Netbookfreaks

iPad 3 Coming In Spring 2012

Jonas — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:43:23 +0000

When Apple introduced the iPad 2, it was a bit of a yawn, with little radical improvement over the iPad original flavor. With apple changing their release schedule, there was almost instant speculation that the iPad 3 just might be introduced in time for the 2011 Holiday Season. Then again, not so much. It is firming [...]

Amazon Tablet Could Be Cheap

Jonas — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:07:16 +0000

Amazon has taken their Kindle eReader down to some ridiculously price points, but in the end it is really an ereader, and nobody would think of it as a tablet. As tablets continue in popularity, Amazon would like to enter this space, and undercutting the Apple leader would be a perfect strategy. Analysts are thinking they [...]

Ultrabook’s Ultraprice Not Flying

Jonas — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:47:36 +0000

With MacBook Airs gaining in popularity, the idea of a thin and light portable, that retains the full power of a laptop is an appealing concept. With optical drives on the slow (but steady) decline, it is a painless sacrifice for portability that an ultrabook can promise. However, there is still one hurdle to overcome. This [...]

Internet Lite & Netbook Deal

Jonas — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:57:47 +0000

While the world is all abuzz about tablets, just realize that when it is time to offer some value, netbooks get the nod. This is part of the deal that got brokered with the NBC Universal and Comcast deal. The plan is to offer basic internet service to lower socioeconomic Americans at a slower speed. While [...]

HP TouchPad 4G

Jonas — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:39:45 +0000

HP is looking to move their TouchPad up to the 4G speed on the At&T network. This TouchPad features a 9.7″, 1024 x 768 display and runs the WebOS 3.0 operating system (the one that the Palm folks made for smartphones). The WiFi only version of the tablet uses a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, but [...]

Verizon 4G Netbook

Jonas — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:00:58 +0000

A netbook is only as valuable as the network it is connected to. After all, it is awfully hard to check some email when there is no WiFi connection. Enter Verizon’s 4G network, which boasts speeds that can meet or even exceed some home user’s experiences with downloads of up to 12 mbps and uploads [...]

Sony Tablet Details Emerge

Jonas — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:32:38 +0000

With the world abuzz about tablets, electronics giant and veteran Sony is getting into the game. Expect them to introduce two models, the S1 and S2. Here is what is known: Four models of the S1- 16 GB WiFi, 16 GB WiFi and 3G, 32 GB WiFi, 32 GB WiFi and 3G Two models of the S2- 16 [...]

Ultrabooks- The Details

Jonas — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:57:14 +0000

Folks are less tied to their desktops, and the term “Post PC Era” gets kicked around daily, although everyone is trying to figure out what it really means. Netbooks paved the way to all day battery life, and lightweight computing, and now this is permeating the rest of computing. This time around, they are being dubbed [...]

Canon X Mark I Mouse Lite

Jonas — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:48:56 +0000

Whenever I get out my trusty calculator, I usually think that it is a bit of an anachronism. After all, no matter how much computing power I have at my disposal, math is often done on the same device that I used in my high school trig class. No really, it is the same exact [...]

Acer Takes A Hit- Netbooks Blamed

Jonas — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:40:41 +0000

Acer saw their fortunes rise and fall the last few years, paralleling closely the sales of netbooks. Being a bargain leader in this area, at one point they did have some serious market share, but those glory days do appear to be behind them. Now with preliminary Q2 2011 data, it is clear that Acer had [...]