The latest laptop news from around the web for June 2nd:
- ECS Android netbook due out in Q4 for under $500 – Industry Standard – Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) showed off its first netbook with Google’s Android operating system and software at Computex Taipei 2009 on Tuesday. The device, called the T800, has an 8.9-inch screen, a small keypad and weighs less than a kilogram …
- Never mind the netbook, here’s the smartbook – IDG NEWS - If you still blanche at the term “netbook” for being an ungainly piece of vendor-speak, then prepare to be nauseated later this year as “smartbook” supporters start to bang that marketing drum. What exactly is a smartbook, aside from a term drawn …
- Intel ULV may power the ultimate NetBook – Computer Weekly – Intel looks like it is trying to kill off NetBooks. The chipmaker has unveiled a new processor to enable manufacturers to create low costs thin laptops Companies like Sony and Apple may find it hard to justify the high cost of their ultra notebooks …
- Psion, Intel settle ‘Netbook’ trademark dispute – CNET Asia – Since early 2008, chipmaker Intel has been using the term to refer to small, cheap, low-powered sub-notebooks , and its Atom chipset has become by far the most popular engine for such machines. The Dell Mini 12. (Credit: Dell) However, British PDA …
- AMD shows netbook super-chip – TechWorld – AMD has started shipping the dual-core Athlon Neo processor for thin and light laptops, upping the ante in its battle with rival Intel, which offers processors for similar laptops. The new Neo chip will be an upgrade over the single-core Neo …
- OCZ intros 17-inch DIY laptop, Ion-based HTPC / Neutrino netbook (Engadget) – Just as it did with the Z-Drive at CeBIT , OCZ Technology has delivered a few surprises across the way at Computex . Kicking things off the 17-inch DIY gaming laptop, which takes a note from the DIY-styled Neutrino , but gets a much bigger form factor. It’s one of the few laptops that actually arrive sans a CPU, hard drive and RAM, but it’ll support Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Extreme chips, as many as …
- Acer Introduces Netbook That Runs on Google’s Android (Update1) (Bloomberg) – June 2 (Bloomberg) — Acer Inc. said it has released a netbook that uses Google Inc. ’s operating system, becoming the first major supplier to offer an Android-based computer.
- Stories about: Intel – Australian PC World – The MSI Wind U123 netbook ships with Windows XP and is the follow-up to the MSI Wind U120. It’s available in three different versions: there is the plain MSI Wind U123, the 3G-equipped MSI Wind U123H, and the MSI Wind U123T, which has a built-in …
- The Future is Ultra-Thin: New Intel Chips Redefine Laptop Style … – Businesswire.com – TAIPEI, Taiwan–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Today at Computex, Intel Corporation introduced four new processors, including a low-power version and a value chipset, to usher in mainstream “ultra-thin” laptops. Intel® ultra-low voltage (ULV) processors …
- Ultra-low voltage laptops draw interest at show – Industry Standard - Laptops using Intel’s low-power chips for machines bigger than a netbook checkered PC displays at Computex Taipei on Tuesday, revealing growing popularity for the chips and the class of laptop. Intel displayed laptops powered by the CULV (consumer …
