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Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - laptops

With laptop innovation moving faster than just about any other area of consumer technology, it seems rather unfair to do a best laptop of the year category. Anything released back in January is comparatively obsolete next to anything from the last few months. The arrival...

Five touchscreen Windows 7 PCs to look out for

The launch of Microsoft Windows 7 sees the first raft of touchscreen PCs come to market and the place they're coming fastest of all is in the all-in-one desktop space. It's easy to spend a lot on what are sometimes items of design and luxury rather than machines of multi-touch...

PHOTOS: Asus Eee Top ET2203

Here's Asus' Eee Top ET2203 desktop PC. Like other Eee Tops, it's a touchscreen computer, but this is the latest in the range. It's being launched in conjunction with Windows 7, which comes with plenty of tools for touchscreen users.

The machine has a Core 2 Duo...

PHOTOS: Asus Eee Videophone Touch

If you do a lot of video calls across the Web, you'll be aware that they can be a bit of a pain sometimes. Between lossy connections and flaky webcam drivers, it can be a little tough to get things working how you want them to.

Asus is trying to simplify that...

PHOTOS: Asus Disney Netbook

Asus has rolled out a couple of kiddie's netbooks, both complete with Disney branding. They're pretty similar to Asus' "Seashell" Eee PC, coming as they do with an 1.6GHz Atom Processor, Windows XP, 8.9-inch display and 1GB of memory.

There's no SSD option, only...

Daily Tech Deal: Asus Eee S101 netbook from Amazon

The blurb on the Amazon website describes the Asus Eee PC S101 as an "exquisitely designed netbook for fashion forward individuals who view style as much of a factor of success as substance".

However, if you are not one of those "fashion forward individuals"...

Asus announces UnLimited laptops

Asus has launched a range of thin and light notebooks that it's calling the "UnLimited" series. They come in a range of screen sizes, with a brushed aluminium chassis, 12-hour battery life and ultra-low-voltage processor.

There's three options, the UL30, UL50AG...

Five ultra thin, ultra light and ultra portable notebooks

So, Sony is the latest to be breaking records today with the official launch of what the company considers is the world's lightest notebook. Naturally, that all rather depends on whatever woolly boundaries there are between net and notebooks but the fact remains that...

Asus eee 701 gets modded into kitchen cupboard

One man's urge for a computer in his kitchen has pushed him into gutting an Asus Eee netbook and fitting it in his kitchen cupboards.

No doubt baulking at the price of the LG or Samsung "connected" fridges that feature built in computers, a gadget fiend from Germany...

VIDEO: Asus O!Play media player demoed

Not only do we have news of a new Asus product for you, but also a video of the new device as demonstrated by a charming Aussie nymph.

The new O!Play HDP-R1 is a networked, high-def capable media player and NAS storage device that can hook up to your television...

Asus offers Eee Top ET2002/2203

Asus has announced a new set of nettops that'll be coming to the UK before Christmas. The Eee Top ET2002 and ET2203, the company says, "provide fingertip access to a wealth of technology". As that suggests - they're equipped with touchscreens.

They come in 20-inch...

Asus Eee Disney MK90 netbook launches

Asus has announced the UK launch of the Asus Eee PC Disney MK90 netbook.

The 8.9-inch netbook weighs in at just over 1kg, and is said to be "a dream come true for little Disney Princesses".

Little Disney Princes get a blue version, the Princess'...

Asus K Series Domino Collection available

Asus has announced the UK availability of its K Series Domino Collection laptops, aimed at the "practical and pragmatic" user.

Offered with 17.3-inch or 15.6-inch LED backlit screens, the laptops offer Intel Core 2 Duo processors and come with Windows Vista....

Asus AiGuru SV1T Skype videophone announced

Asus has launched a Skype-certified touchscreen videophone thats whole purpose in life is video calling over the internet.

The device let users make unlimited video calls for free to other Skype users without the need for a PC while landline numbers can also...

Eee Reader in "final development stages"

Keeping the Asus-will-launch-Eee-Reader rumours alive, Taiwanese industry news site DigiTimes has Asus' big cheese on record saying the e-book reading device is in the "final development stages".

In a wider piece about Asus' laptop and netbook business projections,...

VIDEO: Asus Designo MS Series monitors revealed

Asus has revealed a new designer monitor range.

With sizes from 20-inches up to 23.6-inches, the widescreen displays offer up to Full HD resolution, depending on model, a 2ms response time and 50,000:1 contrast ratio.

With a black and white, ever-so...

Asus announces T1 screens

Asus has announced a new set of screens that it's calling the T1 series. It's a monitor/television hybrid, meaning that it has the capability of displaying both computer signals as well as television ones. Of course, most televisions can do that already, but let's not rain...

VIDEO: Deranged Garmin-Asus nuviphone M20 demo

Arguably one of the most bizarre company-produced video demos we've ever seen, we urge you to hit play on this dollop of demo from the Garmin-Asus team for its new(ish) nuviphone M20. After taking such action, you'll be able to join us in musing about just what it is the...

Asus "Eee Reader" talked up for UK launch

Asus is planning to do the same for the e-book reader market that it did for the netbook market, and is currently said to be prepping a low-cost version of such a device for a UK launch.

We've previously brought you the news that the manufacturer was considering...

Asus and MSI prepping eBook readers

With eBook readers becoming the hot ticket in the consumer electronics industry as manufacturers expand their ranges to try and produce something we haven't all already got, it's perhaps no surprise that two new big names are bring linked to the devices.

Asus,...

Asus releasing Ion Nettop in September

It's being reported that Asus will be launching an Ion-based nettop conmputer called the "Eee Box" in September, according to "industry sources". It'll also be bringing out an Eee Top all-in-one PC, and two ultra-thin notebooks in its U/UX range.

The Eee Top...

Five available alternatives to the Apple tablet

With the world pretty much accepting that we're not going to see the Apple Tablet at what is undoubtedly an iPod refresh conference on 9th September, it's looking as if another eon will pass before we can get excited about UMPCs again. Not so says Pocket-lint. If your...

Eee Keyboard gets cracked open

Asus' interesting-looking Eee Keyboard has been cracked open by French site Bogeee.net, and they've shot a video of the innards, as well as showing off the backlighting and the OS (Windows XP).

The site says that there's 1GB of RAM, and a 1,880mAh battery that...

PHOTOS: Asus Transformers-themed G60

Transformers fans can gaze in admiration at this G60 that Asus has created for the launch of the new movie featuring the robotic aliens.

Asus partnered with Paramount to offer a special one-off Asus Transformers G60 gaming notebook as a prize for people pre-registering...

Asus announces 1005HA, 1101HA Eee Seashells

Asus has introduced two new models into its "Seashell" range with the launch of the 1005HA and the 1101HA.

The Intel Atom N280-powered 1005HA offers a 10.1-inch LED backlit display while the Intel Atom Z520-powered 1101HA is an 11.6-incher offering a 1366 x...