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Ultrabook prices to remain high through 2012, drop in 2013

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Ultrabooks will remain pricey through the end of this year, with ideal pricing of $600-$700 finally being reached in 2013 according to Digitimes . Due to the high production cost associated with the computers — especially solid state drives, which are 10 times more expensive than traditional hard drive — prices are expected to remain high in order to maintain profitability. As vendors work on reducing costs, ultrabooks have chance to reach $799 in the second quarter of 2012, a significant drop from the $999 price point of the first generation models but still well above the “sweet spot” the new notebook supposedly must hit in order to be more widely adopted

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Sales of smartphones, tablets and notebooks expected to grow 25.7% annually through 2015

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NPD In-Stat recently issued a report in which the firm said it expects smartphones, tablets and notebooks — which are all included in its “mobile magnet platforms” category — to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of of 25.7% through 2015. The company also said it expects the overall mobile market to grow 8.7%. ”The technology driver of all these smart devices is the mobile technology, because it represents the largest and fastest growing segment of the entire electronics market,” Jim McGregor, Chief Technology Strategist for NPD said. “The innovation of the mobile market is being driven by four key factors: richer content, network access for communications and content, increased bandwidth to enable this access, and new technologies

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Microsoft and Asus may be working on Kinect-enabled Windows 8 laptops

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Asus is reportedly working on Windows 8 laptops that are equipped with Microsoft’s Kinect technology. The Daily  recently reported that it was able to “check out” two different prototype laptops that “appeared” to be made by Asus. The Kinect sensor was built into the area where a notebook’s camera would typically reside, and The Daily also noted a set of LEDs below the screen

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Vizio’s next market? Desktop and laptop PCs (Update: pictures!)

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Just when it seems like everyone is running away from the PC business, well known HDTV company Vizio has apparently decided that after dabbling in lightbulbs , it’s a great time to get in. Chief Technology Officer Matt McRae revealed in an interview with Bloomberg that it will introduce two desktop all-in-ones and three notebooks at CES next week, the former which probably explain that sleek display it flashed during its 2012 Rose Bowl advertisement. As usual, the focus is on value pricing, as he promised they would arrive by June (we’re still waiting on the phone from last year , we’ll chalk up the missing high end TVs to Google TV delays for now) at prices that “don’t seem possible”.

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Toshiba NB510 makes pre-CES appearance, stands up for the netbook cause

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CES 2012 is expected to be reigned by the generation of Ultrabooks , but the netbooks of the world refuse to quit without a fight — at least that’s what Toshiba hopes. According to Notebook Italia , the Japanese company is expected to introduce the NB510 mini-machine in Las Vegas next week, splitting the numerical difference between the NB500 and NB520 from a year ago. The rig’s said to be sporting Intel’s Cedar Trail Atom processors, accompanied by one gig of DDR3 RAM, a WSVGA (1,024 x 600) display and it’ll be running on Windows 7 Starter Edition

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Samsung Series 7 Chronos review

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Thin and light may be the name of the game for many when it comes to mobile computing, but there’s still plenty of folks who need a full-featured portable machine. Samsung’s Series 7 Chronos is just such a PC, packing an optical drive, numpad and discrete graphics beneath a brushed aluminum fa

ASUS Eee PC 1225B proves netbooks will still be kicking around in 2012

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The death of the netbook has been greatly exaggerated — at least that’s what ASUS is praying holds true for next year. Its latest addition, the Eee PC 1225B, refreshes the spec sheet seen on the 1215B . You’ll find it’s still based on AMD’s Brazos chipset — thus the B — and will apparently arrive on two different gear speeds; one with an AMD C60 dual-core 1GHz processor and another toting AMD’s dual-core 1.65GHz E450 APU

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Razer Blade gaming laptop delayed until mid-to-late January due to SSD upgrade

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Eagerly waiting to get your hands on that nearly $3,000 Razer Blade gaming laptop? Then we’re afraid we’ve got a bit of bad news. Razer confirmed this week on its Facebook page that the initial batch of shipments have been delayed until mid-to-late January (much like the also-delayed Tiamat gaming headset).

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ARM-powered Windows 8 notebooks from Lenovo, ASUS may debut in mid-2013

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Laptops running Microsoft’s Windows operating system currently utilize x86 processors, but that’s all about to change in mid-2013 when Windows 8 notebooks powered by ARM processors may hit the market. It could happen sooner, of course; Qualcomm’s CEO Paul Jacobs recently said that Windows 8 devices powered by his company’s ARM-based Snapdragon processors would hit the market in 2012 .

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