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Sprint Announces Subsidized NetbookSprint Announces Subsidized Netbook If you liked the Inspiron Mini 10v that Dell launched in May, but didn't have the $299 to pay out up front, you may be in luck: Sprint is offering essentially the same notebook for $199, after a mail-in... |
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CNET News.com | 5 days ago
Carriers to sell majority of mobile devices by '13
...have already been dangling Netbooks as carrot sticks to attract more mobile customers. Verizon is selling Netbooks from Hewlett-Packard and Gateway. AT&T is selling Dell, Acer, and Lenovo Netbooks, as well as a Nokia Booklet 3G. Sprint is...
In this article: Sprint, AT&T, United States, Verizon Wireless, Acer, Gateway, CNET, and Twitter
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Notebook Review | November 02, 2009
Sprint Offers Dell Netbook For $200 w/ Contract
Sprint Offers Dell Netbook For $200 w/ Contract Sprint today started offering a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook for $199.99 with a two-year data service agreement and a $100 mail-in rebate. The deal is initially being offered in the San...
In this article: Dell, Vostro, Lenovo, TechTarget, Intel, and San Francisco
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Cnet | November 10, 2009
Digital City No. 57: Hands on with PS3 Netflix; luxury laptops; and Modern Warfare 2 drops early
...Sony's Vaio X, Dell's Adamo XPS, and HP's Envy. We also show off Nokia's new Booklet 3G Netbook, and debate the relative merits of games sequels, from Bioshock 2 to God of War 3. We also note how everyone in New York seems to have...
In this article: Modern Warfare 2, New York, BioShock 2, Blender, God of War 3, and USA Today
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Will the 'smartbook' be a better Netbook?
...chip design that Qualcomm and Freescale use, which compares favorably with Intel Atom processor used in Netbooks from companies like Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Toshiba. But he sees little else that is head-turning enough for consumers to...
In this article: Qualcomm, Freescale, CNET, Lenovo, Ubuntu, and Google's Android
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | October 14, 2009
Michael Dell Trashes Netbooks, Loves Windows 7 [Blockquote]
Michael Dell Trashes Netbooks, Loves Windows 7 [Blockquote] Dell may have a page dedicated to pitching netbooks, but its founder and CEO slammed mini notebooks at last night's Silicon Valley dinner sponsored by the Churchill Club. He also...
In this article: Dell, Netbooks, Michael Dell, and Silicon Valley
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AtWork | October 15, 2009
Netbooks Drive Acer to #2 PC Vendor in World
Netbooks Drive Acer to #2 PC Vendor in World A whopping 26 percent increase in unit sales pushed Acer ahead of Dell in global PC sales, with Acer achieving the runner-up position for the first time. According to the IDC Acer owes much of...
In this article: Acer, Dell, Netbooks, All rights reserved, Trademark, PC Magazine, U.S., and Ziff Davis Media Inc.
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PR Newswire: Technology | October 14, 2009
AT&T Unveils Dell Notebooks and Netbooks Geared for Small Businesses
AT&T Unveils Dell Notebooks and Netbooks Geared for Small Businesses See more news releases in: Computer Electronics, Computer Software, Consumer Electronics, Carriers and Services, Networks, Telecommunications Equipment, Telecommunications...
In this article: AT&T Inc., Small business, Dell, Netbooks, RSS, AT&T Intellectual Property, United States, All rights reserved, and E mail
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Intel: Moblin opens the way for Atom
...refer to? Is that just taking Moblin and coming up with their own customized version? Can you explain what Dell is actually running on their new Netbook? Fisher: At the highest level, Dell is running Moblin. Moblin is a pure open-source...
In this article: Moblin, Intel, Dell, Linux, Canonical, Microsoft, and Android
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Acer: We'll pass Dell 'very soon'
...itself and its company strategy when it comes to consumer PCs. Acer has pushed cheaper Netbooks and notebooks, and quite quickly outgrown the rest of the competition. But it also has bigger prey than Dell on its mind. Lanci added...
In this article: Dell, Acer, Netbooks, IDC, CNET News, Los Angeles Dodgers, Apple, and Revenue
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thumb|250px|An Eee PC 900 with a 9 inch screen (right) compared with a 22 inch LCD screen and a standard keyboard
Netbooks (sometimes referred to as mini notebooks or subnotebooks) are a rapidly evolving category of small, light and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing web-based applications; they are often marketed as "companion devices," that is, to augment a user's other computer access. Walt Mossberg called them a "relatively new category of small, light, minimalist and cheap laptops." By August 2009, CNET called netbooks "nothing more than smaller, cheaper notebooks."
At their inception in late 2007 — as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost — netbooks omitted key features (e.g., the optical drive), featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced specification and computing power. Over the course of their evolution, netbooks have ranged in size from below 5" to over 13", and from ~1 kg (2-3 pounds). Often significantly less expensive than other laptops, by mid-2009, netbooks had been offered to users "free of charge", with an extended service contract purchase.
In the short period since their appearance, netbooks have grown in size and features, now converging with new smaller, lighter notebooks. By mid 2009, CNET noted "the specs are so similar that the average shopper would likely be confused as to why one is better than the other," noting "the only conclusion is that there really is no distinction between the devices."
The word netbook is a portmanteau of the words Internet and notebook.
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