Acer has announced the Acer Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ notebook which sports an 11.6″ screen with an HD resolution and is LED backlit. This one has a full sized keyboard and delivers up to 8 hours of battery life on a single charge.

This notebook is just one of several announced by Acer, but this model is the thinnest and lightest, weighing just 3.08 pounds. This notebook will launch on October 22 with Windows 7 installed for $599.

SanDisk sent us a complimentary Sansa Clip+ to check out. After using it for several days, we’re ready to share our thoughts on the device. The original Sansa Clip has been a popular choice where cheap mp3 players are concerned and the Sansa Clip+ is even better.

The design beats the original, with a larger capacity and better features. The first thing that you notice is how durable this thing is. Despite it’s tiny size, it looks and feels tough. It’s definitely more durable than your average mp3 player. And it feels natural in your hand.

The world of business computers used to mean boxy beige machines with no style that were built with the lowest cost components you could get to make the cheap bosses happy. Today even the lower cost business desktops are getting at least a semblance of style. Take the new Dell Vostro 430 unveiled today.

The machine won’t be winning any beauty contests, but it is an attractive computer that would look good in an office. On top of being attractive, the machine also has some power inside and starts at a reasonable $699. You can get versions with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 CPUs and graphics from ATI or NVIDA.

Here’s some bad news for PSP owners who want to upgrade to the PSP Go when it’s released. Sony has killed the UMD conversion plan. The idea was that PSP owners who had original UMD copies of their games would be entitled to free PSN downloads of the title, so that they can play it on the PSP Go when they upgrade.

But sadly “legal and technical reasons” put the axe on this plan. Which really sucks for PSP owners who have games they absolutely love. It sure doesn’t encourage PSP owners to upgrade and must feel like a slap in the face.

Verizon has finally released both the Samsung Rogue U960 and Intensity U450. The Rogue is the highly anticipated replacement to the Glyde from last year. It sports a resistive touchscreen and has the first AMOLED display on a Verizon phone. The Rogue U960 also includes a 3MP autofocus camera with LED flash, updated UI, 4 row sliding QWERTY keyboard, HTML browser, EVDO Rev A, microSDHC memory card slot (16GB), Vcast Music/Video and VZ Navigator support. Expect to pay $99.99 after a $100 rebate with a 2-year contract, $169.99 after rebate with a 1-year contract, and $419.99 full retail.

The Rogue requires an add-on data package (25MB for $9.99, 75MB for $19.99) on Basic and Select plans, or it can use unlimited data on Connect and Premium plans.

Shuttle is well known in the small form factor market and is becoming increasingly known for producing some cool all-in-one computers as well. Shuttle made its name producing barebones small form factor systems that appealed to gamers looking for a desktop computer that was easy to take to and from a LAN party.

Shuttle unveiled a slick new all-in-one computer today called the X500V that will make fans of open source operating systems happy. The machine is called the X50 All-in-One PC and ships with openSUSE Linux preinstalled.

Nokia has announced that their Nokia X3 handset will play nice with Comes With Music. Availability in different markets will be announced soon. This one won’t run on the Symbian S60 operating system, but they are claiming that it is the best non-smartphone music handset from the company yet, powered by S40.

The microSDHC memory card slot will hold up to 16GB of music and you’ll also get Bluetooth connectivity, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a 2.2″ display. The big question is price. How much on contract? Hopefully it will be reasonable.

Acer has been adding to its Veriton line of computers recently with affordable gear aimed at business users. The company offered up its Veriton nettop not long ago and now Acer has added a new all in one to the Veriton line.

The new Veriton Z280G is an all-in-one desktop with an Intel Atom N270 CPU running Windows XP Pro with a Vista Business option. Acer equips it with 2GB of RAM and a 160GB HDD. Five USB ports are offered for expansion.

I am a notebook fan, but do we really need another of the same old machines on the U.S. market? I don’t think we do, what we need are netbooks that innovate either through lower pricing or interesting and compelling features.

HannSpree has announced that its me too HannsNote 10-inch netbook is now available in America. The little machine is a dead ringer for the MSI Wind and has the same old features we have been getting on our netbooks for the last year.

I really like netbooks and the idea of a nettop for the average computer user is sound. Most people can do everything they want in an office or online with a low-powered and energy efficient nettop. For business with lots of computers, the power savings these machines provide can mean big savings on electricity.

Acer has announced a new nettop system aimed at the business user called the Veriton N260G Nettop. The machine has a retractable stand for vertical freestanding or can be attached to the rear of an LCD. The machine runs Windows XP Pro and has Intel GMA 4500M graphics.

EReaders are starting to really take off thanks to the Amazon Kindle. The big catch is that most of the readers on the market lack the key Kindle feature that makes it so popular, namely wireless connectivity.

Astak has announced a new 5-inch Pocket Pro eReader that will retail for $199. That sub-$200 range is thought to be the sweet spot for eReaders. The device also supports Adobe DRM PDF files along with 20 other open source formats. The 5-inch screen supports 8-levels of gray scale.

Creative has launched a hardware and software platform called Plaszma which allows developers to simultaneously develop for Plaszma and Android. The Zii EGG was developed to compete with the iPod touch and will deliver an energy efficient device with the following specs:

1080p output, 3.5″ touchscreen display at 320 x 480 resolution, 16 million colors LCD, Capacitive 10-Point Multi-Gesture Touchscreen Display, Text-to-Speech Engine, SDHC memory card slot, 32GB internal memory, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS receiver and Creative X-Fi audio processing.

People love small camcorders like the flip because they are convenient and compact. The problem is that you sacrifice audio quality for that small size. The audio just plain stinks. I don’t have to tell you. However, there may just be a way to have that small size and decent audio together in one package.

The Zoom Q3 wants to be that solution. The Q3 is comparably small and features USB connectivity, along with stereo microphones that should outdo the flip. This camera records in Mpeg4 and with a 32GB memory card you can record up to 16 hours of video.

eMachines just dropped a trio of full-size desktops. The ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03 all sport a bland white mini-tower and come with a matching LCD monitor, speakers and keyboard. Let’s take a look at specs: The $449.99 ET1300-02 features an AMD Athlon X2 4850e (2.5GHz) CPU, Vista Home Premium, NVIDIA’s GeForce G100 (512MB), 3GB of DDR2 memory, a 160GB hard drive, 18x SuperMulti DVD burner, multicard reader, HDMI / DVI / VGA outputs and an 18-inch E182H display.

The ET1810-03 will cost you $369.99 with a 2.2GHz Pentium E2210 CPU, GeForce 7500 integrated graphics and a lone VGA port. On the low end, for $299.99 you’ll get the ET1810-01 with a 1.6GHz Celeron 420 and 2GB of DDR2 RAM.

Lexar has announced two new memory cards that offer up some higher capacities for phone and camera users. First there’s the 16GB microSDHC card, which features 34nm technology and can hold up to 4,000 songs.

Next is the 32GB Platinum II SDHC card, which also uses 34 nm techology and can transfer data at up to 60X. Supposedly, it can write at 9MB/sec and will hold 12 hours of HD footage and can even be used for holding RAW files. Both are available now.