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Mobile Edge Releases the Elements

Mobile Edge has announced a line of new briefcases designed by women for women. The Elements line of bags look like a great option for women who need a more professional look than the adorable CuteBug Sheba I reviewed last May. The new Elements briefbags are available in green,brown, and pink, all with brown leather-like trim. With three large sections, it holds up to a 15.4″ laptop, perfect for just about any Tablet PC. I’m partial to the green, myself. Subdued, yet different.

The bags are lined in a contrasting striped material which makes it much easier to find all the small things that end up in my bags. Also, the Elements line features a small bag that blocks all WiFi signals (visible in the below picture on the right - the black section).

Retails for $89.99 at Mobile Edge 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GBM Shortcut: Intel UrbanMax Innovation Platform

I got an opportunity to talk about the Intel UrbanMax to Patrick Lynch, the marketing manager for the platform. In this short video clip you can see the UrbanMax in action. The innovation platforms are used to both showcase Intel’s vision of where mobile computing is going, as well as show a production-ready design that they work with OEMs to bring to market. Hopefully the OEM (or OEMs) who bring this design to market will make a few alterations, like supporting multi-touch, capacitive touch, and including an active digitizer. With those features, this would be a very attractive system. The full tech specs are up to the OEM, but this was designed as a full Core2 Duo so it should be powerful enough for general use.

Update: According to a press release, at least some of the platforms use N-trig’s DuoSense digitizer. Sounds promising!

(video length 2 minutes)