Netbook

Although we wouldn’t have really expected it when the first ultrabooks made their way onto the market, it would seem that this particular brand of products is about to start killing at least a couple of its competitors, with netbooks being the first likely victims. For the time being, such a statement might seem a bit far-fetched, but it seems that Dell, one of the world’s largest notebook manufacturers, has decided to focus solely on ultrabooks, and kill its Mini line of netbooks altogether. According to a report by The Verge, Dell... 

Mobile operator Vodafone has just launched a netbook that’s perfect for browsing the web. It has low specs but more important a low price that would attract anybody. It’s called the Vodafone Webbook and as the name suggests it’s an internet portable computer. The specs aren’t that great but at least it’s powered by the “Linux for humans” Ubuntu (make sure you ckeck our Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot preview) and it’s a known fact Canonical’s software is pretty light on hardware. The Webbook packs a 10... 

Romanian manufacturer Allview has decided it’s time it made some laptops. The first one is the Allview APC D425 and from the start we can see an identity crisis. Allview is a company that focused on mobile phones (mostly dual-sim ones) and just in time for Christmas shopping they’ve announced a laptop. It’s called the APC D425 and we honestly don’t know where to place it in the laptop family. If we were to judge it by its size it would definitely be a laptop: it has a 13.3″ display with a 1200×800 pixel resolution…... 

10.1″ netbooks are the smallest portable computers that pack decent performance and a versatile operating system. Going for something smaller means you want a 7″ tablet. Or do you? NEC is working on a very small netbook that has a 7″ display. But is it worth it? The prototype is called NEC MGX and it features a 7″ 1024×600 OLED display and it runs on an older version of Android. Judging by the image above the product is still being developed and we’ll see it hit the market in about a couple of years. The nice thing... 

Acer has refreshed two of its most successful laptops: the Aspire One 522 and Aspire One 722. We aren’t talking about major changes, but Acer has improved the bits that may convince users to buy one of them. Acer has unveiled updates for two of its smallest laptops: the Acer Aspire One 522 and Acer Aspire One 722. As you may know there is a difference in size between them. Inside the two of them you will find the new AMD C-60 dual-core processor, clocked at 1.33GHz which won’t make them render instantly Full HD videos. Although the frequency... 

Japanese manufacturer NEC has announced the LaVie Light BL350/FW netbook which features impressive specs and an equally impressive price tag. Available only in Japan. Usually netbooks come with crummy displays that have low resolution and poor performance. However there have been some improvements in the power department thanks to Intel and their Atom processors. Therefore the NEC LaVie Light BL350/FW is powered by the dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom N570 processor and 1GB of DDR3 RAM. But for us the most important feature is the display. Although it’s... 

The Samsung NC215 netbook is an interesting product because it takes the idea of eco charging and applies it by putting some solar panels on the lid. Samsung announced the netbook a while ago and we already can purchase it at a discounted price. People who think plugging a netbook will melt the polar caps can go for the Samsung NC215, the perfect portable computer for Green Peace. Featuring a low-voltage 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Atom N570 processor and 1GB RAM, the 6-cell battery powered netbook will be able to charge itself with sunlight. For every... 

Verizon has announced its first 4G LTE compatible device – the Compaq Mini CQ10-688 which in essence is a netbook with a 4G antenna. If you want a fairly slow portable computer but with a fast internet connection than the Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr might be the solution. Promoted as the computer with the fastest  data connection, the small Compaq is powered by the Intel Atom N455 1.66 GHz processor, has 1GB of RAM and 250GB HDD. The multimedia card reader, VGA webcam, 10.1-inch 1024×600 display, WiFi and Windows 7 Starter OS, all of them... 

Acer has released yet another netbook that should satisfy every basic need of portable computing. And the best part of it? It’s already available. Normally we don’t get excited over a netbook. The only occasion we do so is when such a device has amazing features such as folding capability (Fujitsu tends to like this particular feature). The striking feature of the Acer Aspire One AOD257-13876 (yes, another long name. Can’t imagine why laptops can’t be named properly) is just the white color. Other than that it’s got... 

Japanese manufacturer Onkyro has introduced the DR425 laptop featuring the latest Intel Core i5 processor and several other features. Check them out after the jump. The Onkyo DR425 will be available only in Japan but if you plan on buying one here are some of the features you might find interesting. First of all there is the Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2410M processor, 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD. The display measures 14″ and has the HD 1366×768 screen resolution which means there is also HDMI-out. There’s even a Blu-Ray drive and also the...