Lenovo has confirmed that it’s working on a 10 inch touchscreen laptop designed to run Google Android. It’s called the Lenovo IdeaPad A10, and after we discovered product manuals for the device on the Lenovo website this week, a spokesperson confirmed to PC World that the IdeaPad A10 is real, and it’s on the way. […]
android netbook
Android netbooks with Allwinner dual, quad-core processors
Most major PC makers may have left the netbook market for dead. But Chinese vendors have continued cranking out cheap mini-laptops with 10 inch or smaller displays. Some models run Windows, but many of the cheapest feature inexpensive ARM chips and run Android or Windows CE. But it looks like some slightly more powerful models […]
Android netbook with RockChip RK2918 CPU shows up in China
Charbax from ARMdevices is visiting a trade show in China this week and one of the more unusual devices he spotted is a mini-laptop with an ARM-based processor and Google Android operating system. That’s not too unusual, since we’ve been seeing cheap Chinese netbooks with Android for the past few years, but there are a […]
Asus may launch an Android or Chrome OS netbook for under $250
Once upon a time the $200 netbook was Asus’ answer to OLPC’s $100 laptop. But just as the OLPC XO Laptop never actually managed to make it all the way down to a hundred bucks, the only way to pick up a $200 Asus netbook is to find an older or refurbished model. While Asus […]
NEC introduces 7 inch Android netbook with NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip
NEC has unveiled a new netbook for the Japanese market which features an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and runs Google Android 2.2. The NEC LifeTouch Note features a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel resistive touchscreen display, a 2MP camera, GPS, and accelerometer. There will be three versions: With 3G, WiFi and 8GB […]
Next Surfer Pro: 10 inch Android netbook for the UK
UK retailer Next is no stranger to Android devices, having introduced an Android tablet last year. But the company’s latest Android product is a bit more bizarre: a 10 inch laptop with Google Android called the Next Surfer Pro. The Surfer Pro has a 10 inch display, 1GHZ processor, 256MB of RAm and 16GB of […]
Shenzhen Firstview keeps the Android netbook flame alive
Last year at CES you couldn’t walk more than a few feet without running into a cheap Chinese netbook with an ARM-based processor running Google Android or Linux. This year, they’re few and far between as companies have largely replaced them with trendier tablets. But I wandered into the Shenzhen Firstview booth this week and […]
Archos Gbook could be an upcoming Android or Chrome OS netbook
Archos is best known for producing portable media players and tablet computers, but the company has dipped its toes into the netbook market in the past, and the folks at Pocket Now have found evidence suggesting that Archos plans to have another go at the laptop space. Archos has filed for trademark protection for the […]
NEC to launch dual screen Android tablet?
NEC is reportedly planning to showcase a dual screen Android tablet at CES in January. The company recently launched a line of 7 inch Android tablets in Japan, but so far those devices aren’t available in the US. It’s not clear whether a CES launch in Las Vegas means we can expect to see the […]
Compaq Airlife 100 Android powered netbook heads to Chile
The Compaq Airlife 100 may have made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas in January, but it has yet to land on retail shelves in the US. The device is one of the first so-called smartbooks to hit the market. It has a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs Google’s Android operating […]