Just in case you thought tablets only showed up in China these days, Rover Computer has introduced 5 new tablets that will be hitting Russia later this year. That includes a 7 inch touchscreen tablet called the Air G70 which will run Windows CE 6.0 and 4 models running Google Android. The Air G70 has […]
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Standardized notebook power supplies could be on the way
Taiwanese notebook manufacturers are taking the first steps toward developing a set of standards for notebook power supply units. DigiTimes reports that Acer and Asus, as well as OEMs such as Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Pegatron, and Inventec all support the idea. Between them, these companies are responsible for the production of the vast majority of […]
Acer Aspire One D255 will ship with a dual core Atom chip
The Asus Eee PC 1015N isn’t the only computer on the horizon with one of Intel’s shiny new dual core Atom N550 netbook chips. In fact, I suspect we’ll see an awful lot of mini-laptops sporting this processor soon. But right now it looks like Asus and Acer are the first two companies with products […]
Logitech Google TV set top box looks an awful lot like a nettop
Logitech is one of the first companies planning to release a set top box that will support the upcoming Google TV platform. And it looks like LG is farming out some of the development to Gigabyte, because a Gigabyte filing with the FCC today seems to show the upcoming Logitech’s Google TV box. And to […]
Phecda P7 Android tablet hits China
While there are only a handful of Android powered tablets available in the US, it seems like every day a new one hits the streets in China. One of hte latest is the Phecda P7, a 7 inch tablet with an 800 x 480 pixel display, a 650MHz ARM11-based CPU, and Google Android 2.1. In […]
Google probably won’t “need to” launch its own Chrome OS netbook
Google is a software company. Google’s best known product is probably its search engine, but over the last few years the company has also launched the Google Docs online office suite, acquired YouTube, and introduced the Android operating system for smartphones, among other things. And Google is working a new operating system for netbooks called […]
LG to launch an Android tablet
LG is the latest company to jump on the Android tablet bandwagon. The company has announced plans to bring a tablet running Google’s mobile operating system to market during the fourth quarter of 2010. The company already offers a handful of Android powered smartphones, so LG is no stranger to the Android space. And LG […]
Pixel Qi display kit in the wild – Video
A few days after the Maker Shed started selling DIY Pixel Qi display kits, we have one of the first reports from a computer user that actually purchased one. Apparently, installation was pretty simple (if you don’t mind removing some screws in your computer, and the end result is a netbook display that’s perfectly usable […]
UMID mbook Special Edition, now with faster CPU
The UMID mbook BZ is a mobile internet device with a QWERTY keyboard and a 4.8 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display. I have a habit of calling 10 inch netbooks “mini-laptops,” but this thing is best described as an itty bitty laptop. Now UMID has released a special edition of this little guy, with […]
Pioneer DreamBook ePad L11 tablet hits Australia
Pioneer Computers has introduced a new 11.6 inch tablet in Australia. As Netbook News.de points out, it looks like the Pioneer DreamBook ePad L11 may be a rebranded version of the same hardware found in the German WeTab slate computer. But the main difference is that the ePad L11 runs Windows 7 instead of Linux. […]