Articles Tagged “Netbook”
Video: HP Compaq Airlife 100 Android-powered netbook
by Michael Oryl on Feb 16, 2010 0 Comments">0
Here’s a look at the new HP Compaq Airlife 100, an Android 1.6 powered netbook computer with a 10.1 inch touchscreen display and all day battery life, thanks to its 1GHz Snapdragon CPU. This netbook was announced at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain and will be sold by Telefonica’s family of carriers, at least initially, but no ship date or pricing information has been given at this time. Video and additional photos are available after the break.
Android lands on the Acer Aspire One D250 netbook
by Susan Ellery on Jan 16, 2010 0 Comments">0
Acer recently refreshed its Aspire One D250 netbook, replacing Windows XP with both Windows 7 and Android. Yes, that’s right, Android on a commercially available netbook. The D250 is a true dual boot solution, offering users the ability to boot into Windows 7 or Android during startup. A wonderful idea that, unfortunately, fails due to poor hardware design as the D250 lacks a touchscreen, a critical component that is necessary for Android to operate at its full potential. You can navigate the Android OS using your keyboard and mouse but it is not the same as using your fingers to …
Hivision reveal affordable Android netbook
by James Tromans on Jan 13, 2010 0 Comments">0
Hivision were showing off their new netbook at CES recently, running Android. Hivision specialise in embedded ARM-based laptops. The device in question is a 7’’ netbook and very compact offering an ARM 9 chipset running at 500Mhz. Furthermore, it is affordable. How affordable? Well the guy in the YouTube video after the jump does not seem to be the Hivision representative, but believes the device could run as low as $149 in the supermarkets. Don’t jump onto the bandwagon though as he also says “fantastic and awesome” a little too much, along with “I’m just guessing here”. The enthusiastic man …
Man turns Dell netbook into a Mini 3i Android-powered phone – redfines the term pocketable
by Susan Ellery on Dec 31, 2009 0 Comments">0
This has to be one of the best mods we have seen in a long time. A man takes apart his Dell Mini netbook and converts it into a functional and rather large Mini 3i mobile phone, complete with the OPhone Android OS. The video of the mod scores a 10 for its complexity, a 10 for its creativity, and a 10 for its musical score. The mod in its entirety is after the break. Enjoy! [via Gizmodo and Shanzai]
The enTourage eDGe, an Android-based e-reader, netbook, multimedia player all wrapped up in one
by Susan Ellery on Dec 04, 2009 0 Comments">0
Dual-screen devices seem to be on the upswing with Spring Design’s Alex e-book reader, Asus’ Eee-book reader, and the concept Microsoft Courier getting some press recently. Recently brought to our attention is another one of these novel devices, the enTourage eDGge – a dual-touchscreen device that is both an e-reader and a netbook. The enTourage’s most striking feature is its dual display, which is comprised of a 9.7 inch e-ink display with 1200 x 825 resolution and 16 shades of grey and a 10.1 inch color LCD with 1024 x 600 resolution. The e-reader side of the device supports ePub …
NVIDIA to run Windows CE and not Android on Tegra-based Smartbooks, for now
by James Tromans on Jun 19, 2009 0 Comments">0
NVIDIA have snuggled up tightly with Microsoft and expressed that they will be working on optimizing Windows CE for Tegra-based “smartbooks” (something between a smarphone and a netbook), as opposed to Android. According to an article over at ComputerWorld, Mike Rayfield from NVIDIA was quite clear and specific about the differences between Android and Windows Mobile, and has clearly taken ‘sides’ – at least for now. We say this because there is also news that NVIDIA is working with Google to accelerate Android when running on Tegra hardware. The downside being that it will take about a year before anything …
Video and summary of the GNB netbook/UMPC
by James Tromans on Jun 09, 2009 1 Comments">1
Computex is now coming to an end, but Run SSD have released a video revealing a GNB netbook/UMPC that is really something a bit different. The device is tagged as the ‘750’ and sports a 7-inch touch screen running Google’s Android. It is somewhere between a netbook and even a UMPC as it is super small and super light, weighing only 680g. Inside, the UMPC offers a solid state drive (SSD), the capacity of which ranges from 2GB to 8GB. Similarly, you can have either 128MB or 256MB of RAM. Combine this with the Freescale i.MX31 CPU and we’re looking …
ECS netbook will offer Android
by James Tromans on Jun 03, 2009 1 Comments">1
Computex looks like a really good show, and ECS have on display a prototype of their 8.1 inch T800 netbook offering. The prototype device is not in working order, but the build is comparable to what the finished version will be like. It looks wonderful and would appear to resemble the Sony Vaio P a bit. Even though the T800 is a puny 800g (1.76lb) light, it still manages to pack a 2.5 inch SATA hard drive and 512MB of RAM. Our best guess is that the hard-drive may be swapped for an SSD as well. On top of this, the Texas …
Android on Acer phone for 2009, Motorola Morrisson, and Dell Mini 10v
by James Tromans on May 21, 2009 0 Comments">0
In a spate of small but perfectly formed Android news updates, we bring you word of a confirmed Android device from Acer in late 2009. The third largest PC manufacturer has been hinting at this possibility for some while now and even confirmed their intent. Now we finally have a time-frame to match, currently set for later this year. Obviously, other than a rough date, very little else has been said so far, but we’ll keep our ear to the ground and let you know when the updates roll in. It has now become apparent that Motorola may have more …
Photos of the Skytone Alpha 680 netbook with Android
by James Tromans on May 14, 2009 1 Comments">1
The Chinese site Digi.163.com has released photos of Skytone’s Alpha 680 netbook sporting Android. The whole thing doesn’t look that bad and it even seems as though the manufacturers heeded my advice and added a touch-screen element to the 7inch display, *cough*. Unfortunately the specifications are really nothing to write home about, but what would you expect for $250? Aside from Android and that 7 inch 800 x 480 pixel touch-screen, the Alpha 680 offers a 32bit 533MHz ARM11 CPU with up to 256MB of RAM. Similarly, you can pimp it up from 1GB to 4GB of SSD internal storage …
Android growth more real than Bigfoot, while Google tests Android usability on netbooks
by James Tromans on May 12, 2009 0 Comments">0
Here is an update on a few tidbits floating around the internet today. Over at our sister site MobileBurn.com there is a summary article about Android growth. According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global Android smartphone shipments will grow 900 percent in 2009. Indeed, it appears as though Android will be the fastest growing smartphone OS this year, trouncing Apple by 820%. The iPhone will only grow around 80%, but if these growth rates are correct, they will still hold the market lead. According to Tom Kang, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics: “We forecast global Android smartphone shipments …
Dell to release Android netbooks with Flash ported by Bsquare?
by James Tromans on May 07, 2009 1 Comments">1
We’ve already posted on the possibility of Dell shipping mobile phones sporting Android as the OS of choice. However, rumours are running rampant on the interwebs at the moment, with various sources reporting that BSQUARE may in fact be porting Flash Lite to Dell netbooks, and a big cover up from WSJ reporting that the original announcement “shouldn’t have been made.” According to Dell spokesman Andrew Bowins, the report was published “in error,” though he didn’t deny the content of the announcement. What a mess! “Dell constantly assesses new technologies as part of managing our product development process and for …
HTC & T-Mobile developing an Android netbook?
by James Tromans on May 05, 2009 0 Comments">0
Hot on the heels of the leaked information regarding the Samsung “Houdini”, TMOToday bring forth further speculation about the possibility of an HTC developed netbook sporting Android, due for release on T-Mobile by the end of the year. The general sound of things suggests that the netbook will offer on-board 3G connectivity to make use of T-Mobile’s high-speed mobile internet network. Nothing concrete can be said about this info, and it is quite possible that these are just more netbook rumours gone wild. However, the leaked document regarding the Samsung “Houdini” from TMOToday looked pretty decent, and this supposedly comes …
CEO confirms that Acer is working on Android smartphones for 2009
by Michael Oryl on Apr 29, 2009 0 Comments">0
We reported last week that Acer’s head of mobile phones, Aymar de Lencquesaing, said that his company was working on Android based smartphones. This week we have the IDG News Service reporting that Acer’s CEO, Gianfranco Lanci, has confirmed this at Acer’s Q1 investor’s conference in Taiwan today. “We are working on an Android solution for the smartphone. I think it’s too early to say if we’re going to see Android on a netbook in the near future.” According to the IDG story, Acer plans to have the first smartphone running Android available this year. [via TalkAndroid]
Rumour mill: Android netbooks from MSI at Computex?
by James Tromans on Apr 24, 2009 1 Comments">1
Another one attributed to the DigiTimes’ rumour mill. Once again, citing one of its favourite sources, the Chinese language “Economic Daily News”, DigiTimes state that MSI will be revealing their first Android netbook offering at the Computex 2009. Computex Taipei has become the largest computer exhibition in Asia and the second largest in the world, next to CeBIT in Germany.It would certainly be a suitable place for MSI to announce an Android based netbook. As usual, I don’t automatically trust “news” from DigiTimes, but hopefully this snippet is bang on. We’ll find out on June 2nd when Computex starts.
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