Netbook sales have been doing pretty well since its release to the market all those years ago, but somehow the Apple iPad looks set to end the good times. According to a report released by Morgan Stanley, the Apple iPad has adversely affected sales growth of netbooks and other devices including Apple’s own iPod Touch, eReader and handheld video game consoles, not to mention notebooks as well. Bear in mind that these figures point only towards the US market, so it might be early hype of the iPad that resulted in a skewed chart that is expected to normalize in due day.

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chromeTouch, an add-on that will help you navigate through Google Chrome by dragging or flicking any part of a web page, brings the smartphone web experience right to your tablet or touch-sensitive display computer. It is nice to see chromeTouch throw in additional settings that makes it easier for use on devices with small screen real estate including tiny tablets and netbooks, with options to hide the scrollbars altogether. Looks pretty neat, but will it catch on with the masses?

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There are plenty of tablet devices in the market now, but not many of them sport mighty processors. Greatwall has just launched its 11-inch GBOOK tablet that is powered by Intel’s rather supreme Core 2 Duo CULV processor. Aside from the supreme number crunching, you’ll additionally get a HDMI port, 1080p video playback and an integrated fingerprint scanner. Will that device be dominant decent to challenge netbooks or desktops?

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There has been quite a bit of hype by smartbooks recently, though the reality is that there hardly is any smartbook in the market at the moment, despite the fact that models such as Lenovo’s Skylight were supposed to be launched in April, it’s now May and you’d be hard pressed to find one in stores near you. An ARM representative has taken the instance to give a few reasons as to why there is the delay in the release of smartbooks. First off, it seems that Flash isn’t entirely ready just yet, and hasn’t been optimized for ARM based platforms. Next comes the tricky subject of tablets, where manufacturers might have some trouble with tablets and smartbooks competing with each other. Finally, there is plus the subject of Linux, as Linux-based netbooks never really took off as well as those powered by Windows XP. Bundle all those points together, and you more or less have a rough concept as to what’s keeping smartbooks off the shelves at the moment.

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There has been quite a bit of hype by smartbooks recently, though the reality is that there hardly is any smartbook in the market at the moment, despite the fact that models such as Lenovo’s Skylight were supposed to be launched in April, it’s now May and you’d be hard pressed to find one in stores near you. An ARM representative has taken the instance to give a few reasons as to why there is the delay in the release of smartbooks. First off, it seems that Flash isn’t entirely ready just yet, and hasn’t been optimized for ARM based platforms. Next comes the tricky subject of tablets, where manufacturers might have some trouble with tablets and smartbooks competing with each other. Finally, there is additionally the subject of Linux, as Linux-based netbooks never really took off as well as those powered by Windows XP. Bundle all those points together, and you more or less have a rough concept as to what’s keeping smartbooks off the shelves at the moment.

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HP has updated its Mini 110 netbook with the inclusion of an integrated 6-cell battery that is touted to offer up to 8 hours of battery life. Expected to launch later that June 15th Stateside for $279.99 a pop, hopefully that will find its fair share of customers considering a new integrated battery alone might not be good abundant to salvage phenomenal sales figures since there are way newer netbooks in the market at point of publishing. Perhaps the appealing price point of the updated Mini 110 might push some customers their way. [Press Release]

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It’s not often you see 9-inch netbooks nowadays as most manufacturers are churning out 10.1-inch offerings. But netbook pioneer Asus has hit back by putting the Eee PC 900AX on its global page. Considering that we saw that netbook pop by the FCC a short while ago, we’re hoping that it won’t be too lengthy before it hits retail shelves. That being said, don’t expect 9-inch netbooks to overtake 10.1-inch netbooks in terms of popularity anytime soon. Specifications of the Asus Eee PC 900AX include:

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With the popularity of netbooks nowadays, it not surprising to see that there is a nice market for portable USB DVD burners and Buffalo has just unveiled its DVSM-PS58U2/S-BK external USB-powered DVD burner. It’s quite compact, measuring in at 14.2×13.7×2cm and uses a slot-loading mechanism instead of the ejectable tray. It’ll be available in black and be offered in Japanese stores come May.

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