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Friday, Nov 13
Kivu's G-Five KTNO2 netbook sports ridiculous 'aerodynamic' design, could be the wind beneath your wings
There are a lot of improvements we here at Engadget like to see in netbooks -- more SSD storage, higher-resolution screens, less flimsy construction -- but not a one of us put "greater aerodynamic lift" anywhere on our list. Someone at Kivu Technology Co. apparently did, as the company has l...
Thursday, Sep 10
Acer's Congo-based 11.6-inch Ferrari One: finally, a netbook with speed
We've seen a couple of netbooks that we'd actually consider to be mildly quick, but given that locating an Ion-based netbook is about as easy as entering North Korea with a US passport, we haven't had much of a chance to really love on 'em. Today, Acer is extending its boutique Ferrari lineup...
Wednesday, Aug 5
Samsung's Ion-infused N510 netbook steeply priced across the pond
€499. $717. Or three easy payments of €171 ($246). That's the price folks in Europe are being asked to pony up for Samsung's admittedly svelte 11.6-inch N510 netbook . As one of the largest netbooks in its class, this machine -- which can purportedly last for around 6.5 hours under ideal circumst...
ASUS' 11.6-inch 1101HA netbook finally on sale in America
Call it coincidence or call it fate, but just as soon as we saw Samsung's 11.6-inch N510 netbook go on sale across the pond, ASUS' long-awaited 11.6-inch Eee PC 1101HA has netted itself a date with UPS here on US soil. The machine is the first in the Seashell range to boast a display larger than 11...
Wednesday, Jun 17
Toshiba NB205 netbook reviewed, loved
We already knew the cats at Laptop were into the Toshiba NB205 / Dynabook UX netbook's aesthetic , and now they're back with a full review saying it "breaks the mold." Yep, even though it's packing the same 1.6GHz Atom internals as every other XP netbook out there, it's apparently a step above...
Tuesday, May 19
LG X120 netbook review
CA As is no doubt the case with many of you, one of our biggest considerations in any netbook is the keyboard. Early netbooks were invariably hampered by excessively shrunken keyboards that were fine for entering a URL or a quick email, but a chore to use ...
Wednesday, May 6
Is Dell cooking up an Android-powered netbook?
Um, okay? Straight out of the left-most corner of left field, software provider Bsquare has just outed Dell's newest netbook -- or so it seems. The same company that recently announced that it was bringing Adobe Flash to Android has just revealed that it'll be doing likewise for "Dell netb...
NU's universal docking station adds more storage to (almost) any netbook
Love your netbook but wish it had more varied storage options, like maybe an optical drive and another hard disk? Wait until you see what NU can do for you. The company is advertising a universal docking station packing both a Super-Multi DVD writer and a removable enclosure for a 2.5-inch ha...
Wednesday, Apr 29
Averatec hints at an Android netbook
by Nilay Patel, posted Apr 29th 2009 at 3:22PM We're not sure why Android is suddenly the hottest netbook OS in town, but we'd guess it's about to hit the scene in a big way at Computex next month. Today's whispers? Averatec CEO Tae-Hyun Cho says his ...
Wednesday, Apr 22
OCZ's Neutrino netbook reviewed, deemed totally handy and easy to use
OCZ's Neutrino netbook looks much like any other 10.1-incher, but this DIY affair comes with no OS, hard drive, RAM or multicard reader, leaving the users to decide for themselves how to outift it. The folks over at ExtremeTech are kind of unhappy about that point -- they'd like to see it be mo...
Wednesday, Apr 8
Acer's dream team confirms netbook Android experiments, thinks it has a "good chance"
At Acer's over-the-top product onslaught event last night, Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci and product guy Jim Wong confirmed they'd been playing around with Android in the labs, but didn't think an Android netbook was ready for primetime. Beyond the previously-confirmed Acer A1 Android sm...
Kensington outs new handful of netbook accessories
It was just a matter of time, really. We've seen desktop accessories, laptop accessories and now netbook accessories. Kensington has today launched five new products aimed specifically at the blossoming market, and while the tiny wired ($14.99) and wireless ($24.99) mice aren't anythin...
Tuesday, Apr 7
Plethora of new Acer Aspires, eMachines, Gateway laptops and ...
CA The 13-inch netbook has an LED backlit screen with 16 x 9 aspect ratio, Dolby Sound Room, SSD, DDR3 RAM, HDMI out, optional 3G and Bluetooth, webcam, and capacitive hotkeys on top of the keyboard. Gateway 10.1-inch LT20, 11.6-inch LT30: Both are under ...
Tuesday, Mar 31
WSJ: Android being considered for HP netbook, Dell MID and smartphone
Sure, we've already seen Android pop up on the HP 2133 Mini-Note thanks to some intrepid DIYers, but now comes word from The Wall Street Journal that HP's got programmers looking into using the Google OS officially for an upcoming netbook. VP of the PC division Satjiv Chahil's quoted as say...
Wednesday, Mar 25
Acer's custom Aspire One netbook: Heinous, exemplified
If the Acer Aspire One netbook above makes you feel uncomfortable, even angry, then you're probably not a Japanese school-girl. Hell, even if you are we hope you have the good sense not to paste stuffed animals, taffeta, and frills to your Atom-based netbook. That's what UMPCs are for. Filed...
Tuesday, Mar 24
Samsung's N120 netbook joins the crew, offers a full-size keyboard and 10.5 hours of juice
Samsung is really fleshing out its netbook lineup, following up the lovable N110 and N310 with the N120, another 10.1-incher, but with enough screen bezel to make room for a full 12.1-inch-style keyboard. Samsung also found enough room inside for a 6-cell battery that can muster up to 10.5 ho...
Monday, Mar 9
Linpus Linux Lite OS caught on video
Tags: Linux, Acer, instanton, instant on, splashtop, cloudbook, linpus, linpus linux lite, LinpusLinuxLite, acer aspire one, AcerAspireOne via Blogdigger blog search for netbook (netbooks OR Eee OR "Acer Aspire One" OR Asus OR Psion OR "Intel Atom" OR Ubuntu OR Linux OR SSD OR "MSI Wi...
Saturday, Mar 7
Acer planning mildly tweaked Aspire One netbook?
Tags: Acer, NetBook, aspire one, AspireOne, d250, aspire one d250, AspireOneD250 via Blogdigger blog search for netbook (netbooks OR Eee OR "Acer Aspire One" OR Asus OR Psion OR "Intel Atom" OR Ubuntu OR Linux OR SSD OR "MSI Wind").
Saturday, Dec 27
Engadget Podcast 123 - 12.27.2008: Goodbye 2008 edition
01:22 - Apple announces final MacWorld, Steve Jobs won't deliver keynote 13:15 - Thank you NYC! 20:26 - Dell confirms shocking truth: Adamo to rival MacBook Air 27:34 - Sony P-series "netbook" unveiled, underwhelming 37:51 - HP Firebird 803 tower with VoodooDNA leaked!
Thursday, Nov 13
AMD announces Conesus netbook platform, ATI Stream brand, Fusion processor delay
Read - Extreme Tech, "AMD Answers Atom with 'Conesus,' Roadmap Update" Read - PC Perspective, "ATI Stream Computing: From the desktop to the datacenter" Read - HotHardware, "AMD ATI Stream Computing Update" Read - TG Daily, "AMD delays Fusion processor to 2011"
Wednesday, Oct 29
Samsung NC10 reviewed, trumps competition with 7 hour battery life
Thus far word on the street about Samsung's NC10 has been good, but not exactly enough to distance it from the crowd. Laptop Magazine's full review of a Korean unit, however, found it to be exemplary, calling it "the most well-rounded 10-inch netbook on the market." The netbook earned high m...
Tuesday, Oct 28
HP Mini 1000 review round-up
Read - Computer Shopper (8.4 / 10) Read - Laptop Magazine (3.5 / 5) Read - PC World ("fantastic keyboard, surprisingly good sound") Read - CNET (4 / 5) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Windows 7 details galore: interface tweaks, netbook builds, Media Center enhancements
They demoed multitouch features on an HP TouchSmart PC -- it was pretty cool, although the usual nagging "what is this good for / that'll get old fast" concerns weren't really addressed. The Start menu gets 25 percent bigger when using touch to make it easier to handle, and apps will all get s...
VIA teams with Microsoft to drive low-cost netbooks in global markets
Here in the US of A, most netbooks come stocked with a predictable array of hardware: a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 80GB HDD, 1GB of RAM and a price tag ranging from $399 to $699. Elsewhere on the planet, things are a bit different, and if VIA has anything to say about it, it will be the name people think...
Tuesday, Oct 21
ASUS Eee PC S101 hands-on
Confession: we love, love slim laptops. Air, Envy, X300, slips of copier paper with "laptop" written on them... anything decently under that magical 1-inch thick mark has a special place in our hearts. And then there's the Eee PC S101. Don't get us wrong, we really like this little netbook. It's s...
