Every now and again I hear someone complain that netbooks typically don’t come with DVD drives. But I’ve never heard anyone complain that they can’t take floppy disks. While we haven’t quite moved to a world without the need for physical storage media, I haven’t even seen a floppy disk in at least 5 years […]
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Asus Eee PC 1201NL reviewed
The Asus Eee PC 1201NL is basically a cheaper version of the Eee PC 1201N. While both models have 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel displays and NVIDIA ION graphics, the 1201N has a dual core Atom 330 processor and ships with Windows 7 Home Premium, while the 1201NL has a single core Atom N270 […]
Dell may be working on convertible netbook tablet, ARM-based netbook
Dell isn’t doing such a great job of keeping their product road maps confidential these days. A few days ago we learned about a new 7 inch tablet called the Looking Glass with an NVIDIA Tegra chip. Engadget published details for three unannounced Dell smartphones. And now Android Central has uncovered a product road map […]
iPad Camera Connection Kit adds USB headset, keyboard, camera support
The Apple iPad doesn’t have a webcam, so you can’t use it to take photos or videos or engage in video chats. But Apple does offer a $29 adapter that lets you import photos and videos from a digital camera or SD card. And it turns out that’s not all the Camera Connection Kit is […]
Intel Atom N450, N470 processors benchmarked
Two processors walk into a series of benchmarks… and it turns out it’s a bit tricky to tell which is which. Peter at Netbooked recently managed to get his hands on a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3s with a shiny new 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 processor and an S10-3 with the much more common 1.66GHz Intel Atom […]
Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet with Android 2.1, Adobe Flash
Apple may or may not eventually succeed in pushing the world toward a future where Adobe Flash isn’t the most popular format for web video and casual web-based video games like Farmville.But we don’t live in Apple’s world just yet, and while a number of companies have developed apps that will stream live video to […]
Asus Eee PC T91 hacked to include 3G modem
The Asus Eee PC T91 is an 8.9 inch netbook with a touchscreen display on a swivel, allowing you to use the netbook in tablet mode. It comes with a 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor, GMA 500 graphics, a 1024 x 600 touchscreen display, and a 802.11b/g/n WiFi module. But if you’re looking for a […]
Firmware update turns the Barnes & Noble Nook into a multifunction tablet
The Barnes & Noble Nook is first and foremost an eBook reader. But it’s powered by Google Android and it has a color touchscreen display in addition to the e-Ink screen for reading eBooks. It’s kind of just been begging for a few apps beside the eBook reader, and today Banes & Noble pushed out […]
Asus Eee Pad tablet could hit the streets this summer
Asus has been working on a Google Android tablet since at least the turn of the year. But the prototype that was on display at CES in January was a non-functioning unit, so we haven’t really seen what the Asus iPad killer competitor can do. Now DigiTimes is reporting that the tablet will be on […]
VIA introduces Nano E-Series processors
Chip maker VIA has introduced a new line of Nano processors. The VIA Nano E-Series chips are 64-bit x86 processors with support for hardware virtualization. The E-Series chips are available with speeds ranging from 800MHz to to 1.8GHz. Theyr’e compatible with VIA’s media processors such as the VX800 and VX855 as well as upcoming VX900 […]