At a time when 10″ netbooks all blend in together with the same looks and the same specs, the Olivetti Athena Style PC definitely stands out. According to Chip Chick, it will launch on the 23rd of August.
The lid is neither decal nor a sticker, but real art, and it looks really beautiful. Very chic. [...]
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Arc Computer has a concept for a notebook with a curved body called Nalu. You’re asking what the H for? Well, with this design, you can use it to show 3D content, among others. The notebook has a touchscreen display right smack in the middle of the keyboard which can be used as a touchpad [...]
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Digsby
Too many windows, too little space. The typical netbook’s 10-inch display doesn’t offer nearly enough screen real estate to keep multiple instant messaging programs open. That’s where this nifty little programme comes in. Digsby lets you log in and chat via AOL Instant Messenger, Facebook Chat, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger - [...]
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A South African company has built the 8.9″ Linbook mini-laptop that doesn’t have an Intel Atom processor. What it has is a PowerPC processor which might somehow sound familiar since Apple used to use PowerPC chips for their Macs. A bit of a trivia that could (hopefully) boost interest in the little netbook.
It has the [...]
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A couple of brief facts, opinions and questions about how the netbook industry is doing as of this month.
Intel’s latest sales figures show that Atom sales are dipping – down to 20% in Q1 2010 from 23% in Q4 2009. [cnet] And we all know Atom powered netbooks make up the majority of the market.
It [...]
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