May 17, 2013, Lenovo had ThinkPad Helix digitizer corresponds to the pressure sensitivity of the 2048 steps, Today announced that it was pressure sensitivity of 256 steps.
Sale has already started, it will accept returned goods who wish to.
There is no plan of selling or compatible models of the 2048 pen pen pressure support.
May 14, 2013, Microsoft has announced that it will be free update from Windows RT and Windows 8 to Windows Blue that Windows 8.1.
Will officially release will be end of 2013, preview version is published in the BUILD 2013 to be held in San Francisco in June.
And as it was announced by Tami Reller of Microsoft at “JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference” in Boston, seems to be positioned like the SP version of the traditional.
May 7, 2013, Sony announced the summer 2013 model of VAIO series. Mass merchandisers model of the slide type Ultrabook VAIO Duo 11 to strengthen the memory.
Memory has been enhanced to 6GB from 4GB of present model, price is 160,000 yen.
Up to 8GB from conventional memory can be selected freely Customizing such as Sony Style, but are sold to strengthen to 6GB from 4GB of Mass merchandisers model.
Size 319.9 × 199 × 17.85mm, weight is about 1.3kg.
DisplaySearch research firm in the United States (NPD DsiplaySearch) has published a market forecast for mobile PC.
The market trend of mobile PC such as a laptop, including a tablet, according to this, world shipments in 2012 was 300 million 67.6 million units, but 700 million 62.7 million units to expand in 2017.
About 200 million units a 10% decline in the previous year but (200 million 3.3 million units), the laptop will be 180 million units strength to (100 million 83.3 million units) to 2017, even while reducing the number slightly in 2013 expected that.
Meanwhile, tablets grow to more than twice the current.
Intel is expected to officially announce the fourth generation Core processor (code name Haswell) in 2013 around June. GPU functionality incorporated in the CPU of becoming the performance of two times before.
Top model of the latest GPU will be named Intel Iris Graphics.
And to become a twice the performance benchmarks, such as 3DMark 11 Compared to traditional Inltel HD4000.
Intel Doubles Down on Visual Computing – Meet Intel® Iris™ Graphics