We’ve seen a lot of super-slim, super-sexy nettops from Chinese PC maker Giada recently. But the company also makes netbooks — albeit slightly less inspiring ones. Johannes from NewGadgets.de got a good look at the Giada VIVA-NE200 at CeBIT earlier this month. You can check out his hands-on video after the break. In a nutshell, […]
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A tale of three tablets: Lenovo, Gigabyte, and Viliv’s convertible netbooks
While there’s a lot of buzz around the upcoming iPad and dozens of other internet slates, tablet PCs have been around for nearly a decade. The difference is that most Windows-based tablets available today feature full sized keyboards and swivels that let you fold the touchscreen down over the keyboard for use in tablet mode. […]
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DPT showcases 7 inch Windows tablets at CeBIT
Wandering the show floor at CeBIT in Germany, jkkmobile stumbled across 2 nice looking tablet computers from DPT. Both feature 7 inch displays, but one model has a 1024 x 600 pixel display and runs Windows 7 while the other is a Windows XP tablet with a lower resolution 800 x 480 pixel display. The […]
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Gigabyte M1000N to pack next-gen NVIDIA ION graphics
It looks like Gigabyte is going to be one of the first PC makers to jump on the 10-inch netbook with NVIDIA ION bandwagon. The company is making an ION version of the M1000 netbook we told you about the other day. Netbook News.de reports that the ION version will be called the Gigabyte M1000N […]
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Giada introduces ION-powered nettop with TV tuner
Giada has a pretty strong showing at CeBIT this week. In addition to the slim nettop models I spotted earlier this year at CES, the company is showing off a new model with a dual core Intel Atom D510 Pine Trail processor and next-generation ION graphics. What’s really remarkable about the new Giada Cube-N7DT though […]
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Mio Moov V780 Tegra tablet and optional keyboard
The Mio V780 is a 7 inch tablet built around NVIDIA’s Tegra platform, which means it should be able to handle HD and 3D graphics. While the UI is based on Windows CE, Mio has crafted a custom3D user interface so that you’ll never have to see the guts of Windows CE. You’re still stuck […]
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Is a 4.8 inch notebook a laptop or a thigh-top?
Look, there are few things I love more than tiny computers. But there’s tiny, and then there’s tiny. And while the usmart Sun Power Technology mini-notebook with a 4.8 inch screen isn’t exactly the smallest computer with a QWERTY keyboard I’ve ever seen, I do have to wonder if it’s fair to call this kind […]
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Point of View shows off CULV powered notebooks
Point of View is probably best known for making graphics cards, but the company has also cranked out some interesting netbooks over the past few years — including one of the first models with a dual core Atom processor. A few months ago, the company promised to add an 11.6 inch laptop with an Intel […]
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The BYD tablets, netbooks of CeBIT
BYD is showing off a series of netbooks and tablets at CeBIT in Germany, and jkkmobile shot a little video with a few of the most interesting models. You can check out his videos below, but here’s a quick rundown of what he found: BYD M09AS netbook On paper, this netbook looks a bit like […]
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Linpus Linux Lite operating systems for netbooks updated
Back in 2008 when a significant percentage of netbooks were shipping with Linux rather than Windows, Linpus Linux Lite looked like a major player. Acer had tapped the folks at Linpus to design the OS for its first generation of 8.9 inch netbooks and the future was looking bright. A year and a half […]