Acer Aspire One – WiMAX

Netbook Almost a month ago, at an Acer global press conference held in Budapest, Acer made some announcements in regards to where it was going to be expanding the 8.9″ Aspire One lineup. Among those announcements and discussions, were that 3G options would be added in some areas as early as this month, while Acer planned on adding WiMAX capabilities by 2009.

Well guess what? Mark Spoonauer at LAPTOP Magazine managed to temporarily get his hands on what maybe the first netbook (or at least one of the first) to officially have Mobile WiMAX capabilities. Officially in the sense that some netbook owners have already been modding their netbooks to add in this or similar capabilities.

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Lenovo, Toshiba Add WiMAX Models

The 13.3″ Lenovo ThinkPad SL300, along with the Lenovo ThinkPad X301 have new models in their lineup (or will I should say) that are WiMax-enabled (4G). They are meant for use on Sprint’s high-speed XOHM network (launched earlier this week in Baltimore). The ThinkPad T400 … Read more

Asus Eee PC 901 with 3.75G

Asustek has announced a new version of the 8.9″ Asus Eee PC 901. They are adding 3.75G HSUPA mobile broadband internet connectivity to the Eee PC lineups, with the 901 being the first (and possibly only one so far). Users should see download and upload … Read more

Acer to Expand Netbook Line, Add Gateway Brand

Acer is looking to expand its current netbook line beyond it’s 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One line, according to LAPTOP Magazine’s Joanna Stern. They are also going to be adding the Gateway brand to a new netbook line as well. Joanna attended a global press conference … Read more

NetShare Coming Back to iPhone

Update: AT&T announces plans to add tethering “soon” Update: NetShare will not be officially coming back to Apple’s App Store. For iPhone owners who are fans of NetShare, it’s apparently coming back to the iPhone. NetShare, from Nullriver, was/is a $10 application available through Apple’s … Read more