http://gadgetmix.com Gadgetmix reviews netbooks, notebooks and tablets Fri, 25 May 2012 15:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/android-netbook-by-skytone/ http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/android-netbook-by-skytone/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:50:27 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=5195 ibuddie netbook which would be powered by Android OS. Now, Skytone is also going to release its Android powered netbook.It will come with following specifications:

• 533MHz ARM processor
• 7-inch touchscreen
• 800 x 480 resolution
• 128MB of RAM
• 1GB of storage
• SD card slot
• 3G (optional)

The netbook may seem pretty underpowered when compared to the netbooks powered by Atom processor, but we must not forget that we are talking about a netbook that runs mobile OS. Android OS is certainly not 'that' tasking on the CPU and hence, does not a lot of horsepower to run.It is nice to the option to get one with 3G built-in though.]]> http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/android-netbook-by-skytone/feed/ 1 http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/stone-announces-neo-101-netbook/ http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/stone-announces-neo-101-netbook/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:19:07 +0000 Peter http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=5076

10.1-inch widescreen display

1,024 x 600 resolution

optional internal 3G

a pair of USB ports

34mm PCI-Express Card expansion

Stonegroup]]> http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/stone-announces-neo-101-netbook/feed/ 0 http://gadgetmix.com/articles/top-10-reasons-you-should-not-get-a-sony-vaio-p/ http://gadgetmix.com/articles/top-10-reasons-you-should-not-get-a-sony-vaio-p/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:08:28 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=5047

Over-Priced: We fully understand the fact that it is SONY. But, paying so much for a device that performs so poorly does not make any sense

Super high resolution: What is the point of giving the user super high resolution in an 8-inch screen? Is SONY under some contract of putting so outrageous resolutions in small screens? Looks like they learned nothing from their UX series which squeezed 1024x600 pixels in an 4.3-inch display

HDD not easily upgradable: Although we do not upgrade the HDD everyday, but it should be easily swappable in case something goes wrong with the HDD or if the user wishes to use SSD

Non-upgradable RAM

Poor performance by the entry level model: 1.33GHz simply chokes while running Vista

Even entry level model costs nearly twice as much as other netbooks in the market

Making the entry level model bundle with Windows Vista

Whole device is built around the keyboard and not anything else: I guess the engineers at SONY did not use the device for more than 5 minutes.

Trackball: Trackpad is the way to go.

Below-average or just average battery life with the standard battery: Even if the SONY is entering so late in the netbook market, it should have already made out that the people want netbooks with REALLY good battery life. Netbooks with 2-3 hours battery life are things of past now.

Do yourself a favour and get something on which you can really work upon.]]> http://gadgetmix.com/articles/top-10-reasons-you-should-not-get-a-sony-vaio-p/feed/ 13