Tag: netbook

The CrunchPad will be remembered as a signpost to new computing

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And so the CrunchPad is placed by it’s spiritual father, Michael Arrington, into the Dead Pool. I doubt it’s the last we’ll see of the device, but it’s certainly the last we’ll see of it with the CrunchPad moniker. The legalese may be in motion but some warehouse is going to churn these out within six months. All the real world stuff aside, I’m sad that the CrunchPad isn’t going to be available. Looking at that picture of the circuit board there’s a juicy 1850mah battery, an express PCMCIA 3G card, Intel Atom 1.6 CPU (perhaps a Z or N

What’s The Perfect Computer For Le Web?

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Before flying over to Las Vegas for Blogworld, I was looking at my carry-on bag and trying to decide if bringing my full laptop was a good idea. Would I really use it while I was travelling? While I was at the conference? In the downtime in the evenings and mornings? In the end I did take it, partly as a massive file storage for TV episodes and films to watch (via the PSP) and so I’d have a full editing suite if I decided to do any recording. How many media files did I transfer? Three. How much editing

Some Thoughts On The Nokia Netbook

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Interesting to see the number of comments and discussion on my thoughts on Nokia producing a netbook sized device over on All About Symbian. Here’s one of my key points: If Nokia are going down this route, I’d suggest doing what the majority of other manufacturers are doing and use Linux, probably with a custom theme on top of Ubuntu. While Maemo is kicking around, it’s again for a small pocketable device with limited functionality (go on, argue with me). A Nokia netbook is going to need a decent ‘proper’ operating system. The magic sauce from Nokia would be two-fold.

Insert Digg-baiting Apple Netbook Headline Here

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Not every company will fill every obvious gap in their product line-up. And that’s for regular companies. Look at Apple and you’ll see an irregular company that won’t always fill in the gaps in the market. Yet again the buzz around an Apple Netbook continues to ebb and flow. This must be an up-week. The Guardian says that the best thing Apple’s interim CEO should do a “damm the torpedoes, here comes a netbook.” Look, it’s not going to happen. To be honest I think there’s more value for Apple in keeping the gap there, partly form the buzz and

Of Course Netbook Sales Are On The Rise

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Is it any wonder that sales of netbooks are on the rise? The Guardian posted this at the start of the week and I’ve had the tab open in Firefox since then to write about this. The features race on the regular desktop market has been over for a while. The increases in CPU speed and memory don;t affect the average consumer any more. Storage is one area that is growing given the requirements of digital media, but really we should be teaching people to buy a new hard drive rather than a whole new desktop. There will always be

Why Windows 7 Will Kill The Netbook Market

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It’s fascinating watching people come to terms with the craze for netbooks. As the costs of the units drop to commodity levels, the space for profit is being squeezed both by the retail price target of £200, and the generic components being used in the machines. Even with a 20% profit on all components, that means there’s only £40 to be shared round all partners on a typical netbook. So anyone getting involved in the space is going to have to hope for either a massive volume of sales, or the customers happy to put up with an increase in