The latest laptop news from around the web for May 11th:
- LonMID M100 is a giant smartphone or tiny netbook, you choose (Engadget) – Look, we’re not going to try and convince you that you need carry yet another device to maintain your connected lifestyle. And at 6.2 x 3.5 x 1.1-inches, the LonMID M100 is too chunky to join your smartphone in the trouser pocket while being a bit too cramped compared to the netbook or laptop carried in your shoulder bag. Still, we can appreciate the effort required to pack this much technology …
- Samsung launches Lap Fit monitor series in the Middle East (AME Info) – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in monitors, launched today its Lap Fit monitor series for laptop computers.
- AT&T modem to LYNKSYS wireless router – Toms Hardware – I have AT&T internet service via a phone line, I want to hook a LINKSYS wireless router so my daughter can use her laptop in her bed room. I ran a dsl wire to the Westell moden and a wire from the black Westell moden box that has 5 lights to the …
- Lenovo On the Future of the Netbook (Slashdot) – thefickler touts an interview in tech.blorge with Lenovo’s Worldwide Competitive Analyst, Matt Kohut, who spoke about his vision of the future of netbooks, which involves Windows 7, bigger screens, built-in 3G, touch integration, and lower prices. Linux fans will be disappointed to hear that Kohut thinks Windows 7 will dominate future generations of netbooks because it offers a better, more …
- The DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand [Why Not] (Gizmodo) – You’d think a cardboard laptop stand might be self-explanatory, but you’d be wrong. Lifehacker has some nifty DIY instructions for this surprisingly sturdy (and nearly free) cardboard laptop stand….
- A Look Back At the World’s First Netbook (Slashdot) – Not-A-Microsoft-Fan writes with this excerpt from The Coffee Desk: “Netbooks are making huge waves within the hardware and software industries today, but not many would believe that the whole Netbook craze actually started back around 1996 with the Toshiba Libretto 70CT. Termed technically as a subnotebook because of its small dimensions, the computer is the first that fits all of the …
- Dell Adds Ubuntu Option to Mini 10; Promises 2 GB RAM (PC Magazine) – PC Magazine – Dell has added Ubuntu as an option to its Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, a Dell spokeswoman wrote in a blog post this week. Also on Dell’s to-do list: a 2-Gbyte RAM option, and an ATSC TV tuner.
- Dell reportedly working on Android netbook (TechWorld) – But is Android ready? Computer giant Dell is reportedly developing a netbook that uses Google’s Android mobile operating system, just weeks after a Chinese company said it would have a final prototype Android netbook ready by June.
- Fujitsu Unveils the M2010 Netbook with the Intel Atom N280 in Asia (PDA Buyer’s Guide) – Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific today unveiled the Fujitsu M2010 10-inch netbook with both the Intel Atom N270 and N280 (starting shipping in June) processor options running at 1.6GHz, 512 L2 cache with 1GB RAM. The new netbook will have …
- Acer Aspire One 751 11.6in notebook-not-netbook (The Register) - Netbook with an HD-resolution screen, anyone? Review The new Acer Aspire One 751 has a screen that measures 11.6in on the diagonal with a resolution of 1366 x 768 and that’s mighty big for a netbook. As it happens, we were told a few months back that Intel has strict rules about the sale of Atom N-series processors to avoid cannibalising the sales of Core 2 and Centrino products.…
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