Time Magazine’s John Quittner was able to get a firsthand look at the Pixel Qi-screened Acer Aspire One netbook rigged by Mary Lou Jepsen’s, founding CTO of One Laptop Per Child, team. A switch was placed on the side of the screen that allows the switch between modes: emissive, which is the typical LCD display, [...]
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Rumors have been abuzz and Engadget has just confirmed that the popular Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is indeed being phased out as early as today. The netbook is no longer available on Dell’s US and Euro online stores. According to a leaked Dell roadmap, the Mini 12 will be the next to come under the [...]
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The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is the world’s first netbook with the NVIDIA Ion graphic card. We’re still hazy about the kind of HD playback the card provides and whether the netbook’s specs will be able to support heavy graphics usage. Either way, this baby offers the strongest GPU on the market. With a 12.1” screen, [...]
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Looks like HP is adding a few new netbooks to their lineup with the new HP Minis. All three new netbooks feature 10.1 inch screens with 1024 x 574 pixel displays, and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processors. While the new HP Mini 110, Mini 110 Mi Edition and the Mini 1101 are quite like [...]
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NEC is releasing its Versa Pro Ultralite netbook this July in Japan for $1,800. Yup, you heard that right. Apparently NEC missed the point where netbooks = cheap. So what are the Ultralite’s comprising factors that make it actually worth the $1,800? It’s the lightest 10” netbook at 1.5 pounds (compare that to the 8” [...]
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