netbook

We have mentioned the ASUS Eee 1201N a couple of times in the last few months. We now see that it is ready for pre-order.

The Eee 1201N has a 12.1 inch screen running with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It has an Intel Atom 330 dual core processor along with NVIDIA ION graphics. Priced at just under $500 it comes at a fairly decent price. The netbook is also ASUS’s first ION netbook to be released.

The ASUS 1201N is part of the Seashell line of laptops and looks similar in some ways to various other models from that range such as the best selling Eee 1005HA. [click to continue…]

More rumours are here today about the Apple [AAPL] tablet that was rumoured to be launched early next year. Reports are now saying that the tablet will move back to the 2nd half of 2010.

Reasons for the delay are due to some changes being made to some of the components which includes a 9.7 inch OLED display built by LG.

Two models have been mentioned which include a 10.6 inch TFT LCD display while a 9.7″ OLED panel will also be made available as mentioned above. [click to continue…]

It seems like for those of you in Australia, you might be getting the Acer Aspire Timeline 1820PT tablet notebook anytime soon as it’s started showing up on a few websites. It is expected that those ordering now should see their 1820PT arrive from couriers around the 25th or 26th November if there are no delays in stocking and shipping.

The Acer 1820PT tablet has an 11.6″ screen and when launched will cost around $1,263 – $1,492 USD at today’s exchange rates. [click to continue…]

Samsung announced today that they are launching the Samsung Go on to the AT&T network on November 22.

The Samsung Go is a netbook that has access to the AT&T network and runs the Windows 7 Starter Edition operating system. The Samsung netbook it’s self weighs 2.8lbs making it fairly light weight. The screen is backlit by LED and measures 10.1″ and has a WSVGA format displaying 1024 x 600 pixels. [click to continue…]

ASUS have announced a new netbook named the ASUS Eee PC 1101HA-WP. The netbook is similar to the 1101HA with the WP version running Windows 7 Home Premium rather than Vista like the 1101HA.

The netbook being in the 1100 range has an 11.6″ screen along with some improved specs that include 2GB of RAM along with a 250GB hard drive. The netbook is powered by the usual Intel Atom Z520 processor and has a GMA 500 graphics chip. [click to continue…]

Just yesterday ASUS launched the T91MT over in the US making it available to buy from Amazon.com. If you have your eye on the new Tablet netbook and are not sure how the multi-touch interface works then check out the video below.

The T91MT runs the Windows 7 Home Premium operating system that allows a number of multi-touch functions to work on the device. A look at the video shows that it runs quite smoothly although I’d prefer to see it actually running live than seeing a promotional video. [click to continue…]

Amazon in the US have started to ship the ASUS Eee PC T91MT tablet. The T91MT is a newer version of the standard T91 with MT referring to multi-touch. The netbook tablet runs Windows 7 Home Premium and has an acceptable 5 hour battery life.

Spec wise it has a 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor along with 1GB of DDR2 RAM (with the ability to take up to 2GB). For storage you get a 32GB solid state drive along with 500GB of free online storage courtesy of ASUS. [click to continue…]

Netbooks have taken off over the last 18 months or so which is due to their small size and good usability. HTC mentioned recently that they want to be part of this when Peter Chou mentioned the are… “carefully looking into that category and how it can be part of that”. What HTC are not doing is becoming another me-too though by just creating another Netbook. What HTC want to do is something unique that makes their netbook range stand-out from the others.

No dates of release are known yet and it is also unknown exactly what they are working on although I’d say we can expect some good power, storage, a decent touchscreen for perhaps a HTC tablet. [click to continue…]

Sprint have announced that they are offering an EVDO enabled netbook in the form of the Dell Inspiron Mini 10. The netbook costs $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and will set you back $59.99 on a 24 month contract that will provide 5GB of data per month.

The Mini 10 netbook has a 10.1 inch screen that has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. Powering the netbook is an Intel Atom Z520 processor running at 1.33GHz along with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB harddrive.

Connectivity wise it has wireless at b/g speeds along with the integrated EVDO Rev.A for hooking up to mobile networks while on the move. Separately the netbook costs $349 if ordered direct from Dell, so you do save a bit on the netbook although you are locked in to a 24 month contract in getting the cheaper price. [click to continue…]

The FCC have published details of a new laptop built by Lenovo that will have a 10.1″ display, pushing it in to netbook territory, and have a bunch of connectivity features such as WiFi, Bluetooth as wll as HSDPA data built in.

Other features known is a 3 in 1 memory card reader. As of now the new netbook is only known as the 0251 and obviously, as the information has come from the FCC, there are no details of pricing or release dates. Looking at the drawings below it seems like it could have potential, but line drawings don’t exactly give a full picture. [click to continue…]

ASUS are to launch a new ASUS Smartbook in just a few months time according to boss Jerry Shen. The Smartbook is expected to be priced at a reasonable $184 USD. With the new device being launched ASUS expect to reach the same peak that the Eee had when launched.

The new ASUS Smartbook will run a 1GHz snapdragon processor along with the Google Android operating system. It would provide some decent functions but not quite at a level of Windows. A decent browser will be included along with other application that could be downloaded. [click to continue…]

When working on a netbook you often run in to the problem of not having enough screen estate. To tackle this problem a company have created a dual-screen netbook that allows you to view two 10.1 inch screens side by side that then slide one behind the other when not needed. By giving you an extra screen you get more screen estate, thus making your work on a netbook a little more productive.

Examples of usage could be putting an Excel spreadsheet on the left screen while taking notes on the right screen, or perhaps browsing on one screen while watching a video on the second.

The netbook doesn’t look as flimsy as I expected from what I see in the video and actually seems to work quite well. It is unclear what battery life will be like on a dual screen netbook but if they can get that to be an acceptable level this thing “could” sell. [click to continue…]

ii-View has created a new netbook named the A2 netbook. The netbook uses an Intel Atom CPU running at 1.6GHz and has a healthy 2GB of RAM along with a large 320GB harddrive.

Connectivity wise it has fast wireless access compatible with 802.11b/g/n. Specs wise it’s similar in power to most standard netbooks in the speed of the processor, but the extra 1GB of RAM is a nice addition. The ii-View A2 also has a 12 inch screen that runs at a HD resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The larger screen allows the casing to accommodate a full sized QWERTY keyboard rather than a 90 something % size often seen on the smaller 10″ models. [click to continue…]