Thursday January 3, 2013 1:16 pm PST by Eric Slivka
As noted by The Guardian earlier this week, the netbook industry will be winding down in the first quarter of 2013, as major players Asus and Acer will be shutting down production of the tiny...
Sunday January 26, 2020 11:00 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs unveiling the iPad at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. It was one of the last major products that he unveiled before his death in...
For the last several years, netbooks have been a booming business for a number of computer manufacturers as consumers look for low-cost, portable machines to browse the Internet and perform other...
Monday February 1, 2010 6:08 am PST by Eric Slivka
DigiTimes reports on comments from Scott Lin, president of the Taiwanese division of netbook market leader Acer revealing that the company has no plans to compete with Apple's iPad tablet device....
eBay today launched its latest sitewide coupon code, offering customers the chance to save $15 on orders that reach or exceed $75. The code isn't as enticing as eBay's previous...
Tuesday October 21, 2008 2:55 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Steve Jobs was present at today's financial results conference call and answered questions during the Q&A session. One interesting topic that came up was questions about Apple's interest...
Cult of Mac posted a photo of a strange Apple (ish?) branded laptop that measures 9.5" wide and asks "Is this the New Apple Netbook?". Details are sparse and the site is being coy about...
The Inquirer recaps the latest netbook rumors coming out of the Commercial Times. The Chinese-language publication is citing sources from within the component supply chain that Apple has already...
Taiwanese news site InfoTimes reports [translation] that Apple is slated to debut its long-rumored netbook this October. Taiwanese companies Foxconn, Wintek, and Dynapack have reportedly received...
Wednesday December 31, 2008 8:33 am PST by Arnold Kim
ElectronicPulp first pointed out on a Taiwan Headlines article that indicates that Quanta is expected to produce netbooks for Sony and Apple in 2009: Leung noted netbook PCs will drive much of his...
One aspect of the Wall Street Journal article published today that we failed to mention in our previous coverage was that Apple is indeed working on a new type of device.According to The Wall Street...
Unauthorized Mac clone manufacturer Psystar remains embroiled in legal battle with Apple after initiating sales of their first Mac clone back in April 2008. ZDNet Asia summarizes the case today which...
Digitimes relays a Commercial Times report that Taiwan-based Wintek will supply touch panels for "Apple's new netbook" due in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Wintek revealed that it is currently...
Wednesday April 22, 2009 3:18 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
As usual, Apple executives were questioned about the possibility of an Apple netbook during today's financial results conference call. The issue has been raised a number of times but continues...
Digitimes reports that Wintek has been selected as the LCD panel module supplier for "Apple's upcoming e-book form factor netbook product".That description seems pretty broad as to what...
Heise Online reports on a press release from Freescale detailing a new ARM processor which includes an interesting depiction of an Apple netbook/tablet: A picture included in their press release...
Apple has concluded their financial results conference call which detailed Apple's financial results for this past quarter. The conference call included the usual mix of questions about...
Wednesday March 11, 2009 11:47 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Close on the heels of rumors from the Commercial Times on Monday and Dow Jones Newswires on Tuesday, Reuters reports on a source close to touchscreen manufacturer Wintek saying that the company has...
Tuesday December 16, 2008 9:46 am PST by Arnold Kim
Computerworld reports on an analyst Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research Inc. who believes that Apple could introduce two new netbook models at Macworld San Francisco.While an intriguing...
Dow Jones Newswire reports that Apple is indeed planning to launch a netbook computer with a touchscreen as soon as the 2nd half of this year. They cite "two people close to the situation"...
Wednesday September 24, 2008 11:21 am PDT by Arnold Kim
CultofMac reports on the relative popularity of recently introduced "Netbooks" from Asus, Acer and Dell. Amazon's top laptop sales list is now dominated by the $400-$600 devices,...
Wednesday January 21, 2009 2:58 pm PST by Arnold Kim
During Apple's financial results conference call today, the company responded to questions about both a low end iPhone as well as the possibility of an Apple "netbook". Both topics have...
Boy Genius Report details a source "pretty high up in AT&T's food chain" who reportedly shared several tidbits of information about the next-generation iPhone. While short on details...
Wired summarizes some surprising experiences of users who have hacked their MSI Wind netbooks to run Mac OS X. These so called "hackintoshes" when updated to Mac OS X 10.5.7 have experienced...
Wednesday October 15, 2008 2:19 am PDT by Arnold Kim
During the Question and Answer session of yesterday's media event, Steve Jobs responded to a number of questions of interest. The Apple Core blog summarizes the answers. Of note:Blu-Ray -...
Monday December 8, 2008 11:37 am PST by Arnold Kim
A couple of speculative reports have come out about what plans Apple might have for its ARM-based processors in the coming year. Apple is rumored to be a major architectual licensee for ARM. This...
Tuesday February 17, 2009 8:53 am PST by Arnold Kim
Macworld.co.uk relays (via MacBlogz) a report by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co analyst Toni Sacconaghi who recently met with Apple's acting CEO Tim Cook. According to Sacconaghi, Cook hinted at...
Could Apple shove a high-resolution 3D display in the iPad? Maybe! And that's just what Netbook News claims to discovered at the Display Taiwan tradeshow. They've got pictures and video of...
Wednesday October 23, 2013 1:59 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Microsoft's corporate vice president of communications, Frank Shaw, today took to the Official Microsoft Blog to denounce both Apple's revamped iWork software and the company's...
Fortune reports on a new research report from Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, which shows that if the iPad were to be categorized as a portable computer along with netbooks and notebooks, Apple...