netbooks

Toshiba’s AC100 Netbook Has Got The Android Touch

At the same conference as the Libretto unveiling, Toshiba showed off an interesting new 10.1-inch netbook, the AC100. The AC100 runs Google’s Android 2.1 OS, a first for Toshiba. The AC100 is a cloud-based netbook — [...]

Toshiba’s Mini NB250 Netbook Packs A Full Keyboard

Netbooks are still going strong, by the looks of the product calendars of companies like Toshiba. Their new 10.1-inch, 2.46 pound Mini NB250 features a full-size keyboard and a 1336 x768 LED display. Other specs include [...]

Adobe Officially Launches Flash 10.1, Batteries Sigh In Relief

After months of anticipation and beta releases, Adobe’s Flash 10.1 is finally here for Windows, Mac, and Linux. (Flash for smartphones is also being rolled out soon.) 10.1′s release is a fairly large deal when it [...]

Say Goodbye To Windows XP On Netbooks

Microsoft reminded manufacturers today that, starting October 22, 2010, they’d no longer be allowed to preinstall Windows XP on netbooks. Microsoft really wants Windows 7 as their netbook OS, even claiming that eighty percent of netbooks [...]

Sony’s VAIO P Gets A Crocodile Skin

We brought you news of the Australia-exclusive Billabong VAIO P earlier this week, but Sony’s already got another special edition skin on the way. Exclusive to Japan, this Crocodile skin (imitation, of course) comes on a VAIO [...]

ASUS Pre-Loading Notebooks With Kindle Software

Amazon and ASUS have teamed up today with news that certain ASUS notebooks and netbooks will come with the Kindle application pre-installed, including the Eee PC. Currently, there are 540,000 books offered in the Kindle store, [...]

ASUS Eee PC 1215 Brings USB 3.0 To Netbooks

ASUS’s new Eee PC 1215 offers a lot for a netbook. It features a 12-inch LED screen with 1366×768 resolution, Intel Atom D510 dual-core CPU, and the brand new NVIDIA Ion GPU with Optimus technology. Optimus, [...]

Sony’s VAIO P Series Upgrades With New Colors, Accelerometer And Touchpad

Sony announced today some interesting changes to their popular line of VAIO P netbooks, making additions that truly blend the line between laptop and tablet and make the device more attractive in an increasingly diverse ultraportable [...]

Big Surprise: The iPad Is Killing The Netbook Craze

I’m filing this under “not very surprising” — It appears the netbook fad has already peaked, thanks to analytics from Fortune.com. To be precise, it was last summer, when the popular, affordable tiny notebooks had a [...]

HP Mini Lineup Gets Refreshed, “Preppy Pink” Color Causes Nightmares

The HP Mini is one of the most popular netbooks around, especially with the younger set. From the looks of it, HP knows their customers well, as a new revised Mini 210 has some color options [...]

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