Dell and Linux

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has written an analysis for Desktop Linux about Dell’s announcement yesterday, concerning their official support for Linux on Dell notebooks and desktops. Over the next month or two, Dell will be releasing certain desktops and laptops with pre-installed Linux. Which laptops and … Read more

Hands-On: OQO Model 02 (tnkgrl Mobile)

tnkgrl Mobile has put together a two-part series on the OQO Model 02, the ultra-ultraportable. She gets into the size, screen brightness, and comparisons between the pre-production Model 02s and the Model 01+s, as well as accessories, the slider and track stick, and EVDO performance. … Read more

Review: Toshiba Portege R400 (NotebookReview.com)

Tiffany Boggs has posted a review at NotebookReview.com of the Toshiba Portege R400 . The R400 is a “convertible” – it has a physical keyboard, but the touchscreen display flips around and lays down over it, turning it into a Tablet PC. It’s powered by … Read more

Announced: HTC Shift

HTC has announced the HTC Shift – a truly ultraportable laptop, with a keyboard, and a Touchscreen with stylus. It has a 7-inch widescreen display (800×480 resolution), with 1GB of memory and a 30GB harddrive. No word on CPU or chipset or graphics chipset, although … Read more

Ultraportable Gateway Tablet PC Convertible Coming?

GottaBeMobile.com and other sites are reporting that Gateway is close to releasing a convertible (Tablet PC plus a physical keyboard) laptop, with a 12-inch display. Andrew Kostin’s blog has more details, as well as a link to the user guide. It’s going to have both … Read more