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Business Hacks Poll: Would You Buy a Netbook?
Business Hacks Poll: Would You Buy a Netbook?RE: Business Hacks Poll: Would You Buy a Netbook?When I travel even for business I can remotely access my work computer through something like logmein where I can run whatever programs I need to through any browsers. So having something that is...
Tags: Keyboards, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Business Hacks poll, Netbook, Business Hacks, blackberry, notebook, keyboard
Discussion threads 2008-09-26
Hardware Finally Is Free (Almost)
It was just last month that I wrote the post Hardware Wants To Be Free as a response to something that Simon Dumenco wrote at Advertising Age. His premise was that a free netbook as a come-on to a subscription-based content service (whether video or e-book) might be the savior...
Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Sales, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-07
Nokia Android Rumor Could Still Be True... For Netbooks
Nokia issued a statement through various press outlets denying the rumor that it's planning a smartphone based on Google's Android mobile operating system. However, that doesn't mean it doesn't have other plans for Android. Clearly Nokia responded to this report, rather than ignoring it entirely, because the...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Symbian Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-07-06
Will Nokia Put Moblin In The Middle?
Nokia is rumored to be planning to introduce a netbook in 2010 running on Google's Android operating system. I wonder how that would sit with Intel, with whom Nokia just got in bed. Do they have an open marriage? Phil Goldstein fingers Lazard Capital Markets analyst Daniel...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Open Source, Operating System, Netbook, Intel Corp., Moblin, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-06-29
5 Tips for Buying an Ergonomic Netbook
There are a lot of great reasons to get a netbook, either as a replacement for an aging laptop or as a secondary portable for trips when you want to travel light. Web Worker Daily just offered five tips for buying a netbook that you won't regret a month later,...
Tags: Netbook, Battery Life, Rick, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-06-23
Verizon Wants To Re-Intermediate Web 3.0
The early success of the Internet was built on the premise that customers could cut themselves better deals on everything from hotel rooms to PCs by eliminating the middleman â€" also known as “disintermediation.” But Verizon wants to ensure it’s smack-dab in the middle of the Internet's mobile evolution...
Tags: Payment, Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-06-22
Can a Netbook Really Fill in for a Notebook?
You already know you can turn a netbook into a Kindle and stock it with a netbook-friendly office suite, but how do netbooks fare with Web apps? Are they adept with services like Google Docs, DimDim, Meebo, and YouTube? Webware took a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 for...
Tags: Notebook, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-06-19
ThinkFree Mobile Office Suite Targets Netbooks
Netbooks are slowpokes. Ergo, netbook users need nimble, lightweight applications. Enter ThinkFree Mobile Netbook Edition, an Office-compatible suite designed for netbooks. In addition to word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations, ThinkFree Mobile offers a netbook-friendly document viewer, two-way synchronization with your desktop or laptop, and 2GB of cloud...
Tags: Netbook, ThinkFree, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-06-16
A Netbook By Any Other Name Is Just Plain Silly
What is going on with companies and their distaste for the term netbook? Clearly this is a market that will be important. Intel is already seeing netbooks cannibalize 20 percent of notebook sales. That's one big chunk of business. So you could understand how vendors of all stripes want in...
Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Sales, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-06-04
Qualcomm Gets Smart About Netbooks
Qualcomm's answer to Intel's Atom processor is called Snapdragon, but there's a lot more to this rivalry than catchy names. As Google's introduction of Wave, and Apple's iPod Touch and iPhone have made clear, the time is ripe for an explosion of low-cost, light-weight devices running cloud-based rather than locally-installed...
Tags: Qualcomm Inc., Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Chipsets, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Components, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-06-01
ZumoDrive Stores Files in the Cloud, Solves Netbook Storage Woes
Sure, any number of services can sync your files to "the cloud," but most of them revolve around uploading and downloading. ZumoDrive stores your files online but makes them accessible in real-time, effectively giving you Web storage that behaves as if it's local storage. That's a potentially...
Tags: File, Netbook, ZumoDrive, Android Version, Storage, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-05-28
Apple Server Farm and 3 Consumer Reasons For It
The rumors of Apple planning on a billion dollar server farm are hot and heavy. It may be so much talk, the general idea might be right but the amount grossly exaggerated, or it could be accurate. Apple certainly has need for servers -- maybe management's hoping that more hardware...
Tags: Server Farm, Apple Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-05-28
Can Apple Have A Netbook Its Way?
The rumors are flying that Apple is preparing a tablet form netbook, as noted Larry Dignan at our sister site ZDNet. And as my colleague Michael Hickins so correctly notes, the company has multiple good reasons to make the push. But I think ultimately it are doomed to failure, caught...
Tags: Multi-touch, Apple Inc., Netbook, Munster, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-05-22
Google Will Own Netbook Market
Google's new Chrome operating system is going to clean up the netbook market within five years or as soon as HP and other vendors get out from under their OEM deals with Microsoft, leaving Microsoft with an increasingly marginalized desktop PC market for its Windows operating system. Google says it...
Tags: Google Inc., PC, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Chrome, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-07-08
Toting Up The Google Juggernaut
There's now something called the Google stack: it starts with an operating system called Chrome, a browser of the same name, the forthcoming Wave productivity, communications and collaboration application, a separate set of Google Apps which includes secure email and chat, and a...
Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-07-08
Nokia Should Dump U.S. Smartphone Business, Sell Netbooks Instead
The Nokia N900 is more a computer with cell phone capabilities than a smartphone. by Michael Hickins
Tags: Nokia Corp., Cell Phone, Smartphone, Netbook, Nokia N900, Cellular Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-11-02
Kindle Software Coming to PCs
Now here's a potential game-changer: Amazon will soon offer Kindle software for Windows PCs. That means you'll be able to purchase and read e-books on your desktop, laptop, netbook, or even tablet, no Kindle required. Of course, you can do that already using the various methods discussed...
Tags: Software, PC, E-book Reader, Netbook, Kindle, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-10-22
10 Great Netbook Upgrades
Rev your netbook with 10 do-it-yourself upgrades. by Rick Broida
Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-08-31
Download Netbook-Ready Movies at Film Fresh
If you want to watch movies on your netbook, you've got two basic choices: iTunes and the new Film Fresh movie-download service. Though Film Fresh doesn't specifically cater to netbook users any Windows or Mac system will do, it does solve the problem of netbooks' lack of...
Tags: Movie, Apple iTunes, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-08-28
Why Apple Is Sitting Out the Back-to-School Market Without a Netbook
One of the most overlooked reasons behind Apple's decision to sit out this year's back-to-school market without a new netbook is the weak economy. There's already evidence of parents scrimping on school supplies and fashions for their returning students, many of whom will also just have to do without the...
Tags: Om Malik, Apple Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Diane Mermigas
Blog posts 2009-08-20
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