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HP Mini 1000, Compaq Mini 700, Mobile Broadband

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First off, LAPTOP Magazine has posted some pictures and information regarding upgrades available on the 10″ HP Mini 1000. They showed the SIM card slot as well as the memory upgrade slot (you can swap the DIMM with a 2GB module). I’m actually not sure … Read more

Samsung NC10 Photos (Korean)

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LAPTOP Magazine has posted nine photos of the upcoming 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook. They are having a Korean version shipped over for them to take a look at. They did get a brief hands-on with the NC10 during the US launch event. Some of the … Read more

ThinkFree Office Suite for Netbooks

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If you are a netbook owner, you may be looking around for an office suite that is more suited to the small form factor displays we are seeing with the 7″, 9″, and 10″ displays and their non-standard resolutions (such as 1024×600 or 800×480). Look … Read more

Apple, Steve Jobs on Netbooks, Finances

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Apple Redesigned MacBook 2008 AppleInsider has several articles up about Apple’s fourth quarter conference call today. Included among them, Steve Jobs’ comments on netbooks. Jobs commented on netbooks recently when Apple’s latest MacBook was launched, saying that they felt the market was just getting started.

Based on today’s financial discussions, Apple is only getting stronger, and clearly has the cash to do what they want to do. They now have $24.5 billion in the bank, with no debt. That’s some pretty hefty financial resources.

The iPhone App Store is doing extremely well as well – Jobs commented that “we’ve never seen anything like this in our careers” and by this time tomorrow, the 200 millionth app should be sold.

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Interview with ASUS CEO, Eee PC Plans

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Yesterday, an interview between LAPTOP Magazine’s Joanna Stern and Asustek’s CEO Jerry Shen was published, that shed a lot of light on where Asustek sees things now and where they see things going, as well as the plans they have for the Asus Eee PC … Read more