August 14 - 17 - Site Updates
August 16, 2007
We are both dealing with a pesky little Tropical Storm in the Gulf of Mexico that will be making landfall in Texas today, and so the site will be sporadically updated over the next few days.
In the meantime, check out these sites:
- jkOnTheRun (if the Tropical Storm were a little further to the north, it would probably be affecting JK)
- NotebookReview.com
- GottaBeMobile.com
- Craig Pringle’s blog
4th of July - Short Break, Plus ThinkPad Deals
July 3, 2007
We will be taking a short break tomorrow.
Remember that tomorrow maybe the last day to get a good deal on a Lenovo ThinkPad X Series (X61, X61s, or X61 Tablet), at least in the US, for a while. Lenovo is offering up to $470 USD off of select ThinkPad models. You can view the US offer here at Lenovo.
Keep in mind it’s not just ThinkPad X60/X61 series that this applies.
Outside of the US, you can check your individual countries/regions here at Lenovo.
Small Laptops - Saturday Roundup - June 30
June 30, 2007
- Dell has launched their new Inspiron lineup with 8 colors (Dell.com), bringing some style to a formerly dull-looking market.
- Bluetooth tether a Windows Mobile phone to a Mac for modem use
(jkOnTheRun) - Using a MacBook or MacBook Pro and your Windows Mobile phone to setup an internet connection on the go. For Windows users,
How to use Internet Sharing on Windows Mobile for a PC .
- Apple Mac Sales Grow Faster Than Windows PCs In Consumer Market (Information Week)
Among the drivers in May was an upgrade of MacBook consumer notebooks to faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1-Gbyte of memory, and larger hard drives in every model. “The consumer market in general is embracing notebooks, and Apple is strong in notebooks,” Baker said.
In May, the overall notebook market grew by 40% over the same month a year ago. Apple outpaced overall market growth with a year-to-year jump of 65%, Baker said. Windows-based notebooks saw a 37% increase in sales. NPD does not release actual dollar amounts or unit sales.
- Notebook makers cautious in competition between 13.3- and 12-inch notebooks (Digitimes)
With Sony, Apple and Dell rolling out 13.3-inch notebooks, some notebook makers are optimistic over demand for the segment while others are more cautious and are opting for 12-inch models.
On the other hand, other notebook makers hold that 12-inch notebooks, as pushed by vendors including Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP), are now seeing stronger demand than that of 13.3-inch notebooks and panel makers now earn more out of production of 12-inch panels than 13.3-inch panels.
Panel makers expect the two segments to account for 9-10% of overall shipments of notebook panels in 2007.
Multi-Touch On MacBooks In October (CrunchGear)
Today, another “trusted source” ….. added that the iPhone’s multi-touch technology is theoretically supposed to roll out with all the new laptops, including those coming out in October. The feature will be built into the touchpads, allowing you to navigate through your notebook’s files, applications, etc. the same way you can on the iPhone
Small laptops announced this week:
- Fujitsu LifeBook P8240
- Fujitsu LifeBook T8240
- Fujitsu LifeBook T8140
Small laptops released this week:
- HP Compaq 2510p
- Dell XPS M1330
- Dell Latitude D430
Site Updates:
- Forums added
- Massive update of all information (checking for broken links, moving various laptops to the discontinued lists, checking data for errors, adding more older models, etc.) has been underway for a few weeks and coming along nicely. Not as fast as we’d like, but there are only a couple of us, all of whom have full-time jobs that have nothing to do with the site.
Forums Added
June 22, 2007
The downtime/maintenance is finished. Among the things we did - forums have been added to Small-Laptops.com. Now you can discuss any and all ultraportable laptops.
These forums are going to replace the comment system currently on the site. There were a lot of good comments that were being posted, but because there are sometimes 10-15 posts a week on the main site, comments were being pushed down with their stories, and what could have been good discussions were being lost as a result (as well as people commenting for months afterwards). Good comments were also being lost among comment spam.
The forums can be accessed here: forums.small-laptops.com/
- Dan
Site Update, Disruption (June 22)
June 22, 2007
There will be sporadic downtimes and site disruptions this afternoon and evening while some upgrades to the site are completed, as well as a new feature added.
Thanks for your patience
Dan
