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Acer Unveils Aspire One Happy Netbook

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:22:29 +0000

Adding to its Aspire range of netbooks, Acer has announced the launch of its new Aspire One Happy Netbook.

The Aspire One Happy Netbook is ultra-thin at only 24mm and weighs 1.25kg. It sports a 10.1-inch WSVGA high-brightness display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Users can make the best of its 8-hour battery power back up on those long trips where access to electricity is a problem.

The netbook’s exclusivity lies in the dual OS that runs on both Windows 7 and Google’s Android operating system. It is powered by Intel Atom N455 processor with 1 GB RAM, and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 along with an internal HDD up to 320 GB of capacity and a built-in multi-in-one card reader ensuring convenient storage and file sharing options for the user.

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Fujitsu MeeGo Netbooks Shipping Now

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:53:39 +0000

Following on from the announced partnership between Nokia and Microsoft we thought this would mean the end of the MeeGo OS, this seems to not be the case as Fujitsu have just started shipping its MeeGo netbooks to selected markets.

The Linux based open source operating system was expected to disappear from existence following this new joint venture, this is now not as true as once thought. According to this post from Laptopmag.com, Fujitsu have just started shipping its MH330 netbook (which was once running Windows) with MeeGo OS to countries like Russia and other parts of Asia.

This trendy little device is powered by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz N450 processor, along with this it also hosts an array of features like a 10.1inch wide display, 250GB hard disk, 2.1 Bluetooth and integrated speakers. You can read more on the specs by following this link to the official page.

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A Dual-Core Atom Netbook From ASUS

admin — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:11:30 +0000

ASUS has been a big name in the world of netbooks for some time. One area where the excelled over the competition was in running times with some of their netbooks able to achieve over 10 hours of running time with standard web use. Now ASUS has updated their Eee PC lineup to include the new dual-core Intel Atom processor for additional performance. Is this extra performance worth the additional cost? Does it impact the battery life?

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Netbook Market Strong in India 2011

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:40:38 +0000

The netbook sales in India have been growing strongly with major demand from the home segment. Personal computer market is expected to grow as the economy is recovering from the recession. The newest addition to this consumer product group is notebooks and netbooks. However, it has been seen that there is no clear demarcation between inexpensive notebook and netbook as an upgraded version of a netbook is marketed as a notebook. Requirements for greater mobility along with the demand for low cost personal computer are expected to develop the netbook market in India.

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The Netbook Market in India 2011 report begins with an introduction to the different types of personal computers available in the Indian market. It then provides a brief introduction to personal computers including desktops, notebooks and netbooks. This is followed by the market size and growth figures for the desktop and laptops market in India as well as the market segmentation. It further explains the strategy being followed by different players to boost sales in India.

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Toshiba refreshes its netbook lineup, adds dual core options

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:45:52 +0000

Toshiba is unveiling a few new 10 inch netbooks at CES, including the budget NB505 model with a starting price of $299 and a new version of the Toshiba Mini NB305 with an optional dual core Intel Atom N550 processor.

The NB505 comes with the typical netbook specs including an Atom chip, Windows 7 Starter, a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM and a 250GB hard drive. It’s available in blue, green, brown, orange, or turquoise. It doesn’t have the ability to charge USB gadgets while the computer is turned off, something that the pricier NB305 offers.

The new NB305 will run about $379 with a dual core Atom chip. It will also have a hard drive impact sensor to help prevent damage if you drop the laptop.

I don’t see any listings for the new NB305 yet, but you can pick up the Toshiba NB505 from J&R for $299.99.

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Dell to launch Latitiude 2120 netbook at CES

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:15:16 +0000

Looks like Dell will be launching a new Latitude 2120 netbook at CES next week. The 2120 is said to have specs identical to the previous 2110, but it packs double the power thanks to a dual core N550 processor. It features 3 and 6 cell battery

options, a 10.1 inch display (with an optional touchscreen), 1 to 2GB of RAM, USB, Ethernet, and VGA ports.The other interesting news about this latest Latitude is that it gets an optional Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator. There’s no info about price or availability just yet though.

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Best Gadgets of 2010

admin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:42:05 +0000

How quickly the world of tech turns. One year ago, the iPad was still a far-flung rumor, the original Motorola Droid represented the pinnacle of Android technology, and using a Groupon deal first meant explaining what the hell Groupon was to your dining counterpart. Fortunately, things get better with every revolution, and this year has been no exception. From set-top streamers to ultra-light laptops and brilliant LED-lit TVs, here are the remarkable gadgets and consumer technology products that made 2010 a great year for geeks.

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A netbook for every student

admin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:35:32 +0000

For the students in Hannah Estey and Rebecca Zavadil’s fifth-grade classes, Christmas came a bit early this year.

On Thursday, the Bristol Elementary School fifth-graders all received new Dell netbooks to use at school and at home through the end of the school year as part of the education portion of the “e-Vermont” grant awarded to the town earlier this year.

In May, Bristol was one of 12 towns to receive a portion of a $3.8 million grant meant to boost community access to Internet resources. e-Vermont goals for Bristol include improving the town’s web site, creating public wireless hotspots and developing programming related to the new resources.

The grant also provided the 40-plus netbooks to the elementary school, along with training for both students and teachers by representatives of e-Vermont’s partner, Digital Wish. Digital Wish is a Manchester-based nonprofit whose goal is to get technology into schools and enable students to enter “tomorrow’s workforce.”

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Next year’s a good time to buy a notebook

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:03:51 +0000

New technology promised by both AMD and Intel next year means two things – at least. There will be bargains on notebooks and netbooks to be had when AMD introduces Fusion products and when Intel goes full on with Sandy Bridge. These technologies also promise far better performance if you’re one of those who simply must have better technology.

Intel and AMD are likely to make announcements on their roadmaps at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January. Although we’ve no hard and fast details yet of exactly what the two companies are going to announce, it’s public knowledge that AMD is ahead on its production of Fusion chips, which essentially have both graphics processors and CPUs on one die. That’s very likely to give quite a performance jump, and AMD has publicly said that it has several vendors lined up to produce netbooks, notebooks and even tablets using the Fusion chips.

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Read more: http://www.techeye.net/hardware/next-years-a-good-time-to-buy-a-notebook-netbook#ixzz18BmIlUHZ

Chinese netbook looks a lot like the Dell Inspiron duo

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:28:35 +0000

The most obvious design feature of the Dell Inspiron Duo netbook is the cool swiveling screen that the convertible netbook uses to go into tablet or netbook mode. When you have a device that has an interesting feature like that, you can bet that other companies will tray and make something similar. The little machine isn’t pure duo knockoff though; it has some other elements to its design too.

The machine has a smallish 8.9-inch capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1024 x 600. It also has a webcam for recording video, runs Windows 7, and has a 7.4V battery with 3000mAh of power. The little netbook also uses 1GB of RAM and has a 20GB HDD.

The brain of the machine is an Intel Atom N450 CPU. The hardware should add up to an average netbook computing experience with a screen that swivels for tablet use. The name of the netbook is the Netvertible. Other features include dual USB 2.0 ports, audio jacks for private listening, VGA out, and a SD card reader. Pricing and availability are unknown at this time.

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