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The Archos 10s up close

by David Allen on July 3rd, 2009
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The thinner and lighter Archos 10s has appeared in the UK at only 0.86” thick that is thin and it weighs in at only 2.2 pounds. This machine can actually seen as the J & W Minix 811 this one was put on show the other week at the Computex 2009. As far as the specs go there is little change, in ...

Netbooks could be free

by David Allen on July 2nd, 2009
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The time may have come when netbooks are given away for free by the mobile carriers, according to the Head of a Linux advocacy group, the Linux foundation. He was speaking at a Beijing forum of prominent Chinese business people. Many companies such as AT&T already sell subsidised 3G netbo ...

Dell to introduce GPS in the Mini 10

by David Allen on July 2nd, 2009
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As from next week, the Dell Mini 10 will have the option for GPS, this helps in two ways. The first is that if the computer is stolen and the thieves do not disable the device, it can be tracked. The second and a bit more like big brother is that companies who issue these computers to travelling sta ...

Asus cutting prices of the 7” and 9” Eee PC’s

by David Allen on July 1st, 2009
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Traditionally these computers that can be held in one hand have been available for around the $200 mark, but recently some of these deals have been highlighted as being refurbished or second hand. A buyer needs to be careful as to what they are buying and where from. However, for computer buy ...

The cool looking Samsung N310 to be called “GO”

by David Allen on July 1st, 2009
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The nicely designed Samsung N310 is to be renamed “GO” for when it eventually arrives in the US, currently the mini laptop is doing very well in the UK, but as of yet the 10.1 inch colourful computer has not appeared in the US. The estimated time of release is the 15th July and this is when the ...

NEC offer the LaVie Light Lui

by David Allen on July 1st, 2009
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This is a new mobile netbook from NEC offering a 10.1 inch display and everything else that you would expect from a laptop designed to be totally mobile, which this is. It is running Windows XP SP3 and can be used in conjunction with the NEC LUI remote desktop system. Specs: Atom N280 at 1.66 ...

Netbook sales to reach 59 million by 2013

by David Allen on June 30th, 2009
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According to study carried out by the independent research firm Semico, shipments of so called netbooks are set to climb to a massive fifty nine million units by 2013. In 2008 the market total was just twelve and half million. This increase represents a five fold increase in sales and it has ...

Asus T91 launch in the UK delayed again

by David Allen on June 30th, 2009
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Consumers in the UK are likely to be getting rather frustrated with the computer maker from Taiwan; Asus have yet again delayed the launch of the cool looking T91. The 8.9” convertible netbook had initially been delayed to the 22nd June due to logistical issues. Now it seems that the new d ...

The Gateway LT3100 series at BestBuy

by David Allen on June 29th, 2009
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It is great to see that BestBuy are not hanging around when it comes to new laptops and there is no exception with the LT series from Gateway. They have the prices starting at $399, which is okay, the main difference between this, and the Acer Aspire One is that they have replaced the Intel with the ...

First, look at the Acer Aspire One 751

by David Allen on June 29th, 2009
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The all new or not so new Acer Aspire One 751 is a far cry from those early days, but not so different to the recent released versions. This machine has a slimmer profile, easy to use keyboard, bright hi-res display and a supposedly long battery life; these are of course the good points, which actua ...