The latest laptop news from around the web for May 5th:
- Review: HP Mini 2140 – Age – WITH their low cost and lightweight, go-anywhere size, netbooks have gone from an unheard-of zero to a top-selling hero in barely 18 months. And they don’t show any sign of stopping. Tech analyst Gartner expects Australian sales of netbooks will …
- Toshiba = Epic Failure – Toms Hardware – So basically I have a Toshiba M105-S3051 Laptop. I tried to update the Bios as it was extremely outdated. I followed everything perfectly but it BSOD on me during the flash… It’s likely corrupted because now when I turn it on I don’t see anything …
- “Apple Netbook” Student Project Is a Pencil-Drawn Beauty [Apple] (Gizmodo) - This little project has been making the rounds as the “new Apple netbook,” which, unfortunately, is way off. But the truth is pretty cool anyway: It’s a beautiful pencil-drawn, wooden model. Student…
- Comparing Netbook and Laptop Performance – PC Magazine – It’s safe to say that netbooks are here to stay, and they could even come to dominate the laptop landscape in a couple of years. Since their humble beginnings as cheap laptops that could be used to surf the Web, compose e-mails, do light office tasks …
- Skytone negotiating launch of Android netbook in China – Interfax Information Agency China – Shanghai. May 5. INTERFAX-CHINA – Skytone Transmission Technologies Co. Ltd., a Chinese company based in Guangzhou City of Guangdong Province, is negotiating with Chinese distributors over the launch of its netbook running Google’s Android mobile …
- The Fight for the Netbook Operating System (Salon.com) - Smartphones are becoming more like PCs in many ways, especially if you think of netbooks or mobile Internet devices as cheap computers . The underlying hardware is becoming more similar , connectivity is crucial , and the tasks people use them for are converging.
- Gateway’s TC7804u: $700 notebook dressed up in fancy-laptop style – CNET News – Sold as an affordable media-friendly laptop with an eye toward design, Gateway’s 14-inch TC7804u offers a decent collection of features and components at a low-end price. Similar to the 15-inch MD7818u model we reviewed back in January, the TC7804u …
- Lenovo reveals updated, 3G-equipped S10-2 netbook in user manual (Engadget) – We already caught sight of a slightly mysterious, 3G-equipped Lenovo netbook last month courtesy of the FCC, and it looks like Lenovo itself is now adding to the speculation, with a recently revealed user manual all but confirming an updated S10-2 netbook. While there’s still no word on complete specs, it does appear that this is more than just a minor update, with the netbook apparently …
- Stronger Economy May Weaken Netbook Sales (Wi-Fi Planet) – Research firm, iSuppli, projects global shipments for netbooks will grow 68.5 percent in 2009, then slow to 13.1 percent growth by 2013. The slowdown, it says, will be the result of an improved economy and the increased consumer confidence that will come with it.
- ‘Wind-powered’ laptop costs the earth (Guardian Unlimited) – Fujitsu promises to buy ‘green energy’ to offset the emissions from the energy use of each of its new ‘wind-powered’ laptops. But consumers are being asked to pay an extortionate price for carbon-free guilt Every green should have one – the world’s first wind-powered laptop . The idea of a little turbine plugged into a socket on the side is intriguing, even if the truth is a bit more prosaic. A …
- Options For a Laptop With a Broken Screen? (Slashdot) – DefenseSupportParty writes “I recently traveled via an unnamed airline, and stupidly checked my laptop. Unfortunately, the screen broke in transit and they refuse to take responsibility for it, claiming that it could have been broken before the flight. I’m not really in the mood to replace the screen if I have to pay for it, as I have other laptops that I can use. At the same time, I don’t want …
