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Acer Timeline Update
The Acer Aspire Timeline series was the answer to underpowered netbooks; for a little more dough, these CULV’s had more power, in a still compact package, albeit a little larger. While they have been big sellers, they were due for an update. The Acer Aspire Timeline 1830T was spotted at the FCC. It is anticipated to [...]
Continue reading...MSI U160
8. March 2010 | by Jonas
The MSI U160 is currently available for sale online in the States. While most netbooks fit into a cookie cutter template, this one stands out for one spec- battery life. The claim is 14 hours, and while you probably won’t get quite that long, the U160 should be able to go the distance of all [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Courier Surfaces Again
5. March 2010 | by Jonas
Back in the Fall, a curious video for a curious product surfaced. The video was for the Microsoft Courier, a small pen based computing device that promised to put just about every current tablet or netbook to shame. At the time, I simply wasn’t sure that such a device would ever be available as [...]
Continue reading...USmart MC-1
5. March 2010 | by Jonas
Somewhere between portable, pocketable, and darn too small lives the USmart MC-1. I am still not decided on which side this thing lands, but it should be so easy to bring along, that I’d be willing to find out. The USmart MC-1 claims to be “The world’s smallest computer,” and with a 4.8″ screen, this is [...]
Continue reading...Acer Aspire One 752
3. March 2010 | by Jonas
Acer has played well in the CULV segment for the last year, successfully straddling the line between netbooks, and fuller featured notebooks. These CULV units have been sold under the Acer Timeline brand. Acer is rebooting one of the models as the Acer Aspire One 752. It will have the current single core CULV, the Celeron [...]
Continue reading...Coby NBPC722
3. March 2010 | by Jonas
If you long for the days of a 7″ netbook, then the product Engadget spotted might just be for you. Actualy, I’ll skip right to the punchline, and spare you the suspense- it is only $85. I have to admit at the current price of two tanks of gas, my standards go way down, and [...]
Continue reading...Averatec N1200
2. March 2010 | by Jonas
Averatec announced an update to their netbook line today, better known as the N1200 series. While the 10.1″ screen with 1024 x 600 resolution may not make these products stand out, the Intel Atom N450 is also in the category of vanilla ice cream. However, there are two things that make the N1200 worth a [...]
Continue reading...Asus Update at Cebit- 1018P, 1016P & 1015P
25. February 2010 | by Jonas
News is coming out that Asus is announcing some new portable computing power at CeBit next week. In my mind, these will be the products we’ll be seeing over the summer for sale. The 1018P will be the highest end of the three. It will have the flagship features of a 10 hour battery life, and [...]
Continue reading...HP Slate Detail
At CES, there was one Windows tablet that got quite a bit of attention- the HP Slate. This device is the antithesis of the iPad as it is a full featured device, complete with a full OS, and full processor. On top of that, it can run flash, and do anything that any other Windows [...]
Continue reading...Acer 532g
16. February 2010 | by Jonas
When the Ion platform got shoehorned onto the standard atom netbook, it sought to address a major shortcoming of netbooks- namely graphics capabilities. While Ion does push up the graphics of a netbook, it does so at the expense of battery life. Not everyone wants to make this tradeoff. Now Acer is introducing the 532g which [...]
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Microsoft Courier Surfaces Again
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