The ViewSonic VNB108 is the latest 10 inch netbook from the company. It has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, and 250GB hard drive. Nicole from Netbook News got her hands on a demo unit, and she’s posted an unboxing video, which you can check […]
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MSI introduces L1300, L1350, L2300 netbooks
MSI has added a new line of netbooks to its web site. For the most part the new MSI Wind L1300, L1350, and L2300 look like minor updates to the MSI Wind U130, U135, and U230 notebooks respectively. It’s not clear what, if any differences there are between the new models and MSI’s earlier netbooks. […]
Dual Core Lenovo ThinkPad X100e now available
Lenovo has finally rolled out the two dual core processor options for the Lenovo ThinkPad X100e thin and light 11.6 inch notebook. While the image above suggests that you can upgrade the processor for no additional cost, I think that’s just an error on the Lenovo web site. Because when you add the Athlon Neo […]
Typing on the iPad – Video
I finally got a few minutes to play with an iPad yesterday. And after reading dozens of reports of people proclaiming that the on-screen keyboard and typing experience was either absolutely horrible or actually pretty good, I got a chance to decide for myself — sort of. To be honest, I suspect you need to […]
Nokia tablet coming this year?
Nokia may be best known for producing cellphones, but the company has been making portable internet devices such as the Nokia 770/800/900 for a few years. And last year Nokia introduced its first netbook, the Booklet 3G. So it’s not completely shocking that The Street is reporting that Nokia may be preparing to enter the […]
Crappy $100 chinese netbooks are looking better and better
The Wabook ARM-based mini-laptop isn’t the first $100 netbook to hit the streets in China. But it’s one of the best looking I’v eseen. Typically these dirt cheap models have 7 inch displays and incredibly cramped keyboards. But the Wabook netbook has a roomy 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display making it look like […]
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 hits the release candidate phase
Adobe has pushed out the release candidate for Flash Player 10.1 for Windows, Linux, Mac, and Solaris. That means that unless any major issues are discovered, this is the full version of Flash Player 10.1 and the beta testing period is pretty much over. The reason this matters to the low power computing community is […]
ICD Gemini tablet packs an 11 inch display, Tegra 2 graphics
OK, so the JooJoo doesn’t look like much of an iPad killer. But it’s hardly the only touchscreen tablet coming to market this year. ICD was showing off a 7 inch tablet with next-generation NVIDIA Tegra graphics at CES in January. And now the company is introducing a model with an 11.2 inch display called […]
JooJoo tablet reviewed: Verdict? Maybe you should replace the operating system
When TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington first came up with the idea for the CrunchPad tablet, here’s what he wanted: A cheap touchscreen tablet that was pretty much just a screen and web browser. He partnered with the folks at Fusion Garage who started to build it and design custom software to make the web browser […]
HP Slate specs leaked?
Just a few hours after HP unveiled its latest video telling us almost nothing about the company’s upcoming slate PC, the folks at Engadget got their hands on a possibly leaked document outlining the tablet’s specs. Here’s the rundown: 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 CPU, 8.9 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel capacitive multitouch display, a graphics […]