From Lenovo to Gigabyte to Viliv, a few companies have tried their hand at selling convertible VGP-BPS13 touchscreen netbooks, with limited success. With tablets a hot commodity and a netbook market starved for innovation, Dell is entering the game VGP-BPS13A/B with the cleverly designed Inspiron Duo. This $549 dual-core netbook sports a screen that flips around 180 degrees while remaining inside the lid. The Duo's attractive, rubberized design and Dell Stage touch software look gorgeous at first glance, VGP-BPS9/S but does this system have enough oomph to overcome Windows 7's touch-unfriendly elitebook 8530p battery pedigree?

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Design
Super sleek, the 0.76-inch thick ASUS U36Jc's lid is built from a lightweight, raven black aluminum-magnesium alloy, vgp-bps13as Dell vostro 1400 battery while its sony laptop akku matching palm rest is covered in a soft matte material that ASUS describes as "nanometer" coating. vgp-bps13a/s Unfortunately, the area near Dell CF623 battery the screen doesn't asus laptop akku have the same premium look as the palm rest and lid; its glossy vgp-bps13/s plastic hinges drag down the aesthetic a bit, as Dell xps m1210 battery does the gap between the fujitsu laptop akku screen and the deck.

Keyboard and Touchpad
The U36Jc's island-style black keyboard has the same look and layout as those on a number of Eee PC netbooks, from the Dell latitude vgp-bps13s d610 battery 10-inch Eee toshiba laptop akku PC 1015PN to the 12-inch Eee PC VX6. There's no flex at all, but the keys do feel a little stiff, which led us to a Dell KD476 battery make a few more errors dell laptop akku than usual while typing. We also wish the right Shift key were larger.

Design
At 11.2 x 7.7 x 1 inches and 3 pounds, the Dell Inpsiron Duo is a bit larger and bulkier than VGP-BPS9/B typical 10-inch netbooks such as the Toshiba NB305 (2.8 pounds), HP Mini 5103 (2.8 pounds), and the ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM (2.8 pounds). VGP-BPS9/S However, that's the price you pay for having a swiveling touchscreen

Keyboard and Touchpad
On its inside, the Inspiron Duo has a pleasant-looking QWERTY keyboard with keys that have a soft-plastic feel. Unfortunately, VGP-BPS9A/B the keys have a flat surface and not a lot of tactile feedback, so touch typists may find themselves committing more errors than they'd like. On the ten VGP-BPS10 thumbs typing test, we managed our typical 80 words per minute, but with a relatively high 4-percent error rate.

The 2.7 x 1.6-inch touchpad has a reasonably responsive feel and a vgp-bps13b/q slightly-textured surface that made navigating around the desktop easy. Multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom were smooth and simple. The two discrete mouse buttons offered decent tactile feedback, but a small 0.25-inch space--wasted, in vgp-bps13a/q our opinion--between the buttons and the lip of the system had us tapping empty plastic by accident.

Before opening the lid, the first thing you'll notice on the Inspiron Duo is the attractive design of the exterior vgp-bps13/b chassis. The bottom and sides of the system are made from a sturdy rubberized material, which also frames the top of the lid. The center portion of the lid, vgp-bps13/q which is actually the back of the swivel screen, has a glossy paisley design emblazoned with the Dell logo. The chassis also keeps the same color on the bottom, sides, pa3535u-1brs and even air grilles, so if you get the red or blue versions (which look much nicer than the default gray), the entire exterior will be color-coordinated.

When you open the Inspiron Duo, you'll notice the screen, which is the first one we've ever seen that flips vertically within the PA3534U-1BRS lid, rather than forcing you to pivot the entire top of the machine. Dell's solution here is definitely innovative because it allows the hinges to stay nice vgp-bps21a and firm like a regular notebook. The trade-off is that there's a sizeable 1.1 inches of bezel surrounding the display.
The good news is that the mechanism feels really sturdy. Every time vgp-bps21/s we swiveled it, the lid snapped quickly into place, giving us confidence that it won't wear out too quickly.

The ASUS B43J represents the company's first serious foray into the business notebook category, and it offers plenty of perks vgp-bps21b for professionals, including a water-resistant keyboard and your choice of facial or fingerprint login. Coupled with an ATI GPU and Eyefinity technology that vgp-bps21 supports up to three external monitors, this $1,249 system is powerful enough for hardcore multitaskers. However, some buyers will want to think twice about vgp-bps21a/b toting this 14-inch laptop to and from the conference room and bringing it on the road.

Design
Our first impression of the ASUS B43J is that it's solid and utilitarian. The 13.8 x 9.6 x 1.4-inch system isn't super slim or feather VGP-BPS22A light--it weighs 5.6 pounds--but the solid metal interior and scratch-resistant aluminum panels makes the notebook feel sturdy. Overall, the understated brushed VGP-BPS22 aluminum lid, minimalist deck, and simple black paint job all work in the B43J's favor, but it won't exactly turn heads in the conference Lenovo thinkpad r61 battery room.

Heat
During use, the ASUS B43J stayed relatively cool in our lap, and we never noticed excess heat when using it on flat surfaces. We tested temperatures Lenovo thinkpad t400 battery at three key points after playing a Hulu clip at full screen for 15 minutes. The space between the G&H keys measured Thinkpad T410 Battery only 89 degrees, the touchpad 90, and the middle of the underside at 91. The left side underneath gets the hottest, but even then the Lenovo thinkpad t500 battery temperature wasn't bothersome.

Keyboard and Touchpad
Like any good business notebook, the B43J includes a spill-resistant keyboard. The platform keys on the B43J are wide and Lenovo thinkpad t61 battery comfortable and offer good feedback when typing. The return is a bit mushier than we're used to, and our accuracy was slightly off. However, Lenovo thinkpad t60 battery our main complaint is shrunken right Shift key.

The 3.3 x 2-inch touchpad is large enough to be useful, but Lenovo thinkpad t60p battery considering the size of the deck, ASUS could have been more generous. Still, the surface is slick and friction-free and the left and right mouse buttons underneath are large and Lenovo thinkpad r60 battery responsive.

The B43J's business DNA is apparent not only from its aesthetics, but also from such features as a button to disable the IBM thinkpad r60e battery touchpad--very useful for those who accidentally brush the surface while typing--and the ASUS Scene Switch toggle for presentations (more on this below) Lenovo thinkpad x60 battery to the left of the keyboard. As on many ASUS notebooks, the button on the upper left pulls double duty, switching between power IBM thinkpad X60S battery profiles when the user is logged into Windows and booting ExpressGate when the notebook is off or hibernating. A fingerprint reader sits on the lower right. The company even included a slot for a business card on the IBM thinkpad t40 battery bottom of the system.

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Unlike the Archos 9, there are no physical buttons on the face of the Archos Lenovo 3000 n100 battery 101. All of the 101's ports and buttons are on the left side; from the top, there's a volume rocker, power, headphones, USB, microUSB, microSD card slot, and a mini HDMI port. At the bottom of all this is a port for the power plug, Lenovo 3000 n200 battery the only way you can charge the 101. We wish you could simply use a USB port instead. To the left of the screen is a VGA Lenovo 3000 c200 battery webcam.

On the back is an adjustable kickstand that makes it Lenovo 3000 y410 battery easy to prop up the 101 on a desk; it's so convenient we wish all tablets had this feature.

Heat
For the most part, the Archos 101 remained cool to the touch, with one exception. The rear of the device near the power port Lenovo r51e battery exceeded 90 degrees, even idling. Considering this is where you put your left hand, it became a bit Lenovo r50e battery uncomfortable.

Design
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Display
The Archos 101 features a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen display. Its size and resolution (1024 x 600) are the same as the G Tablet and Dell Laptop Battery Samsung Galaxy Tab. However, you can clearly see the diagonal sensor grid on top of the screen, which occasionally proved distracting. apple battery Colors were bright, but sadly the display is reflective, and viewing angles are limited to those sitting more or less directly in front; tilt the Archos 101 just a acer battery little vertically or horizontally, and the on-screen image begins to wash out.

In landscape mode, the width of the 101 made it difficult to use the slightly modified Android keyboard; we had to really fushitsu akku stretch our thumbs to get to the center. A split keyboard, a la the G Tablet, would be welcome here. In portrait mode, though, we found it much easier to type hp akku on the 101.

Viewsonic's 10-inch G Tablet is designed to compete dell akku with the Galaxy Tab and iPad for your gadget dollars. At first glance, the slate has strong specs: a bright 1024 x 600 display, a front-facing webcam, and a powerful dual-core Tegra 2 CPU. It also features the unique Tap nTap UI layered on top of Android 2.2, saus akku which is designed to be consumer friendly. But do the unique features and the reasonable $399 price tag add up to a compelling sony battery product?

Editor's Note: We updated this review in January to reflect a recent update ibm akku to the G Tablet's software build.

The multitouch screen supports gestures such as pinch-to-apple akku zoom; we found it worked fairly smoothly and quickly in the browser as well as in games such as Angry Birds.

Unlike the G Tablet, the Archos 101 runs an unadorned Android 2.2 operating system, and that's mostly a good thing. acer akku As we've seen, having a skin can tax even powerful processors such as the G Tablet's Tegra 2 CPU. The 101 comes with all the Android live wallpapers; seeing fushistu battery the sky behind the moving grass change from day to night is a little touch that's even more appreciated on such a large screen. What you don't get are tablet-hp battery optimized apps with dual-pane views, which Samsung's Galaxy Tab offers.

Since there's no physical buttons on the 101, the typical Android buttons (Search, Home, Settings, and Back) are displayed dell battery as virtual buttons along the right side in landscape mode, and along the bottom in portrait mode. They remain there regardless of what app toshiba battery you open.