Laptops Arena

Belkin has released several laptop computer accessories for mini notebooks such as the Asus EeePC, and these include practical cases and nice laptop mice.
To match the mouse with a case you have 4 colors to choose from - jetset red, plum berry, techno blue, and black, and they all will be available until September in North America.

Mini Laptop Quilted Case costs $20 and has a protective and light design made of polyester and fitting 7-inch model, while the Mini Laptop Carrying Case available at $25 features a detachable carrying strap, outside pockets for additional small gadgets, and is made of neoprene.



For the Neoprene Sleeve, Belkin used neoprene and designed it to protect the mini laptop from accidental scratches. It costs $13.



The optical Wireless Travel Mouse priced at $20 eliminates the annoying cables and brings 3 programmable buttons - micro switch, mechanical scrolling wheel, and depressing function on wheel, while you can press the On/Off switch button to save power when you’re not using the mouse.
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It works with USB connectivity or wirelessly via an USB stick, and is compatible with Windows Vista and Mac.
The optical Retractable Mouse comes at $15 with a retractable cable, USB connectivity, and Vista operating system and Mac support.



Other cool laptop computer accessories are the unusual mice from Gadget4all, which have a great appeal for teenagers. For example, the USB Aircraft Mouse in Red, Orange, Green, White and Black, available at $17 with 800 dpi resolution, plug-and-play capability to install it without software, USB connectivity, coll LED light, and Windows Vista support. It measures 155 x 115 x 35 mm at 90 grams.



Another option is the USB T-shirt Mouse at $12, with high resolution of 1200 dpi, optical sensing technology, plug-and-play, Vista support, and 3 nice colors to choose from – Blue, Green and Purple. It measures just 90 x 65 x 28 mm at a weight of 65 grams.



And there is something for the girls also, from the laptop computer accessories category. The USB Ladybird Mouse available at a price of $15, measuring only 90 x 50 x 35 mm at 60 grams, which makes it a great laptop travel companion. This mini mouse for small hands has a high resolution of 1000 dpi, is plug-and-play, has USB interface, and comes in Red and Green.

If you really want to protect your portable computer with 100% efficiency, Hardigg recommends you the best solution providing a new case called Storm Case iM2370, designed to bring mobility, flexibility and access to mobile professionals. Hardigg is a designer and developer of high-quality ultra-resistant plastic molded cases, shipping containers, custom molded products, and SKID-MATE cushion products for government, commercial industries, and consumers.

Hardigg Storm Cases are made of extremely durable and protective materials to ensure best comfort for sensitive equipment, and include press and pull latches that open at the push of a button, permanently attached Vortex valve to adjust the air pressure and protect against liquid intrusions, unbreakable molded-in hasps, special designed hinges with integrated feet , and double-layered soft-grip solid-core carrying handles.
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You can get optional rugged in-line wheels and telescoping handles for secure locking. All Storm Cases are guaranteed for life.

Now in the form fitting laptop computers with up to 17 inches in diagonal, Storm Cases are ergonomic, lightweight, with 2 multi-cubed foam inserts for laptop support inside the case, padded shoulder strap with double padding and non-slip gripping surface, and a lightweight office organiser with velcro enhanced compartments.



Inside, the height is of 130 mm, and you can place a special protection tray fitting 15.4-inch computer screens, and compartments for CD/DVD drives, spare batteries, stand-alone hard drives, digital cameras, and an external mouse.
Paper documents can be placed in the lid organizer, which supports also additional devices like cell phones, PDAs and 3-ring binders.
The latch locks is a great security tool and there are also a wide cushioned handle and a padded shoulder strap for easy transport.

Hardigg Storm Cases for laptop computers measures 20.0 x 14.7 x 5.8 inches, weighing 5.7 lbs.

Earlier this year Intel has announced the introduction of the next-generation processing technology codenamed Montevina, aka Intel Centrino 2, designed to increase notebooks’ performance and the battery life. The platform integrates Wi-Fi and WiMAX modules for high-speed wireless connectivity, as well as other options with 40% smaller in form, delivering the same performance to subnotebooks.

OCZ Technology Group, the specialist in high speed DDR and RDRAM memory modules, announced its new DDR3 SODIMM memories with support for the next-generation Intel platform. Th new modules are meant to bring very high performance and reliability to notebook computers, reducing the power consumption and in the same time increasing speed and bandwidth. OCZ’s DDR3 SODIMM modules will be used in the upcoming professional and gaming notebooks that will arrive in a few weeks on the market.
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The 2 models announced are the PC3-8500 and PC3-10666, which provide increased frequencies at lower voltage requirements.

“The Centrino 2 platform is a logical extension of Intel’s efforts spearheading DDR3 acceptance in the enthusiast segment in the desktop sector,” declared Dr. Michael Schuette, VP of Technology Development at OCZ Technology. “From a technical standpoint, DDR3 memory technology is far superior to DDR2, from the higher frequency range resulting in better overall system performance to the energy savings at idle stemming from loss-less termination to the supply-voltage level and resulting in paramount energy savings in the typical notebook usage pattern.”

The OCZ PC3-8500 DDR3 SODIMM will be available in 2GB and 4GB dual-channel versions, characterized by 1066MHz, unbuffered, 1.5Volts, 200 Pin DIMM and lifetime warranty. 8-8-8-27 timings at 1.5V means minimum power consumption.
OCZ PC3-10666 DDR3 SODIMM modules will also feature 2GB or 4GB capacity, unbuffered, 1.5Volts, 200 Pin DIMM, 1333MHz and 9-9-9-24 timings.

Double-data-rate three synchronous dynamic random access memory modules are an improvement of the DDR2 SDRAM, having the main characteristic the capability to run the I/O bus at 4 times the speed of its memory cells, leading to faster bus speeds and higher peak throughput. In addition, the power consumed, compared to the DDR2, is of 30% lower. DDR2 uses 1.8V while the DDR3 only 1.5V.

Addonics Technologies, a company that manufactures mobile storage devices, has introduced its latest S-ATA hard drive adapter, which converts your 2.5-inch HDD drive into a solid state Compact Flash system integrating 2 CF cards via the S-ATA or the USB connection, with the possibility to be configured as RAID 1, RAID 0 or both combined using an on-board slide switch.

The large capacity SSD drive is created using a mounting bracket as replacement for the 2.5-inch HDD drive, and so your notebook will become capable to utilize the Compact Flash system which consumes lower power and is also shock-resistant.
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The addonics Dual CF - SATA HDD adapter is easy to use and the operating system on your laptop shows it as a normal S-ATA HDD. It doesn’t require installation.

If you want to use the Compact Flash to SATA adapter with your 3.5-inch desktop computer hard drive the company offers optional brackets, with the base model available at a price of $79.99.

Toshiba launched the world’s first 1.8-inch 160GB hard disk drive for notebook computers. It is the thinnest S-ATA HDD with such a high capacity featuring 5400 rpm rotation speed.

In addition there is also the 80GB single-platter model named MK8017GSG, which together with the 160GB MK1617GSG delivers 40% less footprint compared with the 2.5-inch HDDs existent on the market, and both are a great solution designed for sub-notebooks.
Toshiba used the extensible platform approach with shared architecture base of the 2.5-inch models.

"Toshiba's eight years in perfecting 1.8-inch HDD technology puts us in a unique position to address explosive growth in the mobility segment with proven products that deliver the performance and capacity that system manufacturers need," said Maciek Brzeski, vice president of marketing at Toshiba Storage Device Division.
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"At these capacities, our 1.8-inch HDDs are enabling the miniaturization of mobile PCs by providing better power consumption efficiency and improved ruggedness over larger form factors. We continue to see healthy opportunity for 1.8-inch HDD growth and adoption in the mobile PC arena, particularly in thin-and-light, sub-notebook, tablet PC and extreme mobility devices."

MK8017GSG and MK1617GSG Toshiba notebook parts have 512 B/sector logical size, 8MB buffer size, 15ms seek time, 1.5Bb/s S-ATA interface,0.0028 W/GB and 0.0056 W/GB energy consumption, 500G shock resistance, and 2.2-2.3 Bels acoustics.

Toshiba will soon release around 25 models of 1.8-inch hard disk drives while the 2 components described will be available in August.