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Portable Computing, Peanut Butter or Chocolate?

August 29, 2009

The Nokia Booklet (stands out better in the search results than “netbook”) is not the first time Nokia has entered the PC market but it’s announcement took many people by surprise. As the lines between what is a laptop and what is a smartphone blur, it’s fascinating to see how a PC companies like Apple [...]

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Lenovo’s Fashionable Netbook

March 16, 2009

Although still in concept (UPDATE: Lenovo now saying this is a two year mockup), this is the closest thing I’ve seen to a netbook as fashion accessory (note the burled walnut finish). The belt clasp also acts as a mouse, or so says the caption the the photo on the Lenovo picture feed, and the [...]

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Nokia’s Netbook, the N97

December 2, 2008

I was going to write a post about all the amazing phones I saw last week while I was in Japan but this morning’s announcement of the latest Nokia device trumps that. Techmeme is smothered with coverage. I’ve been watching the convergence of the smartphone and laptop computer into a single device called a netbook. [...]

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