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The Netbook Diaries 2009 (Part 3): Buying Advice
In the market for your own netbook? It's not hard to choose the perfect model, as long as you follow this advice about battery, screen size, and operating system. by Rick Broida
Tags: Advice, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-11-16
$300: Netbook or Notebook?
So you've got $300 in the budget for a new portable PC. You're probably thinking a netbook is the most you can get, but hold on: Best Buy and Walmart are each selling full-blown laptops for under $300! Now what? Start by reading PC Magazine's hands-on look...
Tags: Notebook, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-07-31
Wal-Mart Runs into Good Trouble with Laptop Promotion
Wal-Mart is having a hard time keeping up with demand for its $298 Compaq computers and has had to make adjustments as it has dealt with the various dimensions of the promotion. For one thing, it has had to tweak the pricing on its web site. Consumers...
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Laptop Computer, Computer, Productivity, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Hardware, Internet, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-07-29
Qualcomm Smartbooks More Like Smartphones: CEO
Qualcomm has identified at least one significant difference between its proposed smartbook and the netbooks offered or announced by the likes of HP, Acer, Gateway and others. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs told Kara Swisher during the Fortune Brainstorm conference that the company's smartbooks will resemble smartphones more than PCs, especially...
Tags: Network, Smart Phone, Qualcomm Inc., Smartphone, Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-07-29
Toread Sends Web Sites to Your Inbox
Want to remember a Web site for later? Sure, you could bookmark it, but that doesn't ensure you'll actually remember to revisit it. When I want to keep a site front and center in my mind, I use toread, a handy service that sends Web pages to my inbox. ...
Tags: Web, Web Site, Site, Toread, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Internet, Marketing, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-07-17
Netbook Sales Success Could Mean Vendor Problems
According to projections from DisplaySearch, part of NDP Group, netbook penetration is going to rocket ahead at the expense of the traditional notebook market. But given that user dissatisfaction for netbooks has been enormous, does this mean that success will ultimately mean higher returns, disappointed buyers, and damaged customer relations...
Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-13
Google: One Successful Failure?
No one can deny that Google is financial successful. The company makes huge amounts of money and their main line of business -- selling advertising -- is something that needs virtually no marketing to its customers. That is an impressive feat. But it is also one that masks deep confusions...
Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-13
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
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
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
What Becomes A Jesus Tablet Most
Apple will probably unveil its long-rumored tablet-type PC this fall, a device that is expected to be something between the iPod Touch and a netbook or smartbook, although probably priced on the high end of the netbook scale. Apple hasn't dilly-dallied for this long, however, just to introduce a minor...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, Apple Inc., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-08-05
How to Hide Gmail's Inbox Labels
If you're a Gmail-using netbook owner, you may have discovered that Gmail's labels often get in the way of subject lines, "pushing" them so far to the right that they're no longer readable. Thankfully, there's a new Labs feature that solves the problem: the aptly named Remove...
Tags: Google Gmail, Netbook, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Internet, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-08-05
Ballmer Fears Linux, All Bravado Aside
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spends a lot of time publicly mocking netbooks and Linux. He did it again last week during his meeting with financial analysts. But netbooks and Linux are the very things that secretly keep Ballmer up at night, because they threaten not just a few points of...
Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, MID, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-08-06
The Netbook Diaries 2009 (Part 2): The Joy of Net(book)
First-generation netbooks left much to be desired. Have the newer models improved enough to make them worthwhile travel companions? by Rick Broida
Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-11-12
Read Kindle E-Books without Buying a Kindle
Why buy a Kindle when you can get the reader free? Amazon's new Kindle for PC software, now in beta, lets you read books on your netbook, laptop, tablet, or even desktop. by Rick Broida
Tags: PC-software, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Tablets, E-books, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-11-10