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Acer Iconia Tab

27. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Acer is poised to jump into the tablet area with both feet.  No literally, if we count one foot as Android, and the other as Windows.  Both will come under the name of Iconia Tab. The Acer Iconia Tab W500 will come with Windows 7 Home Premium.  It has an AMD Brazos C-50 chip, a 32 [...]

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Terra Mobile 1021GO

23. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Terra Mobile 1021GO

The Intel Atom N570 is the latest and greatest from Intel.  A dual core part, with a clock speed of 1.66 GHz, this is designed fill the gap and go against the Fusion parts from AMD.  So far, it has only shown up in a few netbooks, but a German company is expanding the number [...]

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Netbooks Face Competition

22. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Netbooks Face Competition

Netbooks just don’t have it easy these days.  Those darling, inexpensive tiny computers keep facing competition from the iPad, and a ton of tablet competitors.  As if that was not enough, now they look like they will get competition again from an old foe- the traditional notebook. Traditional notebooks from Gatewayl and Toshiba could give netbooks [...]

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Netbook Navigator Nav7

21. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Netbook Navigator Nav7

I’ve gotta admit that from the name, this thing sounds like it is some new GPS unit.  Well, it is not, and it is looking like that 2010 may have been the yeard of the iPad, but 2011 just might be the year that slate computing grows up. The Nav7 is a full Windows 7 PC, [...]

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Asus Eee Slate

20. March 2011 | by Jonas

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While the “finger friendly interface” has undoubtedly contributed to the success of the iPad, it is not the answer to everything.  In some situations, such as editing a document, a keyboard is a better input device.  In others, a stylus would be better, such as when image creating, or for handwriting recognition.  Thankfully, Asus is [...]

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Samsung Series 9

17. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Samsung Series 9 promises to be a worthy competitor to the Macbook Air.  It features an 11″ display, putting it just a notch larger than a traditional netbook.  The specs are now out and look quite strong: Core i3-380UM processor 2 GB DDR3 RAM Windows Home Premium 7 (64-bit) 11.1″ display (1366 x 768) Intel HD GMA graphics 7 hour battery [...]

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Lenovo Classmate PC+ Netbook

10. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Lenovo Classmate PC+ Netbook

With affordability and portability as two key attributes of netbooks, it is no surprise that they are a natural fit for the younger crowd.  Lenovo is taking it one step further and marketing a device specifically at the students of K through 8th grade. The specs are decidedly netbook, with the 10.1″ display, 1 or 2 [...]

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ViewPad 10 Tablet

8. March 2011 | by Jonas

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ViewPad 10 Tablet

It is not clear what the benefit of a dual booting tablet is, but ViewSonic, better known for monitors, is now selling a tablet with two OS’.  So, for those that just can’t choose between Windows 7, and Android 1.6, this ViewPad could fit the bill. The specs include a 1.66 GHz Atom processor.  The display [...]

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Asus Eee PC Fusion Update

6. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Asus Eee PC Fusion Update

With the addition of Fusion to the netbook space, AMD has finally brought a viable Atom competitor to the space.  a sign of that is that Asus is updating some models, and the Fusion is finding its way in. The 1015B will have a standard netbook display, but the Fusion C-30 (1.2 GHz), a single core [...]

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Lenovo IdeaPad U260

4. March 2011 | by Jonas

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Lenovo IdeaPad U260

For quite a while, the IdeaPad name has been associated with efficient, business, portable computing.  While a netbook may suffice for the younger set, when it is time to do business, the U260 is the tool for the job. The specs put it in the serious ultraportable segment: Intel Core i3-380UM, 1.33 GHz Intel HD graphics 4 GB DDR3 [...]

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