If you’re not familiar with Jolicloud it’s a lightweight Linux version made just for netbooks, and has a really nice custom interface. Well the new verion 1.0 (no word on release date) will feature both html5 support as well as touchscreen support right out of the box. The demonstration looks really nice and smooth:
We’ve known that the new Intel Atom N455 processor would be available sometime soon and the Lenovo Ideapad S10-3 looks to be one of the first available for purchase. The N455 processor is only different from the N450 in that it’s compatible with DDR3 RAM, which should be a small but noticeable performance boost for certain processes.
We all know that the weak point on most netbooks is their graphics capabilities. Well the guys that created GMABooster did a little research and found that Intel GMA950 graphics are actually capable of running streaming hd video and most games. The problem is that the version found in netbooks is under-clocked from 400MHz to 133MHz to enhance battery life.
The Samsung NB30 Pro is a beefed up version of the normal NB30 with 2GB orf RAM and Windows 7 Professional instead of the usual starter version.
Here are the other specs:
Toshiba was showing off their newly redesigned Satellite M135 ultrathin laptop at Computex today, and Joanna at Engadget grabbed some hands on time with it. For some reason they’ve covered the palmrests in metal with some weird pattern in it, but besides that they’ve added a nice chiclet keyboard and the trackpad has dedicated left and right buttons.
Sound impressive? The Canoe Lake platform recently announced by Intel was shown today running inside a netbook that is less than 0.5″ thick. The big gap below the monitor looks a little strange, but I guess there’s a few trade-offs for being that thin. What’s impressive is that the Canoe Lake platform will have a GPU capable of at least 720 video playback, most likely the Intel GMA 3150. Here’s Netbook News hands-on video:
The Pixel Qi we first heard about last November was on display at the Computex computer show the other day, and someone there had the bright idea to take it outside and compare it to an iPad in direct sunlight. I bet you can guess which one was easier to read; take a look at the following video to find out.
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