Touch-friendly user interface for Windows tablets

While Microsoft has been offering versions of Windows with optimizations for touchscreen displays ever since Windows XP Tablet edition, the truth is that the whole start menu, taskbar, and itty bitty close/minimize/maximize buttons in Windows weren’t really designed for touch input. But there are a number of companies coming up with software designed to run [...]

T-Mobile expands HSPA+ coverage area

T-Mobile USA says it’s on track to offer its faster HSPA+ mobile broadband network in 100 major metro areas covering 185 million Americans by the end of the year. The company added 25 new cities to its coverage area this week, bringing the current number of major cities to 50 and the number of people [...]

Haier convertible tablet-style netbook heading to the US?

It’s been 7 months since I first spotted Haier’s X220 10 inch convertible tablet at CES. At the time, I was told that the company planned to sell it in the US, but I was starting to have my doubts. Now the folks at Wireless Goodness have spotted a listing for the Haier X220P at [...]

Velocity Micro announces line of cheap Android tablets

Velocity Micro plans to launch a line of Google Android powered tablets with prices ranging from $149 to $299.
The first to hit the streets will be the $199 Cruz Reader and the $149 Cruz StoryPad. Both are 7 inch tablets with 800 x 600 pixel touchscreen displays, and both are due out in August.
The Cruz [...]

Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830t runs nearly $700

Acer recently launched two new 11.6 inch thin and light laptops. At first glance, they look nearly identical, since they both use the same case design. But the Acer Aspire One 721 costs just $430 though, while the Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830t runs nearly $700.
The difference is that the cheap model ships with AMD’s latest [...]

Microsoft Office Starter Edition: Meet the crippled office suite

Netbook makers have been shipping low cost mini-laptops with trial versions of Microsoft for years. But now that Microsoft Office 2010 is available, PC makers are expected to take a different approach by loading netbooks with Microsoft Office 2010 Starter. And just like Windows 7 Starter Edition, Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition offers you some [...]

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 nettop only $220 and up

The Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 is a small form factor desktop with an Intel Atom processor and NVIDIA ION graphics. The company introduced the nettop last month, and now it’s available for purchase from Buy.com, where you can find a $220 model and a $350 model.
The pricier model has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510 dual core [...]

Internet connection sharing over WiFi becoming more common

The MiFi mobile hotspot sort of changed the way a lot of people think about 3G mobile wireless service. Instead of purchasing a single computer with a 3G modem and a data plan that’s linked to that computer, you could always have signed up for a 3G USB stick that you can plug into multiple [...]

ASRock introduces Core 100HT nettop

Nettops are a strange mix between desktops and netbooks. On the one hand, the idea of a low power, tiny desktop computer makes a lot of sense if you don’t need your computer to do much or if you’re just looking for a PC to stick next to your TV for some light web browsing [...]

Jobs Steve sent three words to confort a China developer that got robbed during WWDC2010

Stone is a developer from China Tencent company, the owner of China’s most popular IM software QQ. He’s invited to WWDC2010. During the conference he got robbed on a bus in San Francisco.In the fight with the robber, he got hurt with rib broken, and his iPad was badly scratched. In an email that responed [...]

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