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Mike Arrington’s CrunchPad leaps toward reality – do you care?

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington may have failed in his quest to develop a $200 portable internet tablet. But it’s starting to look like he’s come pretty darn close. Last night some images of a nearly production quality prototype leaked out, and both TechCrunch and CrunchGear have confirmed that these images are the real deal. So […]

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Intel’s mixed messages: Netbooks aren’t for grownups, wait yes they are

Conventional wisdom about 18 months ago was that netbooks were designed for children and developing markets. After all, that was the market that the OLPC Foundation was targeting, and what was the OLPC XO Laptop if not the first netbook? Asus took some cues from the OLPC project with the first Eee PC by building […]

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Gigabyte Touch Note convertible netbook unboxed – Video

The Gigabyte T1028M Touch Note convertible tablet style netbook may not be shipping from US distributors yet. But European retailer Mobilx has it in stock, and Chippy at UMPC Portal got a loaner to check out. To start things off, he’s posted a detailed unboxing video, which you can find after the break. The netbook […]