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Dell to Unveil Inspiron 910 This Friday

Tens of articles have been written about Dell's small-sized portable computer system designed to compete with ASUS' Eee PC, but also with many other netbooks currently available on the market. Despite the almost unbelievable amount of media exposure received, Dell is yet to officially announce the product, ...

3 September 2008
03:01 GMT

Intel's Atom Processor to Face Short Supply Later This Year

Intel's low-power, low-budget 45-nanometer CPU for mobile Internet devices is expected to run short in supplies during the third quarter of the year because of the increased demand on the OEM market. According to Intel, the company is struggling to deliver as many units as possible in due time, but the initial e...

5 May 2008
04:36 GMT

Gigabyte Boasts its 13.3-Inch Good-Looking UMPC

Hardware manufacturer Gigabyte might not be a reference name on the mobile computing market, yet it managed to score pretty high with its upcoming 13.3-inch sub-notebook. The company has previously released some UMPC devices built on top of VIA's low-voltage offerings, and other Atom-based models are on the hose...

25 April 2008
05:23 GMT

Big Gets Bigger: Asustek to Release 10-Inch Eee PC Later This Year

Taiwanese conglomerate Asustek has just announced another version of Eee PC to follow up the introduction of its 8.9-inch Eee PC 900 model. The new notebook will come with a 10-inch LCD display screen, along with other goodies.The tiny Eee PC 900 comes with a significant boost in screen resolution and effective work ...

22 April 2008
06:56 GMT

Fukato's Jupiter UMPC Joins the Cheap Linux PC Army

The market defined by Asustek's Eee PC is getting more and more crowded as both large and small PC manufacturers are flooding it with inexpensive, low-performance devices. Hewlett-Packard's 2133 Mini-Note UMPC triggered the release of another wave of products to join the Linux-based PC army.German manufactu...

14 April 2008
04:28 GMT

HP's Mini-Note Refresh, to Come With Wither Intel Atom or VIA Isaiah Chips

Hewlett-Packard's miracle sub-notebook in the 2133 Mini-Note series has just been released, and rumors about a mid-cycle refresh have already started to emerge. The sub-notebook is one of the most impressive low-cost notebooks on the market and is extremely suitable for both kids and businesses.The notebook is p...

11 April 2008
03:41 GMT

HP Goes Official With Its 2133 Educational Sub-Notebook

Hewlett-Packard has finally introduced its rumored low-cost educational sub-notebook, dubbed 2133 Mini-Note. Previously spotted last month, the device is HP's first shot at the ultra-mobile PC market and represents an optimal balance between low price and computing performance.The 2133 will reportedly hit the ma...

8 April 2008
04:59 GMT

Intel's Classmate Goes to Philippine as Neo Explore

Philippine PC vendor Neo has recently launched its first Netbook PC powered by an Intel processor. Just like its older Classmate PC sibling, the Neo Explore X-1, the new sub-notebook is primarily aimed at the educational market, and comes as an affordable solution to unlock new possibilities in the learning process....

31 March 2008
19:51 GMT

Atom-Powered Computers Expected to Run on Linux

The upcoming computer models built around Intel's Atom low-cost processor will be mostly shipping with a Linux-based operating system. You may remember the second generation of Asustek's Eee PCs, which has been announced to support Windows XP; however, it will also sell in Linux flavor in order to keep cost...

29 March 2008
05:22 GMT

The Eee PC Gets Dissected By FCC: Bluetooth and Multi-Finger Trackpad

Asustek's next generation of Eee PC has just landed on the FCC's workbench, where it got minutely dissected and specified. The Federal Communications Commission's report revealed quite some nifty features to go along with it's larger, resistive screen. In spite of Asustek officials' statement...

27 March 2008
17:41 GMT

Confirmed: Asustek's Upcoming Eee PC Will Feature Touch-Screen Capabilities

Asustek's ultra-popular Eee PC was announced earlier this year to come with a significant memory boost and touch screen capabilities along with a bigger LCD display. However, many of the promised features have been stripped down as the Asustek engineers were "cooking" the notebook. According to Asustek's pr...

26 March 2008
16:51 GMT

Acer's Low-Cost PC, Cheaper than Austek's Eee 2.0

Acer plans on tightening the competition on the low-cost ultra-mobile PC market with the advent of its newest 8.9-inch sub-notebook. According to sources quoted by the tech site Digitimes, Acer's low-cost offering is expected to sell $50 less than the free-on-board (FOB) price for Asustek Computer's second-...

24 March 2008
17:11 GMT

Intel's Eco PC Notebook Gets Specifications, Even More Pictures

Remember the tiny Intel notebook leaked last week? Previously known as the NetBook, Intel's (not so) secret weapon on the UMPC market finally got specifications and some more high-resolution photos. Extremely similar to the Classmate PC sub-notebook, the new ultra-portable device from Intel is expected to pitch ...

24 March 2008
09:37 GMT

ECS G10IL Sub-Notebook to Come in Atom Flavor

ECS' G10IL sub-notebook has been spotted during the CeBIT show, but as reported, the main hardware specifications were not disclosed. The newest and the handsomest ultra-mobile PC from Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) finally got its technical specifications public, and it seems that ECS is trying to leave the ...

20 March 2008
10:45 GMT

Intel to Spread the Classmate PC Across US, European Markets

Intel is reported to introduce its educational Classmate PC sub-notebook on the U.S. and European retail markets during the next weeks. The ultra-mobile notebook is one of the direct competitors of the OLPC XO sub-notebook and is especially designed for the emerging and developing markets worldwide.According to Lila ...

20 March 2008
05:21 GMT

ECS Unveils the 11-Inch Eee PC 900 Killer

The recently announced Asustek Eee PC 900 with its 8.9-inch monitor was extremely good news for the ultra-mobile enthusiasts. Expected to arrive during the second quarter of 2008, the Eee PC 900 may be good, but but ECS' offering is everything an UMPC enthusiast might ever need.The Eee PC is still writing the ma...

7 March 2008
02:35 GMT

Dell to Shovel New Low-Cost Mobile Computers

System builder Dell plans on introducing some more low-cost offerings on the Asian market during this year. The announcement was made by a company executive during yesterday's meeting."We've been pretty much a leader in the mid- and high-end price bands. We haven't played as strongly in the lower price...

1 March 2008
05:57 GMT

Elonex Is Baking Another Eee PC Sub-Notebook Clone

British system builder Elonex has come up with further details regarding its upcoming Elonex One educational sub-notebook that will compete with archrival Eee PC. Following the idea that "it's all in the looks", the British system builder will release its educational notebook in a wide range of colors, including...

29 February 2008
04:55 GMT

Sony Starts Worrying as the Eee PC Gains Popularity

The tiny ultra-mobile computer from Asustek looks more of a toy than of a notebook computer, but this is no surprise, since the main targets of the sub-notebook are children. However, the "pseudo-computer" has hijacked the whole industry and set a new trend on the mobile computing market. The Eee PC had millions of u...

27 February 2008
04:14 GMT

Acer Will Focus on Selling Low-Cost Notebooks

World's number 3 computer vendor, the Taiwanese company Acer will start selling low-cost notebooks later this year. The company's shift from the mid-range market to the low-end segment is motivated by the continuous demand in affordable notebooks. Other PC vendors, such as Asustek for instance, have sold mi...

13 February 2008
06:01 GMT

BestBuy Reveals Pricing Details About the Lenovo X300: the MacBook Air Killer

Shielding the new technology from the prying eyes of media is a huge hassle, no matter how "educated" the own employees are. The greatest snitches continue to be the manufacturing and distributions partners, who, luckily for us, keep disclosing juicy details about the upcoming technologies.I have told you about Lenov...

11 February 2008
04:01 GMT

UMPCs to Storm the Market: Press F1 for Help

Asustek's Eee PC has started a real revolution in the UMPC sector. Initially perceived as a niche market, UMPCs would appeal to business people and would act more like a sophisticated personal organizer. Asustek took their size, shrunk it more, then mix it with an eye-candy case and a free colorful operating sys...

28 January 2008
08:37 GMT

The 8G Eee PC Gets Delayed By Parts Tight Supply

Remember the Asus Eee PC crisis that hit the market just before the Christmas shopping season? The Eee PC was really hard to snatch, and everyone was asking why Asustek had not produced even more units. Well, first of all, Asus was not aware of the device's popularity at that time. Secondly, although Asus had th...

28 January 2008
06:33 GMT

Asustek to Release Windows-Based Eee Until the End of Q1

Sub-notebooks have sold tremendously well during the last quarter of 2007, and especially the small and eye-candy Eee PC from Asustek. As any business that can bring huge revenue over a small timeframe, the sub-notebook market has been invaded by miscellaneous vendors to showcase their own version of UMPC.However, As...

17 January 2008
02:42 GMT

MSI to Jump In the Low-Cost PC Bandwagon

Micro-Star International (MSI) is munching over the idea of introducing a new line of low-cost PCs. According to Sambora Chen, director of Greater China sales, the company will introduce its first new products in June this year at the earliest, with more of them to arrive afterwards.More and more companies have jumpe...

4 January 2008
11:10 GMT

Lenovo Wants a Share in the Sub-Notebook Market: Meet IdeaPad

The consumer notebook market is the new battleground for system builders, and Lenovo sensed that it could squeeze some nice income out of it. The Chinese notebook manufacturer has announced the availability of a new series of consumer notebooks, nicknamed the IdeaPad.The latest Lenovo products are aiming at both game...

3 January 2008
11:37 GMT

Asustek to Unveil the Eee PC Sequel

Who would have thought that low-price, low performance notebooks would sky-rocket sales figures, since PC users are obsessed with performance? Well, it seems that Asus did, and their Eee sub-notebook line sold gold last year and was the most wanted present to be found under the Christmas tree. Asus has greater plans ...

3 January 2008
04:20 GMT

Display Maker Belinea Dreams on Its Own Sub-Notebook

Asus' tiny sub-notebook PC has been in the center of attention in the last quarter of 2007. It is already one of the best-sellers in the notebook sector, but there are dark clouds at the horizon for the most wanted Christmas present.Asustek's real success has made other competitors come out with similar pro...

21 December 2007
03:36 GMT




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