CES 2011 is shaping up to be a bonafide crackerjack moment for tablets. ASUS has released this teaser video that is quite tantalizing. HDMI, are you kidding us? We’re positively drooling over all of those input/output possibilities. Take a look…
ASUS is going to start shipping the EEE PC T91 today. Fans of netbooks will be happy to note that this one supports a touchscreen. It’s a tablet, after all. Specs include the following: Screen: 8.9″ LED Backlight / Resistive Touch Panel Resolution: 1024 x 600 (WSVGA) Processor: Intel Atom Z520 – 1.33GHz OS: Windows [...]
Google’s mobile operating system Android is going to make an evolution of sorts as it makes the leap from cellphones to netbooks. A Chinese firm known as Skytone is working on bringing it to the masses and says that it can do so within three months. The device is known as the Alpha 680 and [...]
Now that netbooks are part of the mainstream, hardware manufacturers are looking to start making PCs that fit into a completely new category. Dell, HP, ASUS and MSI have launched “kitchen PCs”, touchscreen-enabled devices that would look well hanging on the wall above your counter or sink. At about $600 to $800, kitchen PCs could [...]
Netbooks are known for their portability and convenience. It took a while before they caught on, but the ASUS EEE paved the way and made them part of modern computing. However, a recent question at Slashdot raised an interesting concern: how does one make a netbook more manly? You may not think of it as [...]
Recent news reported that netbooks took center stage at CES this year. Although the fledgling industry had a slow and rough start, it really picked up the pace last year with the popularity of the ASUS EEE and the participation of HP and other notable hardware makers. It’s not all good news though. The report [...]
ASUS is taking the EEE name and making it into a brand that’s going to go beyond netbooks. Its latest model at CES is a keyboard with a screen. We spotted some Asus keyboards last week, but none were nearly as potentially awesome as the official Eee Keyboard. Featuring wireless HDMI, it’s a “fully functional [...]
Wondering how netbooks are faring? In case you’ve been thinking about the numbers behind the devices previously known as UMPCs, think no more. The sales figures are in and surprisingly ASUS isn’t in the lead with the EEE. The big winner is Acer, thanks to the Aspire One. …Acer sold 2.15 million Netbooks in Q3 [...]
ASUS is bringing the EEE brand to the desktop with the EEE Top. While it’s not as bulky as a standard desktop computer, it’s still too large to match the portability of its netbook namesake. Here are the details: This all in one unit features 15.9-inch touchscreen, Microsoft Windows XP and a 1.6GHz Atom along [...]
ASUS is out to prove that UMPCs come in all shapes and sizes. Its R50a UMPC has begun shipping in Europe and the details are coming in: The 5.8-inch touchscreen device has a 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 32GB SSD for storage and runs Vista. There’s also integrated 3G HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth [...]
