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Samsung GO 3G netbook

Samsung GO 3G netbook is coming its way to the AT&T, with integrated 3G, riding on the AT&T 3G network, allows the users to be connected to the Internet anywhere they go. The Samsung GO 3G can be considered an improved version of the Samsung GO N310 that was shown in July and gets relaunched now with the Windows 7 OS.

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Windows 7 starter edition with limitations, upsets netbook users

Netbook users are totally upset by the Windows 7 starter edition as the new OS comes with limitations, which you didn’t get with Windows XP on netbooks. Most netbook users were unaware of the limitations although Microsoft have openly said that the starter edition can’t do everything.

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ZiiLABS’ ZMS-08 – media accelerator chip brings Full HD Blu-ray quality to netbooks

Low-power mobile devices such as netbooks will be able to let you enjoy full HD contents on them in near future. ZiiLABS, a subsidiary of of Creative Technology Ltd has announced the 3rd gen of their media-rich app processor, ZMS-08, which promises better processing power for full HD contents on low-power mobile devices.

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Apple’s next Mac OS X updates will kill Hackintosh netbooks

If you love the Apple Mac OS X but you love more the portability of a netbook, what you can do is to make your own Hackintosh netbook by making use of software hack to install the Mac OS X on a netbook.

But rumors seem to tell that Apple would plan to have updates for their OS X Snow Leopard operating system, which the next release would not come with the support of Intel Atom processors. So if you’d proceed for an update of the Mac OS X on your netbook, the consequence could be your Hackintosh’d stop running.

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Litl Webbook – a TV convertible netbook

All the netbooks that we’ve seen before almost all come in similar styles and form factors. But the Litl Webbook is exceptional which it has no hard drive, stores its data on the Internet and it can be flipped around into a TV device.

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USB Windows 7 installer best for netbooks

Microsoft has officially released a tool, called Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT), which allows the creation of a bootable USB installer for its Windows 7 OS. USB installer provides the convenience for installation of the Windows 7 on netbooks, which eliminates the need to hook up an external DVD drive.

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Michael Dell doesn’t recommend Netbooks!

I’ve got a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, which I use as one of my computers, even to do some of the PHP applications development and occasionally some GIMP when needing to resize the pictures such as for posting on TechChee.com

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Buy a laptop or netbook? But don’t listen to the sales staff

Netbooks have eaten quite a lot of laptop market. As netbooks are simply much cheaper in price. But netbooks are meant for users who need a portable computer that is small and convenient enough to bring along anywhere you go, but only need the processing power that is sufficient for you to browse the web, reply emails and have some simple web chats.

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Sungworld’s 7-inch netbook, world’s cheapest costs $73 only

If the price of a netbook is an issue instead of the specs, you’d better get hold of the Sungworld’s 7-inch netbook, which should be the cheapest netbook to date and it costs only $73.

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Lighthouse SQ7 tablet meant for Facebook and Twitter

LightHouse SQ7 tablet calls itself a Social Media tablet as it comes with functionalities dedicated for you to access the two most popular social media sites, Facebook and Twitter.

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