Looks like folks at Microsoft are working hard in filling the missing essential features of the Windows Mobile OS. People buy smartphones to stay connected with their friends easily. Many of them like to browse the social networking sites. However, most of these websites use AJAX, which does not run very well on the mobile browsers and mobile version of these websites are just do not do justice to the capabilities of Windows Mobile devices.
As the name suggests, this video shows the EEE family. It is interesting to see how the Asus initially started off with Xandros and lately moved to Windows XP. Infact, in this video they show how well the Windows XP and Live Mesh work together.
Taiwan-based manufacturer, Wintek is all set to supply touch panel for the long-rumored and the shipment is rumored to begin in the third quarter of this year. Also, Quanta will be making these netbooks.
Quanta is a famous Taiwan notebook manufacture which has also made several Windows Mobile phones for the O2 Asia in the past. Also, it is interesting to know the confirmation of the Apple netbook finally coming.
[via digitimes]
OCZ Technology has made its entry into the over-saturated netbook market by introducing OCZ Neutrino. After nine weeks this device will be made available in the US and will come in two variations. The first model is “DIY” (do it yourself) model and it will allow the consumer to select the RAM and HDD.
Second variation is the one where you will have to bear with the standard specifications, which are not bad at all. Here are the standard specs:
However the 4-cell battery has capacity of just 2200mAh, which is not going to give you great battery life at all. I figure, this would give you a maximum of 2 hours of battery life. Also, I was expecting a better design from OCZ. That said, it is still a nice thing to see netbooks coming pre-configured with Ubuntu OS.
[via engadget]
Averatec is planning to make an entry into the netbook market in the near future. It is a well known fact that Averatec is quite popular for its ultra portables. The CEO of Averatec agrees as much as we do
“The netbook and ultra-portable lines are quite blurred and we want to bridge that gap.”
Averatec’s first netbook will be launched in the latter part of this year.
via twice via netbookboards
A-Data Technology lauched a massive 512GB SSD at CeBIT 2009. The company claims that it is the highest capacity SSD in the whole industry. It has the read rate of 230MB/s and write speed of 160MB/s. It can be used in laptops, netbooks and PCs.
[via digitimes]
