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Asus EeePad tablets unveiled at Computex

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Published: June 1, 2010Tags: ,

Asus unvelied 2 Eeepad tablet PC’s at Computex in Tapiei on Monday. The first tablet, the EP121, sports a 12.1 inch capacitive touchscreen with Windows 7 Home Premium and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The device can run up to 10 hours between charges, and is built for multimedia viewing as well as a built-in e-reader. There is also an available dock with a keyboard if you don’t want to use the onscreen one.

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There are 2 avialable docking stations, one that just has a keyboard and the second which basically turns the Eeepad into a laptop.

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VIA $100 tablets coming this year

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Published: May 28, 2010Tags:

VIA has recently announced that they will start shipping out Android tablets in the $100 to $150 range sometime this year. These tablets will feature the company’s “PRIZM SmartTouch platform” which combines a low power ARM_based processor with the Google Android OS and long battery life.

Wondering what these tablets will look like? Well VIA has released a gallery today of what some of these tablets might look like:

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Netbook Deals

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Published: May 27, 2010Tags:

Here are some great deals on netbooks:

1000hd Asus 1000H 10.1″ refurbished netbook-  $198

  • 10.1″ display
  • Intel Celeron 900MHz processor
  • 120GB HDD
  • 1GB RAM
  • Windows XP
acer Acer Aspire One AOD250 refurbished- $239.99

  • 10.1″ LED backlit display
  • 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 160GB HD
  • Windows 7 starter
asus Asus Eee PC 1005HA- $261.99

  • 10.1″ LED backlit display
  • 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 160GB HD
  • Windows XP

New Acer Aspire One A0721 11.6″ AMD netbook *now shipping*

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Published: May 25, 2010Tags:
New Acer Aspire One A0721 11.6″ AMD netbook *now shipping*

*update* The Aspire One AO721 has now begun shipping!

We spotted the Acer Aspire One A0721 passing through the FCC site in March, but now it’s finally up for preorder from Amazon. This netbook has some very impressive specs for the price ($429 with free shipping):

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  • Display: 11.6″ 1366 x 768
  • Processor: AMD Athlon II Neo K125 1.7GHz
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384MB dedicated video memory
  • Memory: 2GB of DDR3 RAM
  • HD: 250GB
  • Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
  • Battery: 6 cell, 4400mah (up to 5.5 hours)
  • Dimensions (3 pounds, 1″ thick)

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Acer announces 10.1″ Acer Aspire one 360

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Published: May 24, 2010Tags:

Acer has announced several new AMD powered netbooks recently, but there is yet another that has just been announced. This one is powered by an Atom processor and adds a few new features such as: multitouch trackpad, flush battery, and no ports on the bottom for a flush design.

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Compaq Airlife 100 smartbook reviewed

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Published: May 21, 2010Tags: ,

The Compaq Airlife smartbook is getting closer to release, and Chippy at carrypad has gotten ahold of a pre-production model and written a review. Basically it’s a stripped down netbook that’s slower and less useful. The only upside of this device is that it’s instant-on OS is very convenient, but with all of the quick boot options available on netbooks now this is not all that great anymore.

compaqBasically the Airlife 100 is worse than any comparable netbook in speed, looks and memory and according to Chippy will cost well over $300.

Some more examples of how the Airlife is completely useless:

  • There are no USB ports
  • Screen can’t be opened far enough to point at your face (if sitting on a table it points at your chest) and combine this with a poor viewing angle
  • Comes with stripped down version of Android (no apps, not even gmail) and no access to the Android marketplace
  • Flash doesn”t work on websites

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Netbook sales will almost double in 2010

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Published: May 19, 2010Tags:

According to a new report by ABI research netbook sales will jump from 36 million units sold in 2009 to almost 60 million in 2010. Even with the Apple iPad slightly cutting into sales (but not much) it looks like netbooks will continue to gain market share. So far the key to success has been their low price, long battery life and portability. Their main downside has been the sluggish processors and poor video performance but some of the new netbooks look to fix that.

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So it looks like netbooks aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Oh, and remember this guy?

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