Gigabyte has announced plans to launch Windows 7 versions of two of the company’s latest netbooks in Japan. The Gigabyte T1028X convertibel touchscreen netbook will be available with Windows 7 Starter Edition and a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU. 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel touchscreen display, 1GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, and a 6 […]
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Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X review
The Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X is a portable laptop with a 10.2 inch display and an Intel Atom N280 processor. But if I stopped there, it would sound pretty much like every other netbook on the market, when the truth is that this machine has more goodies packed into it than just about any other netbook […]
A closer look at the Gigabyte TouchNote’s touchscreen
One of the Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X’s defining features is its touchscreen display. And while the computer ships with Windows XP Home Edition, which means it doesn’t include all the bells and whistles that you might expect from a tablet PC, the touchscreen is pretty responsive. What’s more, Gigabyte includes a few basic applications that make […]
Typing test: Bigger keyboards aren’t always better
As I mentioned the other day, I have a whole lot of mini-laptops sitting on my desk at the moment. So I decided that today would be as good a time as any to do a little keyboard face-off. I’d already kind of decided that of the netbooks I’m using this week the Samsung Go […]
How much difference does a high resolution display make?
I’ve been testing out a number of netbooks over the last few days, including the Samsung Go (pictured above, left), and Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X (pictured, right). Like most 10 inch netbooks on the market today, the Samsung Go has a 1024 x 600 pixel display. The TouchNote T1028X, on the other hand, has a 1366 […]
What my desk looks like today
Yeah, I’ve got a backlog of netbooks to review. The next week or two should be fun. I’d like to thank Samsung, Gigabyte, and Lenovo for sending me these models to review. The little guy in the back of the second row is my Asus Eee PC 1000H. That’s right, I’ve actually managed to hang […]
Unboxing the Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X – Video
The folks at Gigabyte were kind enough to send me a TouchNote T1028X convertible tablet style netbook to review. This machine isn’t the first touchscreen netbook to hit the streets, but it has a few features that really set it apart from the crowd: It has a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display The […]
Gigabyte’s 10 inch, pricey touchscreen, hi-res netbook now available
Looking for a touchscreen netbook with a 10 inch screen, 1366 x 768 pixel display, and 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU? Right now there’s pretty much only one choice: The Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X, which the company recently rolled out as an update to the original TouchNote T1028M (which has a lower resolution display). While DigiTimes […]
Gigabyte TouchNote, Booktop now available in the US
The Asus Eee PC T91 and Intel Classmate PC 3 (aka CTL 2Go PC and other rebranded netbooks) aren’t the only touchscreen netbooks available in the US anymore. Gigabyte is bringing its TouchNote T1028 netbook to America, and you can pick it up today for $599. That’s about $100 more than you’d pay for the […]