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    Netbook Industry Shutting Down After Being Squeezed by iPad and MacBook Air

    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...
    Read Full Article 348 comments

    Today Marks the 10th Anniversary of Steve Jobs Unveiling the iPad

    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...
    Read Full Article 110 comments

    Apple's iPad Seen Cannibalizing Netbook Sales

    Thursday May 6, 2010 8:10 am PDT by Eric Slivka
    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...
    Read Full Article 130 comments

    Netbook Market Leader Acer Not Planning to Compete With iPad

    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....
    Read Full Article 260 comments

    Jobs on Mac Netbooks: Not Yet, But...

    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...
    Read Full Article 208 comments

    Possible Photo of 9.5" Mac Netbook?

    Monday May 4, 2009 9:52 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 158 comments

    More Apple Netbook Rumors Pinpoint Foxconn as Manufacturer

    Monday April 20, 2009 5:21 am PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 266 comments

    Apple Touchscreen Netbook to Launch in October at $800?

    Monday July 13, 2009 6:12 am PDT by Eric Slivka
    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...
    Read Full Article 442 comments

    Quanta to Produce Apple Netbook in 2009?

    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...
    Read Full Article 31 comments

    Steve Jobs Also Overseeing Apple Tablet or Netbook Device?

    Saturday April 11, 2009 8:13 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 263 comments

    Psystar Working on Mac OS X Netbook?

    Thursday May 7, 2009 4:52 am PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 314 comments

    Touch Panels for Apple Netbook Ordered?

    Monday March 9, 2009 5:28 am PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 234 comments

    Apple Questioned Again About a Mac Netbook

    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...
    Read Full Article 334 comments

    Freescale Hints at Apple Netbook with Photo? [Updated: Mockup]

    Sunday January 4, 2009 5:04 pm PST by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 63 comments

    Apple Questioned About Netbook (Again) and App Store Pricing and Rank Lists

    Tuesday July 21, 2009 2:57 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 157 comments

    LCD Panel Supplier for Apple Netbook Product Selected?

    Friday May 22, 2009 6:03 am PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 79 comments

    Deals: $15 Off $75+ Orders at eBay, 10% Off at Gazelle, Beats Studio3 for $205, and More

    Thursday June 21, 2018 11:43 am PDT by Mitchel Broussard
    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...
    Read Full Article 4 comments

    Apple Netbook Touchscreen Rumors Continue to Gather Steam

    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...
    Read Full Article 216 comments

    Analyst Believes Apple Will Unveil Netbooks at Macworld

    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...
    Read Full Article 157 comments

    More Sources Point to a Touchscreen Apple Netbook in 2009

    Tuesday March 10, 2009 3:41 am PDT by Arnold Kim
    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"...
    Read Full Article 440 comments

    Inexpensive Atom-Powered 'Netbooks' Popular at Launch

    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,...
    Read Full Article 174 comments

    Apple Answers Questions About Low-end iPhone and Mac Netbooks

    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...
    Read Full Article 208 comments

    More Details on Next-Generation iPhone? 3G Netbook Due This Summer?

    Monday March 23, 2009 1:43 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
    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...
    Read Full Article 287 comments

    Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update Improves Battery Life on 'Hackintosh' Netbooks?

    Thursday May 14, 2009 2:56 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
    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...
    Read Full Article 179 comments

    Apple on Blu-Ray, Touch Screen Displays, Netbooks

    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 -...
    Read Full Article 337 comments

    Apple's ARM Plans in 2009? NetBooks, Tablets, Other?

    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...
    Read Full Article 115 comments

    Tim Cook: 'Ideas' for a Netbook, iPhone Price Changes, iMacs?

    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...
    Read Full Article 174 comments

    Microsoft Bashes Apple's iWork Software, New iPads

    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...
    Read Full Article 1153 comments

    Display Manufacturer Puts 3D Display in iPad Body?

    Tuesday June 14, 2011 12:07 pm PDT by Jordan Golson
    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...
    Read Full Article 21 comments

    iPad Drives Apple to Third Place Among Global Portable Computer Manufacturers

    Monday August 2, 2010 1:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
    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...
    Read Full Article 179 comments
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