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Acer Tests Android, Preps a Smartphone for 2009

Computer maker Acer is reported to be working with Google's Android operating system in an attempt to include it on a series of different devices, including a smartphone. According to the company, the mobile phone running the platform should come to the market later during the ongoing year. “The entire in...

30 April 2009
02:25 GMT

Android to Have a Great Year, Google CEO Says

When it comes to the number of mobile phones featuring Google's Android operating system that will be released on the market this year, the counting goes high on the two-figure numbers, and other types of devices sporting the platform are expected to surface as well. Not only analysts and market watchers say tha...

17 April 2009
12:47 GMT

Foxconn to Manufacture Nokia's Netbooks

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia was reported a while ago to plan on entering the netbook market, and the company already started to make steps in this regard. Nokia seems to have partnered with Foxconn for the manufacturing of its compact mobile computer that was announced back in February at the Mobile World Congre...

9 April 2009
07:05 GMT

Android Might Get Adopted by Netbook Makers

According to the latest news on the Web, the interest in Google's Android operating system for mobile phones seems to have extended to more companies in the IT industry. We already learned that some of the largest phone makers in the world intend to come to the market with Android based mobile phones this year, ...

1 April 2009
05:24 GMT

VIA Tries a Bit of ION, Does It All by Itself

VIA Technologies has just announced a new platform design for upcoming mini-notebooks leveraging the performance capabilities of the company's low-power C7-M processor, combined with the recently introduced VX855 IGP chipset. The new platform has been dubbed VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design and comes as an ul...

17 March 2009
06:38 GMT

Windows on 90% of Netbooks, Linux on Just 10%

Windows wins a new battle in its face-off against Linux. Microsoft's claims that sales of netbooks, also dubbed “mini-notebooks” and “sub-notebooks,” have benefited Windows when it comes down to market share are now supported by a study performed by market analysis company NPD. At the sta...

4 March 2009
05:41 GMT

Kingston Announces HyperX SO-DIMM for Netbooks

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a worldwide leading developer of memory products, announced today the release of a high-performance 2GB HyperX SO-DIMM, especially designed for the owners of netbook computing devices that are powered by Intel Atom processors. According to the company, the new parts are available fo...

3 March 2009
04:16 GMT

Steve Ballmer Confirms Windows 7-Based Netbooks

It appears that two of the world's largest companies in the IT sector are preparing for a head-to-head battle for a dominant position in the netbook market. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft and the Mountain View, California-based search giant, Google are expected to provide two new operating systems designed ...

25 February 2009
10:46 GMT

Vista Netbooks to Participate in Vista to Windows 7 Upgrade Program

Over the past months, there have been a series of articles written on the performance capabilities of Microsoft's upcoming Widows 7 operating system on the new small-sized, low-power computer systems known as netbooks. It is expected that the next-generation Windows OS will enable a more stable performance and p...

13 February 2009
04:33 GMT

Three Windows 7 Editions for Upcoming HP Netbooks

Upcoming versions of HP's Mini netbook series might provide users with a choice of up to three versions of Microsoft's highly anticipated Windows 7 operating system. The Palo Alto, California-based PC vendor is planning to bundle its future netbook systems with three different versions of Windows 7, includi...

10 February 2009
06:18 GMT

Microsoft: Linux, a Disappointment on Netbooks, Windows 7 to the Rescue

While admitting that it was hurt by increased sales of netbooks in terms of revenue for the Windows Client division, Microsoft is also applauding the victory over the open source Linux operating system when it comes down to portable cheap computers also referred to as “mini-notebooks” or “sub-notebo...

6 February 2009
15:21 GMT

Intel Readying for Upcoming Android-Based Netbooks

According to the latest news in the industry, Santa Clara, California-based Intel is said to be preparing for the upcoming release of a flurry of Google Android-based netbook computer systems. The chip maker, which currently benefits from a significant market share in the world of netbook computers, is expected to la...

2 February 2009
05:37 GMT

Video of Windows 7 Installed on Netbooks

Following Microsoft's release of its Windows 7 Beta operating system, a number of PC users were keen on finding out just how fast the new OS developed by the Redmond, Washington-based software giant was. People all over the world downloaded the new operating system from Microsoft and installed it on their own PC...

15 January 2009
06:00 GMT

Intel Atom N280 to Power Upcoming Netbooks

According to the latest details in the industry, the leading chip maker, Intel has announced that netbooks running on the company's new Atom N280 processor will become available as early as Q2 or Q3 this year. Some of the early systems are expected to be introduced by ASUSTeK, Acer and Gigabyte, with ASUS having...

14 January 2009
04:20 GMT

Available Now: gOS Gadgets 3.1

ThinkGOS was proud to announce today the immediate availability of gOS Gadgets 3.1, based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS (Hardy Heron). gOS Gadgets 3.1 will offer you access to over 100,000 iGoogle and Google gadgets, all with the help of a pre-installed version of the popular Google Gadgets application. Designed for today...

4 January 2009
17:01 GMT

10 to 15 Percent of Netbooks to Feature VIA's Platform

It seems that around 10 to 15 percent of the netbooks shipped this year will feature VIA's platform, at least this is what some sources at VIA are reported to have said, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. The company's platform has seen such great adoption courtesy of its low-power consump...

29 December 2008
08:37 GMT

Netbooks Help First-Tier Vendors Gain Market Share

Netbooks have seen a great adoption lately, and their shipments have been of great help to the entire mobile PC market. Even so, netbook shipments are seen as having a great impact on the sales of notebooks, and there are some voices that see this as an issue for some first-tier vendors. Interestingly enough, top pla...

20 December 2008
04:20 GMT

Netbook Market Grew 160 Percent in 3Q08

The PC industry as a whole is experiencing rather difficult times due to the financial crisis that has affected almost the entire market. Fortunately, one segment seems to flourish, emerging through the economic turmoil, the mini-note PC category, also called netbooks. The area managed to grow at an impressive rate o...

10 December 2008
04:43 GMT

Touchscreen Kit Announced for Netbooks

According to the latest news on the web, Hoda Technologies, a Taiwanese company, is offering touchscreen upgrade kits that are compatible with almost all currently available netbooks. Moreover, the company says that its products will also prove compatible with netbook models that are about to be released in the near ...

6 December 2008
03:44 GMT

NVIDIA Interested in the Netbook Market

NVIDIA reiterated its interest in the netbook market on Tuesday, yet announced that it still plans to wait around to see how things evolve. However, the company is known to have inked a deal with VIA Technologies to provide chipsets for the Nano processor designed for laptops and mini-laptops, called netbooks by Inte...

4 December 2008
03:32 GMT

Nettops Falling in Favor of All-In-One PCs

The netbook market has been greatly influenced by the Intel Atom processor, which stimulated demand in the segment, yet the nettops powered by the same chip have not seen a similar success among users. Motherboard makers showed more interest in the all-in-one PC segment as an alternative way to boost desktop demand. ...

2 December 2008
04:45 GMT

Intel Reevaluates the Netbook Market

Netbooks have made quite an entrance on the market this year, marking a great success in many regions of the globe and catching the eye of users, chip makers, PC vendors and industry watchers alike. As for processors, Intel is the big player in the netbook industry segment, as many of you already know, while its comp...

1 December 2008
02:36 GMT

Intel Pleased to See Strong Demand for Atom

Intel's Atom has been widely adopted by users and the world's largest chip maker can look at these strong results for the CPU as proof of the company moving towards the state of a big provider of such low cost microprocessors. On Tuesday, Intel stated that the Atom chip is still hot. The company reveal...

15 October 2008
03:09 GMT

Dual-Core Netbooks to Become Available in H2 '09

We have all been wondering for some time now when we’re likely to see those next-generation notebooks that will benefit from Intel's dual-core Atom processor. Now, we finally have an estimated timeframe. According to major systems makers, netbooks will most probably not take advantage of the performance le...

9 October 2008
10:25 GMT

Sony, Toshiba and NEC to Release Low-Cost Notebooks

As we mentioned in previous articles as well, the netbook market is currently marked by a tendency of gradual growth, so the fact that more and more manufacturers are reported to be working on their own low-cost notebooks should come as no surprise. However, this might mean that, by sometime next year, ASUS, MSI, and...

22 July 2008
05:40 GMT


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