Category | netbooks

New Sony VAIO UX UMPC to include Mini CD drive

Posted on 01 April 2009

Note: UX above is show sitting it its dock.

In a surprising move, it appears that Sony is getting ready to unveil the newest model in the UX series [Portal page], which will include a mini-CD drive. While we thought that…

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New EEE PC Touch Interface is amazingly awesome

Posted on 20 January 2009

Prepare to watch one of the nicest interface demos ever created. This 5 minute demonstration shows the new interface meant for the touchscreen EEE tablets, and it is quite spectacular. Every gestures seems thought out, and there is more eye…

Liliputing says no to the Vaio P

Posted on 10 January 2009

Liliputing, one of my favorite netbook blogs, isnt going to cover the Vaio P on the site due to it’s cost. Netbooks are built on the promise of low cost and value for money. The Vaio is most definately aiming somewhere…

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Bloggers on the UMID M1

Posted on 10 January 2009

As we mentioned on CES podcast 8 yesterday, the UMID M1 seems to be getting a lot of attention. Mini clamshell laptops always attract the eye as a familiar form factor so its not surprising…

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Samsung NC10 with 3G. 45 Euro + 40 per month.

Posted on 17 December 2008

Continuing our coverage of 3G-enabled netbook solutions for those that are looking for a low-cost lightweight laptop solution, I want to highlight that the Samsung NC10 HSDPA is now available in Germany. It’s white, hasn’t got Bluetooth, may not be…

Hello Kitty netbook released. Japanese schoolgirls jump for joy

Posted on 22 November 2008

It was bound to happen. Here it is, the worlds first Hello Kitty branded netbook. And my oh my is it cute. On the inside however it comes with what we now consider standard netbook specifications (1.6 Atom, 10″ screen,…

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ARM and Ubuntu to Join Forces in the Netbook World

Posted on 13 November 2008

The crossover is finally happening. The smartphone CPU designer is moving into the PC market while the PC CPU designer is moving into the smartphone market. 

ARM are announcing a partnership with one of the best-known names in desktop Linux and…

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Silverthorne, Poulsbo ready for XP primetime?

Posted on 16 October 2008

Following up on the previous story I did about the 12" Dell Mini, it looks like it really is going to happen.

The size and form factor is of no interest to most readers but what’s going on underneath is very…

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ASUS Eee 901Go is A Killer device. (This is not a review)

Posted on 14 October 2008

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…

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3G Aspire One in August. Chip review.

Posted on 08 July 2008

Jumping on the jolly 3G Bandwagon (the more the merrier) along with ECS and Asus are Acer. A positive review at Chip.de mentions the following.

Im dritten Quartal folgen weitere Modelle mit UMTS/3G-Modul und den Farben Pink und Braun.

My translation: In the third quarter…

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ECS G10L in Europe by Oct. Look for Carrier branding.

Posted on 24 June 2008

ECS, the people that made one of the first Origami UMPCs, the Tablet Kiosk i7209, will be bringing their netbook to the European market via a different route to many of the other big netbook brands. An article in PC…

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Cnet UK MSI Wind presentation video.

Posted on 30 May 2008

‘Desirable’ is the word and I base that thought purely on the looks on the MSI Wind, just as a large percentage of netbook buyers are going to do. I’m almost trying to convince myself that I need one after…

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New! The Dell Ultra Mobile Inspiron

Posted on 29 May 2008

Update. New Pics and a few lines of confirmation in a Dell blog

Spotted by Gizmodo at the ‘D’ conference, Mr Dell and his mini notebook.

Very little information was given by Michael Dell to Gizmodo when they, apparently, bumped into him…

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‘Most affordable’ NVidia/VIA Vista Netbook announcement expected This Week.

Posted on 26 May 2008

Unrelated to the earlier story about a possible MID platform from NVidia is this story that first surfaced about a month ago through Digitimes. They reported on an agreement between VIA and NVidia to co-operate on a low-cost notebook platform and…

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Glowing MSI Wind hands-on report.

Posted on 15 May 2008

CHW, a Chilean website presents a brief but glowing hands-on report for the MSI Wind mentioning good keyboard, a cool temperature, and what can be interpreted as a responsive feel to Windows XP.  It also mentions battery life figures of…

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MSI Wind UK price + Preorder available.

Posted on 08 May 2008

Expansys have put their pricing up for the 10″, XP and Linux versions of the MSI Wind.

The XP Home version based on the 1.6Gz Diamondville (assumed) Atom processor, 10″ LED-Backlit, 80GB (2.5″) hard drive, 1GB of RAM, Wifi, Bluetooth and…

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MSI Wind in Black and Pink. more specifications.

Posted on 08 May 2008

Mmmm. The MSI Wind is definitely one of the more attractive netbooks around. In white, it looks good. In the velvety black, I like it even more!

The images come from TCMagazine (via EeePCNews) and include a pink one [image below.]  TCMagazine…

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