HP has decided UK consumers don’t want Linux-based netbooks. Actually, it appears to believe business buyers don’t want the open-source OS either. It emerged today that the company will not now be bringing its Mini 1000 netbook to the UK – at least not with Linux on board. Read more … Via [The Register]
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Sony Vaio P details: 1.4-pound, super widescreen Netbook
Looks like Sony has gotten all official on us, even though everyone already knew that this Netbook was real. Sony’s hyped-up Vaio P Netbook weighs under 1.4 pounds, is under an inch thick, and it packs in an 8-inch screen with a 2.08:1 aspect ratio (1600×768!).
The netbook also sports Verizon WWAN 3G mobile broadband, has [...]
HP Debuts New Smaller Mini Laptop
HP unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show this week a new netbook PC for the on-the-go crowd. It is called the Mini 2140 and it starts pricing around $500.
The Mini 2140 is a 10.1-inch display PC built into a simple aluminum case and starting around 2.6 pounds. It sports a nearly full size QWERTY keyboard, [...]
Large format iPod touch rumors hit the web
Apple rumors seem to circulate constantly and each time an event has Apple launching new products, like MacWorld, the rumor mill works overtime. A new rumor started over at TechCrunch says that Apple may have large format iPod touch in the works.
According to sources cited by TechCrunch, some of whom claim to have held this [...]
Sony shows off P Series keyboard on teaser site
Llast week there had been some information about the Sony P series page on the Sony site that leaked on Christmas Day. The page has since been pulled from the site. It appears that the P Series will be Sony’s first Netbook and it has some interesting specifications, if they prove to be accurate. Sony [...]
MSI Wind U115 details turn up
Netbooks are hot this year and will continue to be one of the most popular categories in the computer market going into 2009. MSI has one of the best netbooks around with its Wind U110 and it has now released some specs on the follow up U115 netbook.
The U115 features the same 10-inch screen and [...]
Laptop Mag gets hands on with new BenQ U101 netbook
Say the word netbook and visions of BenQ don’t jump to my mind; I think more of external DVD burners. That didn’t stop BenQ from being the next firm to jump into the netbook market and its first offering is called the JoyBook U101.
Laptop Mag got their geeky hands onto the 10-inch netbook and found [...]
The World’s First Hybrid Netbook Is Awesome
When it comes to the word hybrid it’s usually cars that come to mind, but this time it’s a kickass new netbook from MSI. Why it’s a hybrid is because it can operate both conventional HDD and the more modern SSD simultaneously. The U115 Hybrid functions primarily on the SSD for speed, stability and shock-proof, [...]
Sony P-series laptop leaks on Sony website
One of the most common ways that new products and gadgets are leaked to the public and geeky writer types is by an overzealous website administrator. Product pages are readied ahead of time and sometimes the go button is hit a little too soon resulting in a glimpse of what’s to come.
Just such a glimpse [...]