Dell have announced a new Dell Mini netbook that is designed to look like a Nickelodeon theme. It is designed to look like the Slime motif as well as other very familiar character themes such as SpongeBob Square Pants and iCarly.

The Dell Mini 10 netbooks will be used for these new designed and are aimed at children to help provide a safe computing experience. Their full goal is quoted below. [Read more…]

The Gigabyte netbook tablet has been upgraded from the previous T1028M model to the T1028X model. It features a new processor which has been upgraded to an Intel Atom N280 1.66Ghz CPU and has a faster FSB. The screen also has received an upgrade and is now at a HD resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.

As the T1028X is a tablet it also features a touchscreen that measures 10.1 inches. [Read more…]

Stealth Computer have launched the NW-2000 rugged hybrid tablet PC. It is powered by an Intel 1.06GHz Core 2 Duo and as it has rugged in the name, it also complies with IP54 ratings allowing it to withstand shock, vibration and splashes of water.

The rugged tablet has a 13.3 inch screen that is visible in sunlight. The screen is also touchscreen allowing it to work well with a pen should you use it in tablet mode. It has 2GB of RAM which can be bumped up to 4GB and has a 160GB shock mounted HDD. If you want extra security in harsh situations then an SSD is also an option. [Read more…]

The Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T is starting to show up around a few places. The Aspire 1810T measures from 22mm at it’s thinnest upto 30mm thick and has an 11.6″ screen that has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels as well as an LED backlight.

The 1810T netbook is powered by an ultra-low voltage processor that runs at 1.4GHz and uses the GMA 4500MHD graphics chip. [Read more…]

It appears that the Dell Mini 12 and Mini 9 have been discontinued. I am guessing the Mini 9 might have just been a tad too small while the Mini 12 was a tad too large for a netbook. Of course I might be completely wrong there.

A quick look over on the Dell site shows that the Mini 12 is not on offer and confirmation from Dell support also says the Mini 9 is being phased out. It’s a shame really as they were quite decent little netbooks. Not to worry though as there are plenty more on the market. [Read more…]

Asus have launched their new netbook. Asus 1101HA is the name of it and is the first seashell netbook to have over an 11″ display. The 11.6″ screen has a WXGA resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels making it HD.

An Atom Z520 processor powers the device and it comes with 1GB of RAM, a GMA 500 integrated graphics chip, a 160GB hard drive and 3 USB 2.0 ports. [Read more…]

If you want to keep your prized laptop safe from crooks then maybe this undercover laptop sleeve is your answer. On the inside it’s padded out to keep your laptop safe while on the outside it looks like an old scruffy envelope to deter crooks from even taking a second look at it.

No thief should know what’s in there which makes it the perfect way to keep your laptop/netbook and data safe. [Read more…]

A few months ago Acer announced that they were introducing a new netbook that would dual boot in to either Windows XP or Android. If launched it would have been the first Android powered netbook to be launched. Unfortunately Acer have delayed this a few months due to not being able to find a market for a netbook of this specification.

The worry about finding the right market is that they don’t want an almost brand-new operating system landing in the hands of those who do not know how to use it. It was to be aimed at the less tech savvy but out of those, many wouldn’t really see a need or understand why the netbook dual boots. [Read more…]

MaxLinear and Hauppauge Digital are working together to create a UMPC and netbook TV card. The netbook TV card will allow HD signals to be received over the air. The tv tuners for the netbook are based on the MXL5007T CMOS silicon tuner that MaxLinear builds.

As well as being able to pick up HD signals OTA the TV tuners will be capable of European standards that includes DVB-H, DMB-T, DVB-T and QAM. [Read more…]

It seems like most people are referring to Apple’s latest product to be launched as the iTablet. Snippets however think that this goes against the trend at Apple due to all the “i” named products released over the last 11 years each just having 1 syllable. A couple like iMovie and iPhoto have been launched but they were far from major releases.

If Apple follow this “i” followed by a single syllable then it seems Tablet is out of the question. [Read more…]

Netbooks tend to struggle with HD video thanks to Intel’s GMA 950 graphics chip. What they could really do with is a Broadcom BCM70012 video accelerator that is capable of handling up to 1080p full HD resolutions.

The Broadcom BCM70012 is a mini PCI-e card that takes the strain off of the internal CPU. Not many netbooks actually come with this cool chip though (probably to cut costs down), so Terracode have upgraded their own Acer Aspire One 8.9″ netbook to include this chip. [Read more…]

According to the FT, Apple could be launching the Apple Tablet in September along with some new iPods and some new iTunes features created for those items.

Apple are wanting to offer a portable and full featured tablet sized device ready for this Christmas. It will feature a 10 inch touchscreen and run the iPhone OS. Connectivity to the net will be over Wi-fi making it function like a large iPod Touch. [Read more…]