What's missing in Apple's MacBook lineup

Despite the litany of Apple announcements at the opening keynote speech of the company's developers' conference, what could turn out to be more interesting than the new products it named is what Apple didn't say Monday.

The bumping up of the 13-inch laptop to MacBook Pro status, and the price cuts along the MacBook Pro line certainly grabbed headlines. They did something else: They left the little S$1,598 (US$1,148.40) white MacBook as the only true MacBook in the bunch. Gone now is the option to buy a silver unibody design version of a MacBook. The rest are all MacBook Pros now, which leaves buyers with little choice if they don't want a high-end notebook from Apple.
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Laptop bag employs vintage material for old school feel

Although this laptop holder looks typical of any other run-of-the-mill bags, there is really more to it than meets the eye.

The Skylark LTD. is designed and created by RedCamper's Maura Gramzinski. The first thing you'll notice is the use of photographic slides to furnish the front and the sides of the bag. These slides are actual vintage images which Gramzinski has taken in the past, and each picture is carefully chosen by her.

Other than the old photographs, the designer had also sourced for 1970s car upholstery to be used to make the Skylark LTD. The adjustable strap of the bag is modeled after a seatbelt, complete with a clip from an airplane.

The Skylark LTD. can hold a 15-inch laptop and has compartments for your iPod, mobile phone and other knickknacks. But you got to have a deep pocket for this retro-looking bag. It retails for US$224 on RedCamper's Web site, though given that each piece is handmade, that probably justifies the price.

Via PDN Gear Guide

Where's my 3D laptop? Oh, here it is...

The future of notebooks added another wrinkle at Computex last weekend: Acer's announcement of an upcoming 3D laptop running Windows 7 raises even more questions than it answers.

According to Campbell Kan, vice president of Acer's Mobile Computing Business Unit, the 15.6-inch Aspire 3D Notebook will debut at the end of October, in regions unspecified. Codeveloped by Wistron, the same company behind a rumored HP 3D laptop, the screen will require tinted glasses to decode the fuzziness into the impressive pop-out imagery you'd expect. Whether it runs Nvidia's GeForce 3D Vision under the hood or some other 3D solution hasn't been revealed yet, but more details aren't likely before the official release of Windows 7.
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Toshiba launches new Signature and Premier series

Toshiba today launched three new laptops, with the focus clearly on looks. To celebrate its new designs, the Japanese company announced two new lines: The Signature series for the portable Portege range; and the Premier series for the consumer Satellite models.
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Intel funds mobile WiMax effort in Japan

The venture capital arm of chipmaker Intel has announced an investment in Japanese WiMax company UQ Communications, which intends to provide coverage to most of Japan by 2012.

Intel Capital announced the US$43 million investment on Sunday. Intel has long been a prime backer of the wide-range wireless technology, which it says has been deployed to varying extents in 135 countries.

"Intel Capital's investment in UQ Communications is one of our most significant commitments in developing the WiMax ecosystem around the globe," Intel Capital president Arvind Sodhani said in a statement. "UQ's WiMax deployment in Japan is a spectacular example of technology innovation being put to work."
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