The JooJoo tablet is now available for purchase in Europe, where you can pick one up for €359 plus €15 for shipping. That’s actually not a bad deal, as it comes to a few bucks less than the $499 plus shipping you’d have to pay to get the tablet in the US or Canada. But […]
europe
Intel AppUp Center (netbook app store) expands to Europe, Linux
Intel’s AppUp Center offers netbook users a single place to find and download applications optimized for netbooks with small displays and Intel Atom processors. You know, kind of like the iTunes App Store, but for netbooks instead of iPhones. Up until today, the AppUp Center was only available for Windows, which struck me as kind […]
Asus Eee PC 1001HA hits Europe: 1005HA with a decorative lid
Several European retailers are taking orders for an unannounced Asus netbook called the Eee PC 1001HA. From the look of it, the laptop is basically an Eee PC 1005HA with a different finish. Instead of a glossy black or white lid, you get a wavy pattern that makes the lid look like carbon fiber. Eee […]
Hauppauge launches ridiculously small USB digital TV tuner
Want a digital TV tuner for your netbook that doesn’t take up a lot of space? You have a few choices. You can order a netbook that has a tuner tucked away inside the case, like the Dell Inspiron Mini 10. Or you can get the smallest USB tuner you can find. And they don’t […]
Samsung to become number 2 netbook seller in Europe?
Acer, HP, Asus, Lenovo, and Dell are all known primarily as PC makers. Samsung? Not so much. The company makes consumer electronics ranging from televisions and Blu-ray players to smartphones. But Samsung also makes some of the most popular mini-laptops around, and according to DigiTimes, Samsung is poised to become the number 2 netbook vendor […]
HP Mini 311 manhandled in Europe
HP hasn’t officially announced the HP Mini 311 yet. But a flood of info about the upcoming 11.6 inch laptop with NVIDIA ION graphics has been spilling out over the last few days. And now it looks like a pre-production model is making the rounds. Netbook News.it has posted some hands-on photos and a bit […]
Dell Mini 10 disappears from Dell Europe web site (10v still available)
It looks like Dell has pulled the Inspiron Mini 10 with an Intel Atom Z520 processor from its European web store. When you hit the Mini 10 link from the company’s laptop page, all you see are Dell Inspiron 10v models, which pack 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processors. Dell’s US and Canadian pages for the […]
Orange and HP to offer 3G enabled netbooks in Europe
HP and wireless carrier Orange have signed a 3 year deal to distribute HP computers including the HP Mini 1000 with 3G wireless capabilities in Europe. Orange will market and distribute the computers, likely marking down the price for customers who sign up for long term data plans. The computers will first be offered in […]
Mini-notebooks account for 30% of consumer laptop sales in EMEA
Research firm IDC says that 30% of “consumer portable” computer sold in the EMEA region in the fourth quarter of 2008 were mini-laptops. EMEA covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Overall, 3.6 million netbooks were sold in the region, accounting for 20% of overall notebook sales and an even higher percentage of consumer oriented […]
No HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition for the UK
The HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition is basically an HP Mini 1000 running an Ubuntu Linux-based operating system that HP calls Mobile Internet Experience. It comes with a custom theme, a slick program launcher, and a home screen that provides quick access to your browser bookmarks. While I find it’s a little less responsive than […]