Low-Cost PCs in 2008 – Expected 13 Million

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

Intel Diamondville – No Dual-Core

According to CNET, Intel’s Diamondville mobile processors, due out later this year, will not be dual-core designs.: Intel’s upcoming low-cost Diamondville notebook processor will break from Intel’s multicore strategy of the last few years and be primarily a single-core processor. In this respect Diamondville is … Read more

Acer Aspire One

Product Name: Acer Aspire One Summary: – 8.9″ Display, Intel Atom, Netbook, SSD or HDD – Search SL’s archives for Aspire One news – Markets: Consumer, Professional – Regions: Worldwide – This Page Updated: Feb 2, 2009 Note:Most of the models below are heavily discounted … Read more

HCL MiLeap Y Series Tablet

Summary: 7″ Tablet PC, Intel A110, January 2008, Netbook This Page Last Updated: April 15, 2008

Palm Foleo: Not so dumb?

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 … Read more