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Augen’s $99 Android netbook available at KMart

As we discovered yesterday, KMart is starting to get into the Android mobile device business. The company is starting to sell a $150 Android tablet from Augen, and while most stores don’t seem to have any units in stock yet a handful are already selling the tablet and more are expected to get it by this weekend. Folks who have…

July 27th, 2010, 6:15 pm by Brad Linder | 11 Comments

Microsoft not throwing weight behind Windows CE for netbooks

Long before the first Asus Eee PC, OLPC XO Laptop, or even the Psion netbook, there were handheld PCs running DOS and Windows CE. They were popular with a small group of tech enthusiasts in the 90s and the early part of this decade, but they sort of fizzled out long before the netbook craze started. These old proto-netbooks offered…

March 9th, 2009, 1:25 pm by Brad Linder | 18 Comments

Future subnotebooks to be powered by Windows Mobile 7?

Taiwanese computer maker Inventec is developing a low cost laptop that could run Windows Mobile 7 when the operating system is released (probably sometime next year). There are a few advantages to Windows Mobile over Linux or a full version of Windows. It’s cheaper to license than Windows and has lower hardware requirements. Windows Mobile devices can also typically turn…

June 2nd, 2008, 5:01 pm by Brad Linder | 7 Comments