News | Archive RSS feed for this section
Amazon Tablet Could Be Cheap
Amazon has taken their Kindle eReader down to some ridiculously price points, but in the end it is really an ereader, and nobody would think of it as a tablet. As tablets continue in popularity, Amazon would like to enter this space, and undercutting the Apple leader would be a perfect strategy. Analysts are thinking they [...]
Continue reading...Internet Lite & Netbook Deal
10. August 2011 | by Jonas
While the world is all abuzz about tablets, just realize that when it is time to offer some value, netbooks get the nod. This is part of the deal that got brokered with the NBC Universal and Comcast deal. The plan is to offer basic internet service to lower socioeconomic Americans at a slower speed. While [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad 4G
HP is looking to move their TouchPad up to the 4G speed on the At&T network. This TouchPad features a 9.7″, 1024 x 768 display and runs the WebOS 3.0 operating system (the one that the Palm folks made for smartphones). The WiFi only version of the tablet uses a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, but [...]
Continue reading...Verizon 4G Netbook
2. August 2011 | by Jonas
A netbook is only as valuable as the network it is connected to. After all, it is awfully hard to check some email when there is no WiFi connection. Enter Verizon’s 4G network, which boasts speeds that can meet or even exceed some home user’s experiences with downloads of up to 12 mbps and uploads [...]
Continue reading...Ultrabooks- The Details
31. July 2011 | by Jonas
Folks are less tied to their desktops, and the term “Post PC Era” gets kicked around daily, although everyone is trying to figure out what it really means. Netbooks paved the way to all day battery life, and lightweight computing, and now this is permeating the rest of computing. This time around, they are being dubbed [...]
Continue reading...Toshiba Thrive Has All the Right Connections
22. July 2011 | by Jonas
Whenever folks talk about a tablet being a “laptop replacement,” this seems quite ridiculous. Most folks have tons of data on a flash drive, and yet their tablet has no port to accept it. No, those skinny tablets are all about good looks, and fall flat on their face when it is time to get [...]
Continue reading...Intel Up, Atom… Not So Much
21. July 2011 | by Jonas
Intel reported some 2nd quarter sales figures, and the good news for them is that overall their profits are 13 billion, up a more than healthy 21% from the same time last year. The bottom line is that most companies would be envious of that to be sure. However, the one sore spot seems to be [...]
Continue reading...Tablet Shipments Drop
12. July 2011 | by Jonas
Tablets are replacing netbooks; well not really that always seems to be the headline. After all, the recent netbook sales figures would suggest that everyone is buying tablets. Well, not so fast. For the 1st quarter of 2011, there were 7.2 million tablets sold. This sound quite robust, until this is put through the perspective that [...]
Continue reading...Acer Aspire One Happy 2 Netbook
11. July 2011 | by Jonas
Coming from the ‘Down under” of Australia, Acer is coming out with their Aspire One Happy 2 netbook. Yet another example of a netbook name that hardly rolls off the tongue. It is the revamped version of Acer’s bestselling netbook. The Happy 2 is a 10.1″ display netbook, in a 1.3 kg package. There is a [...]
Continue reading...Samsung NC215S For Preorder
10. July 2011 | by Jonas
Samsungs’s NC215S offers some serious solar technology, with photovoltaic cells across the lid. It promises to bump the runtime up an hour for every two hours of suntime. For unplugged computing in the desert, this might be the ticket. It was first announced last month, and now Amazon has it up for preorder. Aside from the [...]
Continue reading...-
iPad 3 Coming In Spring 2012 - Amazon Tablet Could Be Cheap
-
Ultrabook’s Ultraprice Not Flying - Internet Lite & Netbook Deal
-
HP TouchPad 4G
15. August 2011 | by Jonas
0 Comments