All Entries Tagged With: "NetBook"
MSI Wind U180 – preorder
MSI is launching a new Wind U180 netbook upgraded with 1.86GHz dual-core Atom N2800 Cedar Trail processor and GMA 3650 integrated graphics. Preorders are starting in Germany. MSI Wind U180 netbook has 10.1 inch display with 1,024 x 600 pixel resolution. U180 has 320GB of storage an Ethernet port and a 0.3 megapixel webcam. Wind [...]
HP Mini 1104 – Preview
Old formats never die, they just get channeled into smaller and smaller niches until they disappear from view. Take for example the home computer console of the 1980s, still going strong in the retro community with emulators appearing on Android, or reborn with modern day specs, as with the 21st century Commodore 64. Now HP [...]
Compaq Mini Netbook – Review
This LTE-enabled netbook is available exclusively from Verizon for $150 wih a two-year contract. The Compaq Mini Netbook comes in a somewhat plain black plasic chassis with a glossy lid – it’s functional and very little else. Compaq Mini measures 10.6 x 7.5 x 0.9-1.3 inches and weighs 3.1 pounds, so of course it’s very [...]
Asus Cedar Trail Netbooks – Preview
Asus will release Intel Atom Cedar Trail netbooks in February. The Asus Eee PC1025C will feature a 1.6GHz Atom N2600 CPU and will sell for $299, while anyone with an ounce of common sense will stump up the extra 20 bucks for a 1.86GHz Atom N2800 CPU for $319. That premium model is Asus Eee [...]
Lenovo IdeaTab S2 – Preview
Lenovo previously released a tablet-with-keyboard device, although the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid added Windows to the updated LePad by means of the keyboard dock. Now the Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10-inch arrives, running Android Ice Cream Sandwich and running a 1.5GHz dualcore Snapdragon 8x60A or 8960 processor. At just 8.7mm thick it’s more slender than an Asus [...]
Lenovo Announces S200 and S206 netbooks
2011 saw a raft of low-power 11-inch netbooks packing AMD E-350 APUs, whose performance is on a par with even the latest 32nm Cedar trail Intel Atom processors. The Lenovo IdeaPad S200 series also included the AMD-powered S206, but others wielded Intel’s Atom CPUs. The new Cedar Trail Atom processors are reputedly better optimized for [...]
Dell Netbooks Discontinued
Dell Mini netbooks have been removed from sale on Dell’s website. This comes shortly after the Dell Streak 7 and Streak 5 tablets were discontinued. The Dell Inspiron Duo convertible tablet-style netbook is also now unavailable. In their place, Dell is concentrating on its 14-inch Inspiron 14R laptop family – heavier, bulkier and more expensive [...]
Gigabyte Booktop T1132
Gigabyte Tablet-Notebook-Desktop Concept: Before the iPad came along, tablet computers were notebooks with a touchscreen that could be folded upwards for use in tablet-mode. Such notebooks are already in circulation, and Gigabyte has recently shaken up the format with their BookTop T1132N, a convertible laptop running a 1.6GHz Core-i5 processor, with a dedicated graphics card [...]
Samsung To Stop Making Netbooks
According to reports Samsung will stop making netbooks in 2012, discontinuing its 10.1-inch form factor to concentrate on more popular ranges. The news stems from cnet.fr, which directly quotes an alleged e-mail sent by Samsung to its trading partners which translated reads following the introduction of a new strategy in 2012 we will discontinue our [...]
Asus Transformer Prime Pre-order
Asus Transformer Prime has become available for pre-order on Amazon, should you want to grab this outstanding tablet/netbook. The price is $492. Also available is now the keyboard dock for this new Prime. Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF201 Prime offers many improvements over its predecessor TF101. It is lighter, slimmer, and faster. Prime has best yet Android [...]
