The iPad has been the focus of speculation for months and is being announced and displayed for a select audience today in California.  The iPad builds off of the success of the iPhone, and iPod and extends it onto a 9.0″+ screen.  With a keyboard that’s on screen and powered by Apple’s iBook, iTunes, and App Store Apple is beating everyone to the punch hoping to sell eBooks to people.  You’ll be able to listen to music, watch movies, play games and of course…read books.  The iPad is many things …

MSI, maker of the popular line of Wind netbooks sat down with the folks at LaptopMag during CES 2010 to talk and make some statements regarding netbooks.  

Earlier today, Best Buy was getting a lot of press because they are selling the popular MSI Wind with Windows XP for $349.
The good vibes didn’t last very long when a story of horrible customer service surfaced.  A customer picked up a Sony mini-notebook and the accompanying warranty.  When something happened, he went back to his Best Buy store realizing that the store was the best place to go in order to get the problem fixed.  True to their word, Best Buy was ready to replace the notebook or give …

It’s true.  Every manufacturer of netbooks, from HP to Asus should be sending a big Thank You basket over to Palm’s offices.  I’m sure they could use the encouragement.
In May 2007, Palm announce the Foleo.  Many people in the blogsphere called it the “Fool-eo.”  The idea was pretty simple: people love their Palm devices, but wanted a larger screen to take full advantage of the office centric applications without lugging around an actual notebook.  The Foleo would fill that need by acting as an in between device, specifically for road …

HP has spent the last few years in a pissing contest with Dell.  HP enjoys being able to say that they ship more computers than any other company, but with a lot of smart moves Dell has been making recently.  Resisting being undone, HP is focusing on netbooks since it’s a section of computers that are growing rapidly.
They aren’t just trying to keep their lead by introducing netbooks, but they’re getting creative.  Expect them to have 4-10 different flavors and price points in the next 12 months.  Since HP owns …

Windows XP was given a reprieve until 2010 as a result of computers like the OLPC XO. With millions of people who have never owned a computer it is a market Microsoft would like to capitalize on. Especially when it gives Linux the opportunity to grow their share.
There hasn’t been too much talk of OLPCs lately, especially with so many companies entering the low cost notebook market such as Intel’s Classmate PC.  This leaves netbooks as the lone beneficiary of the extended life of Windows XP.

You’ve probably heard about netbooks at one point or the other, but may be curious what they are and why they’ve suddenly become so popular.  On the other hand, you may have never heard of them and this is a formal introduction.
It all began with the Psion 5MX.  Years ago products like this gave people a lot of the benefits of a notebook without having to carry a large nine or ten pound computer.  From there, products like the OLPC XO got a lot of people excited because it was …