Mar 15 2009

Illustration of the subtle differences between small, cheap laptops

With the market for small, portable computing devices growing like an out of control wild fire and each manufacturer coming up with their own special names for each of the various devices, the lines seperating the different machines are becoming more and more fuzzy. So, if you are having trouble keeping up with all this [...]

Mar 2 2009

Touch Screen Netbook with Detachable Keyboard

I think the most eagerly anticipated demo at Demo 09 here will be the Always Innovating Netbook. It’s yet another Netbook, granted, but it’s got a cool detachable (and optional) keyboard, and a magnetic mount for sticking onto a refrigerator.
The product will run a Linux OS, and it’s the first Netbook based on an ARM [...]

Feb 23 2009

Dell Mini 10 Won’t Be Upgradable Past 1 GB of Ram

The Dell Mini 10, the Mini 9’s successor, which is due to start shipping later this week will come with a “fixed” 1GB of RAM, meaning, it won’t be upgradable according to Dell. Does this mean that the RAM is soldered in, or fixed on the motherboard? Anyways, it’s probably a result of the netbook [...]

Feb 20 2009

MacBook Mini Mock-Up Has Concealed Keyboard

Despite rumors of an Apple netbook, there hasn’t been any official word as to what it would look like. Regardless, designer Isamu Sanada decided to make some renditions of what he thinks they may look like.

Sliding cover with Touchpad

Flip cover with Touchpad

I think I would like the flip over version better myself. But first I [...]

Feb 20 2009

The Inspiron Mini 10 makes its way to Dell’s website

Dell’s Inspiron Mini 10 has finally arrived on its maker’s website. The new mini will sport a 10.1-inch display, 802.11b/g WiFi, optional Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI out, an external DVD drive, upwards of 160GB of HDD space, 1GB of RAM, a keyboard that’s 92 percent the size of a standard laptop (that’s the same as on [...]