As you may have noticed, I’m not in Taiwan this week for the big Computex trade show. But a number of friends of the site including jkkmobile, Sascha Pallenberg, and Joanna Stern are there, and they can’t stop shooting videos of all the cool new toys. So here’s a roundup of some of the best […]
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Asus finally launches the Eee PC T91
Asus has been showing off its Eee PC T91 touchscreen tablet-style netbook since CES in January. But the company finally made an official product launch at Computex this week. While the company’s inability to find a hand model over the age of 3 makes the computer look like it has a 17 inch screen, the […]
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BenQ launches Joybook Lite U121 Eco 11.6 inch mini-laptop
BenQ is introducing a new mini-laptop in its Joybook Lite lineup. The U121 Eco is the first member of the Joybook Lite family to sport an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display. It also features a full sized keyboard, although the touchpad looks like it could stand to gain a few millimeters. The Joybook […]
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Wistron N900z: Good battery life, meh performance
Last year Intel Atom powered netbooks were all the rage at Computex. This year, it’s mini-laptops with ARM processors, like the Wistron N900Z. Laptop Magazine’s Joanna Stern got a chance to check out this little laptop with a Freescale i.MX515 ARM-based processor running at 800MHz. As you’d expect, the system is a bit sluggish compared […]
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Gigabyte introduces “Myou” netbook (rebranded thin note) – Video
Gigabyte is demonstrating its ThinNote S1024 netbook at Computex. Except it’s not calling the netbook “ThinNote” anymore. Instead the laptop has been redubbed the Myou. But otherwise it’s still the same thin and light machine with a 10.1 inch screen, 6 cell battery, and Intel Atom N270 CPU. The computer has a somewhat boxy look […]
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VIA Nano to power thin and light notebooks
VIA may have lost the battle for netbook dominance to Intel, but the chip maker is showing off some recent successes at Computex in Taipei. While the vast majority of 10 inch and smaller netbooks available today use Intel’s Atom processor, the VIA Nano processor appears to be making some headway with slightly large machines […]
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NVIDIA announces 21 ION PCs, 12 Tegras
If you’ve been wondering where all the computers based on NVIDIA’s ION platform were, the answer appears to be Taipei. Because at a Computex press event today, NVIDIA announced 21 different netbooks and nettops that would make use of the new platform which bundles an Intel Atom processor with an NVIDIA GPU to offer enhanced […]
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ECS launches T800, an 8.1 inch, Android powered mini-laptop – Video
ECS is showing off a new mini-laptop that bears a more than passing resemblance to the Sony Vaio P thanks to its small size and widescreen display. The ECS T800 will measure just 246 x 121 x 20mm and weigh about 800 grams. In American measurements, that’s 9.7″ x 4.8″ x .08″ and 1.76 pounds. […]
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Mobinnova introduced élan netbook with NVIDIA Tegra, Windows CE – Video
While you might not really expect much from a mini-laptop running Windows CE, the Mobinnova élan is definitely raising some eyebrows at Computex. That’s because this little 8.9 inch Smartbook is rocking the NVIDIA Tegra platform under the hood. That means it bundles an ARM-based processor with an NVIDIA graphics processor to deliver smooth playback […]
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Acer to launch an Android netbook this year; Asus, maybe not so much
PC maker Acer has announced plans to develop a netbook running the Google Android operating system by the third quarter of 2009. While a number of companies have talked about building Google Android netbooks with ARM processors, it looks like Acer wants to stick with the Intel Atom CPU that it’s using in its existing […]