 500GB on the XD2. Even so, if the Korean price of 110,000 Won ($90) for the 320GB model shows up unaltered in Western lands, we know what we'll be buying our imaginary girlfriends come Christmas.

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LG launches XD3 Slim portable HDDs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Walkman S740 spied in Japan

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/sony-walkman-s740-spied-in-japan/

Sony has a new Walkman S-series device in the chute as demonstrated by this S740 model seen hanging out at the Sony Dealer Convention in Japan. Hard data is scarce but visually we can see a slightly tweaked industrial design with beefier earbuds and a lack of stereo speakers -- at least on the front. Otherwise, we're told that these will ship in 8GB and 16GB capacities.

Update: Looks like a few more images have leaked out -- it must be true, right? Thanks, Glenn!

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Sony Walkman S740 spied in Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Acer Ferrari One hands-on, and more from AMD's VISION event

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/acer-ferrari-one-hands-on-and-more-from-amds-vision-event/

Despite the infamous logo and hot red lid, Acer's Congo-based Ferrari One "ultrathin notebook" (read: netbook) managed to blend in rather well among a number of other laptops (at least 15, by our count) on display at AMD's VISION event yesterday. The chassis felt pretty sturdy and the keys had the right amount of bounce... and we'd love to tell you more, but like all but a handful of portables on display, it was resolved to play the same video over and over again, refusing to acknowledge our key-pressed directives. We also decided to take snapshots of the entire display lineup, although more than a few here are previously-seen models -- it was pretty much just a rebranding, after all. See them all for yourself in the galleries below!

Gallery: Acer Ferrari One hands-on