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Tablet shipments will grow 67 percent this year to 256.5 million.
We will buy more tablets than notebooks for the first time ever this year. But by 2017, we’ll buy six times more tablets than laptops, according to market researcher NPD.
Continue reading… “Tablets to outsell laptops 6 to 1 by 2017”
Netbook sales decline steadily
Well what do you know? Netbook growth is so low right now that in a recent report by NPD, Morgan Stanley Research lists last months growth as a negative number. That’s right, people are not buying netbooks right now.
Continue reading… “Netbook Sales Decline Partly Due to the iPad”
Fold-out keyboard
One of the biggest problems with the small form factor of netbooks is the keyboards. They’re just too small to comfortably use with adult-size hands. But the footprint of the computers themselves are great, making them super portable. What’s the solution? (Pics)
Continue reading… “Netbook Problem Solved with Fold-out Keyboard”
The Webbook from Litl
This is the Webbook from Boston-based Litl. It is the combination of netbook and photoframe. Powered by 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, and comes with HDMI output, 1GB of RAM, 2GB of flash memory, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, a webcam, mic, and speakers.
Continue reading… “The Litl Webbook”
If the final version of the device has a foldable spine, it will open like a traditional book and close so it can be read in tablet form
The world of ebooks is about to start a new chapter with the arrival of the cheapest digital reader on the market. Asus, one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics businesses, confirmed last week that it is planning to shake up the market in the same way it did when it launched the first netbook — the low-cost alternative to the laptop.
Continue reading… “Asus To Launch Inexpensive Dual Screen eBook”
2008 was a good year for gadgets, and we’re hoping that ’09 will be just as impressive. We’re only a month in so far, but Palm, Dell, Sony and even Amazon have all dropped hints about what the companies have in store. We’ve collected the five big announcements that have us drooling, as well as five more that we’d like to see happen before 2010.
Continue reading… “Top 5 Tech Toys Of 2009 And 5 More On The Way”
