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...Sunday, August 2, 2009
To support the earlier report that Apple’s Mac tablet will be unveiled in September, an unnamed veteran analyst has admitted to actually handling the device already and assures that the unveiling will push through next month. He further reveals that it will be priced within the $699-$799 price range, and will hit store shelves sometime [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 27, 2009
When it rains, it definitely pours especially when it comes to Apple rumors. This latest one now pegs the release of an Apple Mac Tablet in September. That’s a whole month ahead of the supposed October release and a lot earlier than the most recent news saying that it will be available early next year. Another [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 25, 2009
There has been some speculation that Apple’s touchscreen netbook offering will be released this year. Some even went as far as saying it will be dropping in October, and others even mentioned it could be debuting on Verizon. However, this latest one contradicts all that. The Mac tablet will apparently be released in early 2010, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Excited over the news of an Apple tablet netbook being released this year? Well, here’s the latest on the continuously developing rumor regarding Apple’s unnamed new touchscreen-equipped portable computer. Word is that Verizon will be launching an Apple tablet computer later this year. The specs include a 9- to 10-inch touchscreen display which is inline [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 13, 2009
It seems that there’s just no stopping the Apple netbook rumor. After several months not hearing much about it, it’s back once again, this time around, courtesy of China Times. In line with prior reports, Wintek will be the supplier of the touchscreen displays, and Apple has apparently directly ordered from them already as well [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 10, 2009
The cloners act fast when Sony announced the VAIO W netbook. How could they do it so fast? My guess is, the hardware wasn’t too difficult to copy. After all, it took them months to clone the VAIO P. There’s really no mention of the specs. Also, the netbook June 16th, at least three weeks [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 19, 2009
That’s right, the Korean manufacturing giant somehow has info on Apple’s netbook. They know it’s a touchscreen and they know it’s an OLED touchscreen. They know this because they have the technology that prevents smudges and oil stains on an OLED screen and Apple wants to use it, too. Apple already has a working prototype of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 9, 2009
That debunked rumor of Apple releasing a touchscreen netbook might not be totally false after all as the DigiTimes reveals in their latest report. Apple has contracted a Wintek, a Taiwanese-based computer parts manufacturer, to produce touchscreen displays for an upcoming notebook, but it doesn’t end just there. Quanta has been name dropped as the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 27, 2009
Rumors of Nokia entering into the mobile computer biz has been one of the hot topics on the internet lately, and according to Digitimes, Nokia is actually in talks already with several Taiwan netbooks makers and EMS companies for possibly tie-ups in their latest venture. As opposed to their traditional handset-making practice wherein the only [...]
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