Chinese companies haven’t started cranking out home-grown Chromebooks yet, but Emdoor’s new EM-T8513 and EM-T8516 may be the next best thing. These convertible notebooks have touchscreen displays, 360 degree hinges, the same processor used in the Acer Chromebook R 13, and a choice of Android 6.0 or Remix OS. Remix OS is an Android-based operating […]
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Emtec GEM Box review (micro-console with GameFly streaming support)
Gaming can be an expensive hobby. The latest Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo game consoles costs hundreds of dollars, and gaming PCs can easily cost several times as much. Over the past few years a number of companies have tried to shake things up by launching micro-consoles which are typically smaller, cheaper, and less powerful than a PS4, […]
Emtec Gdium Liberty 1000 now available for well under $300
The Emtec Gdium Liberty 1000 netbook is made from a different mold than most of the mini-laptops available today. I mean sure, it has a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and it’s about the same size and shape as every other 10 inch netbook. But it shuns the usual Intel Atom processor for […]
Emtec to launch NVIDIA ION-powered nettop
Emtec is planning to launch a tiny desktop computer powered by NVIDIA’s ION platform which bundles an Intel Atom processor with NVIDIA graphics. Emtec is the company behind the innovative (if a bit behind schedule) Gdium netbook with a Loongson CPU, Mandriva Linux, and a removable USB flash drive that functions as the computer’s main […]
Emtec Gdium Liberty netbook on sale in France this week
The Emtec Gdium Liberty netbook is set to go on sale in France at the Paris Fair this week for €349. While most netbooks available today feature Intel Atom processors, 160GB hard drives, and Windows XP, there are a few companies thinking outside the box. And few of them are further outside the box than […]
EMTEC Gdium to sell for $400 in the US
We’ve been hearing about EMTEC’s unusual Gdium netbook for months. But it looks like the company is finally getting ready to launch the netbook. Gdium recently launched a “one laptop per hacker” program to help build a developer community. And now Engadget reports that EMTEC will be showing the netbook at CES next week and […]
EMTEC gdium EM-PC: 9 inch laptop for $430
The upcoming EMTEC gdium EM-PC is a low cost subnotebook designed for students. EMTEC has operations in 24 countries, but the best product description I could find was on the EMTEC Australia web site, which states that the gdium EM-PC will be available in Australia in July. Here are some of the machine’s specs: Flash […]