Tag archive for "netbook"
What do we have here? This isn’t the first netbook we’ve seen running Android, but it is one of the most Interesting. Japanese manufacturer NEC has revealed the MGX, an Android-powered device in the “pocket translator” form factor popular across Asia. The device is in the early stages of development – you can see it’s [...]
Acer was one of the more popular names in the netbook market for a long time with its Aspire One machines that sold well. When one of the more popular names in the netbook market starts talking about phasing out netbooks the nails are being hammered into coffins.
It’s been a while since we talked about the Eee Pad, we first heard about the thing back in July when it was rumored to be getting Android rather than Windows. The Eee Pad is expected to debut at CES starting next week and ahead of the expected debut we have some new pics of [...]
NEC will launch a dual-touchscreen version of their LifeTouch/Smartia tablet at CES 2011 next month, though full details of the presumably clamshell device are currently unknown. According to PC World, the tablet – which will also carry the LifeTouch brand – has a pair of 7-inch touchscreens which can show different information simultaneously. There’s also [...]
Acer apparently intends to make all of its upcoming dual-core netbooks run two OSes: Windows 7 and Android. According to DigiTimes, Acer confirmed their intention at a recent netbook press conference. The company has released two dual-booting netbooks in previous months, first the Aspire One D250 and then the Aspire One D260. Both prioritized Windows [...]
Intel are planning to release an x86 version of Android 2.2 Froyo sometime within the next two months, in the hope that the release will encourage developers to use the fashionable Google platform on Atom based netbooks and tablets. Speaking to APC, Intel’s senior VP for software and services Renee James confirmed that not only [...]
Toshiba has announced their first Android-based MID, the Toshiba AC100, a netbook form-factor ultraportable running Android 2.1 on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset. The 1080p-capable smartbook has a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 non-touchscreen display, 8GB of SSD storage and an HDMI output. Toshiba AC100 hands-on: In addition to the regular Android apps, Toshiba has loaded their [...]
Acer recently announced the D260 netbook. This netbook will have the ability to dual boot Windows 7 and Android. It will be released on July 1st, finally an Android netbook/tablet type device that we can actually go out and purchase.
Sorry for the picture below but it’s the best we have at the moment. For most, this is a welcome change from all the tablet and slate talk. Toshiba has an Android netbook in the works and it is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra chipset. This is a 10-inch netbook that was originally going to ship [...]
Engadget was lucky enough to spend a little quality time with this ultra sleek Android tablet from Marvell. It has a brushed metal case and a front facing camera. Marvell had this beautiful netbook on display at the Netbook Summit.
DROID 4 
Spectrum 
Burst 
Lenovo S2 
ICONIA Tab A700 
Element 
SpringBoard 
Transformer Prime 