Tim Smalley at bit-tech.net has published a review of the Asus T91 Tablet and he has covered all the bases. Intriguingly the touch interface wasn’t available for him to review (you can check it out on this video from Sascha at netbooknews.de that we linked to a few days ago. This 8.9 inch touch screen [...]
Saul Hansell in the New York Times Bits blog managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Well, actually, he managed to do what just about anyone can do when it comes to massaging statistics and reports and numbers, (case in point the global economy), he managed to create a conclusion that may or [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features $35 off Asus’ Eee PC 1000HE NEW 10.1-inch ASUS Eee PC 1000HE Netbook in Blue (model no. EPC1000HE-BLU002X) now available for pre-order at $399.99 – $35 instant discount = $364.99 with FREE shipping. Atom N280 1.66GHz; 1GB DDR2; 160GB HDD; Bluetooth 10.1″ WSVGA LED LCD; Blue; 6-cell battery; [...]
Doug Goldring of Gear Diary has gotten his hands on the Clarion MIND, which is MID targeted for navigation purposes. Doug has done a through job of covering the MIND, which was announced at CES 2008 and finally started shipping late last fall. That’s the good news. To say Doug has put up a negative [...]
Wow. Who would have thunk it? A Bluetooth keyboard connected to the iPhone to make some text entry easier. Amazing. I’m surprised no one has ever thought of this before. Oh, wait a minute. We’ve been able to do this with other phones for, well, it seems like an eternity in mobile computing years. Sarcasm [...]
Trimble, a small Sunnyvale-based company focused on mobile location-based computing, has announced its latest Tablet UMPC dubbed the Yuma. The device sports a sunlight readable 7″ 1024×600 touchscreen, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 32GB SSD, Bluetooth, Wifi, GPS, and two integrated cameras for geotagging with the built in GPS receiver. On the rugged front, the Trimble [...]
Why should Apple make a Netbook? There doesn’t really seem to be a need. Apparently going the Hackintosh route is providing the same thing, just without any money flowing Cupertino’s way. And then again, Mr.. Jobs has said that they can’t make one for the price point that would cut his vision of mustard. It [...]
The trademark tussle over the term Netbook continues to provide some interesting twists and turns. The latest is from David Hughes who is an ex-Psion employee as he tells a bit about how Psion let things slip through their fingers. Here’s an excerpt: I remember playing with a pre-production netBook giving my feedback as to [...]
I’m not a fan of thumb typing, but that’s just me. I know many rely on flying thumbs on keyboards regardless of the device. The tiny UMID M1 that got demoed at the Mobile World Congress this week is one of those tiny keyboard wonders. Chris Davies of SlashGear has posted a video showing the [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features another hot one: Asus’ EeePC 1000HA for$299. Expires 2/22/09. ASUS 10-inch Eee PC 1000HA Netbook in Fine Ebony (EPC1000HA-BLK001X) on sale for $389.99 – $40 off instantly = $299.99 plus FREE shipping. That’s the lowest price we found by over $50. Also available in White 1.6GHz Atom N270 [...]
You should remember the MIDMoves team. Four prominent bloggers were given devices and told to hit the road, check them out, and report back. Well the MIDMoves site is full of their discoveries, and now the MIDMovers have gotten together for a podcast to talk about and share their experiences. Check out what Steve ““Chippy†[...]
Those interested in the Dell Mini 10 Netbook can now head over to the Dell site to scope it out ahead of the February 26th release. There are options (WiFi flavors, processor speeds, battery size, 3G card, etc..) and lots of pretty colors to look at and choose from. There’s also a Coming Soon section [...]
If Netbook makers were not thinking about putting Google’s Android on Netbooks and already tinkering I’d be disappointed. That doesn’t mean we’ll see it come to be though. That said, Brad Linder at Liliputing is reporting on a Bloomberg report that Asus has assigned a team of engineers to develop an Android powered Netbook. Again, [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features Lenovo’s U330 at $50 off + a 15% coupon. 15% stackable Coupon on top of $50 instant discount for the 4.36 pound Lenovo IdeaPad U330 13.3-inch ultralight Laptop. The IdeaPad U330 22672AU unit is on sale for $1349 – $50 instant savings – 15% stackable Coupon (Expires 3/2) [...]
This has been a week for flash back to the past videos. First we had this on Tablet PCs, now Google Blogoscoped has hit the way back machine to offer up this concept video from Apple to show off the Knowledge Navigator. This 1987 concept video was apparently meant to inspire engineers within Apple to [...]
Last week the Obama administration managed to get its stimulus plan (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) passed through the circus that is Congress and a part of that is the $7.2 billion allocated for increasing broadband coverage. It is still early in the game and at this point no procedures or methods have been [...]
Mobile World Congress 2009 wrapped up today, and buried deep within the myriad of phone related announcements lies this little gem of a convertible tablet PC. Gigabyte, famous for their MIDs and UMPCs, announced an update to their M912 with the TouchNote M1028. It sports a 10″ screen in the classic netbook form factor but [...]
While everyone waits to see how things will shake out in the multi-touch world of the future (N-Trig vs Wacom, Apple patents vs everyone else) along comes this very interesting looking video from Engadget of a multi-touch demo from Stantum. What’s amazing (to me anyway) is that this is being done on a resisitve touch [...]
Remember that Archos Netbook we’ve been blogging about? Looks like the 10 inch version is available to order now. The Archos Web Store has the 3-cell battery version of the Archos 10 listed for $399. Moving up to a 6-cell battery will set you back $449.
In a move that can only be called totally expected Asus is going to be phasing out the 8.9 inch screen size models in 2009 and focusing on the 10 inch model. With the 10 inch screen appearing to become a Netbook industry standard this only makes sense on a number of levels. According to [...]
The Netbook naming wars just heated up a bit, but I’m guessing the lawyers still want to make some money out of this. Dell has entered he fray and has filed a Petition to Cancel essentially saying that Psion Teklogix has abandoned the use of its trademark, and also throwing in a fraud charge as [...]
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The Asus T91 Tablet has been a hot topic for quite some time. We got to see it at CES 2009 but all they had were prototypes that were alas not really touchable as far as the UI goes. Well, Sascha from netbooknews.de has gotten his hands on one in Tapei and has put together [...]
Hey folks, Rob Bushway and Xavier Lanier here to bring you some exciting news. Since launching in February 2006, GottaBeMobile.com has become a foremost authority for news, reviews, and commentary in the mobile PC space. In the past three years, we have grown from a site with just two guys and a passion for tablet [...]
Get ready for a new acronym. Alternate MAC/PHY is a technolgy that allows Bluetooth connectivity via WiFi and from the accounts I’m seeing it looks like it moves data pretty fast. Scheduled to debut in April, word is this isn’t one of those technologies that we’ll hear about for a couple of years before we [...]
As the App Store wars heat up, Google has fired a shot directly at Apple by announcing a policy that allows for customers to return apps for a refund if they aren’t happy. Customers have a 24 hour window within which to effect the return and receive a full refund. It the category of what [...]
Chris Davies of SlashGear got to go hands on with the UMID M1 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and has filed a good report. This tiny device impressed Chris, but he mentions concerns about the tiny keyboard, which only makes sense to me given the size of the ““in-your-pocket†device. Chris has posted [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features Lenovo’s X61s 12.1″ notebook for a whopping $649. Details below: $320 off coupon for Lenovo ThinkPad X61s 12.1-inch ultraportable Laptop stackable with current 40% instant discount promotion. Starts at $1,665 – $696 off instantly – $320 stackable coupon = $649 with FREE shipping.
Several companies have signed onto a pledge to work towards a universal phone charging solution based on the micro-USB standard. This was announced by the GSMA at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Intriguingly, Apple isn’t one of the companies signing on yet. Some of those those that did sign on include AT&T, [...]
LG seems to be making a big splash at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In addition to talking about handsets they are also unveiling plans for what many are saying is a very stylish new Netbook, the LG-X120. The LG-X120 comes with 3G HSPA and of course the usual Netbook features we can just [...]
Oh, my. Due to Psion Teklogic’s defense of their trademark on the term Netbook, an Australian group is over reacting a bit and mounting a Save the Netbook campaign. The reasons I think they are overreacting are simple really.
Looks like the Navy Seals can’t settle for a laptop with just one screen. According to this article from Switched, they will be using a dual screen laptop (both at 15 inches) from gScreen Corp, an Alaskan startup. It looks like you can pre-order one beginning February 25 through the on-line store on Amazon.com. They [...]
Frank Garcia dug this video up. Remember the good old days of the promise of Tablet PCs? It is just my opinion, but with the exception of the processor part of the story in this video, the only thing that has changed is the unfortunate perception on all levels that Tablet PCs have become just [...]
Today’s LogicBuy.com Deal of the Day features Lenovo’s X301 Notebook at $607 off + a 15% Coupon. Details below: Huge savings on latest ThinkPad X301 Centrino 2 Ultra-portable laptop thanks to $607 instant discount + 15% stackable eCoupon. The X301 Laptop weighs 3 pounds and 1-inch thin. Range starts at $2,606 – $607 off instantly [...]
Meg over at GIS @ Vassar put up a post that kind of hits both my interests — GIS and Tablet PC’s. The new historic aerial photos feature in Google Earth 5.0 brings out a new level of use for a Tablet PC. Head over and check out how some change detection is accomplished right [...]
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