Last week, PC Magazine reviewed the Acer Ferrari 1100. While they gave it 3/5, a “good” rating, the sequel to the Acer Ferrari 1000 series had some shortcomings. Yes, it added an internal drive (at 4.4 pounds it better!), it still had some issues. As … Read more
DigiTimes is reporting that the low-Cost PC market in 2008 should reach 13 million units, with many of those including ultraportable laptops (or netbooks, or notebook UMPCs, etc.): Acer has already placed additional orders of around one million units with Wistron, while Hewlett-Packard (HP) has … Read more
Over at CNET, Erica Ogg writes that the Palm Foleo may not have been such a dumb idea after all, in light of the recent spate of sub-11″ laptops or would-be laptop UMPCs.
She mentions that many see the Asus Eee PC as the catalyst for the sudden interest by both consumers and manufacturers in this segment of the market, but that perhaps the Palm Foleo should be given a little more credit.