A new review of the Toshiba Portege M700 has popped up on Computer and Laptop’s Weblog in which the author concentrates on the essentials such as battery life, speakers, wireless connectivity and the operating system and finds it to be a generally positive experience.

He states that the overall battery life is “good”, but “I wouldn’t brag about it, unless I had the optional slice battery to go with it”. Though he got around 3 and a half hours in high performance mode, the M700 gave up to 5 hours in balanced mode which is “respectable”. He thought the speakers were not as loud as his iPod, but this is “typical for a business tablet” and the volume wheel is a “convenient feature.” As well as finding that the connectivity “worked fine”, the author had “no problems” running Microsoft Vista Business; indeed her prefers Vista on tablets “thanks to the improvements in handwriting recognition and the pen flicks.”

Concluding that the M700 is “a solid tablet”, the author thinks that although it’s not fancy, it has “all necessities” and “doesn’t lack in performance or features”. Head on over to Computer and Laptop’s Weblog for the full review.

Über pocketpc.ch bin ich auf drei interessante Videos zum G810 gestoßen. Brandon Miniman von der amerikanischen Seite pocketnow.com hat das neue Toshiba Portégé G810 genau unter die Lupe genommen und ausprobiert. Die Videos gehen vom Auspacken bis zum Soft- und Hardware Test, den ausführlichen Bericht zum nachlesen gibt es hier, aber einfach nur hinschauen und zuhören ist doch auch schön, deshalb hier die Links zu den Youtube Videos:

Toshiba Portege G810 Unboxing Video

Toshiba Portege G810 Software Enhancements

Toshiba Portege G810 Hardware & Features

Das Portégé G810 ist das neue Touchscreen Smartphone von Toshiba, es basiert auf Windows Mobile 6, wird aber hauptsächlich über die extra angepassten Oberflächen von Spb Software bedient. Es besitzt Quadband und neben HSDPA auch eine HSUPA Unterstützung für schnelle Uploads (bis zu 2 Mbit/s). Außerdem noch WLAN und viel mehr was das Herz begehrt. Schaut einfach mal ins Video!

Ausführliche Produktbeschreibung auf Deutsch gibt es u.a. bei Toshiba und areamobile.de . Die offizielle Pressemitteilung zur Zusammenarbeit von Toshiba und Spb Software gibt es hier.

Those chaps at Laptop Mag have got their hands on a Qosmio G55 and on first impressions they’re already calling it “groundbreaking” because of its “futuristic good looks” and the fact that “it’s the first notebook to boast a dedicated Quad Core HD Processor”.

Author of the review, Jeffrey L Wilson, writes that the G55 is the first notebook to allow users to control music, video and PowerPoint using just their hands. Yep, that’s right- no remote controls, keyboards, or mouses, just your bare hands! After spending time familiarising himself with this system, Jeffrey is “quite impressed”; he watched cult classic Xanadu and paused, skipped and generally messed around with the film utilising the gesture control software.

Jeffrey also mentions the specs of the G55, after which he promises of more in-depth reporting as he’s “eager to dig into this groundbreaking machine more thoroughly in upcoming days”. Go here for the full article, plus a video and we’ll be sure to keep you updated on all of Laptop Mag’s findings.

‘Give a Joeb a laptop, and lo – he shalt blog’ seems to be the phrase doing the rounds at Talktoshiba.com at the moment, and it is with great pleasure and gratitude that we can inform you that he has uploaded 3 posts onto his site in the past week! 

We mentioned the first of these back on Tuesday, but since then – Joeb has posted two more fascinating posts about the Qosmio itself, the first of which deals with the technical specifications, the second deals with the bundled software that comes with said laptop.

I shan’t give away everything Joeb has to say – after all, you would be much better served to read his full unabridged text over on his blog, but it is safe to say he has picked up on my personal favourite aspect of the Qosmio – the rather incredible Harmon/Kardon speakers: “I have to say, the speakers on this laptop are BRILLIANT, not just decent for a laptop, they’re really good anyway, and I can safely say, they are the best speakers I have ever heard on a laptop, it even beats a fair few desktops on this! It’s even got a sub-woofer!” 

Admittedly – he wasn’t impressed with the fact that Norton anti-virus was pre-installed onto the laptop “I make it no secret that I dislike Norton software”, but – was otherwise “glad [to see that Toshiba] are cutting down on the amount of software preinstalled.” Enough! Go see Joeb….

Marsdawn wendet sich an das notebookforum. Ein Bekannter hat sich for kurzem einen neuen Toshiba A200-1TJ gekauft. Beim installieren von Nero 6 traten die ersten Softwareprobleme auf und dies setzte sich fort bei Ashampoo Burning Studio 7. Weiterhin erkennt WLAN-Router den Speedport 501 seines Hausnachbarn aber nicht seinen eigenen. Da er ein Laie auf dem Gebiet ist, bittet er um Hilfe und Rat. Notebooker, ein User aus dem Forum, gibt folgenden Ratschlag, Zitat: “… Nero 6 ist nicht Vista fähig, WLAN Schalter vorne am Notebook eingeschaltet?, Handbuch gelesen? Toshiba DVD Movie Factory hat (steht auch im Handbuch) eine normale Brennfunktion für Daten, Audio und CD Kopieren. …”

Vielen Dank und den vollständigen Beitragt könnt ihr HIER lesen! Viel Spaß!

Norbert Mielke bittet im wer-weiss-was-forum um Hinweise. Er suche für seine Toshiba MK8026GAX Laptop Platte die oben genannte Software. Im Forum wird ihm von Fritze mitgeteilt, das diese Art der Formatierung ein “…Relikt der Vergangenheit sei….” und es von Toshiba noch nie ein veröffentlichtes Tool dazu gab. Hier kompletter Artikel!

Outlaw of the Channel 9 forum is having problems upgrading to catalyst 7.2 on his Toshiba Satellite.

When trying to install, the wizard launches and seems to work just fine until the actual driver installation commences and returns that it can’t find a driver for the display adapter.

Outlaw wants to know why a compatible adapter cannot seem to install and what he can do to get everything up and running. If you can help out by recommending a different procedure, follow the link here to the forum.

VerbalSlut loves Toshiba laptops and decided to stick with Toshiba when her reliable, old laptop started overheating and shutting itself down without warning.

She bought a new Toshiba and was about to throw her previous notebook away, but then an IT superhero came to her rescue. Now she has two fully functional Toshiba notebooks and has complete faith in their hardware. To read VerbalSlut’s full story, follow this link.