If a netbook is what you get when you shrink a laptop, the Sharp Netwalker PC-Z1 is what you get when you miniaturize a netbook. But what do you get when you take a Sharp Netwalker and lose the keyboard altogether? Apparently a Sharp Netwalker PC-T1. Sharp’s latest Netwalker features the same 5 inch, 1024 […]
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Sharp demonstrates 10 inch 3D display for tablets, netbooks, more
It’s a bit early to tell whether 3D is truly the wave of the future, or just a gimmick that got a lot of people to go see Avatar in the theaters. But a lot of folks in the tech industry are investing a lot of time and money in 3D technology in the hopes […]
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Android powered Sharp IS01 looks like a netbook, works like a smartphone
Most of the so-called “smartbooks” we’ve seen over the last few months have attempted to blur the lines between a netbook/notebook and a smartphone by using an ARM-based processor and an always-on operating system such as Google Android that allows you to receive incoming messages even when the laptop’s lid is closed. But most of […]
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Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 mini-laptop unboxed
Every now and again I use the phrase “mini-laptop” to describe the 9 and 10 inch notebooks we’ve come to think of as netbooks. But the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 takes things to another level with a 5 inch display and full (but tiny) QWERTY display. And apparently the NetWalker has begun shipping, because Jenn at […]
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Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1: What you get when you shrink a netbook
Netbooks are small laptops. But the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 is small even by netbook standards. It’s probably safer to call this little computer with a 5 inch display a MID or Mobile Internet Device, but unlike many MIDs, it has a full QWERTY keyboard. You’re just going to need very tiny fingers to type properly […]
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Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A unboxed – Video
The Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A is a min-laptop with a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, and all the other things you’d expect from an average netbook. Now here’s what makes it different: Instead of a standard touchpad, the PC-NJ70A has a 4 inch, 854 x 480 pixel touschreeen display […]
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Sharp Mebius dual screen netbook available for preorder (for $999)
Either Sharp has succeeded in pricing its upcoming Mebius PC-NJ70A laptop well out of the netbook range, or it just costs an arm and a leg to import this kind of computer from Japan. Either way, PC importer Dynamism is taking preorders on the Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A for a whopping $999. While that’s more than […]
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Sharp launches “netbook” with secondary display/touchpad
As expected, Sharp has launched its first entry into the crowded netbook space. And as hoped, Sharp is thinking outside of the box — but maybe a little too far. The Sharp Mebius PC-NJ70A has all the specs you’d expect from a netbook including a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard […]
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Sharp to launch a netbook next week
Sharp blurred the lines between PDAs and laptops a few years ago with its line of Zaurus handhelds that ran Linux, had QWERTY keyboards, and fit in your pocket. They were way too small to compete with modern netbooks, but they offered a ton of features that you couldn’t find on normal PDAs. So I’m […]