Classroom Netbooks: Education versus play thing

In Taiwan, two Classmate PCs have been placed so that an analysis can be made as to how the computer can change the classroom environment of young Taiwanese students. When the computers were handed, the teacher was skeptical if significant changes were bound to happen and rather would just cause distractions and not education. At [...]

Dual Core experience for the Booktop of Gigabyte

Gigabyte has added another member on its netbook like that runs in Dual Core. This one is the M1005. This one uses the 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 Dual Core. Gigabyte M1005 is similar to the other netbooks from the brand that has a docking station so that you can place it sideways on the desk, [...]

CES will be generous with new tablets

It is most definitely true that the tablets are the hottest gadgets that will populate the upcoming CES. Of course you will not expect them to be everywhere, but you will surely see the trend like in 2008 when netbooks became the device that swoop the world. It was predicted that a number of Taiwanese [...]

NetBooks not dead

Netbooks previous climb has evened out and stabilized at 20% of the entire market for portable computers. As a secondary device that’s not shabby at all. NPD study concludes among other findings that iPads are not replacing netbooks. Only 13% of people using iPad claim to have bought it to replace PC and nearly twice [...]

Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 for $549!

For a limited time offer you can pick up this IdeaPad for $300 off of a regular price. This Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 15.6-Inch Core i3-i5 laptop for $549 is a deal and a half. Core i3 CPU and 3GB RAM has plenty horse power to handle multitasking. 500GB HDD offers enough space for storage. It [...]

ZaReason Terra Reviewed

ZaReason Terra HD 11.6-Inch Linux Netbook is nifty netbook with lots of custom options. It’s predecessor, Terra A20, had a major complaint of a short battery life. This has been improved with 6 hours (4 – 5 hours on wifi) with it’s 6 cell battery. The weight has been dropped to amazing 2.9 pounds. Design [...]

Acer Aspire One D255 Reviewed

Let’s take a close look under the hood of Acer Aspire One D255 netbook. What makes this new model special? Well, it’s one of the few 10″ models with dual core 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 processor. Now, this makes it special!! This laptop is about 15% more efficient than single core netbook. Battery still lasts [...]

Concept Netbook with Fold-out keyboard

Quite a lot of times, we have seen netbooks getting bashed by the netbook-haters for having tiny keyboards. Those should surely take a look at the iWeb 2.0 notebook which folds-out to give you a full-size keyboard. There is a trackpointer too, just the one you would find on the Sony Vaio P and some ThinkPad netbooks/notebooks.

Unfortunately, the screen does not folds out to reveal a bigger screen

ULV laptops to harm sales of netbooks

We really did not want to scare our readers with second news regarding upcoming slowdown in sales of netbooks, but we believe that are core objective is to keep you up with the latest news.

According to Displaysearch, netbook sales have increased by 103% in year 2009 as compared to 2008. Now, in 2010, the ULV laptops are expected to dip under $500 mark, which obviously means that netbooks will be in danger.

Netbook craze to get over in 2010?

According to BBC folks, the craze for netbooks could get over in 2010. Although 2009 was seen as the year of rise of netbooks; rising prices may harm the sales of netbooks in year 2010.

Market analysts say that Netbooks users don’t want to use netbooks for basic computing anymore. This is so true. Back in 2008, Asus launched 700-series which portrayed what the netbook was all about – a cheap computer with a 7-inch display that was meant to be used for (basic) web-surfing and checking email. People just could not get hold of smaller displays and cramped keyboards, which forced the netbooks manufactures and vendors to shift their focus to the bigger netbooks where they could throw-in a bigger keyboard and display. Now, if the prices do get increase, people will see a little to no advantage in buying a netbook over a laptop, which would ultimately harm the sales of netbooks.