It’s for sure not very Zen, although kudos to us we’ve pried hands-on the 11.6-inch UX21E-DH521 Zenbook to see closely what makes it tick. It’s machined from a piece of aluminum, with up and down brushed outline on the base and palmrest and to some extent darker circular blueprint on the lid. And it even gets exciting; Asus has tossed in a booby trap: it has the power button included in the usual keyboard, at the top right angle where you’d expect your fingers to find the equally Delete key. When you press Delete key, you’ll be prompted with a menu requesting whether you want the PC to shut down, hibernate, sleep, or do nothing at all.

Zenbook’s innards are all firmly packed together inside the oh-so-lean casing, with the UX21′s slender-line cooler casing Intel Core i5-2467M dual-core possessors. On the left side you’ll find mini-VGA including USB 2.0 ports and a microphone /headphone jack. The right side is home to USB 3.0 ports and micro-HDMI. Asus also did offer a dongle adapter for the VGA to supply USB to Ethernet (about 100Mbps, and not Gigabit) for users who would want to link to wired office LANs. As expected, 802.11n Wi-Fi is built in; you just need to make a wireless connection for surfing the Web and downloading software.

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Netbook is already losing its fame, while computer usage model either trends towards tablets or thin and light Ultrabooks.  However, ASUS still believes some people might want one, especially if it is the ASUS Eee PC SeaShell 1225B, with AMD APU core .

This portable consumer electronics device measures 11.6 inches in diagonal with a screen resolution of 1376 x 768 pixels. An AMD E450 APU acts as the heart,with the two x86 cores have a clock speed of 1.65 GHz, while the video performance is provided by the Integrated AMD Radeon HD 6320 GPU. The chip features the Turbo Core dynamic overclocking technology as well.

In addition to the APU, the SeaShell 1225B comes with 4 GB of RAM (random access memory) and a hard drive unit (HDD) with a capacity of 750 GB.

Moreover, a pair of USB 3.0 ports are part of the spec sheet, along with one USB 2.0 connector, HDMI, VGA, a card reader and a webcam with protection lock. Finally, the operating system is Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and, ASUS tossed in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11 N for wireless connectivity.

Price is not yet announced for this notebook, but the Seashell 1225B will be arriving  in March.

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Sony has officially launched its latest 11.6-inch notebook in its line-up, the VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ. This notebook is built on AMD A50M FCH chipset, which allows this notebook to handle as many tasks that any average person would do.

The VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ operates on AMD E-450 processor chip clocked at 1.65GHz. This is supported by 2GB DDR3 RAM memory as well as a 640GB hard disk.

Additional features on this new machine include an 11.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 screen resolution. It also sports a webcam as well as an SD card slot for easy portable storage access. For its connectivity, the VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ WiFi capable and supports wireless trandfers via bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. The machine will run on Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (SP1) as the operating-system of choice.

The VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ will be sold for around 90,000 Yen, or US$1,181. Shipping dates are not posted, but it should be out any time, soon.

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Samsung is expected to launch two new Android tablets running on the Ice Cream Sandwich platform at this year’s upcoming Mobile World Congress.

This new event might buoy up the the Korean mobile giant after they endured several weeks of stress from the multiple suits filed against them by Apple. Moreover, the company went low-profile at this year’s CES tradeshow in Las Vegas.

In the Mobile World Congress to be held in Barcelona this year, however, Samsung might once again seek to reclaim their spot as the number one Android tablet in terms of sales. It bears mentioning that they had been displayed from this spot after holding it for some time by Amazon’s Kindle Fire, the full-color multi-touch display e-reader from the retail giant.

To be able to achieve this, the Korean company might launch at least two new models of the popular Samsung Galaxy Tab. These new models might have quad-core central processing units and have Wi-Fi connectivity. Moreover, they may have screens which measure 11.6 inches and have a pixel display resolution of 2560 x 1600.

Other analysts, however, believe that if Samsung makes any announcements in the Mobile World Congress, these will not be major, and will thus, not pertain to the said new models.

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Following on from rumors circulating yesterday, more rumors are now abound that Samsung’s next generation tablet will indeed sport a display larger than 10 inches. Rumors are pointing to Samsung releasing an Android powered tablet with an 11.6 inch display.

German site Tabtech suggests that the tablet will be unveiled at MWC 2012 and design wise, it features a narrow frame which will make it only slightly larger than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 already available from Samsung. Yesterday the claims came from an Android and Me reported who spotted the prototype at CES and snapped some photos of it, before promptly being asked to delete them by Samsung representatives.

Both sources cite that the 11.6 inch Samsung Galaxy tablet will have a resolution of 2560×1600 and a 2GHz dual core Exynos 5250 processor along with Android 4.0 preinstalled. The tablet is also rumored to come with a Smart Pen stylus like that found on the 5 inch Samsung Galaxy Note.

The above photo is a mock up photo from TabTech of what an 11.6 inch Samsung Galaxy tablet could look like.

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 Though late for its release, Lenovo, will be making the  ThinkPad X130e notebook available for pre-order on the company’s website.

The notebooks will begin at $429. At this price, buyers will get this 11.6-incher, with 1366×768 resolution display and AMD’s dual-core E-300 Fusion processor clocked at 1.3GHz . The higher-end model will be priced at $549, sporting a 1.4GHz Intel Core i3 onboard . Users can spec up to 500GB of hard drive space and as much as 8GB of RAM. The base system weighs 3.9lbs.

Specs present on both models include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, an Ethernet port and both HDMI as well as VGA for video. The ThinkPad X130e also has a low-light webcam and best of all, it also includes a spill-resistant keyboard, a rubber bumper around the top cover as well as beefed up hinges, ports and corners.  These make the notebook most special when it comes to sturdiness.

Lenovo will start shipping the  ThinkPad X130e on February 9.

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Acer Aspire A0722 netbook is now being sold by AT&T via the carrier’s online store. The 11.6-incher is built with for 4G HSPA+ connectivity and offers a full-size keyboard for enterprise and consumers on the go.

The Aspire A0722 is armed with a 1GHz AMD Fusion C-50 dual core processor paired with Radeon HD6250 graphics, 2GB of RAM and 320GB hard disk. The six-cell battery offers a long battery life for this netbook. It also comes with webcam, 3 USB ports, VGA, Ethernet and HDMI ports.

You can nab this baby for $449.99 without contract. For two-year service agreement with 3GB monthly dataplan, you can have this for $39.99.

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Italy may be one of the first countries wherein the new Asus Eee PC 1225B will be available. The country is even ahead of the US, where the new notebook continues to be unavailable.

This new laptop, which will be widely available in February, has a 11.6-inch LED backlit WXGA display, with a pixel display resolution of 1366 x 768. This makes it smaller than the previously-released 12.1-inch Eee PC 12xx series laptops.

The Asus Eee PC 1225B is powered by an AMD Fusion APU E450 1.65GHz dual-core processor, or a C60 1.0GHz dual-core processor. Its graphics is care of AMD Radeon High Definition 6320 or AMD Radeon High Definition 6290. It has a storage capacity of 320GB, 500GB, and 750GB and a memory of 2 to 4 GB, DDR3, 1 x On Board.

The Asus Eee PC 1225B enable to support  WLAN 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4GHz or, optionally, Bluetooth V3.0+HS. Its other features include Hi-Definition Audio CODEC speakers, a microphone, VGA port, one USB 2.0 port, two USB 3.0 ports, LAN port, HDMI port, two headphone jacks and one card reader which supports SD, SDHC, SDXC, and MMC.

It comes with a 6-cell 56Wh battery which lasts for up to 7 hours when fully-charged. This notebook retails at about 375 Euros, or 477 US Dollars.

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The Lenovo IdeaPad s200 ultraportable notebook has features of a netbook, but sports a full-sized keyboard and display of a larger notebook. The notebook features an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 resolution display, an Intel Atom Cedar Trail dual core processor and a 32GB solid state drive.

While the company isn’t going to change its netbook lineup with larger computers though, a Lenovo rep confirmed that the company will soon bring an IdeaPad S110 netbook to market, a 10 inch mini-laptop that’s virtually identical to last year’s S100. The new model will have the same Cedar Trail processor as the S200 though.

While the IdeaPad S200 will offer netbook-like performance, the Cedar Trail chip can support HD video playback even without HDMI output. The larger keyboard and screen should also make a big difference in making the machine feel like a full-fledged laptop. A USB 3.0 port is present as well. The touchpad features integrated mouse buttons as well as the battery doesn’t seem to be user-replaceable. Lenovo will also offer an S206 model with an AMD Fusion processor.

It will be offered soon for $349 and up.

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Aside from the Lenovo IdeaTab S2, Lenovo is also presenting their latest netbooks during the CES 2012 in Las Vegas. These two netbooks are dubbed  - IdeaPad S200 and IdeaPad S206. Both sport 11.-inch display and basically all the same specs. The only difference is that the IdeaPad S200 will be loaded with Intel Atom N2800 Cedar Trail processors while the IdeaPad S206 will be packed with an AMD C60 dual-core processor.

Specs of the two netbooks include – 2GB of RAM, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, HDMI port, SD/MMC card reader, and  two-cell battery. Both weighs in at 2.9 lbs and can have as much as 500gB of HDD or 32GB SSD.

The Lenovo IdeaPad S200 and Lenovo IdeaPad S206 are scheduled for release sometime in June for about $350.

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