netbooks

New netbooks Pine Trail-based unveiled by Samsung

Published on: 8th January, 2010

Samsung has unveiled four netbooks running Atom chips that are based on Intel’s Pine Trail platform. All these notebooks, the N150, N210, N220 and NB30, run a 1.66GHz Atom chip and benefit from a longer battery life that is 8.5 hours in the case of the N150 and a full 12 hours for the N210 [...]

Pine Trail-based Lenovo netbook with multi-touch screen

Published on: 27th December, 2009

A new Lenovo netbook has been spotted, currently being FCC tested. It has multi-touch capability, running on Intel’s new Pine Trail platform. The netbook is code-named IdeaPad S10-3t and it will probably be announced at CES, during next month. Other specifications include a 10.1-inch multi-touch display, which can be rotated for tablet use, integrated Wi-Fi, [...]

Netbooks to affect the notebook industry this year

Published on: 26th December, 2009

The development of the netbook sector has negatively affected the performance of the whole notebook industry, as a DisplaySearch study reveals. Shipment of netbooks has reached 33.3 million, which means they have more than doubled, but their low prices have significantly decreased the revenue for the notebook industry by 12 percent, i.e. about $109.4 million. [...]

Pine Trail-based netbook with 3G from Samsung

Published on: 24th December, 2009

A new Samsung netbook, based on Intel’s new Pine Trail platform has been recently seen at the FCC. According to the filing, the N150, which is the netbook’s name, benefits from a Qualcomm Gobi 3G chipset, supporting EVDO and HSPA data networks. The Qualcomm chipset has a GPS sensor too. Technical specifications are still far [...]

The second dual-screen netbook to come out

Published on: 15th December, 2009

Onkyo, the Japanese PC manufacturer, has recently launched the DX1007, the second dual-screen netbook on the market. It seems that it is almost identical to the first dual-screen netbook, Kohjinsha DZ6HKE16E, but with several improvements. Among these, it is important to mention the 2GB of RAM (in comparison to 1GB), the 10.1-inch screen with a [...]

New Asus Eee PC 1008P with Pine Trail

Published on: 5th December, 2009

The new Eee PC Seashell 1008P-KR is the first ASUS Eee PC based on the Pine Trail platform from Intel. The suffix of the new netbook comes from its designer name: Karim Rashid. The Pine Trail platform allows the usage of the 1.8GHz Atom N450 processor. The new 10.1-inch netbook’s battery is removable; it simply [...]

Chrome OS to equip Acer netbook?

Published on: 5th December, 2009

Acer is supposed to be perhaps the first company to produce computers based on the Chrome operating system. Acer has been working on the design of a netbook since mid-2009, when the platform from Google was announced. The computer is expected to ship in the second half of next year. This rumour is not confirmed [...]

New displays and a low-cost TV from Pixel Qi

Published on: 2nd December, 2009

It seems that Pixel Qi is planning to mass-produce the 3gi unique displays during December and a new TV too, later on. The new screens will be an innovation in netbooks displays and small computers – they can act like a full colour LCD, as well as like an e-paper; this could be useful in [...]

Pine Trail-based Mini 10 prepared by Dell?

Published on: 30th November, 2009

An FCC filling (PDF) could be a sign that Dell is planning to seriously revise its Mini 10 netbook. Tests made for the 802.11n Wi-Fi mini-card are based on a 10-inch system, a model named P04T, which doesn’t seem to correspond to any up to date released Dell notebook. There are some other details available [...]

New York Times Reader deal determines price lowering for Samsung Go

Published on: 30th November, 2009

A unique deal has been launched by the New York Times. The Times Reader deal consists in a price reduction of $100 of the Samsung Go netbook for those customers who chose a $179 one-year subscription to Times Reader. This way, the Samsung Go is lowering to $280. The Times Reader application comes preloaded on [...]

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