http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/26/qualcomm.demo.may.show.lenovo.android.pc/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/qualcommandroid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A demo of a smartbook prototype from Qualcomm may have provided more details of Lenovo's smartbook for AT&T, including its choice of OS. The design, which cosmetically resembles the publicly displayed Lenovo system, runs on a comparatively fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and has been shown running Android, suggesting Google's OS is at least a candidate for the system. Previously, it had ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/26/qualcomm.demo.may.show.lenovo.android.pc/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/dell.mini.3i.ships.with.unfair.edge/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/dellmini3i-china.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dell's Mini 3i is shipping to China with a possible unfair competitive advantage against the iPhone. The Android phone should be available by the end of the month through China Mobile's retail partners and later through Dell's own site. As expected, it will drop 3G and Wi-Fi due to the government-backed carrier's preferences but will still have a 640x360 capacitive touchscreen, GPS, Bluetooth an... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/dell.mini.3i.ships.with.unfair.edge/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/19/lenovos.amd.based.thinkpads.in.spec.leaks/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/lenovothinkpadedge-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Two of Lenovo's first notebooks to use AMD processors have been given hard specs in a German leak. True to form, the ThinkPad X100e is now known to be Lenovo's first portable in between netbooks and notebooks and should use a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo, an 11.6-inch 1366x768 display and a multi-touch trackpad. Configurations will vary but should hold up to 4GB of RAM, a 3- or 6-cell battery, and between ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/19/lenovos.amd.based.thinkpads.in.spec.leaks/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/lenovo.w701.to.sport.quad.core.i7.from.intel/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/lenovofccin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A recent FCC filing reveals that a new notebook from Lenovo is coming soon, powered by a 2GHz Intel chip believed to be the quad-core Core i7-920XM. The FCC filing points to the finished product as the ThinkPad W701 and confirms this with the presence of a Wacom digitizer, which has only shipped as part of the earlier W700.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/lenovo.w701.to.sport.quad.core.i7.from.intel/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/reliability.study.has.apple.4th.place/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/asusul30.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new study published by SquareTrade revealed that the smaller name brand notebook manufacturers are usually more reliable than their larger rivals. Of the top nine, ASUS has the lowest tracked breakdown rate with fewer than 10 percent of its notebooks failing in the past two years. Toshiba, Sony and Apple also have better-than-average performance and are either just over or under the same figur... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/reliability.study.has.apple.4th.place/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/asus.may.buy.toshiba.group.to.move.up/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/asusu1-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ASUS could push its way to near the top of notebook market share by buying out one of its largest competitors, company chairman Jonney Shih reportedly revealed today. He hopes for ASUS to reach the top three in notebook builders by 2011 and says the company has talked to Toshiba about buying its notebook business. Nothing has been finalized, and it remains unclear how close if at all the two may... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/asus.may.buy.toshiba.group.to.move.up/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/lenovo.smartbook.uses.snapdragon.chip/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/lenovosmartbook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Qualcomm at its investor conference today showed what should be one of the first production smartbooks. The Lenovo design (pictured) would sit in between netbooks and smartphones in size and will run one of Qualcomm's own Snapdragon processors. It's similarly expected to use AT&T-based 3G for Internet access beyond Wi-Fi.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/lenovo.smartbook.uses.snapdragon.chip/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/lenovo.ships.ideapad.in.the.us/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/lenovoideapadu150-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Lenovo has began offering its 11.6-inch IdeaPad U150 notebooks in the US. Available in two models, the PCs use CULV processors and run the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium along with an integrated Intel GMA 4500 graphics chipset. They also share an 11.6-inch, 1366x768 resolution display.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/lenovo.ships.ideapad.in.the.us/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/lenovo.thinkpad.x100e.may.reach.ces/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/lenovonetbook1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Lenovo's rumored ThinkPad netbook will launch at the start of the next year, a leak today says. It's now purportedly named the ThinkPad X100e and may ship on January 5th, just ahead of CES. System specs are only guessed at but may not necessarily cling to the Atoms found in the IdeaPads; instead, it's speculated that Lenovo may use either Intel's CULV processors or an AMD Athlon Neo.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/lenovo.thinkpad.x100e.may.reach.ces/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/lenovo.thinkpad.netbook.spotted/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/lenovonetbook1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An image of what is believed to be an upcoming Lenovo ThinkPad netbook, the x200e, has surfaced online. While the company has only said it's considering the concept, the leak suggests the computer is real and appears to have a cosmetically different form factor and that it may still use Windows XP.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/lenovo.thinkpad.netbook.spotted/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:10:00 GMT