Asus Transformer Alo
This Windows 8 touchscreen all-in-one from
Asus is a little misnamed. It’s far more of an all-in-two, actually - pick the
18.4in screen up, and it works as a wireless display, beaming your PC interface
across the ether - or, thanks to a clever bit of dual booting, it’s also a
completely independent Android 4.0 tablet. A rather clever bit of engineering
from the company that has given us the equally impressive Taichi we looked at
last month.
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Asus
Transformer Alo
This
Windows 8 touchscreen all-in-one from Asus is a little misnamed.
Fujitsu Lifebook U772
The u772 is part of the “second wave” of
Ultrabook, sporting the Ivy Bridge chipset. A stylish number by anyone’s
standards, the Ultrabook has a V-Pro Cpu for better integration into a business
environment, two USB 3.0 ports, SD card reader, HDMI out and an adaptor for the
Ethernet dongle. The 14m screen is matte, thankfully, and at 1.45kg it’s not
going to weigh your bag down too badly.
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Fujitsu
Lifebook U772
The
u772 is part of the “second wave” of Ultrabook, sporting the Ivy Bridge
chipset.
Google Nexus 7
This 7m tablet has been the darling of the
news lately and it’s easy to see why. The display is an ¡PS panel with 1280x800
resolution, the processor is a quad-core Tegra 3, it will run Android 4.1
(better known as Jelly Bean) and the whole unit weighs in at a tiny 340g. While
some commentators have worried about the maximum 16GB of memory, we think this
is proof that low-cost (it’s available from $249), smaller profile tablets are
the way of the future. We look forward to the oncoming Nexus/Kindle Fire
battle.
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Google
Nexus 7
This
7m tablet has been the darling of the news lately and it’s easy to see why.
Chrome Box
Chrome was designed as the OS that needed
no hard drive, so the Chromebox has only a tiny 16GB of local storage. Google
intends that you stash all your files in the cloud - and because the Chromebox
is permanently connected to your home network via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, that makes
perfect sense. For such a wallet-friendly little machine, the Chromebox packs a
fairly hefty set of specs: a dual-core 1.9GHz Sandy Bridge chip with Intel’s HD
3000 graphics and 4GB RAM. It’ll handle 1080p video playback, multi- tabbed web
browsing and as many Chrome apps as you care to throw at it.
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Chrome
Box
Chrome
was designed as the OS that needed no hard drive, so the Chromebox has only a
tiny 16GB of local storage.
LG Optimus L7
LG has done some fine work with smartphones
in the past, but the L-series marks its first attempt on a series of phones.
The Optimus L7 is the flagship handset, with a 4.3in IPS screen, with a 400X800
resolution and Android 4.0 as the operating system. While the processor is a
single core 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, the price is the real selling point - $269
through Optus.
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Lg
Optimus L7
LG
has done some fine work with smartphones in the past, but the L-series marks
its first attempt on a series of phones.
