BenQ is adding another netbook to its lineup. The latest member of the BenQ Joybook clan is the Joybook Lite U102 which sports a 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display. Here’s a quick rundown of the rest of the specs: CPU: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270/1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 Chipset: Intel 945GSE with integrated GMA950 […]
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Fit PC 2 reviewed, photographed extensively
If you thought your netbook was a small computer, you’ve clearly never placed it next to a Fit PC 2. This little nettop computer is just about an inch thick and 4 inches dep and weighs less than a pound. But it has room for an Intel Atom Z530 or Z510 CPU, 1GB of RAM, […]
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Samsung N510 pictured, HDMI port spotted
Samsung’s upcoming N510 is the company’s first laptop based on the NVIDIA ION platform which bundles a low power Intel Atom CPU with a higher performance NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. The laptop will sport an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, and a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU. But you already knew that. […]
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Vivante, China partner on netbook chips
China’s Academy of Sciences (ICT) is working with US based Vivante to develop low power chips for netbooks. ICT is behind the MIPS-based Loongson CPU used in the Emtec Gdium netbook. And Vivante, which is an embedded graphics technology company, has agreed to work with ICT to develop GPUs for use in Chinese netbooks. The […]
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Next-gen Atom chips will be cooler, offer better graphics
More details are emerging about Intel’s next-generation Atom processors, codenamed Pineview. Fudzilla has a series of reports on the upcoming Atom chips. First, the site reports that both the new chips will dissipate heat better than today’s Atom chips, which will allow nettop computers using the new Atom processors to be passively cooled. In other […]
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Mobinnova élan Tegra powered netbook with custom UI – Video
First introduced at Computex earlier this month, the Mobinnova élan is a mini-laptop powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra platform which bundles an ARM CPU with NVIDIA Graphics to enable HD and 3D video performance on an extremely low power machine. This particular model is running Windows CE, but you’d almost never know it because the device […]
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Netbooks may be faster than laptops to adopt touchscreen displays
Windows 7, which is due out in a few months, will include a number of touch-friendly features. But you’ll need a computer with a touchscreen to take advantage of those features. And while I think touchscreen notebooks and netbooks will likely remain niche products for the foreseeable future, since touchscreens are awkward to use unless […]
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Dell Launches Vostro 1220 laptop in Japan
Dell is launching a new 12 inch notebook in Japan today. The Vostro 1220 will be available through Dell Small Business in Japan for 79,980 Yen including Tax. That’s about $838 US. But bear in mind, computers tend to cost more in Japan. The Dell Vostro 1220 has a 12.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel […]
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Study: 59 million netbooks will ship in 2013 (might not still be called netbooks)
I always get a kick out of reports that predict what will be happening 4 years from now in an industry segment that didn’t even exist 2 years ago. So I’m taking Semico’s recent prediction that 22% of the mobile PC market will belong to netbooks in 2013 with a grain of salt. According to […]
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What’s better than a netbook with a touchscreen? Two touchscreens! – Video
Asus, Gigabyte, and a handful of other companies are busy putting out netbooks with touchscreen displays. But for the most part, those touchscreens go in the usual place: above the keyboard. Sharp’s Mebius NJ70A takes a different approach, by replacing the touchpad below the keyboard with a 4 inch, 854 x 480 pixel touchscreen secondary […]