The former OEM manufacturing arm of Asus (before they split), Pegatron, has showed up at ARM’s “Connected Community Technical Symposium 2009.” The Pegatron AQUIC (Always on Quick on User Interface Cost) Smartbook is an ARM-based notebook that, at least in the event, was running UBUNTU. It should have all the features and furnishings of the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
According to this rather enlightening CNET article, netbooks are not to be compared with laptops. Rather, think of netbooks as smartphone with a bigger screen and a QWERTY keypad you can actually speed type on. … students in K through 12 are accustomed to iPhone-size screens and performance. So moving to a Netbook is a big [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 9, 2009
Nokia has bravely taken the leap from simply being a phone maker to netbook maker as well with the launch of their Booklet 3G mini laptop. While I can’t recall of any other phone manufacturer making such a bold move in recent history, it looks like HTC may join Nokia in the not-so-distant future. Peter [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 7, 2009
Apple Insider has yet another Verizon iPhone rumor. Now they’re saying they have information that a worldphone iPhone that will sport a smaller form factor. So is the Verizon get the iPhone Nano? Apple Insider’s sources are from Taiwan and is involved in the iPhone supply chain. This rumor makes a lot of sense, as the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Good news once more for the computing public. Asustek, the pioneer of cheap netbooks, is planning to launch an even cheaper Smartbook in the first quarter of 2010. This smartbook was shown at Computex with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Though we would be more excited with a dual core netbook, Asus is obviously keen on [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 3, 2009
Still remember the Skytone Alpha 680 Android netbook? Yeah, it’s been a while since we last talked about it, but luckily, we’ve now got snapshots of it live and in the flesh. That’s the good part. Unfortunately, while this Android-powered 7-inch touchscreen equipped netbook’s hardware looks good to go, it also says in the report [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Finally, after a long and seemingly endless wait, the Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 has now been officially announced in the US. It will be available on AT&T beginning October 4th. The nuvifone G60 price is pegged at $299.99 (after a $100 mail-in rebate is applied) on a 2-yr contract. It will also come with a 30-day [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Garmin-Asus Nuviphone G60 will set back interested consumers $299.99 after a $100 rebate with a 2-year contract. An unbelievable price especially after the new iphone announcements. With no contract, the Nuviphone, apparently, is worth $550 on its own. This means, wireless providers are simply not willing to dish out a huge sum to subsidize [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 4, 2009
While the jury is still out as to how Nokia will fare in the netbook market, it appears that the first tall order for the Finnish company will be to sell at least 100,000 units of their Booklet 3G mini laptop. That figure stems from a report that Nokia has just ordered 100,000 netbooks from [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 27, 2009
With the announcement of the Booklet 3G ‘mini laptop’, it safe to assume that there will be more Nokia mobile computers in the future, and even though there are still have a lot of unclear details regarding their current offering, we’re know hearing that an ARM-based smartbook is already being planned for next year. It [...]
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Friday, November 20, 2009
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