First look at the Toshiba Libretto U100

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[Krunker] PC World has their first look at the new Toshiba Libretto U100 mini notebook. The U100 includes a 7.2 inch LCD screen, 1280 x 768 resolutions, Ethernet support, a modem, FireWire support, Fingerprint security, 802.11b/g support, Bluetooth support and a Docking port. What’s the verdict on this small wonder?

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[jkOnTheRun] First look at the new Toshiba Libretto: IMG U100_3 I first mentioned the ToshibaLibrettoU100 a while back when Toshiba announced.... The Libretto was the first ultra-portable that provided a full notebook computer in a tiny form factor. Since that announcement I haven't seen any mentions of sightings in the wild of the Libretto

[Laptop Review] Toshiba Libretto U100: ToshibaLibrettoU100 IMG Toshiba-Libretto-U100 PC World reviews the ToshibaLibrettoU100 and writes: ”˜Unique to the LibrettoU100 is the integration of a 3D accelerometer that senses.... Better safe than sorry, I guess. Overall, it’s the Lilliputian size and weight of the Libretto

[New and Used Laptops] A divine laptop salesman (Banbury Today)FARMERS, v...: We find it a little hard not to dig Toshiba’s U100 Libretto mini-laptop. After all, at two pounds, with a 1.2-GHz Pentium M 4, 512MB RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, FireWire and a 60GB hard drive, it packs a lot of power into a small package, making it a tempting choice for coffee-shop and airplane-seat work (and play, though it’s too bad they couldn’t squeeze an internal DVD drive into that tiny

[shino-blog (Avi's)] Toshiba Libretto U100 英語版: expansys にもいよいよ LibrettoU100 の登場です。（まだ仮予約受付だけど） IMG ToshibaLibrettoU100 キーボードが英語版ですね。スペースバーが長いし。東芝でこの英語版のキーボード交換でも始めないのかな？今回のU100はキーボードに自分が対応できそうにないので、断念です。小さくて可愛いんだけどね♪ IMG

PC World checks out Toshiba Libretto U100 - Engadget - www ...: We find it a little hard not to dig Toshiba’s U100 Libretto mini-laptop. After all, at two pounds, with a 1.2-GHz Pentium M 4, 512MB RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, FireWire and a 60GB hard drive, it packs a lot of power into a small package, making it a tempting choice for coffee-shop and airplane-seat work (and play, though it’s too bad they couldn’t squeeze an internal DVD drive into that tiny package). PC World got their hands on a pre-release version of the $1,999 box, and found it “small in everything except power and performance.” One gripe was the keyboard, which — surprise, surprise — was a little cramped.

[Computer Alchemy] PC World checks out Toshiba Libretto U100: PC World got their hands on a pre-release version of the $1,999 box, and found it “small in everythingexcept power and performance.” One gripe was the keyboard, which — surprise, surprise — was a little cramped. Batterylife was under 2-1/2 hours, also something of a disappointment (at least to us), but PC World rates it — keyboard aside— a “worthy and powerful portable PC.” Of course, despite all the love, it’ll probably tank in the marketplace; thestreets are littered with the shells of similar mini-PCs that PDA buyers found too big (and expensive) and notebookcustomers considered underpowered (and expensive). Gambatte, Toshiba!

[Kitchen Sink Gazette] First Look: Mini-Notebook Offers Maximum Power - Y...: News: "Toshiba's new $1999 Libretto U100 mini-notebook...About the size of a video cassette and weighing just over two pounds, the Libretto is small in everything except power and performance. The U100 features a 7.2-inch widescreen LCD and an integrated LED backlight. The crisp, bright 1280-by-768-resolution screen offers a luscious concentration of colors. But the fonts and icons were so tiny, I thought I needed to put my glasses on--except they were on already..."

The libretto U100, Toshiba’s new ultralight laptop - Engadget ...: It’s been on vacation for the past three years, but Toshiba’s bringing back their much-loved line of ultralight libretto laptops. They’re claiming that they brought back the libretto to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the introduction of their very first laptop, too bad the U100, the first model in the revived line, looks a bit like it was inspired by boxy mid-Eighties laptop design. Snotty aesthetic concerns aside, they do manage to squeeze a lot into the U100, which weighs 2.16 pounds and has a 1.2GHz Pentium M processor, 7.6-inch widescreen LCD with a resolution of 1280 x 768, built-in 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 512MB of RAM, and a 60GB hard drive. Retail price: $1,999 (pictured at right with its optional dock).

Toshiba’s Portege R200 and libretto U100 come equipped with ...: , so things like dry, worn, calloused, dirty or oily skin won’t lock you out. The U100 mini-notebook lists for $1,999, while the ultra-portable Portege R200 runs $2,099.

Toshiba Libretto Model Announced: Miniaturization of the notebook'sfeatures makes the libretto U100 a portable computing marvel, as themini-notebook offers a unique keyboard, as well as a half-size 802.11b/gmini-PCI wireless(2) card and 1.8-inch 60GB hard disk drive(3). Newminiaturizing technology on the libretto U100 motherboard -- such ashigh-density interconnects and component overlays -- reduced the size by about30 percent. Considering its small form factor, the libretto U100 is a perfectoption for any mobile professional or consumer who needs computing capabilityand connectivity nearly anywhere,anytime.

Toshiba's Portege R200 and libretto U100 come equipped with ...: ... R200 and libretto U100 come equipped with fingerprint sensors - VoIP Blog. ... Recent Trackbacks to Toshiba's Portege R200 and libretto U100 come ...

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Posted at May 23, 2005 03:19 PM