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  • MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire (custom version of Android 4.0)

    MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire (custom version of Android 4.0)

    We've seen how to install Android 4.0 on the Amazon Kindle Fire, thanks to CyanogenMod 9. We've also ...

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  • Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Android tablet review

    Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Android tablet review

    Android tablets with 7 inch displays seem to be a dime-a-dozen these days... or at least available for ...

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  • CyanogenMod 7 ported to the NOOK Tablet – video

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  • $265 Spark Linux-based tablet shipping in May (pre-order in Feb)

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  • How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha)

    How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha)

    The first public build of Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for the HP TouchPad. ...

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  • How to install Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire

    How to install Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire

    An early build of Google Android 4.0 is now available for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. If you ...

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  • Install Android Market on BlackBerry PlayBook

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Intel officially unveils Atom N435 chip for low cost netbooks

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Intel has officially introduced a new low power Atom N435 processor for budget netbooks. Intel’s announcement comes a few days after we started seeing mini-laptops with the chip including the Asus Eee PC X101 $200 netbook and a new version of the Lenovo IdeaPad S100. PC World reports that Acer will also offer a netbook with the new chip soon….

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June 1st, 2011, 10:20 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Samsung Go netbook updated, given the Pine Trail treatment

Samsung appears to have launched an updated version of the Samsung Go netbook. The new version looks identical to the original Samsung N310 and has the same rubberized case and chiclet-style keyboard that I loved so much when I reviewed the laptop last year. But the updated Go has a shiny new 1.66GHz Intel Atom Pine Trail processor. Here’s a…

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March 6th, 2010, 10:44 am by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Intel launches next-generation Classmate PC netbook

Intel has been pumping out a Classmate PC reference design since early 2008. These netbooks are the company’s response to the OLPC XO Laptop, and are designed as durable, relatively low cost machines that are ideal for classroom settings. The earliest models weren’t all that exciting, but over the years Intel has spruced things up with a larger keyboard and…

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March 2nd, 2010, 11:15 am by Brad Linder | 11 Comments

Medion launches Akoya E1222 Pine Trail netbook

Medion made a little name for itself in the European netbook market with the launch of the first Akoya Mini netbook in 2008. Sure, it was just a rebranded MSI Wind U100, but that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, since the Wind U100 was one of the best netbooks available at the time. Since then Medion has released a number…

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February 27th, 2010, 8:31 am by Brad Linder | 7 Comments

Gigabyte T1000 convertible netbook with Pine Trail CPU coming soon

Taiwanese PC maker Gigabyte briefly added a product page to its web site for a new convertible tablet-stylenetbook called the T1000 today. And then it removed the page. Fortunately, you can still see Google’s cached version of the page. The Gigabyte T1000 looks like an upgraded version of the Gigabyte T1028X TouchNote. Like the TouchNote it has a 10.1 inch,…

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February 26th, 2010, 11:26 am by Brad Linder | 7 Comments

Jolicloud Netbook OS now supports Intel Atom N450

While there are plenty of folks working on netbook-specific operating systems (a la Google Chrome OS, Moblin Linux, and Eeebuntu), the Jolicloud team seems intent on ensuring that their OS works on every netbook in the known world. A few weeks ago the Jolicloud team announced it was working on support for netbooks with VIA C7-M and Intel Atom Pine…

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February 11th, 2010, 5:18 pm by Brad Linder | 6 Comments

The Pine Trail nettops are coming soon… along with NVIDIA ION 2

Over the past month or so we’ve seen a number of PC makers introduce new netbooks with Intel’s latest Atom N450 Pine Trail processors. But what about the desktop equivalents? Asus, MSI, ASRock, Zotac, Shuttle, and a number of other nettop makers are still selling mini-desktop PCs with Intel Atom 230 and 330 processors which are starting to look a…

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February 3rd, 2010, 11:54 am by Brad Linder | 6 Comments

Intel Atom refresh to bring DDR3 memory support

It looks like Intel’s new Pine Trail processors will be getting an update in the third quarter of 2010. But don’t expect a major change in speed, power consumption, or overall performance. The only real difference is that the new chips will support DDR3 RAM while the current Intel Atom N450 and N470 chips can only handle DDR2 RAM. Fudzilla…

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February 2nd, 2010, 11:43 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Pine Trail netbook review

The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 with an Atom N450 processor is just the latest Dell laptop to bear the Mini 10 name. It follows the Dell Mini 10 and Mini 10v, which had Atom Z520 and N270 processors, respectively. Performance-wise, the new Dell Inspiron Mini 10 is a lot like the recently retired Mini 10v. But thanks to the new…

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January 25th, 2010, 5:03 pm by Brad Linder | 39 Comments

Jolicloud netbook OS working on Pine Trail, VIA C7-M support

The folks at Jolicloud are pretty serious about making sure that their netbook-centric operating system works on every mini-laptop on the market. The team already has an impressive list of compatible devices. And it’s about to grow longer. Jolicloud posted a message on Twitter this morning indicating that the developers are working on compatibility with the VIA C7-M processor found…

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January 22nd, 2010, 10:51 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Asus Eee PC 1005PE review

Asus has been pumping out netbooks for longer than anyone. And in a lot of ways, the Asus Eee PC 1005PE is just an incremental update over previous models. The laptop still has a 10 inch screen, chiclet-style keyboard and Intel Atom processor. But as the first Eee PC with an Atom N450 Pine Trail CPU, the Eee PC 1005PE…

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January 21st, 2010, 4:51 pm by Brad Linder | 31 Comments

Zotac nettop with NVIDIA ION 2 coming in March?

NVIDIA hasn’t officially introduced its ION 2 platform for providing netbooks and nettops with high performance graphics yet. But the company is expected to launch ION 2 any time now, and DigiTimes is reporting that the Zotac MAG HD-ND01 nettop that was on display at CES earlier this month will ship in march with a base price of just $249….

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January 19th, 2010, 2:21 pm by Brad Linder | 6 Comments
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