December 15, 2008 – 2:37 pm
ASUS has launched its much anticipated Eee PC 1002HA netbook, the latest in its 1000 series and the replacement for the 1000H. The design style is pretty similar to the Eee PC S101, with a thin aluminum lid and the same keyboard as its predecessors, the 1000H.
The 10-inch 1002HA is fueled by a 1.6GHz Intel [...]
December 11, 2008 – 3:22 pm
2009 is likely to be an immense year for netbooks after the massive sales growth in 2008. With Acer knocking ASUS off the throne for sales recently, the competition is likely to become more intense next year, especially with many smaller brands looking to get their slice of the cake.
Lilputing via PC Mag has word [...]
December 9, 2008 – 2:07 pm
The Aspire One is king of netbooks and according to Laptop Magazine has taken Acer to new heights, the company winning more than a 38% share of the market and surpassing its rival ASUS in Q3 2008. Acer took a 38.3% share, followed by ASUS with 30.3%, then far below the likes of HP (5.8%) [...]
November 11, 2008 – 3:02 pm
According to the DigiTimes, Acer is putting some serious thought into releasing a “low-power and low-cost 1-liter nettop” at the beginning of 2009. A nettop is a mini-PC, practically the desktop equivalent of a netbook, making them brother and sister if you will (though they may argue over which one is the female, but being [...]
November 10, 2008 – 4:00 pm
So after the story of netbooks becoming a threat to Microsoft next week, another story has emerged via Lilputing that opposes it. No, Bill Gates hasn’t ordered the destruction of Linux, but Asus has decided to eliminate the Linux Eee PC option in the Philippines.
An Asus official has said that response to Linux in the [...]
November 7, 2008 – 7:27 pm
Asustek has revealed details of its new ASUS N20A model, a 12.1-inch ultraportable laptop “built for heavy usage” and aimed at business and personal entertainment users. If you look around the netbook community, there is some debate about whether they are still actually netbooks when they reach this sort of size, and this model continues [...]
November 3, 2008 – 5:28 pm
Netbooks could soon be available on the cheap if you commit to a two-year mobile contract, much in the same way you can get cheap broadband. ComputerWorld reckons that “subnotebooks like the Asus Eee PC, the Dell Mini 9 and the HP 2133 Mini-Note will soon cost as little as $99. The catch? You’ll need [...]
