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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...High School Netbooks
10. February 2011 | by Jonas
Ashwaubenon High School rolls out student laptops: fox11online.com Well, I was pleased to see a story about netbooks in schools, instead of the overdone iPad in the school story. After all, these are high schoolers, and if they are supposed to be learning the tools to be successful in the business world, Windows skills should serve [...]
Continue reading...G-Slate Tablet
3. February 2011 | by Jonas
The tablet space was bound to get more crowded this year with the sales that the iPad experienced last year. Second tier mobile carrier, T-Mobile, lost out of the Apple product space has scrapped together some platforms before to compete; let us not forget that they were the first ones with an Android phone. Coming [...]
Continue reading...Motorola Xoom
10. January 2011 | by Jonas
Up to now, Google Android tablets bring up visions of a cheap knockoff from some no name company sold in the local chain pharmacy. Well, the Samsung Galaxy started to change that, and Motorola is going to take it a step further with their Xoom which they demonstrated at CES 2011. Following the strategy of [...]
Continue reading...Motorola ATRIX
6. January 2011 | by Jonas
Once in a while a product defies being put into any simple category. The Motorola ATRIX is one such product, and I have not seen such innovation from Motorola in a long time. However, they may have gone too far out on that limb. As smartphones gain in processing power, they have become the personal computer [...]
Continue reading...Ubisurfer Netbook
1. October 2010 | by Jonas
A while back, the mobile phone companies came up with the plan to sell us a subsidized netbook. Following the cellphone pricing model, it was attractive to them to sell us a cheaper netbook, and make up the cost on the monthly data access plan. via the signed contract. Consumers have been lukewarm to this [...]
Continue reading...Verizon To Have the Gtablet?
11. May 2010 | by Jonas
Verizon lost out on the iPhone, and as the sales of it has skyrocketed, so has AT&T’s wireless business. Now, even if Verizon ever gets the iPhone on their network, it might just be a case of too little, too late. Besides, Verizon has other smartphone choices at this point, notably the Droid Incredible, which [...]
Continue reading...AT&T Shuffles Netbook Offerings
16. November 2009 | by Jonas
Living in the suburbs, I can totally see why users could need a mobile data plan. There are plenty of places where there is no WiFi, and folks need want to be connected. The cellphone carriers are happy to oblige, but they offer a netbook at a slightly reduced price, and then sign you up [...]
Continue reading...Qualcomm unveils smartbook, announces that it will be headed to AT&T
12. November 2009 | by Robert Nelson
As we had heard in the rumors, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs unveiled their upcoming Snapdragon powered smartbook. Of course, there is not yet a full set of details, so this will be a story that still gets another update, or two, or three. Anyway, what we can tell you so far is that the smartbook will [...]
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HP TouchPad 4G
8. August 2011 | by Jonas
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