December 31, 2008 – 10:45 pm
Liliputing via Blogee, a French site, has an interesting story. Apparently, Archos is preparing its own netbook that will sport a 10.2-inch display, USB ports, a flash card reader, and others bits and pieces. Not much else is known about it yet, including its main specs (RAM, hard drive, etc.).
What is particularly interesting about this [...]
December 31, 2008 – 2:53 pm
Another unremarkable looking netbook by a manufacturer looking to take a slice of the cake is about to hit shelves, says Engadget. Mobii PC netbook is the debut netbook offering by Dutch company Point of View, and is about as exciting as it looks.
The specs are all typical with one exception: a 10.2-inch LCD display, [...]
December 30, 2008 – 3:05 pm
Famous French luggage maker Goyard is advertising luxurious netbook sleeves in the new edition of Vogue. When you hear the term “netbook sleeve”, the image you get is probably similar to mine – something similar to a laptop case, an affordable protective measure for your netbook.
If that is your thought, prepare to get blown away [...]
December 30, 2008 – 2:53 pm
In late November, we reported that MSI planned to release two new additions to its popular MSI Wind series, the U110 and U115, both with a unique first-time feature called a “hybrid storage system” that means the netbook has the ability to run a hard drive and solid state drive simultaneously.
Two months later and MSI [...]
December 29, 2008 – 7:33 pm
Following the Dell Mini 12 and the recently announced Samsung N20, the latest large-sized netbook to be revealed is Asustek’s 12.1-inch ASUS S121. According to SlashGear, this is just the ASUS S101 with a bigger screen. The netbook has yet to be officially confirmed by Asus, and hence full details aren’t known, but it is [...]
December 29, 2008 – 3:59 pm
Amazon has announced its “Best of 2008″ lists and netbooks have managed to make their way on to two.
On the “Most-Wished-For Products” list, the Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch Netbook in sapphire blue listed first in the “Computers” category.
And on the “Most Popular Gift Products” list… the exact same machine ranked first, also in the “Computers” [...]
December 29, 2008 – 2:36 pm
Touchscreen netbooks look set to be the talk of the town at the upcoming CES 2009, where we’ll be treated to a whole stack of new releases that give you a reason to mark your screens with grubby fingerprints. This is according to I4U, who report that the new generation of netbooks will attract consumers [...]
December 26, 2008 – 8:49 pm
Here’s a cool new resource for netbook fans. If you’re not sure which machine to buy and want to get a quick concensus on different ones available, or want to add your own input on one you own, YourNetbookReviews.com is a very user-friendly resource that has a list of netbooks, an average star rating covering [...]
December 26, 2008 – 1:08 pm
Sony has finally, perhaps accidentally on its VAIO website, released information on its “netbook” that has been teased, denied, and lately hyped. The “P-series” VAIO will, in their own words, “fit in a pocket” (with the “P” standing for “Pocket”), although I’d love to see a pocket that can hold an 8-inch netbook.
The new VAIO [...]
December 24, 2008 – 7:20 pm
Sony’s Japanese website has followed its New Zealand website in teasing us with a glimpse of what it bills the “VAIO New Mobile”. In this case, we actually get a look at a woman holding a very narrow design that could certainly be a netbook, albeit somewhat unique looking.
