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Samsung and AT&T Announce the Samsung Go
November 16, 2009 – 8:33 am | Comments
Samsung and AT&T Announce the Samsung Go

Samsung today announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Go, a compact and lightweight netbook running Windows 7. The Go will be available beginning Nov. 22 through AT&T retail locations or online  for $199 after …

Diggnation Unboxes the Nokia Booklet 3G
November 9, 2009 – 9:35 am | Comments

Thanks to revision11 on YouTube for sending this tip over. Alex Albrecht of Diggnation unboxes the Nokia Booklet 3G netbook. This is Nokia’s first netbook and it looks nice!.

Celio RedFly in Action
November 7, 2009 – 9:36 pm | Comments
Celio RedFly in Action

A few days ago I commented about the Celio Redfly adding support for BlackBerrys. I came across that bit of information first while researching to purchase a Celio RedFly myself and then while I’ve been …

Celio Corp Redfly now Supports Blackberry
November 3, 2009 – 8:58 pm | Comments
Celio Corp Redfly now Supports Blackberry

Just as they promised a few months back, Celio Corp has released software that allows their RedFly to be used with Blackberry in addition to a few more Windows Mobile devices.
The RedFly is a device …

Playing DVIX in 7MC
October 12, 2009 – 6:49 am | Comments

No, this is not a “how to” note or anything like that. Windows Media Center for me is something completely new. I have been using UMPCs and Tablet PCs for the last 3 years and …

Netbooks Need Good Homes?
September 26, 2009 – 2:26 pm | Comments

Dell recently ran a contest to give away two Dell Inspiron Mini netbooks while also expanding their twitter reach. The idea was to follow Dell’s new products twitter account, tweet about why you would make …

Viliv S10 Convertible Netbook
September 24, 2009 – 10:55 am | Comments

They did well calling the Viliv S10 a convertible notebooks because what’s not for sure is a TabletPC. Why? Because this device does not have a HID compliant driver to handle its touch screen and …

Aspire One, photo review
September 21, 2009 – 2:44 am | Comments
Aspire One, photo review

I always carry in my backpack a digital camera hunting the opportunity for a good shot. Last week one of my coworkers brought her Aspire One and of course, I did not miss the …

Aspire One Outdoor visibility test
September 18, 2009 – 10:30 am | Comments
Aspire One Outdoor visibility test

This is one of the most common question asked about any portable device and to me the best way to see the difference is by comparing the device to one with so called “outdoor screen” …

Standard Shanzhai Style Robustness Test
September 16, 2009 – 10:05 am | Comments
Standard Shanzhai Style Robustness Test

In my many years working for the IT industry I have read many reviews of all kind of mobile devices from PDAs to Notebooks including Smart Phones, eReaders and mp3 players. I have seen even …

Samsung Ushers in The Windows 7 Netbook Era
September 3, 2009 – 7:03 am | Comments
Samsung Ushers in The Windows 7 Netbook Era

Windows is Dead….Long Live Windows. Today Samsung announced that they will be using Windows 7 Starter Edition on two upcoming netbooks. The N130 and N140 will both have Win7 Starter Edition installed by default, …

Nokia Invents the Netbook ummm…sorry, “Booklet”
August 24, 2009 – 7:00 am | Comments
Nokia Invents the Netbook ummm…sorry, “Booklet”

As expected, Nokia has finally announced plans for it’s entry into the Netbook/Mini-Notebook/Smartbook/Whatever market, and as is the prerogative of ginormous multi-national companies, they have added yet another term to the nomenclature while doing …

Netbook that looks like China
August 12, 2009 – 5:51 am | Comments
Netbook that looks like China

The best porcelain in the world comes from China, at least that’s my opinion, no wonder here in the west we call it China. Shanzai.com has spotted a Netbook with an Intel Processor and an …

The World will be Flat: More Tablets on the Way
August 10, 2009 – 12:39 am | Comments
The World will be Flat: More Tablets on the Way

Now this is a rumor that has LEGS! Even though there is NO CONFIRMATION AT ALL from Apple, the industry is taking for granted that Apple’s Giant iPod Netbook Thingie (Now dubbed by popular …

Wal-Mart Opens Back to School Season
July 23, 2009 – 5:21 am | Comments
Wal-Mart Opens Back to School Season

We aren’t even in August yet but already major US retailers are announcing their Back to School electronics values. The NYT today is reporting that US retail leviathan Wal-Mart is increasing their laptop selection …

Pinetrail Gets Longer
July 21, 2009 – 8:35 am | Comments
Pinetrail Gets Longer

As Atom based netbook sales continue to thrive, with new models becoming available almost every day, Intel is faced with a new problem. Originally Intel was worried that Atom sales would cannibalize their low …

The Giant iPod Netbook Thingie Cometh?
July 13, 2009 – 9:48 am | Comments
The Giant iPod Netbook Thingie Cometh?

Last week I suggested that based on all the hints from Taiwan screen vendors and others, we could be seeing the long awaited Apple “Giant iPod Netbook Thingie” (I will be copywriting that term …

Google Chrome OS Shining Up
July 8, 2009 – 1:50 am | Comments
Google Chrome OS Shining Up

In a move which should surprise no one, Google has announced that it is finally making it’s play to become the Operating System of choice for Cloud Computing and netbooks with Chrome OS.
The following …

Sony ALMOST Discovers Netbooks
July 7, 2009 – 10:42 am | Comments
Sony ALMOST Discovers Netbooks

The fallen tech giant Sony has been insisting for several months that Netbooks are a tawdry, sordid “race to the bottom” and that the Vaio P was NOT a netbook despite the fact that …

HP Continues to Create “Enterprise Netbooks”
June 30, 2009 – 6:21 am | Comments

The big netbook talk this week has been all about the HP 5101, a netbook clearly aimed at the same business and Enterprise users as the HP Mini-note 2140 had been, based on the feature …