Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 20-06-2011
Death Knell for the Netbook? Acer Shipments Sinking
PC Magazine
The company expects similar netbook shipment numbers in June and July, according to a Wednesday report from DigiTimes. Where netbook shipments are sinking, tablet demand is rising. The Taiwanese tech journal reports that Acer’s tablet orders hit …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 20-06-2011
Apple iPad Prototype Touts 3D Display: Video
Phones Review
… 3D display video comes our way courtesy of the guys over at 9to5 Mac by way of Netbook News, and the guy in the video does say that what we are looking at could be the prototype of a future Apple iPad with a 3D display. Apparently the Apple tablet, …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 20-06-2011
SmartQ Ten Android tablet features a piezoelectric touch panel
Liliputing
A company called SmartQ is showing off a new Android tablet that looks like your standard iPad wannabe, complete with a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display. But Netbook News discovered that the SmartQ Ten tablet has one thing the iPad doesn’t: a …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 20-06-2011
Asus To Put Windows 8 Into Next Eee Pad Transformer Tablet?
ITProPortal
Asus may be considering shoving Windows 8, Microsoft’s next generation operating system, into the next version of the Eee Pad Transformer, the popular ARM-based tablet that doubles as a netbookwhen paired with its docking station. …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 20-06-2011
Media tablets killing netbook market: ABI Research
Computer Business Review
An ABI Research survey has suggested that media tablets are slowly killing the netbook market, and that both the devices are affecting the sales of personal computers. Netbooks and media tablets are nearly at par in terms of consumer interest, …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 14-06-2011
What’s inside your iPad? Tablet tech explained
TechRadar UK
The Atom N550 is found in the new Dell Inspiron Duo Sparta convertible netbook/tablet but, again, battery life struggles to make the four-hour mark. However, for Intel the game won’t really start until the first Atoms using the 32nm production process …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 14-06-2011
Consumers bored by tablets vs netbooks
PC Advisor
However, results of a survey of 1142 consumers conducted by ABI Research (March 2011) reveal that netbooks and media tablets are neck-and-neck in terms of consumer interest – and the majority of people can’t be bothered with them. …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 14-06-2011
The Netbook is dead! Long live media tablets!
BetaNews
Massive slowdown in netbook sales and increased media tablet adoption are major reasons. For years, the PC market benefitted from strong laptop sales that offset declines on the desktop. But the times they are a-changin. "Consumer mobile PCs are no …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 12-06-2011
Ubuntu, Asus team up on netbooks
MyBroadband
A year ago netbooks were the hot ticket. Since then Apple has hit the netbook market hard with its iPad. With every other hardware maker rolling out their own version of the tablet PC, the future fornetbooks looks pretty dismal. …
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Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 12-06-2011
Analyst says future Apple, Android tablets to sell for around $300
Geek.com
Tablets are, after all, just getting started as a mainstream gadget. When netbooks first started selling, an underpowered 7″ cost around $500 — now you can pick up a dual-core Atom netbook for less than $200. Historically, gadgets have always gotten …
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