Archive for: Netbook

ASUS Eee PC T101MT headed to US in April for $499

Well beginning of April, you sure do like tablets for $499, don’t ya? While the Eee PC T101MT has been available to suave Europeans since February, ASUS has let out word that the 10-inch, multitouch tablet will start shipping in the US sometime in April for $499. Not a bad deal considering the Pine Trail-powered [...]

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ASUS cramming USB 3.0 into Eee PC line, N Series laptops, loads more

USB 3.0 is slowly but surely popping up on more and more new machines, but finding a rig with SuperSpeed support is still a chore. ASUS is working hard to make sure that finding the good stuff is easy when looking at its wares, and judging by the support it has already shown for the [...]

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Dell Inspiron Mini 10 shipping April 1st with integrated Clear WiMAX

Dell’s vanilla Atom N450-based Mini 10 just started shipping a couple of months ago, and if you’ll recall, we spotted one slip through the FCC’s oh-so-vulnerable database with WiMAX built-in. Today at CTIA, Clearwire spilled the news that it’ll be providing the service for a 4G-infused version of the netbook come April 1st. What’s interesting [...]

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Dell Inspiron Mini 10 with T-Mobile webConnect launches tomorrow, $199.99 on contract

T-Mobile’s selected CTIA 2010 this week as the venue to launch its customized version of Dell’s Mini 10 netbook that’s been infused with — you guessed it — T-Mobile-compatible 3G service. It’s got a 10.1-inch WSVGA display, 1.3 megapixel webcam, three USB ports, VGA port, Windows 7 Starter Edition, and an Atom N450 core humming [...]

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Sony VAIO M netbook officially unveiled, attempts to befriend your wallet

It’s still mildly hard to believe that the Sony VAIO M is for real, given its lack of VAIO’s iconic chiclet keys plus the pretty convincing VAIO W fake that we’ve stumbled upon. Nevertheless, kudos to Sony for reaching out to a more affordable market with its new 3.1-pound netbook. The specs are the identical [...]

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Acer kicks out laptop, netbook upgrades aplenty at CeBIT

Acer has rolled into CeBIT with a few all-new systems, but it’s also taken the opportunity to introduce some updates to its existing models, including six new revisions to its Aspire and TravelMate lines. Leading things off are the high(ish)-end Aspire 8942 and Aspire 5942, which pack 18.4 and 15.6-inch displays, your choice of the [...]

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Compaq AirLife 100 hands-on

We visited with HP to see what’s changed since we saw the Compaq AirLife during CES — aside from it now having a name — in early January. We were told by HP that the device’s plastic housing has been improved, received confirmation that it’s indeed running a 1GHz Snapdragon, and will be sold exclusively [...]

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10-3t gets unboxed on video, multitouch screen and all

Lenovo’s aiming at a narrow niche with its IdeaPad S10-3t, but for those interested in things like “multitouch tablets of the netbook size,” the video after the break would probably tickle your senses. Shortly after going on sale here in the States, the good folks over at Netbook News were able to procure one and [...]

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Acer Aspire One 532G first to feature NVIDIA Ion 2 switchable graphics

Well here’s one we didn’t expect to come out of MWC. Acer decided to throw some netbook news into its Liquid E press conference with the 10.1-inch Aspire One 532G — the first netbook with NVIDIA’s Ion 2. Not withstanding the addition of the HDMI port and HD display, the Pine Trail netbook has the [...]

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Samsung doing a 10-inch Chrome OS netbook later this year

There’s nothing to look at just yet, but Samsung’s own Phil Newton apparently just confirmed that the company will be debuting a Chrome OS netbook in the near future, according to a report by Australia’s Channel News. The laptop will be similar to the N210 (pictured), with a 10.1-inch screen, 3G, WiFi, 2GB of RAM, [...]

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