The sky might not be falling but Asus is following Acer’s lead and dropping prices on some models in the vaunted Eee PC line. Brad Linder at Liliputing is reporting that the Asus 1000H can be had at Amazon for $505, (affiliate link) as low as $449 at MWave, and if you are interested in lower [...]
Modding Netbooks is already a trend. It looks like Dell has acknowledged that right up front about its just announced Mini 9 Netbook by putting the servcie manual online for easy access. Netbook modder extraordinaire jkkmobile provides the link and has posted some pictures for all to see. It looks like modding will be relatively [...]
We’ve posted about the possibility of Dell’s new Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook being subsidized by Telcos in the future. It looks like if you live in Europe, you might be first on the list to see for yourself. That won’t be until later in September, but according to this article from Crave, Vodafone will partnering [...]
If you aren’t doing anything at 3pm EST today (1900GMT) and want to get your geek on, there are some choices for interesting viewing. Laptop Magazine will be hosting a live session where they will be showing off a highly anticipated new Netbook. Hmmm? Wonder what that could be? Chippy at UMPCPortal will be hosting [...]
Yesterday’s news that Acer had cut the price of the Aspire One NetBook line by $50 was seen by some as a shocker. I think Acer was feeling the heat of Dell’s supposed $299 price tag. Dell was rumored to announce one of the NetBook world’s worst kept secrets yesterday but hasn’t yet. (Side note: [...]
Interesting. Acer has decided to drop the price on the Aspire One Netbook from $399 to $349 for the XP version and from $379 to $329 for the Linpus Linux version. Also of note, if you’re looking to purchase one with a six-cell battery you can do so for $399. I don’t remember the details [...]
Dell’s NetBook is one of the worst kept secrets in NetBook land and now there are some more pictures to check out courtesy of Gizmodo. They got their hands on some web documentation that says the Inspiron 910 looks very mod-able, as well as pictures of the ports and other geek goodness. Release date looks [...]
Well, my wife has been working with the Acer Aspire One for a week. It looks like it is getting returned. Three issues comprise the reasoning here. She loves the keyboard but hates the mouse buttons that are on either side of the trackpad. “It drives me nuts” is the quote there. She’s not a [...]
Good friend Kevin Tofel is offering a good hypothesis in his thinking about the land of NetBooks (or whatever you want to call them.) Simply put Kevin thinks that the hoops a typical out-of-the-box user has to jump through to install additional applications other than what is included by the OEM might be a big [...]
Well, I haven’t seen the Acer Aspire One since my wife unboxed it as she’s using it constantly but I doubt she’ll go as far as tnkrl who is already deep into modding Acer’s NetBook (or whatever you want to call them.) If you want to see how to pop the Aspire One open and [...]
Well as I posted on Saturday I did pick up an Acer Aspire One Netbook or whatever you want to call them) at Circuit City, and I finally managed to convince my lovely wife, Thomasin, to take some time after her busy performance schedule this weekend to shoot an unboxing and first look InkShow, which [...]
Well, as promised, on my dinner break between shows at Wayside Theatre I headed back to Circuit City and I did manage to purchase an Acer Aspire One Netbook (or whatever you want to call them.) Price was $379. I haven’t opened it up yet as I’m hoping my lovely wife Thomasin will be in [...]
Kevin Tofel reports on jkOnTheRun that Acer’s Aspire 1 Netbook (or whatever you want to call them) is now on the shelves at Circuit City. At least in some places. Kevin saw it advertised in the weekly newspaper flyer from Circuit City. I headed over to our local CC on my way to the theatre [...]
Joanna Stern at Laptop Magazine has posted a mini-review of the GigaByte M912V ultra-portable (or whatever you want to call them). She finds some things she likes and some things she doesn’t, which I’m guessing is going to be a continuing theme as we see more and more of these small devices hit the market. She’s [...]
Steve “Chippy” Paine of UMPCPortal has hands on the Kohjinsha SX3 ultra-portable and he also has his hands on an unboxing video of this intriguing little device. The SX3 is the only NetBook (or whatever you call them) form factor that I know of that contains a DVD burner. > Tags: Kohjinsha+SX3
Xavier at NoteBooks.com got his hands on the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 and has put up a very quick little video of the small device, although not the version that will be on sale in the US come this fall. Rob posted specs and pricing on the Lenovo S10 earlier. Technorati Tags: Lenovo S10 IdeaPad,NetBooks
Meet the Marshall. Actually, meet Matthew Dillon, one of our newest GBM Team Members. Given that he likes to be called Matt, and we’ve already got Matt Faulkner running around here someplace, I think I’ll call Matt Dillon the Marshall. (Now let’s see how many of the younger folk can keep up [...]
One of the key features of Netbooks (or whatever you want to call them) is the price. What happens when OEMs can’t meet the low price threshold that has everyone excited? It looks like the makers of the MSI Wind are about to find out as they experience some stumbles trying to meet the announced price [...]
You’ve heard of the $100 Laptop (that actually costs more), but how about a $10 laptop? I guess this would be called the Ultra-ultra-low-cost portable computer. Apparently universities in India are working on creating a $10 laptop for higher education studies. I’m sure there are government subsides in involved in this, and who knows what [...]
Holy cow! As if there wasn’t already a plethora of Asus Eee PCs to choose from, Asus’s roadmap for world Netbook domination looks it plans to steamroll the competition (and consumers?) with more choices than you can count. Breaking things into three categories, Ultimate, PRO Fashion, and Smart Casual, I count 23 different models in [...]
According to Steve ““Chippy†Paine at UMPCPortal, HP is looking at producing a cheaper version of the HP 2133 Mini-Note, and I’m guessing this is in preparation for going head to head with the Dell ‘E,’ which some are now saying will be called the Mini-Inspiron. According to the HP site the Mini-Note currently starts [...]
I don’t think jkkmobile ever met an Asus Eee that he didn’t find a way to put a touchscreen on. And yes, he’s at it again, this time demoing the steps needed to add a touchscreen to the Asus Eee 901. > jkk, and others, have proven that the Eee is indeed mod-able by the [...]
I find this fascinating. Mike Arrington of TechCrunch fame is asking for folks to help build a “dead simple web Tablet” that will cost under $200. The other specs on his wish list: The machine is as thin as possible, runs low end hardware and has a single button for powering it on and off, [...]
We’ve reported about the Dell ‘E’ before. It looks like more info on Dell’s entry into the ultra-mini-sub-low-cost-mobile notebook is slowing making it into the stream via DigiTimes. Once again we hear of the $299 price tag, but this post says we’re looking at an August time frame for release. No mention of of the earlier [...]
Jenn at Pocketables has gotten her hands on the Kohjinsha SC3 Mini-Notebook and turned it inside out in a very thorough review. She covers all the bases and has a large array of pictures of just about everything except the factory floor where the unit was assembled. Intriguingly she’s reporting that the Menlow based (previously [...]
I imagine we’re going to see more and more of this kind of testing on the ultra-sub-mini-net-low cost-mobile PCs as they continue to roll out. But for now, jkkmobile is testing out Vista on the Asus 901 Eee PC running an ATom processor. Note that he’s running this on a 30GB drive. As things continue [...]
I’m sure you’re all getting tired of reading about these 8.9″ and 10″ screened devices here on GBM. They all have the same basic specs: The 1.6GHz Atom processor, small SSD drive, 8.9″ or 10″ screen, small keyboard, average battery life, and a choice of OS. Joining the fray is the ECS G10IL scheduled for [...]
There has been a recent push for the small UMPC/ULCPC/MID/Netbook/Mini-whatever-the-catch-phrase-of-the-day-is devices to include some implementation of 3G connectivity. Joining Asus’s eee Pc and Fujitsu’s U810 (and the others who started life with WWAN), Acer’s Aspire One is also getting its own 3G connection. I know that with the Fujitsu U810 as well as the T2010 [...]
Daewoo Lucom’s Lukid has entered the UMPC arena with a mini notebook, this time geared towards the education market . Although the Lukid isn’t marked for US release, its use of Intel’s Classmate platform provides movement within the lower-cost, lower-powered education sector where educational integration of technology is on the rise. The 9″ screened device [...]
Not helpful. Information Week has published a UMPC Buyer’s Guide. Problem is Bill O’Brien, who wrote the article, needs a little more information. First, he falls prey to the astounding market confusion over UMPCs, MIDs, Netbooks, Subnotebooks, Mini-Tablets and the like. He actually tries to invent a new class of devices called ““Notebook UMPCs.†That [...]
Looks like Microsoft is listening to feedback regarding XP and ULCPCs, allowing XP Home to be installed on devices up to 14.1″ and those sporting touch screens. This is a change from their previous policy of not allowing touch screens, and limiting the screens to 10.2 inches. They also increased the diskspace requirement from 80 [...]
HP announced today a large scale deployment of the HP 2133 Mini-Note to the Fresno (Calif) United School District. The 7,000 Mini-Notes are going to kids in K-12. ““The HP Mini-Note is a powerful laptop that is small enough to fit on students’ desks along with their textbooks and papers, allowing them access to the [...]
Asus created such a sensation with the Eee PC that it totally disrupted the mobile computing market. Now, Asus seems to have both the wherewithal and the desire to turn the early success into a ubiquitous range of devices to fit every need and apparently every hand size. The tiny keyboards on the early Eee [...]
As we look at the immediate future of mobile devices, Ink is still very much a second class citizen. The ultra-sub-mini-net low cost notebook pond is so full of contenders swimming around in the shallow end, you need a Baywatch-sized cast of lifeguards to sort them out. Running along side that pool and parallel with that [...]
Looks like the MSI Wind has finally gotten in line for FCC approval here in the States. (Thanks to jkkmobile for the link, where you can find lots of pictures.) But at the same time, we’re seeing reports of another delay in shipping (this time to July 7) due to a continuing battery shortage that [...]
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