Over the past 2 years, I’ve seen a lot of 7 inch mini-notebooks with ARM or MIPS based processors. Most run Windows CE or some flavor of Linux. This week I came across a model running Google Android, which is the first time I’ve seen that OS on one of these generic netbooks. I’m sure […]
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Samsung N135 and N140 receive the Windows 7 treatment
Samsung isn’t just rolling out brand new netbooks at CES. The company has also given some of its existing products a modest update by replacing Windows XP with Windows 7 Starter Edition. The new version of the Samsung N130 is called the N135, and the only real change is that it now runs Windows 7. […]
What’s next for the NorhTec Edubook?
After having played around with an 8.9 inch NorhTec Gecko Edubook for the past few weeks, I got a chance to meet up with the folks from NorhTec at CES. They were showing off several new devices including an upcoming 10 inch netbook and the recently launched Gecko Surfboard computer-in-a-keyboard. There was also a demo […]
Closer look at the Samsung N150
You’ve seen the Samsung N210 and N220 netbooks with extra-long battery life and the NB30 “ultra durable” netbook. Rounding out Samsung’s new line of netbooks with Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processors is the Samsung N150. This model features the usual Samsung specs including an island-style keyboard, touchpad with support for multitouch gestures, and a […]
Hands on with Texet’s 8.9 inch touchscreen tablet
While CES is choc full of companies showing off tablets using ARM-based chipsets from Qualcomm, Freescale, Marvell, and NVIDIA, the folks at Texet are taking a different approach. The Texet EZB890 is an 8.9 inch touchscreen tablet with a 500MHz MIPS-based processor. It’s running a custom Linux distribution, and it’s surprisingly snappy. The tablet comes […]
Closer look at the Samsung N210 and N220
All of Samsung’s new laptops feature Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processors, multit-touch touchpads, matte screens, and a new island-style keyboard design. And the Samsung N210 and N220 are no different. What sets these netbooks apart from Samsung’s other offerings is a 6 cell, 5600mAh battery which Samsung says can power the laptops for up […]
The PCD X220 tablet style netbook looks awfully familiar…
When I spotted the X220 netbook with a touchscreen display at the PCD area this weekend, I kind of thought it looked familiar. And then I looked at the lid, which doesn’t have the PCD brand name at the moment. Instead it says Haier, which makes sense, since the PCD X220 appears to be little […]
MSI’s Projector PC concept packs an entire PC into a projector case
You know what happens when PCs get smaller and smaller? It gets easier to cram a complete PC into other products that were once thought of as peripherals. Case in point: MSI’s Projector PC. Basically, this concept machine takes a low power computer and shoves it inside a somewhat standard looking projector. This lets you […]
Samsung Netbook with Moblin Linux – Now with more video
You know, I spent a fair bit of time waxing poetic about just how snappy the Samsung N127 with Moblin Linux was yesterday. But showing is always better than telling. So I popped back over to Samsung’s exhibit today and shot a short video showing how Moblin works on the netbook. The short answer is, […]