Asus U36 Slim Notebook – Next MacBook Air Rival

Asus U36 is a notebook prepared to be the next rival to MacBook Air, at least with its 0.75 thick magnesium alloy shell and 3.2 pounds weight, Asus is posing its U36 notebook as the next option to Apple MacBook Air!

Furthermore, Asus also equipped its U36 notebook with a 4-cell battery that is capable to provide up to 10 hours of battery life, compare to MacBook Air that offers only 5-7 hours of battery life. For the processor, you will either get Intel Core i3 or i5, which should offer a better performance compared to the Core 2 Duo processor on a MacBook Air.

Asus U36 is going to use NVIDIA’s Optimus graphics and the company’s Super Hybrid Engine for more energy efficient and longer battery life. No info on pricing and availability yet.

Acer Iconia Dual Screen Tablet Notebook – Hard To Use Touchscreen Keyboard

Engadget has a video showing about the latest 14-inch Acer Iconia tablet with dual touchscreen that should become a rival to Toshiba Libretto in near future. Powered by Intel Core i5 2.66GHz, Acer Iconia dual-screen tablet notebook has 750GB HDD, USB3.0, Bluetooth 3.0 and HD Display.

Acer’s own version of dual screen tablet is going to get the name of ‘Iconia‘, which will become the best rival for Toshiba Libretto. You will find no physical keyboard, as Acer has substitute it with virtual touchscreen keyboard. Not much technical details being revealed yet, but base on hands-on review by Engadget, Acer Iconia touchscreen keyboard is pretty hard to use.

No info on pricing and release date yet.

via: Engadget.com