Amazon’s Top 10 Bestselling Laptops

Posted on January 27, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks, News, Notebooks | Leave a Comment

Just a quick check on the current top sellers in Amazon. A few months ago, the Acer Aspire One was on top. Today, Asus has knocked them of the spot with the EEE PC 1000HA. It’s followed by variants of the Samsung NC10, Acer Aspire One, Asus EEE PC 900HA, and the MSI Wind U100. [...]

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Asus T91 netbook tablet demo video

Posted on January 21, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks | Leave a Comment

As part of its campaign to tease us all into submission, Asus has just released a preview of what its new T91 and T101H “netvertibles” can do. This demo runs on Windows XP, but on top of it is a shell specially designed by Asus to make the touchscreen more finger-friendly - big icons, simple [...]

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Acer Aspire One with free ODD at PC Corner

Posted on January 13, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks | Leave a Comment

PC Corner is offering a good deal for new Acer Aspire One netbooks bundled with 3-6 cell batteries, SATA drives between 80GB to 500GB, and Windows XP Home. Of course it still has the usual Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz, 8.9″ screen, webcam, and WiFi. Prices range from PhP14,995 to PhP25,995.
To spice things up, they’re [...]

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Netbooks under 10K: Freescale-powered Pegatron

Posted on January 11, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks | Leave a Comment

Pegatron may sound like an Autobot in Transformers, but it’s really not. It’s a company that spun-off from ASUS, and they’re getting ready to join the netbook craze. The focus is on low price and functionality, but they’re no slouch in the design department, either. Just look at this prototype (courtesy of Engadget):

This 17mm-thin netbook [...]

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Asus introduces EEE PC T91 and T101H convertible netbook tablets

Posted on January 8, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks | 1 Comment

Just when HP got everyone talking about the gorgeous Mini-note 2140, Asus steals the limelight and presents the arguably dreamier Asus T91. In this crowded market filled with cookie-cutter specs, Asus attempts to stand out with its newest line of touchscreen netbooks, with swiveling monitors that can be flipped 180 degrees and laid flat on [...]

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HP Mini-note 2140 available in February

Posted on January 7, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks | 1 Comment

When the HP Mini-note 2133 first came out, NotebookReview.com tested a unit and came up with the following conclusion:
“HP managed to create the single most impressive ultraportable notebook on the market … and then decided to put a lackluster processor inside. If HP decides to replace the VIA processors with the new Intel Atom processors [...]

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New MSI Wind 120 available this January 2009

Posted on January 3, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks | 1 Comment

Netbook fans among you will probably know about the MSI Wind U120 - the follow-up to the original highly successful MSI Wind U100 which was launched last year. Specifications for the new Wind on the official MSI website indicate that it will have WiFi-N support, face identification software for security, and redesigned touchpad buttons. Other [...]

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The “perfect” netbook

Posted on January 1, 2009 - Filed Under Netbooks | Leave a Comment

In this season of gift-giving - both to others and to ourselves - it becomes quite tempting to indulge yourself by buying that great-looking cellphone, the digital camera of your dreams, the laptop you’ve always wanted, and so on. Here’s the catch: what if you already have a cellphone, a camera and a laptop - [...]

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Confessions: A rundown of my own gadgets

Posted on November 25, 2008 - Filed Under Others | 1 Comment

“Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.”
To a certain extent, this old saying is true, and you could also say the same from a persons possessions. That is, tell what your house/car/(insert word here) and I’ll tell you who you are. Before I write anything here, let me introduce [...]

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