By admin, on October 13th, 2009, 310 views
Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone maker, is getting into computer business. During a press event Nokia announced that it is partnering with AT&T to sell its new Nokia Booklet 3G for $299, with two year contract.
The Nokia Booklet 3G comes with Microsoft’s latest Windows 7 operating system and offers a battery that lasts up [...]
By admin, on June 23rd, 2009, 144 views
Today, Gateway officially announced the LT3103u netbook for $400, and more shockingly, it’s using an AMD Athlon 64 single core processor.
The Athlon 64 L110 is rated at 1.2 GHz, with 512 MB of L2 cache and support for an 800-MHz front-side bus. The Intel Atom N280, meanwhile, is rated at 1.6 GHz, with a 512 [...]
By admin, on May 1st, 2009, 165 views
There has been speculation that next generation of Netbooks will have Microsoft’s Windows 7. However, the catch is that version of Microsoft’s Windows 7 which will come preloaded with these Netbooks will provide the ability to run only 3 simultaneous applications. Microsoft hopes that Netbook users will like the Windows 7’s stripped version and upgrade [...]
By admin, on April 23rd, 2009, 136 views
Is Apple planning on making a Mac Netbook?? or maybe touch screen Mac Tablet?? Well, according to Apple CEO, Tim Cook, they are not interested in making a netbook. For now. Although they might. Also added that they have some “interesting” ideas about it.
During the quaterly earning on Tuesday, Cook was asked if they [...]
By admin, on March 31st, 2009, 45 views
Hewlett-Packard is considering using Google’s Android instead of Microsoft’s Windows operrating system on their new mini PCs called Netbooks, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal. Android is a Linux-based operating system that was original designed for cell phone. The only available phone in the market is T-Mobile G1. Later this year [...]
By admin, on March 29th, 2009, 59 views
Mobile and Broadband Carriers in US are waking up to new landscape in the Mobile Computing War . Bloomberg is reporting that Verizon will soon announce launch of a subsidized-netbook with 3G capability in coming months. AT&T already sells Acer and Dell Netbooks for $99, with a two-year mobile broadband service contract of $60 a [...]