I got a chance to check out the recently announced MSI Wind Box DE220 nettop while I was at CES earlier this month. And then I kept forgetting to upload the pictures. So here you go. The small form factor desktop PC comes with a choice of a single core 1.66GHz Intel Atom D410 or […]
January 2010
Posted inNews
Lenovo ThinkPad X100e reviewed again, battery still stinks
The Lenovo ThinkPad X100e stands apart from other notebooks in the thin and light crowd in a couple of ways. First, it has an AMD Neo MV-40 processor and ATI Radeon 3200 HD graphics, which you don’t find in a lot of 11.6 inch laptops. Second, it has a distinctive keyboard design. Third, it’s got […]
Posted inNews
Hivision 7″ Android netbook reviewed
Charbax at Arm Devices has posted a video review of the Hivision PWS700CA, an ARM-based min-laptop running Google Android. The device has a 600MHz ARM-based CPU, 128MB of RAM, and a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display. It supports WiFi and Ethernet connections and can handle 720p HD video playback. It also weighs just […]
Posted inNews
Apple iPad’s $499 price tag has other tablet makers rethinking pricing
With a base price of $499, the recently announced iPad isn’t exactly cheap. Most netbooks, smartphones, and other mobile computing devices available today can be picked up for significantly less. But for an Apple product, $499 ain’t bad. COO TIM Cook had previously indicated that he didn’t think the company could produce anything worthwhile in […]
Posted inNews
Asus Eee PC 1008P Karim Rashid Edition unboxed, tested
The Asus Eee PC 1008P Karim Rashid Edition is a designer netbook that features the same basic layout as the Asus Eee PC 1008HA. On the inside, it’s basically the same netbook as the Eee PC 1005PE, with an Atom N450 processor, 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive, […]
Posted inNews
HP Mini 2102 now available for order… but it’ll be cheaper soon
The HP Mini 2102 is basically the same laptop as the HP Mini 210. The difference is that the Mini 210 is sold and marketed by HP’s consumer division, while the HP business division handles the Mini 2102. On the one hand, that means the Mini 2102 has a higher price tag. But it also […]
Posted inNews
Gateway’s 11.6 inch notebook with DVD drive handled in Italy
The Gateway EC14D is an 11.6 inch thin and light laptop with an Intel CULV processor. There’s nothing too surprising there. Acer, Gateway, and Packard Bell (which are all really the same company) have more than a half dozen similar models between them. What sets the EC14D apart from the crowd is the fact that […]
Posted inNews
Lenovo on the new ThinkPad keyboard
The Lenovo ThinkPad X100e and ThinkPad Edge 13 have a completely new keyboard design. For the first time, Lenovo is using a chiclet, or island-style keyboard. Lenovo likes to call it an isolation keyboard, since the defining characteristic is that there’s more space between each of the keys.The company has posted a detailed article about […]
Posted inNews
Netbook hack: Adding a keyboard illumination light
Every now and again someone will ask me whether one netbook or another has a backlit keyboard. No. Pretty much no matter which netbook you’re talking about, the answer is no, it does not have a backlit keyboard. Netbooks are, by definition, cheap laptops. And that’s a premium feature that you’re not likely to find […]
Posted inNews
Alienware M11x gaming ultraportabe was 5 years in the making
OK, Alienware and Dell haven’t really been working on the recently announced Alienware M11x thin and light gaming laptop for 5 years. But according to a post on the Direct2Dell blog today, Alienware was working on a small form factor gaming rig back in 2005, a year before Dell bought the company. Unfortunately, the tech […]