When I see stuff on how much better the iPad is than a netbook, I think they miss the point. I think there will be room enough for both tablets and netbooks for years to come. Here are my reasons why netbooks are better than the iPad: Price- While an iPad starts at $500, you can [...]
Continue reading...7. April 2010 | by Jonas
When traveling, one of the hassles is getting the electronics through security. They always want the notebooks up separately on the counter, and sometimes want them turned on as well. This brings up issues such as making sure the battery is charged and ready to turn on, and others seeing your expensive electronics. Needless to [...]
Continue reading...9. February 2010 | by Jonas
Remember when netbooks were small, portable devices that were cheap? Somewhere along the way they morphed into ultraportable notebooks. Pioneer is making a device that gets back to the roots of what a netbook should be. Here are some specs: Samsung ARM 533 MHz processor 7″ display, 800 x 480 Windows CE OS 5.0 128 mb RAM 2 GB storage WiFi [...]
Continue reading...5. January 2010 | by Jonas
At CES, Dell has announced their update to the Mini 10 netbook. One selling feature is that unlike a lot of vaporware that gets showcased, this one can actually be ordered today. It is also affordable at $299 for the starting point. Here is what 3 Franklins get you these days… 10.1″ LCD, 1024 x 600 Intel [...]
Continue reading...7. November 2009 | by Robert Nelson
Rumors, rumors and more rumors. Of course, all these rumors typically mean good things for my bank account because I often put money aside for a rumored product release and then feel a little richer when the rumored product never materializes. That said, I am normally a Mac guy, well aside from my netbooks because I [...]
Continue reading...29. July 2009 | by Jonas
Sometimes less is more, and sometimes it is just less. The Celio Redfly C8N walks the latter half of that opening statement rather than straddling it. Rather than making a standalone netbook, the Redfly slims down the specs. Actually more like whittles down to the bone. Actually, who needs that hard drive, WiFi, or any software [...]
Continue reading...Viewsonic, known best for their LCD’s, has just announced they are getting into the netbook business. Hey, every one that they can move does have a screen after all. It will be known as the VNB 100 and the VNB 101 and here are the specs. Processor: Intel Atom N270 / N280, clock 1.6GHz /1.66GHz Display: 10.2″ [...]
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18. April 2010 | by Jonas
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