Day Two Highlights At Computex 2013

Day two of Computex 2013 in Tapei was full of new and innovative releases, that’s despite some of the showcasing companies making early announcements at the pre-show press conference.

The Dell XPS 11 Windows 8 hybrid caused a stir with a flip-around lid and flat keyboard, while Asus unveiled an affordable new tablet. Here are some more highlights of day two.

Acer’s New Tablet

• Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook – This new ultrabook from Samsung has a 13.3-inch touch dislay and takes advantage of the Windows 8 Metro interface. The touch screen can be flipped, making it more usable as a tablet.

• Qualcomm Snapdragon Tablet – This tablet runs on Windows RT on top of a dual-core Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz chip, that’s despite the development vehicle being originally aimed at Android.

• Gigabyte X11 Ultrabook – Although this doesn’t currently run Windows 8, it sports an Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5-3317U or i7-3517U pro,a 128GB SSD and a 1,366×768 screen (although not touch display). Another feature is the carbon fiber chassis, which not only makes it light but durable too.

• Asus G750 – This is the first Haswell powered gaming notebook. It has an Intel 4th Generation i7 CPU and Nvidia Geforce GTX 770M graphics. This runs on Windows 8 and will support up to two SSDs in a RAID O configuration.

• Acer Liquid S1 – This 6-inch “phablet” has a 5.7-inch screen, 1280×720 pixel resolution and is powered by a quad-core CPU. It’s unique selling point is that it has  floating calculator, notepad, map and camera apps which make for easier multitasking.

Stay tuned for more Computex 2013 highlights tomorrow.

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SOURCE: http://blog.laptopmag.com/computex-2013-day-2-top-stories-2?slide=5