Olidata Conte ultraportable notebook comes to light at CES 2009

A year almost to the day since the Apple’s MacBook Air launch Intel has got together with Olida to introduce the Olidata Conte, a new ultra-thin notebook. The sharp-looking machine was brought to us by U-Leader Design at CES 2009 in Las Vegas following an interview in April 2008 when the first whisperings of such a device was first mooted.

Antonio Masenza, president of U-Leader Design says the following of the Conte:

“U-Leader Design is not only this new notebook,” explained Masenza, “is the brand of an entire line of products that Olidata is developing with the help of Intel Corporation. These products represent a milestone in the IT market mainly for two reasons, firstly because it will give notebook users with innovative and state of the art technologies at an affordable price and secondly for the strategic vision that sustains Design U-Leader. “…

…”The notebook-Leader U Design will be available worldwide through a network of close alliances with Olidata the major international systems integrator. Through this alliance, all the best-known OEMs will be able to introduce innovative mobile PCs and competitive in its home market. In this way, customers will benefit from a more direct and immediate contact with a local company, who resides and has gained credit in the territory. “

Masenza makes no secret of the link between the new ultraportable Olidata and the Apple MacBook Air:

“The reference point is, of course, the MacBook Air, a notebook extraordinary, both as a design that integrated technical solutions as we do to better, in terms of design, weight, scope for expansion and price. In particular the cost to the end user will be considerably lower than Apple dell’ultraportatile “he said in the spring of 2008.

The notebook design is futuristic and cutting edge. The wedge-shape profile measures just 2.18 at its thickest point and weighs in at a mere 1,6 Kg. It seems that the designers (U-Design Leader) has managed to find the right balance between a sophisticated modern aesthetic and efficient organizain of the internal space for internal components.

The Conte comes with the following:

Centrino 2 processors with Intel Core 2 Duo SFF (Small Form Factor)
Solid-state drive for file storage
LED display

Like the MacBook Air, the Conte has no optical drive. Users who have an absolute necessity could use an external DVD burner. The space saved was used to insert more capacious batteries. Olidata quotes a battery life of more than 4 hours with the standard battery and 7 hours with auxiliary battery.

The high-end Conte will be equipped with a 13.3-inch LCD with 16:10 ratio and WXGA resolution (1280×800) and will benefit from the following additional features:

Intel Turbo Memory (Robson)
Fingerprint Reader combined the indispensable TPM chip
3GB of DDR2 RAM
SSD mechanism for easy opening
open backlit keyboard.

Conte low-end, however, will have a new LCD display with a 13.3-inch 16:9 HD format and HD WXGA resolution of 1366×768 pixels, 1GB of RAM and DDR2 traditional magnetic hard disk.

Both models will be available with optional MiMAX or 3G for permenant connectivity on the go or during trips abroad, while WiFi and Bluetooth will be integrated.

Mooly Eden, vice president of Intel Mobile Platform Group, praised the initiative:

“The product of U-Leader Design is a great example of how you can make something interesting and innovative new processors using the low voltage Family Intel Core 2 Duo. This notebook is the result of a joint design effort on the part of Olidata and Intel, and it is good to see that the commitment of OEMs may bear fruit so interesting! “

U-Leader Conte will be marketed worldwide as of May 2009 with a price of less than $1300 for both versions: A sexy machine at a sexy price!

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One Response to “Olidata Conte ultraportable notebook comes to light at CES 2009”

Christopher Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Without a doubt this is an impressive technolgical feat, but what about the durability of it? the solid state drive is going to last, but what about the rest of it?

still, I do love the look of it

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