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HP Compaq tc4400 review
Reviews You can use the HP Compaq tc4400 either as an ordinary clamshell notebook or in Tablet mode, by swivelling its screen around a hinge so that the screen faces outwards and then and laying it flat down on the keyboard.
[March 5, 2007, 9:02]
Motorola MPx review
Reviews Also on the front is a small colour LED screen that provides a range of functions when the clamshell is closed. There have been handheld/mobile combos before, of course, but what makes the MPx unique in this respect is that it opens both in the...
[August 27, 2004, 10:55]
Mitac Mio 8390 review
Reviews With the clamshell closed this is not visible, so a secondary screen provides some basic information including battery level, signal strength and the current time (in old-fashioned analogue mode). The clamshell design protects the main screen...
[June 18, 2004, 11:45]
Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet review
Reviews You can operate the touch-screen with either a fingertip or the provided stylus: the latter lives in a housing on the right edge (when viewed in landscape/clamshell mode) and has a useful eraser function at the opposite end to the writing tip.
[January 5, 2009, 15:14]
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook P1510 review
Reviews The widescreen format cannot quite accommodate two documents at once when the LifeBook P1510 is used in clamshell mode, which is a pity. There is a stylus, of course, which lives in a spring-loaded compartment on the front right-hand edge of the...
[October 3, 2005, 0:00]
AOL and Sonicblue team on PDA promotion
News Sonicblue's Diamond Mako is a rebranded version of Psion's Revo clamshell-shaped handheld. The Psion device is one of the few left on the market to use a clamshell design with a keyboard. Many devices using what is now Microsoft's Pocket PC...
[January 30, 2001, 11:36]
Comdex 2001: G.Mate shows new-style Linux PDA
News Its clamshell design imitates a mobile phone, albeit a large one at 142g, about twice the weight of a typical mobile phone handset. The upper part of the clamshell is taken up by the screen, while the lower part bears several navigation controls...
[November 15, 2001, 14:48]
Psion NetBook Pro: a first look review
Reviews The NetBook Pro yet again adopts the same hardware design, being based around a sub-A4 clamshell form factor. Weighing in at 1.1kg, the NetBook Pro’s clamshell lid lifts to reveal a usable keyboard and an 16-bit colour SVGA (800 by 600 pixel) touch...
[October 3, 2003, 16:34]
Nokia E90 Communicator review
Reviews The reason for the E90 Communicator’s bulk, is course, its clamshell format, which opens up to reveal a wide-screen display and a QWERTY keyboard. The clamshell has a locking position when opened at 90 degrees, at which point the hinging mechanism...
[August 20, 2007, 15:53]
Nokia 9300 Smartphone review
Reviews A 640-by-200-pixel screen occupies the upper part of the open clamshell, with QWERTY a keyboard beneath it. The lower part of the clamshell is occupied by a keyboard. This side of things is handled by Symbian OS 7 and Nokia's Series 80 platform...
[February 18, 2005, 10:30]
Yopy comes to Europe
News The clamshell case measures 101.6mm x 68.58mm x 15.24mm and weighs 168 grams. However, since the developer model shipped the device was redesigned into its current clamshell form. In early 2002, when Samsung rolled out a Windows CE-based handheld...
[July 12, 2002, 14:36]
Sendo unveils new handset plans
News The first of the new range is the M550, announced on Friday, a clamshell handset with a colour screen, games and customisable polyphonic ring-tones and graphics. Sendo said it has priced the handset significantly below other colour clamshell...
[February 14, 2003, 6:05]
Motorola MPx200: a first look review
Reviews Motorola MPx200: a clamshell-design Windows Smartphone. The key physical feature that makes Mototola’s MPx200 different from the SPV is its clamshell design. Motorola, Orange and Microsoft have unveiled a new phone running Windows Mobile 2002 for...
[September 15, 2003, 8:55]
Siemens announces new handsets
News The German phone manufacturer yesterday added two new fashion handsets to its European and Asian line-up this year, the SL65 slider phone and CFX65 clamshell. At a regional press event held in Singapore yesterday, Siemens announced the CFX65 which...
[June 18, 2004, 11:45]
Intel merges desktop and notebook design
News Intel plans to unveil next week a prototype consumer portable computer that blurs the line between desktops and notebooks by shedding the traditional clamshell laptop design. But even though Florence Digital Home is likely to gain attention...
[February 16, 2004, 7:50]
PalmSource eyes souped-up device size
Talkback True that it is not a clamshell design, but it looks like a Palm OS laptop to me. Yes, and has anyone heard of the AlphaSmart Dana (www.alphasmart.com).
[September 25, 2003, 18:51]
Toshiba Portégé G910 review
Reviews Inside the clamshell, the Portégé G910 has a 480-by-800-pixel screen and a mini-QWERTY keyboard. With the clamshell closed, you'd be hard pressed to identify the G910 as a handheld at first glance. The reason, of course, is that this is a clamshell...
[July 1, 2008, 9:30]
LG 7100 review
Reviews On the outside of the clamshell section, a mirror-effect disc houses a 96-by-64-pixel colour OLED ‘sub screen’. LG locates the lens of the camera in the left end of the barrel hinge, in contrast to Samsung’s SGH V200 clamshell, where the lens...
[October 15, 2003, 10:00]
Microsoft Smartphone 2003 debuts in Taiwan
News Both devices are colour-screen clamshell handsets with built-in cameras, similar to Motorola's planned Microsoft-based smartphones. Taiwanese manufacturer Mitac on Monday unveiled its first handset based on Microsoft Smartphone 2003 at the Computex...
[September 23, 2003, 9:45]
New Game Boy Advance revealed
News And to put it all together, the device has a new clamshell design, which folds to protect the screen and is only about half the size of the original handheld. Nintendo has confirmed plans to release a revised version of its highly successful...
[January 7, 2003, 9:41]
