Asus plans to start shipping the Eee PC X101 netbook in September. First introduced in May, the X101 will be one of the cheapest 10 inch netbooks ever to hit the market. The netbook has a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom N435 low power processor, a low capacity 3 cell battery, and an 8GB solid state […]
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Samsung unveils netbook with MeeGo Linux for India
Samsung is set to launch a low-cost netbook in India. It’s called the Samsung N100 and in order to keep the price down, Samsung is using a low power 1.33 GHz Intel Atom N435 processor and MeeGo Linux operating system. It will sell for about 12,290 rupees, which is about $275 US. If the specs […]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK Color hacked to run MeeGo Linux
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Color is turning out to be a ridiculously versatile device. Originally positioned as a color eBook reader which just happened to run Google Android, it didn’t take long for hackers to figure out how to root the tablet and install their own apps. Now another hack shows that it’s possible […]
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Acer unveils Iconia M500 MeeGo tablet
It looks like Acer is hedging its bets in the consumer tablet space. The company is currently selling a 10 inch Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet with Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Now it looks like Acer will add an Iconia M500 MeeGo tablet to the mix later this year. While the company’s Android tablet is […]
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German WeTab tablet shrinks down to 10.1 inches
The WeTab is a German tablet running a custom operating system based on MeeGo Linux with support for Linux and Android apps. The original WeTab featured an 11.6 inch, 1366 Â x 768 pixel display and 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. But there’s a new version on display at Computex this week with a new […]
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Asus Eee PC X101: $200 netbook that will run MeeGo Linux or Windows 7
Asus is getting back into the Linux netbook game with the introduction of the Eee PC X101. The company is positioning the new netbook as a thin and light model, measuring just 0.7 inches thick and weighing just 2.1 pounds. Those figures aren’t exactly revolutionary, but they do mean that the new netbook will be […]
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MeeGo 1.2 coming soon to Linux distributions you probably don’t use
Intel has announced that four companies have committed to using the recently released MeeGo 1.2 code in upcoming versions of their Linux-based operating systems. MeeGo offers a user interface optimized for mobile devices including phones, tablets, and netbooks, as well as performance optimizations for Intel Atom processors. Linpus, the company that developed the Linux distribution […]
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MeeGo Linux 1.2 core software now available
The developers behind MeeGo Linux have released the core images for MeeGo 1.2. There aren’t any dramatic changes to the user interface yet, but the update does include an updated Linux kernel, updated Qt, X.org, and other packages including a new telephony stack and updated audio software with support for Bluetooth A2DP streaming. Right now […]
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LG working on MeeGo Linux tablets, phones, and more?
LG is holding a session at the MeeGo Conference next month where the company will show off devices running MeeGo, including tablets, phones, and in-vehicle entertainment systems. It’s not clear at the moment if this means that LG will definitely be bringing these devices to market, but it at least shows that the company is […]
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MeeGo’s new tablet UI shown off on an Oak Trail tablet
We already knew that the folks behind the MeeGo Linux operating system were developing a tablet-friendly user interface. But if you were wondering what it actually looked like on one of those newfangled tablets with an Oak Trail chip you’ve been hearing so much about, Netbook News has you covered. They’re on site at the […]