Comments on: Netbooks: Price today. Problems tomorrow?

By: ABI: 11% View Netbooks as Primary Devices | UMPCPortal - The Mobile Internet and Computing Reference Site

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:47:58 +0000

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By: Moblin V2 Alpha-release targets Netbooks | UMPCPortal - The Mobile Internet and Computing Reference Site

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:13:06 +0000

[...] emphasis.) Netbooks are slowing down innovation. Obviously netbooks have been on the roadmap for Moblin for a long time and if Intel can provide an [...]

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Jessie Toy Story 2 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:26:34 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:22:06 +0000

Today you can find a relly god laptop for small price..

By: R. Karen

R. Karen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:05:28 +0000

I don’t mean to be too in your face, but I’m not sure I agree with this. Anyhow, thanks for sharing and I think I’ll come to this blog more often.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:10:42 +0000

portable video & music player 8gb…

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buyer first home mobile time — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:27:13 +0000

buyer first home mobile time…

Didn’t realise there was this type of information out there…

By: ASUS Eee 901Go is A Killer device. (This is not a review) | UMPCPortal - The Ultra Mobile Computing reference site

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:46:49 +0000

[...] There’s no doubt that the low-cost netbook trend will affect pro-mobile sales. It’s likely to affect laptop sales too. People in the industry are already hinting to me that they have problems. OEMS can’t price and position pro-mobile devices with confidence and specialist resellers have problems choosing which devices to stock. They don’t want to be left with a shelf full of out-of-fashion netbooks. There are still a few areas where netbooks can’t compete with UMPCs; built-in 3G, size and weight advantages, touchscreens, alternative form factors and rugged builds which can drive some good high-margin sales but when a well known brand comes along and offers a device with reasonable mobility advantages, a known quality-level, huge battery life, built-in 3G and a great price, you have to wonder how customers, OEMs and resellers in the mobile PC market will respond. [More of my thoughts about netbooks causing industry problems in this article.] [...]

By: ecsk2

ecsk2 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:59:40 +0000

“There’s at least five versions of the MSI Wind out there now and the latest one is by a light-bulb manufacturer! ”

I can only assume you’re talking about the Sylvania MAGNI.

There’s a lot more to the Sylvania brand than the “Osram Sylvania” with your recent visit to North America I would’ve expected you would’ve run across more of the Funai Electric produced products branded as Sylvania:
http://www.sylvaniaconsumerelectronics.com/index.php (see ABOUT US)

Whereas Funai dates back to the early 60’s, Osram only got involved with Sylvania a decade and a half ago.

So just trying to point out that Sylvania as a brand name is by no means associated with light bulbs (only) by the consumer(s) in the market(s) where this Netbook most likely will be marketed.

By: Judge

Judge — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:25:43 +0000

Netbooks and Mids should all be priced in the gap between PDA’s and Laptops in the UK that means between £180 – £300. Most people compare netbooks to laptop and wont buy a netbook that is priced more than a laptop as people equate larger size and perfromance with better value psyhcologically (i.e no would buy a Mini that cost more than a BMW 5 series).

If say the M912M sold for £299 I think it would sell by the shed loads more as people would see it as amazing value, the peerfect in-car pc with the added advantage of being a mini laptop. The problem with the current price of this and most Premium UMPC’s is they are priced to high (in laptop territory) where compared with performance on laptops they represent poor value for money.

By: Dominik

Dominik — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:50:54 +0000

Toshiba U105 has been released in middle of 2005.
Thats 3 years ago. Its a long time in computer industry.
Since then laptop CPUs progressed from Pentium M to Core Duo and Core Duo II!

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:06:29 +0000

err, forgot to ask how old that toshiba is.

btw, the way i see it, when tech goes forward it can do one of two things, improve performance for the same price, or give same performance for the same price.

the last 20 years its been doing the former, i would say its about time it starts doing the latter.

the thing tho is choice, or providing both sides with what they want. sadly one cant have both, its either cheaper or more powerful.

or maybe its 3 things?

cheap, powerful, portable, pick any two…

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:51:44 +0000

seems there is a built in limit of nesting on the comments.

12 pounds? sounds like a collapsible desktop, not a laptop

By: Dominik

Dominik — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:44:15 +0000

LOL, we run out of reply levels?
I have “muscle” laptop – Sager NP9750 with 2GB RAM, Athlon FX60, 17″ 1920×1200, 320GB+160GB HDD and Geforce 7800GTX. And it weights 12 pounds. So when I go on vacation I take little Toshiba with me.