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We all know the Apple iPad is a smash hit as the device has sold over three million units in a few months but what is Microsoft’s strategy to counter this growing trend in computing? So far, it’s been a mixed bag at best but Microsoft reporter extraordinaire Mary Jo Foley has some informed speculation…
We already knew that Intel was working to port Android OS to work on their Atom processors. Now we’re hearing that Intel are readying an Android 2.2 (Froyo) port into the mix for tablets and netbooks. Best of all, we may see these devices starting to surface in as little as two months, according to…
Again, not exactly the “pure” mobile news, but somewhat related nonetheless — if we’re going to cover the Apple iPad, we should also give some space to netbooks. This is especially true if they boast a touchscreen and in some way compete with Apple’s tablet. Samsung NB30 is exactly such a device, rocking a 10.1-inch…
Adobe released a new video displaying Flash 10.1 on smartphones, including the Motorola Droid, Nexus One, and Palm Pre, as well as some netbooks and tablets. Adobe is really pushing their name so they can get into the minds of people who use their products every day, but may not know it. There is also…
The FCC is looking to free up to 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband over the next ten years and it will try to buy the airwaves from broadcasters. The move would help avert what FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls a “spectrum crisis” that could leave data-hungry mobile devices like the iPhone, Droid, and 3G-enabled…
The iPad. The internet is still soaking it in, and I’ve already said what I have to say about it, along with my critical stance of this entire category of devices designed to fit “the gap” between laptops and smartphones and laptops. But say you would like such a device, that you need a 10…
Sprint is the latest operator to offer Dell’s netbook – Inspiron Mini 10. The carrier is asking $199.99 for the computer on a Mobile Broadband plan and a two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in rebate. Of course, the netbook comes with built-in EV-DO Rev. A modem which should provide average upload speeds of 350-500…
I’ve heard much mixed reaction surrounding Google’s new venture into the personal computing market with Chrome OS. Me, I’m still kind of torn on the idea. Keeping my opinions on the matter to myself (at least for now), some so-called ‘spy shots’ of Google Chrome OS running in full-force have emerged via engadget. The tipster…
One of the co-CEOs of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion had not long ago made the somewhat ballsy statement of equating the BlackBerry Storm to a netbook. Mr. Lazaridis’ compatriot in executivity, Jim Balsillie, has one-upped that angle, and gone so far as to dismiss netbooks as a remote threat to smartphones. The constraints of size,…
What’s better than a super-portable netbook that helps you boost on-th-go productivity and gives you some decent street-cred? Take that same portable netbook and put it on sale for $99, now that’s what we call a deal! Dell and AT&T have teamed up to offer the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook for the almost irresistible…