Apple iPad throws a spanner in the works for netbook sales
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, [...]
Dell Teasing Us With Its Upcoming M501R Quad-core Phenom II Notebook
For folks who are looking out for a robust notebook that isn’t powered by Intel’s Core series of processors, you might want to check out Dell’s website which now includes info on its upcoming notebooks that use AMD’s quad-core Phenom II x4 CPUs. The Inspiron M501R on the site will be using AMD’s M880G chipset [...]
iPhone charging desk lamp, Skyfire browser coming, Antitrust by iPhone OS 4
The Most Talented Light has surfaced and the uncommonly named desk lamp has a charging station inside it. The thing can charge the iPhone, iPod, and notebooks. Another new browser may be landing on the iPhone soon. The browser is called Skyfire and an iPhone version is being submitted to the App Store. Rumor is [...]
Design Of Asus Eee PC 1201X And 1201K Leaked
While technical details of the upcoming Eee PC 1201K and 1202X haven’t been revealed yet, leaked pictures from the product manual have surfaced, giving us a rough notion of what these notebooks will look like when they’re released. The Eee PC 1201X seems to share the same chassis design as the Eee PC 1201T, though [...]
Sony Japan hints at new Ultra Mobile Vaio
The Vaio grade from Sony has often been one that is high end where notebooks are concerned, and it looks set to be expanded further with Sony Japan dropping hits of a new ultra mobile Vaio. Currently, there is no other knowledge concerning the ultra mobile device, but could it be another netbook to follow [...]
Alienware M17x Now Ships With Dual 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 GPUs
While you might have seen notebooks that sport a pair of GPUs before, it’s not often you see one that offers a pair of ATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 5870 graphic chips. Now the Alienware M17x gaming notebook that offers such a configuration has begun to ship. whether you’ve received your shipping notification of that notebook, [...]
Use Your iPad In Landscape Mode With A Physical Keyboard
One of the downsides of the iPad keyboard dock is that you have to use the device in portrait mode, which might not be your preferred position, particularly since we’re getting quite used to widescreen notebooks nowadays. Now a user out there has decided to take things into his own hands and fiddled with the [...]