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Acer plans Apps store, e-book reader and Chrome netbook

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  Two things that almost every consumer electronics manufacturer is doing these days is to develop their iteration of an App Store and an e-book reader. Acer’s not different too as Jim Wong President of IT Products division has confirmed that they’re indeed planning to launch it in middle of this year. Acer’s App Store […]

Lenovo S10-3 and S10-3t multi-touch convertible netbook announced

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  Lenovo onslaught of new products continues with S10-3 and S10-3t netbooks. Both the netbooks are very similarly spec’d but the differentiation between both of them comes from the touchscreen element, which the S10-3t happily boasts, making it the first multi-touch capacitive convertible netbook tablet. Common specs include 10.1-inch display, Intel Atom N470 CPU, Windows […]

Dell Mini 10 transformed into a huge Mini 3i Phone

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  Everyone’s fancying a larger-sized iPhone but here’s a guy who transformed his Mini 10 into Dell’s Mini 3i Android phone. The result is darn impressive, which I guess would take excellent soldering and software programming skills to make as cool as this one. Check out the video below of the “palm-friendly” touch phone! [Via […]

French e-tailer lists Samsung N220 Pine Trail netbook

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  Samsung is not good at keeping unannounced products under wraps. After two Pine Trail netbooks were leaked last week, a French e-tailer has listed a new, N220 netbook. The specs sheet claims another run-of-the-mill netbook but its Pine Trail processor, classy looks and excellent battery life that makes it special. The N220 runs Windows […]

Google Chrome OS netbook specs leaked

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  We heard a mention of Google preparing hardware for its Chrome OS but the rumor didn’t say anything its specs. Now an article from IBTimes claims the full specs, which, if it has an ounce of truth, could be the next powerful netbook (or smartbook). IBTimes confirms our loose speculation about ARM processor – […]

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t touchscreen netbook outed by FCC

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  Lenovo will be expanding its S10 netbook line with the S10-3t. The S10-3t is expected to be a touchscreen variant of S10-3 (which was also leaked by FCC) and though full features are not known, it’s expected to run on Pine Trail platform. A Chinese website also claims it will have a 10.1-inch screen, […]

Google preparing Chrome OS branded netbook?

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  Nexus One’s ‘Google or not’ dilemma is far from over and here we’ve another speculation about Google working on its Chrome OS branded netbook. Arrington from TechCrunch claims that he’s heard from multiple sources bout Google requesting for proposal to a company with detailed specifications. He further claims that competing with Apple is one […]

Acer rumored to launch Chrome OS netbook in 2010

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  Digitimes is reporting that Acer could be the first one to launch a Chrome OS netbook. According to “industry sources” Acer has started developing the netbook and plans to launch in second half of 2010, which also happens to be the release time frame for Chrome OS. Though it’s a rumor for now, you […]

LG brings its X120 netbook to US

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  LG Electronics has launched its first netbook in the US market. The X120 will be subsidized on contract with AT&T and will be sold by Radioshack. X120 is the first LG netbook to boast SmartOn OS, an instant-on operating system that quickly boots into allow users to enjoy multimedia content, surf internet, edit docs […]