One of the goals for the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 release is to provide a better experience for netbook users who want to use Linux. Ubuntu 9.10 is a ways off – Canonical is going to be releasing 9.04 in April of this year, while 9.10 … Read more
In an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, Asustek’s Samson Hu (in charge of the Eee PC line) said that Asustek had assigned engineers within the company to work on an Android-based netbook and that it might be finished by the end of this year. They … Read more
Earlier this week, I posted part 1 of a review of the new 10.1″ Acer Aspire One (aka the AOD150). I was going to follow it with a closer look at the physical layout of the hardware, but several people asked me how well Microsoft’s … Read more
Ewdison Then over at SlashGear has posted their first impressions and an unboxing of the 10-inch Asus Eee PC 1000HE. Their unit came with an 8700mAh high-capacity battery, which is part of the key to Asustek’s claims of a longer-than-average battery life for the 1000HE. … Read more
For now we’re going to file it under rumors, but DigiTimes is reporting on an article in the Chinese-Language Commerical Times that Lenovo will be very busy in the netbook/ultraportable market as far as larger displays and non-Intel chipsets and even non-Intel CPUs.. They mention … Read more