The most recent Portable articles from IT Week

Asus ships Eee PC 1000

Daniel Robinson — 2008-07-21T17:35:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Monday 21 July 2008 at 17:35:00

Latest model of ultra-small laptops now available

Asus has announced availability of its Eee PC 1000, an addition to its popular range of ultra-small laptops that offers a slightly larger screen and keyboard than earlier models, plus...

New Asus models set for UK release

Gareth Morgan — 2008-06-13T11:53:00.000Z

Gareth Morgan, IT Week, Friday 13 June 2008 at 11:53:00

Asus Eee PC 901, 1000 and 1000h to hit UK shelves in July

Asus has confirmed that latest additions to its white-hot range of mini laptops will be available in the UK from 1 July....

Xerox eases laptop printing woes

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-12T17:38:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Thursday 12 June 2008 at 17:38:00

Xerox does away with having to install multiple drivers for printing

Xerox has made available two free-to-download print utilities to make it easier to print without the need to install specific drivers for each printer on a network....

HP expands business laptop lines

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-11T13:11:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 13:11:00

HP freshens up business laptop range and adds eye-catching consumer models

HP has unveiled an array of new PCs covering the whole gamut from corporate laptops to ultra-slim consumer laptops and touch-screen PCs....

Motorola adds 3G and sat-nav to rugged PDA

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-09T16:50:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Monday 9 June 2008 at 16:50:00

MC75 aims to be the complete toolkit for the mobile worker

Motorola's Enterprise Mobility unit has unveiled a new handheld with high-speed connectivity and GPS, providing mobile workers with a rugged unit that delivers voice, data, navigation, and image capture in...

More vendors jump on mini bandwagon

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-06T10:40:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 6 June 2008 at 10:40:00

Asus and Acer unveil new mini laptops

Momentum behind mini laptops is building, with several vendors promising new models over the next few months. But some experts still question whether such compact systems are suited to enterprise...

Do minis suit mobile staff?

IT Week Staff — 2008-06-06T10:04:00.000Z

IT Week Staff, IT Week, Friday 6 June 2008 at 10:04:00

IT departments must prepare for the inevitable as mini laptops become popular among staff

The latest generation of miniature laptops seem to have struck a chord with many computer users, whether as employees or consumers, and it is not difficult to see why....

Review: smartphone points users in right direction

Daniel Robinson — 2008-05-02T13:05:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 2 May 2008 at 13:05:00

HP’s latest smartphone boasts satellite navigation capabilities, but battery life is limited

HP’s iPaq 614 Business Navigator is, as its name suggests, a device that combines mobile communications and navigation capabilities for professional users....

Toshiba updates Portégé range

Daniel Robinson — 2008-04-25T12:47:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 25 April 2008 at 12:47:00

Toshiba adds 128GB Flash drive to thin-and-light laptop range

Toshiba has added new models to its thin-and-light Portégé laptop range, including a new version of its ultra-light R500 and the M700 convertible Tablet PC....

More mini laptops unveiled

Daniel Robinson — 2008-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Tuesday 15 April 2008 at 00:00:00

NEC and Asus line up new models

More small-form factor laptop systems are set to hit the market with the upcoming release of a Vista-based ultra-portable from NEC and additional Eee PC models from Asus....

Review: HP means business with its latest iPaq

Daniel Robinson — 2008-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 14 March 2008 at 00:00:00

The iPaq 214 handheld from HP features a larger than average screen and a management agent

The iPaq 214 Enterprise Handheld from HP is a Windows Mobile device that follows a traditional PDA design, but updates the format with a larger display and a powerful processor for handling applications...

Apple’s MacBook Air a mixed bag

Martin Veitch — 2008-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Veitch, IT Week, Wednesday 16 January 2008 at 00:00:00

New laptop launched at Macworld, but will it win over IT managers?

Apple launched its latest much-awaited notebook at Macworld this week but the price and unusual feature set mean the system is likely to be a hard sell, even in businesses...

Laptop PCs are here to stay

Daniel Robinson — 2007-11-26T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Monday 26 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Smartphones may be eating into laptop sales, but there is no real substitute for a full-on mobile PC

There have been suggestions in some publications and on technology enthusiast sites lately that smartphones will replace laptops in the near future....

PDAs back in favour with enterprises

Daniel Robinson — 2007-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Monday 15 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Renewed interest in enterprise mobility has spawned a new generation of Pocket PC-style PDAs

The handheld PDA is supposed to be a dinosaur, threatened with extinction by the smartphone. This year, however, several companies have unveiled new models that follow the traditional Pocket PC...

Review: Handheld fills niche for wireless PDA

Daniel Robinson — 2007-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Monday 20 August 2007 at 00:00:00

HTC's P6300 keeps to the traditional Pocket PC device format with built-in GPRS and Wi-Fi

HTC's P6300 is a fairly conventional wireless handheld that combines both cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity into a device with a relatively large display and a specification aimed at mobile business applications....