Netbooks Impacting the Mainstream Market

Joe Wilcox, editor of Microsoft Watch, has put together an in-depth article about the impact netbooks are having on the traditional, or mainstream, laptop/notebook market. Netbooks are cannibalizing the low-end part of the market and driving some margins down (in the so-called “race to the … Read more

Steve Jobs Overseeing Ultraportable Apple / Mac?

With the announcement last month of a major update to Apple’s iPhone OS (version 3.0), a lot more of us began to wonder about whether Apple would be scaling the iPhone’s interface up to something larger, perhaps netbook-sized. Keep in mind that the iPhone is … Read more

Qualcomm, Freescale to Launch ARM-Based Netbooks at Computex?

DigiTimes is reporting that Qualcomm and Freescale will both be launching ARM-based netbooks/ultraportables at the upcoming Computex Taipei. As recently as January of this year (CES 2009), Freescale was showcasing it’s netbook platform. Back in November, it was reported that ARM was working with Canonical … Read more

Apple To Launch Touchscreen Netbook in 3Q 2009?

We’ll treat it as a rumor for now, but among the rumors, it’s a lot more solid than mos. DigiTimes is reporting on a Chinese-language Commercial Times publication that Wintek will be providing touch panels for a touchscreen netbook from Apple. There is a lot … Read more

A Slimmer Acer Aspire One with SSD?

Could Acer be positioning itself to offer different models in its Acer Aspire One line? According to some information and photos that Macles (an Acer Aspire One enthusiast site) has obtained, it could that Acer is offering a special model that is thinner and possibly … Read more