The iPad And Chrome OS Netbooks Are On A Collision Course
An interesting article from TechCruch concerning the issue of Netbooks. This was bound to happen. My only input at the moment is that Steve Jobs may be right in his statements concerning Netbooks being just cheap laptops. But these cheapies are still perfectly capable of running office programs and light games. That’s really all I need. [...]
An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone – And It’s Not From Apple
Just as the rumours of a pricey Apple tablet computer have reached a high-water mark Freescale Semiconductor on Monday showcased reference designs of an affordable, lightweight tablet computer, which is set to hit the market later this year.
Freescale, which supplies the guts for this new breed of computers called smartbooks (about one third the size [...]
Tablets and netbooks to be electronics show stars
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Sleeker, smarter mobile phones, tablets, and netbooks will be stars at next week’s premier Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, as firms bring out their latest gadgets to court the Internet crowd.
While this year’s CES will be smaller due to the global economic crisis, 110,000 people are registered to attend [...]
Why Tablets Will Kill Netbooks
Look, I know you like the netbook idea — and you love netbook prices. If you’re like most people, you think tablets are expensive, slow, heavy and a pain to use. But if you’ve bought one, you know that netbooks aren’t as great as they sound. And next year’s tablets will be way better than [...]
Dell Mini 9 DIY netslate: most polished netbook tablet-conversion yet?
Dell’s Mini 9 netbook may be a little old in the tooth these days, but its angular casing makes it a great donor machine for a netslate project. That’s just what MyDellMini forum member Rob did (to his Dell Vostro A90, the business-rebrand of the Mini 9), adding a touchscreen layer, flipping the display and [...]