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Video Hands-on: Samsung X360 Is MacBook Air Killer [Ifa 2008]
gizmodo.com - 8/29/2008
Video Hands-on: Samsung X360 Is MacBook Air Killer [Ifa 2008]
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I got my dirty paws all over the 2.79-pound Samsung X360 and I've to say I'm impressed with everything except for the piano black finish. It's size and weight—very light and thin—is comparable to the MacBook Air, the 13.3-inch,1,200 x 800 pixel screen looks very good, and it comes with more ...

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Japanese Gadgets:  Samsung X360 slaughters MacBook Air

DVICE Atom Feed:  Samsung X360 laptop touted as ‘lighter than Air,’ makes MacBook Air look like an airhead

High Tech Lounge:  MacBook Air Invaded By Samsung X360

Intel shares MacBook Air love with new small-footprint CPUs
arstechnica.com - 8/22/2008
Intel shares MacBook Air love with new small-footprint CPUs
— arstechnica.com — In the blizzard of paper coming out of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), there was one announcement yesterday that has been virtually overlooked. Even Intel gave it only a cursory mention, stating [Dadi] "Perlmutter also introduced the company's ... (more) Intel shares MacBook Air love with new ...

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apple.com - 8/23/2008
Support - Downloads - MacBook Air Update
— apple.com — About MacBook Air Update Ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook ... (more) Support - Downloads - MacBook Air Update

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Samsung X360 ultraportable takes on Apple, Lenovo, everyone else
slashgear.com - 8/28/2008
Samsung X360 ultraportable takes on Apple, Lenovo, everyone else
— slashgear.com — Samsung has revealed a new ultraportable notebook, the X360, which the company is describing as “lighter than air”. They actually mean “lighter than Air”, as the X360 comes in 3oz lighter than Apple’s ultraportable.  ... (more) Samsung X360 ultraportable takes on Apple, Lenovo, ...

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Samsung X360 slaughters MacBook Air
Japanese Gadgets — ... sleek it could even fit into an envelope? Of course, it’s a product with many defects and bad designs. You need wifi to get online, there is not detachable battery, only three ports - USB, a highly selective Micro DVI and headphones. What happens when your battery dies on you? You cannot replace it with a new one but you would need to send it back to Apple, making you laptop-less for 3 weeks. So why pay a bomb for this when you can get the Samsung X360. Here’s the good and bad from Gizmodo , which pretty much sums it up: The Good: Ultra-thin, ultra-light, great quality, and ...

Samsung X360 laptop touted as ‘lighter than Air,’ makes MacBook Air look like an airhead
DVICE Atom Feed — ... Ethernet I / O Ports - 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS, MS Pro, SD, SDHC, MMC, MMC plus, xD) - 3 x USB 2.0 - 1 x PCI Express Card Slot (34 mm) - 1 x HDMI - 1 x Headphone-out - 1 x Mic in - 1 x Integrated Mic - 1 x VGA Port - 1 x RJ45 (LAN) - 1 x Docking Port Multimedia 1.3 Mega Pixel Web Camera* Battery Life Up to 10 hours Via Engadget and Gizmodo

MacBook Air Invaded By Samsung X360
High Tech Lounge — ... card reader, external optical drive (included), and a fingerprint reader. On paper, this thing has the Air beat… unless you’re bent on using Mac OS X. If that’s the case, you’ll need to transform this into a Hackintosh. No word on pricing or availability at this point, but if Samsung can keep it in the same range as the MacBook Air, Apple may have quite the competitor on its hands. Oh, and the Gizmodo guys have a video, if you’re interested. MacBook Air Invaded By Samsung X360 Source: gizmodo.com

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Shiny at IFA 2008:Liveblogging the Samsung Notebook Conference- The X360 Lighter than Air laptop
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Samsung X360 handled, fights MacBook Air to the death
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Samsung debuts X360 "lighter than air" ultraportable
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Samsung X360: a sleek notebook that isn't missing much
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Samsung a dévoilé lors du salon IFA à Berlin son dernier ultraportable qui n’a rien à envier au Mac Book Air. Le Samsung X360 pèse 1.2kg et possède une finesse d’environ 1,67cm. L’ordinateur dispose d’un écran de 13.3 pouces à LED, 3 ports USB, un connecteur HDMI, un ...
Samsung X360 at 1.27kg stakes claim for 'lightest laptop' tag — Gizmo Watch
The battle among gadget-makers has been intense over the past decade or so. However, we have come across very few instances when a brand goes head-on with another, especially in the marketing aspect. Samsung’s positioning for the X360 is a case in point. The product, apparently, has now ...
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Samsung X360 Laptop — Gadget Venue
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Samsung X360: Packs a wallop to the Apple Air — Fashionfunky.com
Apple may have written the first chapter in the worlds love affair with sexy computers, but by no means will they be writing the last. Samsung has already kicked into the race with its uber sexy Samsung X360. It is the lightest notebook in its 13.3 inch class, weighing a miniscule 1.27 ...
Samsung in NAMES CRISIS - calls new laptop X360 — EXTRA-LAST
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IFA coverage: Samsung X360 as light as Air. — UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping
Samsung is the latest company to bow to the pressures of being thin, which is a trend becoming as much of an obsession in the laptop world as it is in the modeling industry. The new X360 is on show at this year’s IFA and is designed to directly rival Apple’s MacBook Air. ...
Video Hands-on: Samsung X360 is an Air Killer [Ifa 2008] — Gizmodo
I got my dirty paws all over the 2.79-pound Samsung X360 and I've got to say I'm impressed with everything except for the piano black finish. Its size and weight—very light and thin—is comparable to the MacBook Air, the 13.3-inch,1,200 x 800 pixel screen looks very good, and it comes with more ...
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Samsung X360 vs MacBook Air, ready, fight! — Gizmología
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Samsung X360 Laptop is Super Skinny [Ifa 2008] — Gizmodo
It's pretty clear where Samsung is going with the X360 laptop when you notice it's branded it as "lighter than air" and say it's the "lightest notebook in its 13.3 inch class" since it weighs just 1.27 kg. Inside there's a 45nm Core 2 Duo mobile processor, mated to a 1280 x 800 pixel ...
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Samsung Announces X360 Ultraportable — Gadgetreview
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