Asus is rolling out an updated version of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The tablet still has its signature features, including a 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and an optional keyboard dock that “transforms” the tablet into a laptop (with extended battery life thanks to the battery in the dock). But the new Transformer has one more…

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The Acer Aspire One Happy is an upcoming 10 inch netbook from Acer that appears to be a rebranded version of the Acer Aspire One D255. The main difference is that the Happy comes in bright pastel colors — and oh yeah, it has slightly more ridiculous name. But Peter at Netbook News spotted another interesting tidbit about the Happy…

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The Asus Eee PC 1005PR netbook is now shipping in America. This model looks a lot like the Eee PC 1005PE, and for the most part, it’s the same computer. Both models have 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processors, 1GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. They both have 6 cell batteries and run Windows 7 Starter Edition. But here’s…

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In case you haven’t looked at your calendar in a while, October 22nd is next week. I know, I was kind of shocked too, but there it is. And that means that Windows 7 will be available to the general public a week from Thursday. And along with the latest version of Windows we can expect a whole slew of…

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I’ve been testing out a number of netbooks over the last few days, including the Samsung Go (pictured above, left), and Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X (pictured, right). Like most 10 inch netbooks on the market today, the Samsung Go has a 1024 x 600 pixel display. The TouchNote T1028X, on the other hand, has a 1366 x 768 pixel touchscreen display….

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[/caption] A few months ago Macles reported that Acer would be launching a version of the Aspire One 571 netbook with a high resolution 1280 x 720 pixel display. While I haven’t rally heard anything about that since, it looks like the Aspire One D250 is getting the HD screen treatment… at least in Norway. Norwegian retailer PC Support is…

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Taiwanese PC makers tell HKEPC that Intel is loosening some of its hardware restrictions for netbooks running low cost Windows XP licenses. According to the report, Intel had insisted that Atom N270 and N280 powered netbooks stick with 10 inch or smaller displays with 1024 x 600 pixel or lower resolutions. Of course, there have been a few exceptions, like…

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There are three netbooks that I’m aware of that currently have screen resolutions higher than 1024 x 600 pixel. The HP Mini 2140, Dell Inspiron Mini 10, and Gigabyte Touch Note T1028M are all available with 10 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel displays.  Not all of these computers are available around the world yet though. You can order the HP…

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As expected, HP has begun offering HP Mini 2140 customers the choice of a higher resolution, 1366 x 768 pixel display. Up until this week, the only display option for this netbook was a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 576 pixel screen. The higher resolution display costs just $35 more, and makes the HP Mini 2140 one of the few netbooks…

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The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook may have been announced last month at CES, but the company has been pretty secretive about the computer’s release date or full specs. But according to a leaked product slide (please take with a grain of salt), the Mini 10 could break the typical netbook mold in a couple of ways. First, the computer…

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