Technologizer

Please Sir, May I Have More Memory?

Monday, October 26, 2009

Good news, maybe, sort of: Fudzilla is reporting that Intel will allow netbook manufacturers who use an upcoming version of its low-end Atom CPU to sell machines with 2GB of RAM rather than today’s artificial maximum of 1GB. That would allow for nicer, better-performing netbooks that don’t cost a whole lot more. Of course, it also [...]

Is This Twice the Netbook?

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

3 Comments

Engadget’s Ross Miller is attending CEATAC in Tokyo–it’s the Consumer Electronics Show of Japan, only far weirder–and among the gizmos he’s encountered is a prototype of a netbook with two screens (photo borrowed from Engadget): My instinctive response to dual-screen laptops of all sorts (which I wrote about here) is that they take the best thing [...]

Are You Done With Desktops?

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

21 Comments

I recently had a minor epiphany: I’m probably never going to buy another desktop PC. It shouldn’t have come as a revelation given that the last one I got (in January of 2007) sits largely unused, except when I need to grab a particular old file off its hard drive. Laptops give me everything I [...]

5Words for Wednesday, August 26th 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

1 Comment

Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS. Windows 7 means cool laptops. The golden ratio of Twitter. RSS, your time is done. More movies in DivX format. Snow Leopard gets malware blocker. Science says multitasking is bad. Is it a MacBook? Almost! $98 smartbook: not so smart. Finally, burrito ordering for iPhone. More anti-piracy for Office.

The Power Shortage Continues

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

6 Comments

Robert S. Anthony of The Paper PC has a fun post up about a new Wi-Fi reading room at the New York Public Library. It’s an “elegant” venue with seats for up to 128 laptop users–and if you don’t have a netbook, they’ll loan you one. Sounds fabulous–except there are no power outlets at the [...]

Long Live the Plastic MacBook

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

16 Comments

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is working on refreshing the $999 white MacBook that’s its cheapest portable computer–and, AppleInsider, reports, still a best-seller. Makes sense to me. I’m assuming we’ll see one with new (but economical) specs, a better display, a sealed battery with longer battery life, and an SD reader. Timing? Probably early next [...]

Sorry, Consumers, You Still Mistakenly Like Netbooks

Friday, July 17, 2009

14 Comments

Erica Ogg of CNET has a good story up on upcoming notebooks based on ultra low-voltage chips. They’re thin and light, with good battery life, and will run between $600 and $1000. Sounds pretty appealing–I could see myself going for one as my next notebook. I remain amused, however, by the degree to which the [...]

Resolved: There Are No Such Things as Netbooks

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

14 Comments

Research firm NPD has released a study that says that not every netbook buyer is a happy camper. For instance, 70 percent of the folks who set out to buy a netbook ended up very satisfied. But only 58 percent of those who initially planned to buy a more traditional notebook but instead chose a [...]

We May Need a New Name For Netbooks

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

19 Comments

Back in the mid-1990s, I loved my Psion PDA as much as any gadget I’ve ever owned. But Psion stopped making consumer products years ago, and I wasn’t even positive if the company–which spun off its software unit into phone OS powerhouse Symbian–was still in business. Well, it is. And JK on the Run is reporting [...]

iSuppli Slashes PC Sales Outlook for 2009

Thursday, November 20, 2008

2 Comments

Next up on the bad tech economy news parade: iSuppli. The analyst firm sent out an advisory Thursday indicating that it was reducing its PC unit shipments forecast for growth by a stunning two-thirds. The reason? You guessed it, the economy. The changes mean that instead of the 11.9 percent growth it had projected back in [...]

Samsung Does Notebooks

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

0 Comments

If it weren’t for a certain other laptop-related announcement, the big news in laptops today would undoubtedly be this: Samsung is going to begin selling portable computers again in the U.S., re-entering one of the few personal electronics categories it doesn’t play in. (The company has been out of the market for a long time, [...]

Apple’s Tuesday Notebook Event: What Would You Ask Steve?

Monday, October 13, 2008

3 Comments

[UPDATE: I did indeed ask Steve Jobs a question on behalf of the Technologizer community. Here are the details.] At the typical Steve Jobs keynote unveiling one or more new Apple products, no time is set aside for questions. That’s not meant as stinging criticism: Time usually is set aside for attendees to get some hands-on [...]

Our Live Coverage of Apple’s Notebook Event, Plus a Recap of the Story to Date

Monday, October 13, 2008

2 Comments

Economic meltdown, election, playoffs–can we put them all on hold for one morning, please? On Tuesday, the nation’s eyes will turn to Apple headquarters at One Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California, where the company will unveil new notebooks. And Technologizer will be there. I will liveblog the event from my seat in Apple’s Town Hall [...]

Apple’s Tuesday Notebook Event: Please Don’t Call These Predictions

Monday, October 13, 2008

9 Comments

[SHAMELESS PLUG: Technologizer will be liveblogging the Apple notebook event on 10/14/2008 @ 10am PT. Please join us.] Apple predictions? I think I’ve declared more than once that I’m done making them–Apple is just too good at confounding expectations. So let’s call the thoughts I’m about to share about tomorrow’s Apple notebook event something else. Scenarios, [...]