ECS is showing off a new mini-laptop that bears a more than passing resemblance to the Sony Vaio P thanks to its small size and widescreen display. The ECS T800 will measure just 246 x 121 x 20mm and weigh about 800 grams. In American measurements, that’s 9.7″ x 4.8″ x .08″ and 1.76 pounds. […]
Xandros, Canonical working on Moblin-based Linux distros for netbooks
Xandros and Canonical are the latest Linux distributions to announce plans to develop versions of their operating systems based on Moblin. The Moblin Linux distribution, which is backed by Intel and managed by the Linux Foundation is a custom version of Linux optimized for Intel Atom powered mini-laptops. It boots quickly, takes advantage of the […]
Mobinnova introduced Ă©lan netbook with NVIDIA Tegra, Windows CE – Video
While you might not really expect much from a mini-laptop running Windows CE, the Mobinnova Ă©lan is definitely raising some eyebrows at Computex. That’s because this little 8.9 inch Smartbook is rocking the NVIDIA Tegra platform under the hood. That means it bundles an ARM-based processor with an NVIDIA graphics processor to deliver smooth playback […]
NVIDIA, Broadcom working on GPU acceleration for Flash video
NVIDIA, Broadcom, and Adobe are working on adding GPU acceleration for Flash video to their video solutions for low power netbooks and MIDs. Because, while you can stream full screen standard definition Hulu video pretty well on a machine 1024 x 600 pixel display and an Intel Atom CPU, good luck trying to do the […]
Acer to launch an Android netbook this year; Asus, maybe not so much
PC maker Acer has announced plans to develop a netbook running the Google Android operating system by the third quarter of 2009. While a number of companies have talked about building Google Android netbooks with ARM processors, it looks like Acer wants to stick with the Intel Atom CPU that it’s using in its existing […]
Are netbooks leading to a surge in optical disc drive sales?
By definition, netbooks are small, light and ultraportable. But it’s hard to pack everything that you’d expect from a full sized laptop into a compact case. And one of the first things to go is usually the optical disc drive. If all you plan to do with your netbook is surf the web, check your […]
SanDisk launches SSD line optimized for netbooks
SanDisk is introducing its second generation of low cost solid state disks for netbooks today. The pSSD P2 and S2 SSDs offer vRPM (virtual revolutions per minute) of around 9,000 which makes them almost twice as fast as a 5400RPM hard drive. SanDisk’s SSDs also use a new technology called nCache which allocates up to […]
It’s official: Dell phases out Inspiron Mini 9
If you were still holding onto hope that you mights be able to pick up a 9 inch Dell Inspiron Mini laptop, it looks like you’re out of luck. As I mentioned the other day, Dell has removed the Inspiron Mini 9 from its web site. And today Dell is sending out a note to […]
Toshiba NB205 coming to America
Toshiba is bringing its first 10 inch netbook to the United States. In fact, the Toshiba NB205 will be the first mini-laptop from Toshiba available in the US. The company’s Satellite NB100 netbook with an 8.9 inch display was sold parts of Europe, Asia, and South America, but never made it to the States. The […]
Qualcomm introduces 1.3GHz Snapdragon CPU
The Qualcomm Snapdragon platform ist starting to find its way into netbooks smartbooks like the the new Asus Eee PC on display at Computex. But while Qualcomm’s first generation Snapdragon chipset clocks in at 1GHz and offers excellent power management features, the company is already working on its second generation QSD8650A Snapdragon chipset which will […]