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ARM netbook & MID chips coming; new deal with Ubuntu backers

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 13th 2008 No Comments

arm logo With AMD set to announced their netbook chipset strategy today, they’re not the only three-letter company looking to take a bit out of Intel’s Atom. ARM have released details of their own plans, collaborating with Canonical – the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu – to optimize the Linux distro for the ARMv7 architecture. ARM chips, such as the Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9, are already found in multimedia and internet enabled devices like Archos’ recent Internet Media Tablets, and the company believes that this – together with the chipsets’ low power demands – will make them a force to be reckoned with in netbooks.

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Lenovo IdeaPad S10e with QuickStart instant-on OS

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 28th 2008 1 Comment

Lenovo have partnered with DeviceVM to put the SplashTop instant-on OS onto a new version of the company’s netbook. The IdeaPad S10e will offer the same 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU as other S10 netbooks from Lenovo, but it will boot within seconds into the “Lenovo QuickStart” OS with access to the internet and media.

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Evo “Smart Console” is Linux-based; now available for pre-order

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Oct 22nd 2008 No Comments

envizions evo1 It’s not that often that we hear about a new video gaming console, especially in a world with the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. But a new console is on the way from Envizions Computer Entertainment.

They’re a fairly new company and have just placed their first console, the Evo “Smart Console” up for pre-order. What’s interesting here is that the console itself pretty much amounts to a Linux-based computer. It’s not all that special, and uses parts you could probably go out and buy yourself.

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Linux cut from Picobook Pro

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Oct 22nd 2008 No Comments

The Picobook Pro used to utilize Linux as its operating system of choice, but now that is no more. According to Apricot, this netbook will no longer have the Linux option due to the reaction from testers.

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IMOVIO iKIT is like a PDA from the past

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Oct 20th 2008 1 Comment

Remember when PDAs were really cool? Now that PDA functions have been incorporated into smartphones and netbooks, their presence has ceased to be as relevant. But apparently IMOVIO doesn’t think so.

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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu error overlooking SSD space

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 20th 2008 No Comments

Dell has been shipping upgraded versions of their Inspiron Mini 9 netbook with unusable storage, after models were built using a software image that only recognized the basic 4GB SSD. The issue arose with netbooks where customers had specified larger, optional SSD capacity – 8GB or 16GB – which Dell’s stock installation of Ubuntu was not set up to use.

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Microsoft Instant On OS suggested in market survey

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 15th 2008 No Comments

It’s all about the research from Microsoft today. As well as their Oahu multitouch concept, the software giant is also exploring the possibility of an “Instant On” operating-system, which would give access to the browser, IM client, DVD and media player within eight seconds.

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Five second boot mod for ASUS Eee PC

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 6th 2008 7 Comments

asus eee pc 900 1 312x300 Netbooks would be a whole lot more believable as companion devices if they switched on as fast as, say, a smartphone or PDA. However the combination of Intel’s Atom and generally wheezing specs tend to make starting-up – or resuming from standby – measure more around the one minute mark than anything less. Two Intel engineers might be looking to change all that, though; at a recent Linux conference, they demonstrated an ASUS Eee PC that could boot to a Fedora desktop in just five seconds.

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MSI Wind U90 reviewed: Linux let-down

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 3rd 2008 3 Comments

For a while, MSI’s original Wind netbook seemed set to conquer all the other netbooks. With a relatively low price, sturdy build quality and, frankly, the fact that it wasn’t one of ASUS’ interminable Eee PCs, buyers flocked to the 10-inch budget ultraportable. Even battery shortages couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm. You might think the smaller 8.9-inch Wind U90 would be more of the same, but if Laptop Mag are to be believed the golden halo may have slipped a little.

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Nokia Maemo Internet Tablet Gen.5 to include HSPA & TI’s OMAP 3

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 17th 2008 No Comments

Nokia has been detailing further information on next generation of the Maemo OS that currently powers its touchscreen Internet Tablet range. The fifth generation of the Linux-based platform will include WWAN HSPA cellular connectivity as well as support for Texas Instruments’ OMAP 3 processor; the latter could lead to lower-power requirements along with improved graphics and faster cores.

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