Asus will soon release four new laptops. The first in the line-up is Asus F8S that comes with 14.1” screen, Core 2 Duo (T7500) processor, 2GB RAM, 1GB Turbo Memory (on-board flash memory), 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 graphics card, up to 250 GB hard drive, DVD burner, WiFi and Bluetooth. The laptop will cost you around $2300. The second laptop in the line-up U6S is an ultra-portable notebook weighing just 3.3 pound and priced for $3000. The laptop has a 12.1” LED backlit screen and has a battery life of 5 hours. The configuration of the laptop is Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 2GB RAM, 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M graphics card, 250GB hard drive, HDMI out, WiFi, Bluetooth and HSDPA. The G2S Extreme Limited Edition Laptop has a 17.1” screen, 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo extreme X7800, 2GB RAM, 1GB Turbo Memory, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 Graphics card, 200GB hard drive, HD-DVD/ DVD burner, TV tuner, HDMI out, WiFi and Bluetooth. This ultimate gaming machine will cost around $5000. The last of the lot is an UMPC with 7” screen that has 800 X 480 resolution. It uses a 945GU Express chipset with Intel’s 800MHz A110 processor. It also comes with 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive, WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA, GPS and 1.3-megapixel webcam. The R2E UPMC for Asus will cost around $1600. All the Laptop will be available in October in Europe, no word when they will land in US.

Many websites have posted today that Apple has been working on a new PDA like device that will be released in first half of 2008. According to the description given by websites like AppleInsider, the new device will be like the iPhone with bigger screen (about 5” to 6” screen) and sport 720 X 480 resolution. The device will have new multi-touch functionalities like drag-and-drop, copy-and –paste and more, which are not present in iPhone. The device is Apple’s answer to the Ultra mobile PC (UMPC). Now what I don’t understand is why will Apple go after a dying market of PDA's or waste their time designing a UMPC (already proving to be flop). I think Apple should design a 10” multi-touch based fully functional computer that can be used as an Ultra portable laptop rather then wasting their time on a 5” to 7” screen UMPC. The problem with UMPC is you cannot keep them in your pocket and if you have to carry a bag then why not have an Ultra-portable laptop.

Gateway announced a sleek all-in-one desktop called the One. The design of the One looks inspired by Apple’s iMac desktop. The desktop uses Intel Core 2 Duo processor (1.5GHz to 2GHz) and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 graphics card. The system comes with DVD burner, 1.3-megapixel webcam, three USB ports, one FireWire port and audio in/out ports. The price will start from $1300 and the date of availability is not yet know.