News and reviews from the UMPC industry
HP have been pretty busy in the netbook space; offerings such as the 2133 and 2140 have been around for some time now and, whilst they’re fairly pricey, bring the sort of solid reliability you expect from the guys at Hewlett Packard. The almost bottomless pit of HP netbooks has been further extended with the new Mini 311 and Mini 110. (more…)
…if you really want it! Yeah, you heard right - Microsoft and Nokia have announced a collaboration which will see users getting the option of running MS’s Office software on a range of mobile devices.
The announcement means that, in the near future, Microsoft’s productivity suite will be available on a range of Nokia’s Symbian based devices - I’m not sure how this fits in with Redmonds Open Source views..a profit is a profit, I guess! From the outset, this offering will be made available to a wide range of Nokia smartphones, starting with the Nokia Eseries. (more…)
Lindows - the company that really pissed off Microsoft, remember them? The Linux based operating system was designed to make Linux life simpler (point and click, you know the rest). After a dispute with Microsoft over the Lindows name there decided to rename their OS to Linspire.
The company then went on to create CNR, a cross-distribution marketplace for easy-install Linux programs which is pretty impressive and much needed tool if Linux really wants to convert the world.
It would appear the Microsoft-agitating company is being sold to Xandros (yes, they created the OS you find on the Asus Eee PC). This presents the Linux world with a huge opportunity to leap forward but will it happen? Software distribution has always been an issue with Linux, this acquisition could see the start of reliable software distribution services that entice more users over to the way of Linux.
A final thought; many Windows fans will obviously have something to say about the statements above but the fact is that Linux netbooks sales are way ahead of XP netbooks. Vista is a resource hog that’s forcing the price of netbooks up through it’s hardware requirements. So where’s the logical solution? In my eyes, Linux. Flame on!
Yes, the image you can see is real. Unfortunately it’s not on sale here in the UK.
The Razorbook 400 was officially launched in the US on the 30th May 2008 so it’ll no doubt make the hop over the pond fairly soon. US pricing has been pegged at $299 do expect to pay same in pounds!
Here’s a quick look at the specifications:
After the Razorbook 400 launches in the UK we’ll get a review up for you. For now, here’s some more in-depth info over at 3kcomputers.
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