Acer launches its first Ultrabook at IFA 2011-- the Aspire S3, one of a number of new devices falling under the new Intel-created category.

The Aspire S3 is 1.3cm thick, weighs around 1.4kg and carries a full-size chiclet keyboard, all within an aluminium/magnesium allow chassis.

Using an open cell design, the 13.3" display uses the lid and bezel to form an alumium frame around the screen.

It carries Acer Green Instant On technology, which the company says provides instant-resume functionality Continue reading...

If one is to believe TechCrunch, the much rumoured Amazon tablet "is very real," bears the name "Amazon Kindle" and is a 7" Android-based device.

We've been hearing Amazon tablet rumours for a while now-- most recently saying the company put orders for touch panel displays for 2 different devices codenamed "Coyote" and "Hollywood."

TechCrunch speaks of a 7" tablet with a capacitative touchscreen (not e-ink) running a custom Android version that "looks nothing like the Android you're used to seeing" Continue reading...

HP will produce one last TouchPad run to "meet unfulfilled demand" sometime in the near future-- despite recently announcing the end to webOS hardware manufacture.

How come? Very simple, actually. We all know there's one thing customers really like-- and that's a good bargain. And following the announcement, HP slashed remaining TouchPad inventory prices to $100 (16G model) and $150 (32GB)...

Now retailers report cases of TouchPads (mysteriously?) vanishing from their shelves, with Best Buy selling Continue reading...

Toshiba will present its Qosmio F750 series at IFA 2011-- describing it as the first notebook range with glasses-free 3D and simultaneous 2D/3D content display.

The F750 series uses the integrated webcam to track the user's eye position-- ensuring the 3D effect from the 15.6" display matches their viewing angle.

Audio is not overlooked, with Harman Kardon stereo speakers and Dolby Advanced Audio.

Powering it all is an Intel i7 2630QM processor, together with a nVidia GT540M gaphics card.

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