Toshiba Sells its Chromebook Priced at 32,000 Rupees

The Toshiba Chromebook 13.3-inch is now priced at 32,000 Rupees. It is positioned at the top end of its class with a powerful processor.

Toshiba Chromebook Features

Introduced at CES 2014, the first Toshiba Chromebook is now priced at 32,000 Rupees. Featuring a 13.3-inch display delivers a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, the computer weighs 1.5 pounds with a thickness of 2 cm and a battery life of Latest Toshiba Chromebook is 9 hours according to Google. 16 GB is provided for storage. However, as the most Chromebook , 100 GB of online storage on Google Drive is available for two years.

Toshiba Chromebook Performance

As for performance of Toshiba Chromebook, this Toshiba laptop has a processor that can be considered as powerful for a Chromebook with Celeron with an integrated GPU and backed by 2GB of DDR3 RAM. In terms of accessories and equipment at the top of the screen there is a HD webcam, two USB ports, an HDMI output, an SD card reader and an audio jack. The New Toshiba Chromebook connects to the network through WI-F / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

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Sony Says Goodbye to Vaio Laptops

Dealing with rumors of more pressing, Sony has confirmed that it will spin off its Vaio division. His TV department of bad financial state, will be spun off in July 2014 to allow the group to focus on tablets and Smartphones.

Despite a very good start sales of its new console, the PS4 , Sony is struggling to hide his financial difficulties. Thus, he has recorded $ 1.1 billion in losses over the past fiscal year. This is more than what was expected.

Lenovo or Japan Industrial Partners Inc.

To get back on its feet, prefer Sony cut its members rather than allowing the gangrene to develop. Within a month, it has finalized agreements with the purchaser Vaio. Two individuals were presented: Lenovo and Japan Industrial Partners Inc. If the Chinese brand is a regular PC brands occasions, it was she who bought the "personal computers" IBM 2005 part is the second was chosen by Sony. The story does not say whether its Japanese origin played a role in this decision.

The split will be effective next month when the agreements are finalized with Japan Industrial Partners Inc. It will then take the reins reassessing product lines in order to optimize the needs of consumers. In this transition period, Sony will run until spring 2014. After that, it definitely abandons the computer industry by stopping its production and sales.

This decline in productivity will cause the giant to part with 5,000 employees, including 1,500 in Japan. Japan Industrial Partners Inc. recovers between 250 and 300 employees of Sony Corporation and Sony EMCS Corporation. It will create a new department from the staff. Sony has already announced that it would invest 5% in this new formation.

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HP Slatebook X2 Test

This is not the first hybrid tablet / PC example, Asus had already cleared the way with its Transformer and Padfone ranges. But HP strikes a blow, especially with regard to the fairly low price. But what HP Slatebook X2, exactly? Firstly, it is a tablet 10 "Android Jelly Bean that runs on 4.2. But it differs from its myriad of competing with a keyboard that has to connect to the base of the tablet, thus transforming it into a netbook. In principle, nothing to say, this is the best of both worlds: a tablet for traveling in and out of the house, the PC for working comfort thanks to the real keyboard. When you attach a little more attention to detail, unfortunately, things are not as perfect.

First, the screen. At the outset said, the price is relatively low. You can buy the beast for about 400 €, which is the price of an entry-level (if you still find) and higher than the one Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3 hundred Euros netbook. It was necessary to cut costs, and it seems that HP Slatebook X2 has slashed the screen, and it hurts. Not the screen (1920 x 1080, 240 pi) is terribly bad, but it has a rather unpleasant yellow tinge and frankly, downright ugly. Beside a Nexus 7 (2013), it is pitiful whites are dull and therefore almost yellow and the brightness are doubtful even pushed forward (this is a very bad idea of autonomy did not need that). That said, for a typical office use, this does not pose too many problems. But you do not have interest to hate stains finger remaining.

More problematic is the case of the battery. It is agreed that 10-inch tablet, relatively light, does not carry a large battery, but then you get 5-7 hours of battery life. More annoying: extra battery that is in the keyboard provides about two hours of life more, which greatly affects the portability of the device, made more difficult by the AC adapter with transformer very cumbersome and proprietary format that your USB / external battery cable will not work.

The low capacity of the battery is all the more frustrating that the HP Slatebook X2 is very powerful. Relying on a quad core Tegra 4 1.8 MHz with 2GB of RAM, it achieved good scores AnTuTu (31897) and 3D Mark (Icestorm 8293), placing the top of the basket of comparable tablets, only surpassed by Samsung Galaxy Note 3 which costs 50% more expensive (but apparently can call someone if it still interests). It is therefore quite possible to play games more upscale without lag, but if you're not near a power outlet (or do not have cable ...), good luck to play over two hours.

The keyboard of HP Slatebook X2 is very comfortable, meanwhile. In addition to the battery, it brings you a USB port that can be used to connect, for example, a USB key if the internal storage (32 GB + MicroSD + SD) is not enough. But it also brings another black spot, which is not specifically attributed to HP: low compatibility with Android device's keyboard.

Let us be clear: the idea is excellent. Add a keyboard Android finally makes typing texts, long messages, while keeping the ability to touch the screen to go faster (when I resumed my old PC, after testing the HP Slatebook X2 I instinctively touched the screen). But technology is not yet developed: USB needs a third app to function (especially for watching movies), the keyboard does not work 100%, including accents, which is very annoying in French: sometimes it is then necessary to use the touchpad, which is totally counterproductive. Similarly, some apps added by HP (file manager, printer) sometimes do not work in landscape mode. It is therefore all still work, although thank HP for letting a relatively stock Android and more or less up to date.

Hybrid devices have the future. Other tablets / PC running Android and Windows 8 in dual boot, what might seem a better compromise, but loses in rapidity and speed of execution. Android may evolve into a more PC-friendly model, but do not have that Chromebooks seem to do? The future will tell, in the meantime, this is exactly what can be said of HP Slatebook X2: one focused on the future but not yet ready to be used productively today prototype.

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Samsung to Abandon Laptops Running Windows in Favor of Chromebooks?

Samsung, one of the heavyweights of the electronics industry could leave the sector laptops with Windows 2015 to focus on Chromebooks.

According to Digitimes, Samsung takes the party to withdraw from the market for laptops running Windows in favor of Chromebooks running Google Chrome OS, and 2015.

The objectives by laptops Korean firm for 2014 are in all cases well below what one would expect, with 7 million units laid against 12 million models sold in 2013 instead of 17 million estimated.

If confirmed, the news should disappoint more than one because Samsung was able to offer attractive laptops, such as ATIV Book. That said for some temp supply in this area is less attractive to consumers, particularly because of the increasing number of models architects around AMD or ARM processors while references equipped with an Intel Haswell processor are very few.

As a reminder, Samsung was one of the first to enter the field of Chromebooks, the laptops that want affordable thanks to their Google Chrome OS system strongly turned to the cloud.

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