Windows 8 Consumer Preview runs reasonably well on netbooks as well as other notebook or desktop computers. But clearly the new Metro-style user interface was designed to be touched. So when the folks at Kupa offered to send me a Kupa X11 tablet loaded with the latest pre-release version of Windows 8, I jumped at the chance. The X11 normally…
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Most Asus Eee PC netbooks with 9 and 10 inch displays include multitouch gesture support for the touchpad. In other words, you can scroll up and down or left and right by placing two fingers on the keyboard, and you can simulate a right-click by tapping the screen with 3 fingers. But the 7 inch Eee PC 701 doesn’t have…
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The Gigabyte T1028M Touch Note is one of only a handful of netbooks available today that features a touchscreen interface that can be folded down over the keyboard allowing you to use the computer in tablet mode. Chippy from UMPC Portal has been playing with one for a while, and today he’s posted a video showing how gestures work on…
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