In case you missed it, the Litl Webbook is a unique "cloud-based netbook" with only 2GB of local storage, a presumably Linux-based custom OS, and a 12-inch display that bends over into "easel mode." Here's what it looks like ...READ»
Amazon may have sewn up the U.S. e-reader market, but its international Kindle seems like a lame duck, and it faces growing competition. Where can Amazon go next with the device? Maybe Entourage's dual-screen eDGe has the ...READ»
Some mobile networks say that smartphone users are sucking down too much data. But as netbooks become more popular, won't a burgeoning problem get that much worse? (Below, the Palm Pre.) No, says a new study -- having millions more ...READ»
Michael Dell thinks so. Sure, they're fun and light at first, he told a group of associates Tuesday. "But 36 hours later, they're saying... 'Give me my 15-inch screen back.'"
Dell says that he foresees consumer excitement swinging ...READ»
Almost twenty years ago, a little company called Be created the BeOS, a robust little system that was light-years ahead of Windows and the MacOS. But the BeOS never had a future--until now.
To understand its resurrection, you ...READ»
Google caused a flurry of excitement last night when it revealed it would convert its Chrome browser into an operating system meant for netbooks. A chorus of OMG's burst from the tech blog network. This is a "clear shot in Microsoft's ...READ»
According to InformationWeek, TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington has incorporated a company in Singapore to manufacture and sell his CrunchPad Tablet device, which may be ready for imminent arrival to market. The thin, ...READ»
Dell has been developing an Android-powered mobile device similar to the iPod Touch that runs apps, allows Internet access, and plays various media while fitting comfortably in your hip pocket. But as PC manufacturers and cell phone ...READ»
Microsoft is pretty busy stealing search market share from Google with its Bing search engine, but it might do well to keep an eye on its core business. PC maker Acer has announced it will begin shipping a netbook running Google's ...READ»
We already know that 3-D tech is supposed to be the next big thing for home TVs, but we've also been hearing about it coming to computers. Well, it's here. Acer actually has a 3-D display notebook in the works.
The ...READ»
Though Intel and Psion have kissed and made up over the trademark term "netbook," it doesn't matter. A new PC from Toshiba has finally killed the genre. It's dead and gone. Because the mini NB205 is the quintessential ...READ»
As I write this, my computer's Wi-Fi antenna mopes among the pay-per-hour networks inside La Guardia Airport, wondering why it costs $8 to access the Internet for the short period before my flight. While it wanders, I fume.
It ...READ»
A Lenovo netbook with a nine-inch screen is making its way through FCC approval as we speak, according to several blogs. And unless Lenovo is populating a seriously redundant product line, this one probably has a new trick up its ...READ»
Tech guru Michael Arrington made a booboo last night, accidentally leaking details of a nearly ready-for-production CrunchPad--a large, tablet PC designed for browsing his website, TechCrunch (and other Web sites, if they exist). ...READ»
The AspireRevo PC is a nettop, as far as the class of computer can be defined. Similar to netbooks, nettops are generally characterized as ultra-small PCs, powered by Intel Atom CPU chips, and with capabilities that are ...READ»
Palm's Not-So-Smart Bet
When Palm ships its Pre smartphone, will it be too little, too late? Talk to the hand. [via NYT]
Tivo-Proof Advertising
Stop the ffwd button: Boost Mobile's visually arresting TV spots beat obnoxio ...READ»
Sony is very proud of its Vaio P mini computer, teasing its release often, and refusing to classify it as a netbook, notebook or even UMPC--it's a "lifestyle" PC. But the supposed pocket-friendliness of the "P" ...READ»
The MacBook Air, love it or loathe it, is a design classic--that is why MSI, Olidata and Dell have taken a stab at replicating their own versions. The latest attempt to do so comes from the netbook PC master itself: Asus. And for a ...READ»
Emtec is jumping on the crowded netbook bandwagon with its Gdium Liberty 1000. It's a pretty standard machine with one oddly innovative exception: It has a main solid-state drive that's designed to be easily undockable.
This ...READ»
Sylvania g Netbook Meso
[I've spent nearly every day and night with this netbook since right up before Thanksgiving. It's like my new moleskin notebook -- because it's practically that light. Did I say it was only 2.2 lbs? Well, it ...READ»
Intel's first Classmate PC followed in the footsteps of Nick Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child XO PC by being a similarly cheap, robust portable PC intended for educational use. Last year Intel upgraded the specification to the ...READ»
Apple's MacBook Air is about as far as Apple will go towards a netbook currently--touting its super-thin sized ultraportability. But MSI knows a good idea when it sees it, and the company has stepped up with its own super-slim ...READ»
The MSI U115 looks pretty much like any other netbook, but purring away inside its smallish frame is an exclusive data storage system: It's the world's first netbook on the market with hybrid storage.The U115 has a solid state drive ...READ»
It's the holidays, and that means offering peace and clemency to your nemeses. Or, in my case, coming to tolerate -- even appreciate -- a netbook.
I didn't think it was possible at first; every UMPC I've used has felt cramped, slow, ...READ»
