The latest laptop news from around the web for April 21st:
- A Touch Netbook (Technology Review) – Netbooks–pint-size laptops for Internet access and light computing such as word processing–have grown in popularity and variety. Now a detachable netbook allows users to remove the screen from the keyboard and use it as a touch-screen tablet computer.
- Acer, Asustek, MSI see 1Q09 netbook sales fall short of expectations (Digi Times) – Taiwan-based netbook vendors saw shipment volumes fall short of their respective goals in the first quarter, according to sources at channel vendors.
- Microsoft’s forgotten Windows 7 netbook version: Home Premium (ZDNet) - Since Microsoft announced its planned Windows 7 SKU line-up in February, almost all the focus on what the company will do in the netbook arena has focused on Windows 7 Starter Edition. Few seem to remember that Microsoft is planning to offer PC makers a choice of not just Starter…
- Fujitsu’s 10.1-inch LOOX M netbook looks good, positively average (Engadget) – Not that Fujitsu’s totally new to the netbook arena or anything , but we’ve got to hand it to the outfit’s design team on this one. The newfangled LOOX M netbook is definitely handsome, even though the innards contain a list of hardware components that we could rattle off in our sleep. Ready? Here goes. A 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard drive (yawning yet?), WiFi, Bluetooth …
- I-Buddie Netbook Proves It Can Run Android [Android] (Gizmodo) – We don’t know much about this odd German I-Buddie netbook, but this video shows a prototype in action, which presumably means this Atom-driven gadget will actually be sold at some point. [Netbook…
- HP Mini 2140 Netbook: Upscale Portable (IT Management) – A year ago, HP jumped into the netbook market. Well, stepped in. Well, put a toe in. The HP 2133 was a 2.9-pound portable with a glossy 8.9-inch display and one of the nicest, nearest-to-full-sized keyboards — 92 percent of full size, HP bragged — yet seen in the segment.
- Canonical disputes Microsoft netbook claims (Linux Devices) – — Apr. 09, 2009 — Ubuntu sponsor Canonical has posted a blog entry disputing Microsoft’s claims that it owns 96 percent of the netbook market, and that Linux netbook returns are four times higher than with Windows.
- OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via (ZDNet Asia) – As part of a wider hardware refresh by the One Laptop per Child project, the XO laptop for education in developing countries will get a Via C7-M instead of an AMD Geode processor.
- OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via (CNET) – As part of a wider hardware refresh, the XO laptop for education in developing countries will get a Via C7-M instead of an AMD Geode processor.
- Report: Netbooks are Killing the Laptop Market (AnandTech) - Margins are dropping like flies in the laptop market…
- Police Conclude Airborne Laptop Computer Killed Woman (Ergonomics Today) - A laptop computer killed its owner in March, according to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman on April 16. Heather Storey’s laptop was sitting unsecured in the back seat, and the vehicle’s abrupt stop sent the computer flying into the back of her head.
- Gadget Gal’s daily deals: HP Pavilion entertainment laptop, Altec Lansing iPod speakers, 4GB Zune MP3 player (ZDNet) - A HP Pavilion entertainment laptop, an Altec Lansing iPod dock, and a 4GB Zune MP3 player. Here are your daily deals for Monday, April 20, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Today’s deal at Woot is the HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx 17-inch AMD Dual-Core 2.1GHz Entertainment Notebook. Normally $949, it’s selling for just $549.99 today. It has an integrated webcam, a 320GB (5400RPM) SATA 5400 RPM hard …
- Toshiba to Launch 10-Inch Dynabook UX Netbook – Softpedia - Toshiba’s foray into the market for ultraportable, low-power computer systems was marked by the launch of the company’s first netbook, called NB100. Designed as an alternative to all the other 8.9-inch, Atom-powered netbooks on the market, the NB100 …
- The Apple netbook, and the return of Steve Jobs – IT World – The Apple netbook is beginning to turn into the Obama era’s interminable almost-here Apple product, just like yesteryear’s “OS X on Intel” (which ended up happening) or “Mac tablet” (which didn’t). Well, I suppose it’s more accurate to say that the …
- Canonical announces availability of Ubuntu 9.04 for Desktop, Servers … – Geekzone - Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition is free to download from Thursday 23rd April 2009. Also announced were the simultaneous releases of Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition and Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix …
- OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via – CNET Asia – The One Laptop per Child project’s XO laptop will switch to a Via processor as part of a general hardware refresh. Generation 1.5 of the XO machine will have the same industrial design as the original model, but will use a Via C7-M processor, John …
- Toshiba laptop uses ‘PS3 chip’ for web video – PC Advisor – Toshiba is putting its quad-core SpursEngine chip to use in several new laptops to improve the quality of internet video images. The company’s new Qosmio multimedia laptops, which will appear in Japan on Friday before becoming available worldwide …
- Margins are dropping like flies in the laptop market – DailyTech - Consumers are staying away from the higher-priced notebook computers that sold relatively well in years past thanks to the poor global economy. Instead of buying the high-end and expensive notebooks that may have been the choice in 2007 or 2008 …
- Lilliputian laptops take on the world – Age – At the height of the dotcom boom, computer science and capitalism combined to produce new technologies and billion-dollar companies. Today, cutting-edge technologies are being developed specifically for the have-nots. Take mini-notebooks, the latest …
- Dell Adamo – ZDNet Australia – Tags: laptop , dell , admire , adamo Dell initially teased the existence of its upscale 13-inch Adamo laptop at CES 2009, and formally announced details and ordering availability two months later. We previously had a chance to get our hands on a …
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