Intel’s Ultra Mobile PC – Q1 Release?

TG Daily mentions that Intel’s “Ultra Mobile PC” is on track for a first quarter release.

This is going to be interesting – WWAN, GPS capabilities, standby times of up to a week, all in a device not much bigger than a paperback book – this is somewhere between a PDA and a very small notebook (the OQO as mentioned, and the Toshiba U100 series are good examples of this size) and may have a physical keyboard.

Ars Technica: The State of the Netbook, Part I

Ari Allyn-Feuer over at Ars Technica has put together a comprehensive series that looks at the history and future of netbooks, as well as where they stand these days. They go all the way back 15 years ago to the mid 1990s when HP rolled … Read more

MSI Wind U110, U115, U120, U300 Details

A very good article was posted on LAPTOP Magazine’s blog concerning MSI’s upcoming plans for January’s 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), as well as their general plans going into the first part of 2009. The information came from a discussion with MSI’s Director of U.S. … Read more

Black Friday Deals

Black Friday deals from various companies/retailers (these should be active by the time you read this). I may update this during the day if I see anything else interesting. Unfortunately, most of these are for US retailers only. Note: Prices are subject to change as … Read more