Acer has been dipping into the red over the past year. Its sales have slumped and profitability on what it is making is careening into the floor. The answer? Stop making netbooks. Read more
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This day was always going to come. But even netbook-makers couldn’t have presumed it would come around so quickly. See, tablets have outsold netbooks for the first time, with new stats showing that the dinky laptops’ days are definitely numbered. Want to see just how badly netbooks are struggling in the face of the slate onslaught? Read on for the full skinny.
Last week we asked you what you’d rather have running on your tablet: Android 2.3 or Chrome OS. While there was a good dose of apathy in the voters, Android 2.3 floored Chrome OS. 54 per cent of you said that you’d choose Android 2.3 over Chrome OS, despite the fact that Chrome OS is designed for netbooks, and Android 2.3 is intended for smartphones. In comparison, 14 per cent of you said that Chrome OS is the future, beaten by the 18 per cent of you that said you didn’t want to run Chrome OS or Android 2.3 on a tablet. Another 14 per cent said you had no preference, and would likely be happy with either. This could be that, compared to Android 2.3, there’s a lack of understanding about the nuts and bolts of Chrome OS. Do we really understand what it’ll be like to use it?
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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Bill Gates, the original cheerleader for tablet computing, has offered up his review of Apple’s iPad. Here’s a clue, Steve Jobs won’t be happy…
Michael Dell has torn into netbooks, claiming the micro PCs leave punters “unsatisified”. It’s a brave move considering Dell is doing swift business on planet netbook, selling thousands of Dell Mini 10s and touting newbies like the Dell 11z.
BenQ is dipping its toes in Android’s waters. The Taiwanese manufacturer will be bringing out a smartphone and netbook, both running Google’s open operating system in 2010.
Hold on to your seats, folks, it’s the last big keynote of CES, and this time, it’s going to be Intel up onstage showing off its plans for 09. What will it be? New netbook chips? Some complicated semi-conductor stuff we don’t understand? Find out, minute by minute on our live blog right here!