
Don’t get your hopes up, the K850i will STILL be black. However, the trimmings at the sides will be changed from the erstwhile two editions, Velvet Blue and Luminous Green, into silver. The name of the new K850i release is the Quicksilver (how apt). Aside from the impending K850i Quicksilver Black release, Sony Ericsson is also reportedly releasing a firmware upgrade for the K850i to fix little buggies causing errors as well as to improve its performance
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Sony expects to release their new VAIO Type S notebook this year. The 13.3 -incher would be a good addition to the slew of smaller laptops and notebooks which seem to have mushroomed all over recently. VAIO Type S would run on the new Intel Penryn CPU and will feature 2GB memory and 200GB HDD storage. The device weighs around 4+ pounds and boasts a battery life of up to 5.5 hours. VAOI Type S will be released in the Japanese market first with a an expected retail price of US$2200+.

It’s no secret that Asus is planning on upgraded Eee PCs with screens larger than the original, measuring 8-, 9-, and 10-inches. Rumors abound that Asus Eee 9-inch, will get a touch screen LCD panel. Asus will reportedly adopt the four-wire resistive touch screen technology. Before you panic that the price would be far off from the original affordable Eee, according to sources, adding the touch screen technology to the device only costs an additional US$15. Hopefully, the price increase wouldn’t be too high. Before you get too excited though, reports say that Asus will limit the distribution of the touch screen versions to a few hundred thousands and will even give preference to Taiwan-based vendors.