October 16th 2008
Just a conversation starter here because this is one of those topics where the only right answer is the one that’s right for you. Still, I think it’s worth some discussion because we’re witnessing a trend towards smaller and lighter (and cheaper!) notebooks. Of course, that brings other compromises into play as well. For example, [...]
October 12th 2008
These are some of the stories you may have missed this week on jkOnTheRun:
MobileTechRoundup 149: the netbook pit crew
My sinister MacBook netbook plan moves forward
jkOnTheRun video- HP EliteBook 2730p Tablet PC
Paper and pencil better for the brain than software? Tablet PC is too.
Most-used Firefox add-ons
Super Talent releases SSDs for EEE PC
Outlining in ink with a [...]
October 10th 2008
Another week has flown by, it must be true that the older you get the faster time flies. It’s been a good week for mobile tech and the Manor has been a busy place. The week has seen too much netbook news that’s for sure. You can’t turn around without seeing netbooks all over the [...]
October 9th 2008
Playing with a thin Lenovo X301 this morning reminded me of a reader tip about the new thin-and-light Eee PC notebook from Asus. AllanCJ pinged me about the new Asus S101 which is a morphs the Eee line into a higher end, fashionable device. $699 is the starting price when we see it later this [...]
October 9th 2008
One of the first things I noticed when I received the evaluation S10 netbook from Lenovo was how the specs of the review unit were not available for the consumer to purchase. This always creates a bad situation for us as reviewers as it casts a pall over our reviews because it looks like reviewers [...]
October 8th 2008
Competition is always a good thing and due no doubt to the heavy competition in the netbook category the Lenovo S10 netbook has dropped to $399. Just yesterday a white S10 would have cost you $439 at the Lenovo store but today you save $40. This price drop is only on the white one, the [...]
October 8th 2008
I’ve gathered quite a few thoughts from today’s WiMAX event but I won’t be rounding them up until I get home in a few hours. Meanwhile, I wanted to share this screenshot for two reasons. One, it gives you an indication of the bandwidth speeds and latency of the network here in Baltimore. Two, it [...]
October 8th 2008
I am hard at work capturing my first impressions of the Lenovo S10 netbook but I can give away a hint that it is by far mostly good. Wired Magazine has reviewed the S10 and they certainly agree with me. The title of their article says it all: "Review: Lenovo S10- The Best Netbook We’ve [...]
October 8th 2008
The term UMPC gained most of its momentum in 2008 when many major manufacturers produced a model to compete in this growing market. We saw everything from the 7” Eee Pc to the 10” MSI Wind. Many of them offered a hard drive size to be laughed at and poor battery life with 3 cell [...]
October 8th 2008
Sprint’s Xohm WiMax network got extra super official today with a party and all, so laptop makers are tossing out confetti in the form of WiMax-enabled notebooks. Here’s what you’ve got to pick from….
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Tags: Acer, Asus, Confetti, Extra, Laptop, Laptops, Lenovo, Notebooks, Roundup, Sprint, Toshiba, Wimax, Xohm
October 8th 2008
Sprint’s enticing Xohm WiMax network is slowly making its way across the country, but Lenovo has complained of a major problem with it gaining popularity. According to GigaOM, Lenovo expected to…
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Tags: Corporations, Lenovo, Pipeline, Popularity, Sprint
October 3rd 2008
I just received the hot new Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook yesterday but due to high demand I just had to get a video of it so here you go. The Lenovo S10 is a 10-inch netbook and the unit I have is running a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, has 1 GB of RAM, WiFi [...]
October 2nd 2008
I have been trying to embrace the cloud since Kevin had his web-mostly experiment recently. I couldn’t jump up in the cloud though due to reluctance to give up control over my stuff. That’s what I thought anyway until the Lenovo S10 showed up at my door.
I review a lot of hardware, notebooks and phones [...]
October 2nd 2008
The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook has arrived and I’ve spent the two hours I’ve had it getting it set up and ready to work in the cloud. I haven’t had enough time on it to provide my first impressions yet but due to the interest in the S10 this is a tour in pictures of [...]
October 2nd 2008
I mentioned this crazy scheme in our last podcast, but now that more blurry pics of an anticipated MacBook Pro refresh have resurfaced, it’s a good time to rehash. I’ve been wondering if and how Apple will get into the netbook market. With millions of netbooks selling this year, I don’t think it’s a [...]
September 30th 2008
I am sick, I admit it. It started a long time ago but I had suppressed it for a good while. I started getting the fever again when I played with Kevin’s MSI Wind in San Francisco. So small and light yet a real fighter. Still I held on and fought the netbook fever. Even [...]
September 30th 2008
Check out this logo!
16 companies have teamed-up for a GSM Association-led initiative to make mobile broadband a recognisable standard - nothing makes things more real than a logo
The team’s aim is to create a bunch of “always-connected mobile broadband devices delivering a compelling alternative to Wi-Fi”.
The first phase will see it pre-installed on laptops in 91 [...]
September 26th 2008
Netbook, netbook, who’s got the netbook? Laptop Magazine, it seems. The netbook is the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook which has a 10.2-inch display and a keyboard that is 85% of full size according to the reviewer. I would have thought the keyboard would be larger than that but it seems to pass the muster just [...]
September 26th 2008
Thank me? No, thank you 1800 Tequila, Adobe, Becks, Blackberry Curve, Casio, Chevy Fuel Solutions, Chuck (NBC), Dell, Gyration, HP TouchSmart, IE8,Lenovo, LiveScribe, Mike’s Election Guide,…
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Tags: Adobe, Becks, Blackberry Curve, Casio, Chevy, Dell, Election Guide, Fuel Solutions, Gyration, Hp, Hp Touchsmart, Ie8, Lenovo, Livescribe, Nbc, Tequila
September 24th 2008
Earlier today Laptop Mag posted an early first look and unboxing of Lenovo’s netbook, the IdeaPad S10. In case you forgot, the S10 is the first netbook from Lenovo and part of its consumer line, as opposed to being a ThinkPad.
The system shipped with a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 5400RPM disk, 3-cell battery, 1GB RAM, and [...]