December 23, 2008 – 7:47 pm
iSuppli, a market research firm, today broke the pretty big news that for the first time in quarterly history (a quarter year), global notebook sales exceeded global desktop sales. Notebook sales in Q3 2008 were up a massive 40% over the same period last year, and the thing that catapulted them to this achievement was [...]
December 23, 2008 – 12:32 pm
We recently reported that sales of Windows netbooks are outnumbering sales of Linux netbooks by more than 9 to 1! This information was according to leading vendors, most notably Acer, who given their 38% leading share in netbook sales are as reliable a source as anyone for this kind of information.
According to Mobile Computing News [...]
December 22, 2008 – 2:59 pm
Akihabara News is reporting that Thanko has released a handy new tool for your netbook called the CoolPad. As the name implies, the CoolPad will cool down your netbook with integrated cooling fans. The 2.5-inch SATA HDD slot and 3-port USB hubs will give your netbook a boost, offering more data storage and expanded USB [...]
December 22, 2008 – 12:33 pm
Italian website Netbook News has managed to grab a Compaq Mini 700 already and has posted an unboxing video on YouTube. The Mini 700 is almost identical to the HP Mini 1000, which it was announced on the same day as to little fanfare, except in Europe. The main difference between the two machines is [...]
December 22, 2008 – 12:21 pm
We’ve been musing and getting strong hints for a while now that Sony is about to enter the netbook scene and hopefully blow us all away with something cool.
Sony’s New Zealand site has a teaser up, complete with a tantalizing countdown, telling us that on the 9th of January, the way we look at laptops [...]
December 22, 2008 – 12:12 pm
The Samsung NC10 hasn’t been around that long and even arrived in the United States later than Europe and Asia, but we’re already learning news that a successor is on the way.
Unsurprisingly rumored to be called the Samsung NC20, the first thing worth mentioning is that it will be another of those hybrid netbooks that [...]
December 19, 2008 – 2:15 pm
Everyone is after a netbook this Christmas it seems. Don’t believe me? Just ask AOL and Pricegrabber, who have collaborated in an effort to let us know just what people are looking for on the AOL Shopping website.
TVs are there of course, just as they always are on Christmas shopping lists, but netbooks have also [...]
December 19, 2008 – 2:05 pm
Now that Asus’ much awaited Eee PC 1002HA is out and about, we’re all eager to get a better look at it. Cue the unboxing videos! Well, just one for now. YouTube user zeavott has posted an unboxing video of the 1002HA, covering the process of taking the brand new netbook out of its very [...]
December 18, 2008 – 3:26 pm
Netbooks fueled by anything other than the all-conquering Intel Atom processor are certainly worth talking about, and the DigiTimes is reporting that China-based whitebox netbook makers are planning to launch a series of low cost netbooks using the ARM processor.
Local Chinese media reports say that a 7-inch device is expected to sell for less than [...]
December 18, 2008 – 3:12 pm
Taiwanese notebook manufacturer Clevo is set to release a range of notebooks at Germany’s CeBIT 2009 technology show in March next year, including a quartet of netbooks. Powered by Intel Atom processors (of course), the models, which range from 7 to 10.2-inches in screen size, are named fairly confusingly: Clevo TN70xM, Clevo M71xL, Clevo M89xM, [...]
