I just love this Knomo slim pouch as seen being used by the girl about town with the nice bum Pippa Middleton. It unzips at the top as well as having a signature zip-pocket at the front which is great for holding your mobile or travel card. The quilted exterior provides padding for your laptop and looks quite ‘Chane’l like but without the hefty price tag! The detachable, adjustable strap makes it easy to carry as well as having the short retractable leather handle. They come in three different sizes depending on the size of your laptop and various on trend colours. Every Slim also contains the knomo Tracker ID – a unique number stitched into the bag, that once registered on the knomo website, should you misplace your bag, the finder can call the freephone number and knomo will retrieve the bag and return it to the customer, free-of-charge. A perfect stylish addition to any oufit.

Available from www.knomobags.com

Prices start at £50

Today Dell introduced the XPS 15z laptop one of the thinnest 15-inch PCs on the market and the first in a series of new, thin and powerful products from Dell. With the XPS 15z, everyone from mobile warriors to students and small-business’ now have everything they need in one stunning package.

With uncompromising power and elegant design, the XPS 15z offers 2nd-generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, optional 15.6-inch Full HD (1080p) display for superior entertainment and web-browsing experiences. A backlit keyboard with adjustable brightness and up to eight hours of battery life are  all housed in a luxuriously crafted case that is less than an inch thick. 

Despite its incredibly slim exterior, the XPS 15z delivers uncompromising performance, including NVIDIA discrete graphics with Optimus technology that automatically switches to power-saving integrated graphics under reduced workloads – helping the battery last longer on coast-to-coast flights and movie marathons! In addition, it offers ample hard drive storage and a slot-loading DVD +/- RW drive for watching the latest films or burning music to a disc. The optional Full HD (1080p) display brings HDTV-type quality to the laptop screen.

Built-in Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity ensure it’s fast and easy to connect with e-mail, websites, Skype and Facebook from almost anywhere. For at-home entertainment, the optional Intel Wireless Display feature enables videos and photos to be streamed wirelessly from your XPS 15z to an HDMI-equipped TV. And with the exclusive Dell Stage user interface, it’s easy to access personal content such as music, photos and videos.

Priced from £899 including VAT and shipping, the XPS 15z, like all XPS computers, is designed and built from the ground up to provide a premium computing experience with the best materials, technology, performance and reliability Dell offers.

Availability:

The XPS 15z is available today from Dell’s global online stores, including www.dell.co.uk in the United Kingdom, with retail availability to follow shortly.

Spec

 Thin (0.97”/24.68mm) laptop PC with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium; aluminium and mag-alloy enclosure

 2nd-generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 Dual Core processor choices

 Standard HD or optional Full HD (1920×1080) WLED display

 Fast NVIDIA graphics options

o NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M with 1GB graphics memory

o NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M with 2GB graphics memory

 Includes NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology; NVIDIA 3DTV Play technology

 4GB up to 8GB DDR3[vii] 1333Mhz memory options

 Fast 7200RPM hard disk storage, up to 750GB

 Built-in Slot load DVD +/- RW (reads & writes to CD/DVD)

 Backlit, Chiclet-style keyboard with adjustable brightness

 Optimized touchpad

 Built-in Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 802.11 A/G/N and Bluetooth 3.0 wireless connectivity

 Intel Wireless Display-ready

 Up to 8 hours of battery life with 8-cell battery

 USB 3.0 (2), USB/eSATA with PowerShare, HDMI 1.4, Mini Display-Port, Gigabit Ethernet and audio connectors

 Built-in 9-in-1 media card reader

 Built-in 1.3MP HD Webcam with dual array digital microphones and stereo speakers

 Dell Stage software for fast access to content like music, videos and photos

 Dimensions: Height: 0.97” (24.68mm) / Width: 15.15” (384.85mm) / Depth 10.25” (260.37mm); Weight: starting at 5.54lbs (2.51 kg)

 HP and Asian fashion designer Vivienne Tam have teamed up to make this gleaming red, peony covered HP mini note. Stylish and super portable it was debuted on the runways of New York Fashion Week at Bryan Park.

The “digital clutch” has a 10″ inch screen which is pretty impressive and features an extra special enter key that bears the Chineses symbol for double happiness – aarrr. It also comes with an embroidered storage sleeve which protects it when being carried.

This is the first time a high end designer and technology company have joined forces to produce a laptop like this. It does seem to be a good bit of fashion and technology fusion and in line with Tam’s personal mantra “Live well and be beautiful”.

Following on from my weekly gadget girl slot on the radio (www.rem.fm) here are the details of the latest gadget we talked about.

The Asus EEE PC 901 is an ideal ultra portable laptop offering portability, power and style. It is lightweight, has a decent battery life of over 7 hours and small dimensions so will fit easily into most handbags – all of mine it’s fair to say as they are mahoosive!!

Product Specifications as follows:

• Dimensions – 9″ x 1.6″ x 6.9″
• Weight – 2.5 lbs
• Screen – 8.9″
• Operating system – Windows XP Home or Linux
• SSD storage – 12GB
• Memory – 1GB
• Processeor -  Intel Atom 1.6ghz
• Battery Life – 7.8 hours
• Bluetooth
• Wifi
• Webcam – 1.3 megapixel
• Colours – pearl white, fine ebony, white peony,urban metropolis, sakura, sweet pea
• Price – approx £300

Dear Girl Geek…

Hi,

I was just wondering if you had an idea of a laptop that I should have for my ‘A’ levels. I started the courses today but as I am taking Applied ICT I need a laptop that will be able to operate Dreamweaver. I think I should get a Mac as my uncle who is a male computer geek says that they are indestructable internally. What’s your opinion?

Thanks again,

Eleanor

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