Samsung is rolling out a number of new notebooks soon as part of the company’s back-to-school lineup. The Samsung Series 3 laptops will have screen sizes ranging from 11.6 inches to 15.6 inches. I got a chance to check out a 12.1 inch model at a recent event, but detailed specs, pricing, and information about […]
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Future Chromebooks could feature faster Intel processors
Google’s Chromebook platform pairs a relatively thin, light, and inexpensive laptop with Chrome OS — an operating system designed to run a web browser and virtually nothing else. The result is a notebook computer that boots in just a few seconds, lets you get online almost as fast, and allows you to surf the web […]
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Lenovo introduces the IdeaPad P1 Windows tablet
Lenovo is finally getting ready to launch that Windows 7 Slate PC it was showing off at CES in January. It’s called the Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet P1 and it features a 1.5 GHz Intel processor, 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, up to 2GB of memory, and up to 64GB of storage. It will […]
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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet gets down to business with Android
What do you get if you take the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Android tablet and stuff it into a business suit and tack on a few enterprise features? Apparently what you get is the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet: a new 10 inch Android tablet from Lenovo aimed at business customers. The ThinkPad Tablet has all the usual […]
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Lenovo launches the IdeaPad K1 Android tablet in the US
In a move that should surprise nobody that’s been following Android tablet news lately, Lenovo is officially launching the IdeaPad K1 Android tablet. The tablet has been popping up at retail sites for the past few weeks, has already showed up in a demo video on Lenovo’s web site, and closely resembles the Lenovo LePad […]
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Chromium OS ported to the MacBook Air
Some folks like to say that the MacBook Air is an overpriced netbook, with a starting price of $999 since it’s smaller and less powerful than a full-fledged MacBook. Other folks like to say that Samsung and Acer’s Chromebooks are overpriced netbooks with prices starting at $349 since they have netbook-like components, but a simplified operating […]
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Asus Eee PC X101H netbook hits the FCC
The Asus Eee PC X101 is a $200 netbook designed to use an 8GB solid state disk and run MeeGo Linux. Asus plans to launch the mini-laptop in the US later this summer. But the company is also working on a slightly different version called the Eee PC X101H which will have a higher capacity […]
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PCLinux KDE MiniMe 2011.07 is a barebones Linux distro
Last month the latest version of PCLinuxOS hit the scene. It’s a user-friendly Linux distribution designed to run on computers with older hardware or modern systems. The minimum system requirements are just 512MB of RAM and 3GB of disk space, making PCLinuxOS a good choice for older netbooks. Now the developer has launched an even […]
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Philadelphia newspapers unveil plans to deliver subsidized Android tablets to subscribers
2 Comments on Philadelphia newspapers unveil plans to deliver subsidized Android tablets to subscribersThe Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News will be the first newspapers in the United States to sell an Android tablet to consumers that sign up for a digital subscription. At an event this afternoon Philadelphia Media Network President Greg Osberg outlined the plan — but it’s still in the early stages. Here’s what we […]
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Update: Samsung NC215S solar netbook delayed until August
The Samsung NC215S is the first 10 inch netbook to feature a solar panel built into the lid. It was initially scheduled to ship during the week of July 3rd, but as you may have noticed that week came and went. While the mini-laptop did go up for pre-order on Amazon recently, it’s not actually […]