Remember the Dell Inspiron Duo netbook with a touchscreen that flipped inside the lid? We’ve just landed one, and it’s every bit as bonkers as we expected. Check out the photos of it right here.
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The first device to get an unprompted round of applause at CES this year has been the Samsung TX100 tablet PC hybrid, unveiled today at CES. It has a smooth spring loaded mechanism that we positively drooled over when we saw it in action. Click through for more photos of the Samsung TX100.
Those Google Chrome OS netbook rumours look bang on the money. The Google-branded models have reportedly been spotted in testing logs from October onwards. The latest story is that Google Chrome OS test machines have ranged from Asus Eee models to Lenovo and Dell builds (you can see the manufacturer in bug reports) but there are “dogfood” machines i.e. Google own-brand devices…
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Want an iPad netbook for…um…some reason or other? Well here’s another way of getting one. The Crux360 iPad case. It has a a built-in keyboard which hooks up to your iPad via Bluetooth and a swivel hinge to use it as a stand for watching video. You can also fold the case right back to use the iPad as Steve Jobs intended. If you’re desperate for an iPad netbook, you can pre-order the Crux360 now for $150. Jump through to see a video of the Crux360 iPad case…
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The Google Chrome OS launch is meant to happening any time now and the rumours of Google-branded kit have fired back into life. Just as we’re hearing talk of a Google Nexus Two, DigiTimes is claiming that a Google Chrome OS Netbook will break cover this month. It says Google will be first out of the gate with an own-branded Chrome OS Netbook, built by Inventec, using ARM chips and sold online just like the Nexus One was originally. Perhaps its the Google Speedbook we heard tell of earlier this year. If it’s true Google should be slinging out an event announcement soon. We’ll be closely watching the skies…
Sales of the iPad are predicted to hit 28m in 2011. The analyst with the forecast, Maynard Um with UBS Investment Research, said that although the iPad wasn’t affecting Mac sales, it was impacting notebook PC sales. Um also said 28m iPad sales could be a “conservative” figure. In the first 80 days of being on sale the iPad sold three million units.
[via AppleInsider]
The Google Speedbook: could that be the name for an own-branded Chrome OS hardware from the search giant? A newly unearthed trademark application suggests Google could be toying with a netbook/tablet equivalent of the Nexus One. Eric Schmidt previously implied Google wouldn’t offer its own Chrome OS hardware. Was he having us on?
The Asus Eee PC 1215N we’ve been getting excited about is real and on its way. The rumoured specs we got hold of back in May suggesting that this successor to the Asus Eee PC 1201N is a netbook taking great strides, and now its official.
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