netbook

Litl Video Tour: A Design Miracle, a Challenging Sell

Cliff Kuang — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:16:17 -0500

Video: Litl Webook Looks Intriguing, but I'm Still Confused [NetBooks]

Gizmodo Staff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:33:38 -0500

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 action:

Take Note, Amazon: Model the Kindle 3 After the Entourage Edge

Kit Eaton — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:52 -0400

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 answer.

Will Telecoms Push Netbooks Over Smartphones?

Chris Dannen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:55:34 -0400

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.)

Dell: Are We Finally Sick of Netbooks Yet?

Chris Dannen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:06:07 -0400

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.'"

BeOS Lives Again

Chris Dannen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:14:27 -0400

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.

My Life With a Hackintosh--and How the Movement Suggests a New Model for Innovation

Farhad Manjoo — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400

Not long ago, I got my hands on one of the slowest, ugliest, and least-user-friendly Macintosh laptops the world has ever seen -- and I love it. My Mac sports a couple of features that others can't match. First, it's tiny and lighter than Apple's vaunted MacBook Air. Even better, its portability doesn't carry a premium; it set me back only about $500, a third of what Apple charges for the Air.

Why Google's Chrome OS Is Not in Your Future

Chris Dannen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:52:03 -0400

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 direction," said one blogger at ZDNet, calling it a "big style" game-changer before popping a few Halcion and trying to calm the hell down.

Arrington May Launch $300 Tablet PC by End of July

Chris Dannen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:46:08 -0400

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, touchscreen device will have a 12-inch diagonal screen, and on-screen keyboard, and will perform all the usual netbooky functions -- email, Web browsing, video-watching courtesy of Flash -- in a smaller, thinner form factor than the market's current offerings.

Why Is Dell Developing A Competitor to the iPod Touch?

Clay Dillow — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:33:47 -0400

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 makers work their way toward the middle in the burgeoning smartphone and netbook markets, the question is, why?

Google vs. Microsoft: Acer's Android Netbook Escalates the Battle

Clay Dillow — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:17:24 -0400

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 Android operating system in the third quarter of this year, opening another front in the battle for market share between the two tech giants.

Future Computers Now: Acer to Ship Notebook With 3-D Display in October

Kit Eaton — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:13 -0400

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.

Toshiba NB205 Kills the Netbook, But in a Good Way

Kit Eaton — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:57:40 -0400

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 netbook.

"Why so definite about that?" you may ask. Well, just read the specs.

Woe Am I, Without Mobile Broadband

Chris Dannen — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:49:24 -0400

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.

Lenovo to Release 3G Netbook

Chris Dannen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:05:42 -0400

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 sleeve: 3G wireless. Similar netbooks sans 3G, Lenovo's S9 and S10, were approved by the FCC last summer.

The CrunchPad Web Tablet Leaks, Promises Whole New Class of Narcissistic Computers

Kit Eaton — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:58:00 -0400

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).

Acer's AspireRevo Shows Why a Nettop May Be Your Next PC

Kit Eaton — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:34:21 -0400

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 typically somewhere below the average big-box desktop PC.

iFive: Your March 22 Innovation Agenda

David Lidsky — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:36:42 -0400

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]
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Lenovo's "Pocket Yoga" Netbook: Om My!

Kit Eaton — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:38:27 -0400

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" looks like it could be completely out-classed by an upcoming Lenovo product. Because this machine really does look like it will fit in a pocket.

Will Asus' MacBook Air-Like Eee Tempt Apple to Make a Netbook?

Kit Eaton — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:19:07 -0500

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.

Emtec's Innovatively Odd Gdium Netbook has Portable Main Drive

Kit Eaton — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:10:25 -0500

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 so-called "G-Key" drive is a 16GB bootable USB device that can work in both a desktop PC or typical laptop making it possible to boot up your Gdium OS and files using that device's hardware instead.

Sylvania g Netbook Meso [review]

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:52:56 -0500

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 is.]

CTL Launches Intel Classmate 2Go Tablet PC

Kit Eaton — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:46:53 -0500

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 Classmate 2, but it's taken until now for a machine to surface. It's produced by CTL and it's essentially a pretty snazzy convertible tablet format netbook with a built-in carrying handle.

MSI's X320 Netbook Clones The MacBook Air

Kit Eaton — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:31:40 -0500

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 x320...which looks almost identical to the Air.

MSI U115 Is World's First Hybrid Storage Netbook

Kit Eaton — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:26:06 -0500

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.