The upcoming Viliv S7 mobile internet device looks like a cross between two of the hottest devices on display at CES this week. Like the  Sony Vaio P, this MID is long and thin and lacks a touchpad. But like the Asus Eee PC T91 it has a touchscreen that folds back over the top […]
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A good sign Toshiba is not releasing a netbook in the US soon
Yesterday CNet reported that Toshiba hasn’t yet decided whether to release its NB100/NB105 netbook in the US. The mini-laptop is currently available in Europe and Latin America, but not in the US. So I decided to stop by the Toshiba booth and see what I could see. And you know what? The Toshiba netbooks on […]
Leaving Las Vegas
In a few hours I should be on the air and on my way back to Philadelphia. We’re expecting bad weather in Philly tonight, so it’s possible I could get stuck somewhere in between here or there, but after spending most of the week in Las Vegas, I’m really looking forward to seeing my cat, […]
Asus launches Eee PC D200 media server with touchscreen
Asus is continuing to extend the Eee PC family well beyond its original netbook roots. One of the devices the company is showing at CES this week is the Eee PC D200, which is a sort of low power home media server. It sports a 1.6GTHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 512MB […]
Hands on with the Sony Vaio P
Once I saw the $899 starting price tag for the Sony Vaio P, I pretty much decided to stop covering the device on this site. It’s just too expensive to seriously put in the same class of devices as an Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind, or Acer Aspire One. And Sony doesn’t really want to […]
LimePC: $199 Freescale-powered netbook – Video
It turns out Pegatron isn’t the only company pushing a netbook model based on a Freescale CPU. I ran across the LimePC booth at CES operated by China’s Tinsghua Tongfang Co. The LimePC platform combines a Freescale chipset and a custom version of Linux called LimeOS. The company is pushing a netbook (LimeBook), a small […]
Asus Eee PC 1003HG Go with 3G support
I was just looking through some photos that Sascha from Netbook News.de  took at the Asus booth this week, and it looks like he spotted a new netbook that I missed, the Asus Eee PC 1003HG Go. As far as I can tell, this computer is virtually identical to the Eee PC 1000H except it […]
HWG showcases USB powered second display for netbooks
I took a little trip to the “International Gateway” section of CES today where a bunch of Chinese, Taiwanese, and Hong Kong-based ODMs and OEMs are showcasing products. For the most part you’ll never see products in the US or Europe with these company’s names on them, but they’re seeking western distributors for their technology. […]
Dell launches USB TV tuner for Inspiron Mini family
Dell has announced a new USB TV tuner desisnged for the company’s netbook line. Sure, you could technically plug any USB TV Tuner from Hauppauge, AverMedia, or any other company into your netbook and achieve the same results. But the $50 Dell USB Digital TV Tuner is cute, tiny, and designed to match the aesthetics […]
Coby launches half a dozen netbooks – Photo Gallery
Coby has officially put an end to the whole will they or won’t they enter the mini-laptop market. They will. Big time. As reported earlier today, Coby has a display case filled with netbooks at CES. But what I didn’t realize until I wandered over to the Coby  area was that there are 6 separate […]