Intel officially unveils Atom N435 chip for low cost netbooks

Intel has officially introduced a new low power Atom N435 processor for budget netbooks. Intel's announcement comes a few days after we started seeing mini-laptops with the chip including the Asus Eee PC X101 $200 netbook and a new version of the Lenovo IdeaPad S100. PC World reports that Acer will also offer a netbook [...]

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Broadcom pushes combination WiFi, Bluetooth chip for notebooks and tablets

Wireless chips that bundle WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS and other functions are pretty standard for smartphones. But most notebooks and netbooks which offer Bluetooth use separate wireless cards for WiFi and Bluetooth functions. That makes it easy to offer Bluetooth as an option rather than a standard feature. But wireless chip-maker Broadcom wants to make [...]

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Intel shows off Intel Atom Medfield platform running Google Android

While Intel is busy pushing its next-generation Cedar Trail chips for netbooks and tablets, the company also has a lower power chip code-named Medfield which is designed for phones and tablets. Mefield is a 32nm platform which Intel says is designed for fanless devices which weigh less than 1.5 pounds and which are less than [...]

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Asus unveils Eee PC 1025 series netbooks with next-gen Atom chips

The Asus Eee PC X101 isn't the only netbook Asus is showing off at Computex this week. THe company has also unveiled the Eee PC 1025 Series, a line of next-generation 10 inch netbooks which will likely be powered by Intels' upcoming Atom N2600 and N2800 chips. Asus says the new netbooks will feature Instant [...]

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Closer look at the Asus Eee PC 1025

The Asus Eee PC 1025 line of netbooks feature Intel Atom Cedarview chips, a webcam with 4x zoom, and a choice of 3 or 6 cell batteries. They're also the first 10 inch Asus netbooks I've seen in about a year that feature a new case design. Asus introduced the next-generation netbooks at an event [...]

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Leaked roadmap shows AMD chips for tablets

When AMD introduced its low power C-series and E-series chips earlier this year, the company said it was initially focusing on netbooks and notebooks. That's not to say the company was ignoring the tablet space, but at the time AMD had nothing to show. But now a leaked product roadmap shows the company may be preparing [...]

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Acer mini-laptop roadmap leaked

For the last few years a web site called Macles has been one of the most reliable sources of leaked information about Acer Aspire One netbooks and related mini-laptops. The anonymous blogger behind the site has announced that it's closing soon. The archives will remain online, but there will be no more posts. But Macles [...]

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Bargain alert: Refurb Samsung Galaxy Tab for $260

Woot is running a deal on a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch Android tablet for $259.99 + $5 shipping. The tablet features a 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor, a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G. This model is designed to work with Sprint's network, but there's no contract [...]

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Habey launches $200 nettop with dual core Atom processor

Habey began selling a new barebones nettop called the EPC-6563 this week which features a 1.83 GHz Intel Atom D525 dual core processor and runs just $199.99. Of course, you don't get very much for the money. While the mini-desktop computer has 2 memory slots and 2 mini-PCI Express slots, it doesn't come with any [...]

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Gateway gets its own version of the Acer Iconia Tab A500

Acer subsidiary Packard Bell has already received its own rebranded version of the Acer Iconia Tab A500 Android tablet, so clearly its Gateway's turn now. After all, Gateway is own by Acer too, right? The folks at Unwired View spotted a few listings for Gateway tablets that certainly seem to fit the bill. The Gateway [...]

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