In today's Remainders: the upcoming. The Spring Design E-Reader, soon to be available for presale; 4chan's mainstream embrace, as signaled by their Jeopardy mention; an idiotic Mall Cop's impending termination; a backlash to RFID gravestones, and more ... Oh Alex? ... We thought the Spring Design Alex ebook reader was a viable threat to the Nook when we got a hands on at CES, but those of you who were waiting patiently for its February 22 preorder date will have to wait a little bit longer. The
Dell Home offers the 2.7-lb. Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Intel Atom 1.66GHz 10.1" Widescreen Netbook in Obsidian Black to $279 with free shipping ... That's $94 off and the lowest total price we could find. (We saw it for $30 less last week.) Sales tax is added where applicable. It features an Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor, 10.1" 1024x600 widescreen LCD, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, 802.11g wireless, 1.3-megapixel webcam, 3-cell battery, and Windows XP Home. Deal ends April 23 ...
Rejoice, owners of netbooks with Intel GMA 500 graphics: Flash Player 10.1 Beta 3 is here, complete with hardware video acceleration for your machines. That should make Hulu and YouTube HD usable on machines like the Sony VAIO P and VAIO X, the Nokia Booklet 3G, and the previous-generation Dell Mini 10. The new build also bring support for the Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator found in Pine Trail Atom machines like the newest Dell Mini 10 and HP Mini 210 -- support we found sorely lacking when
Today only, Lenovo offers its Lenovo IdeaPad S12 Intel Atom 1.6GHz 12.1" Netbook model no. 29595GU, for $649. Coupon code "USP29595G1" cuts it to $469 ... With free shipping , it's the lowest price we've seen this year for an ION-based Lenovo netbook. Sales tax is added where applicable. The IdeaPad S12 features an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 12.1" 1280x800 widescreen LED-backlit LCD display, 3GB RAM, 320GB 5400 rpm hard drive, NVIDIA ION 256MB video, 802.11g wireless, Bluetooth
Dell Home offers the 2.5-lb. Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Intel Atom 1.6GHz 10.1" Widescreen Netbook in Obsidian Black for $682. Apply coupon code "ZQB3S60X?96?49" to drop it to $339 ... With free shipping , that's $343 off and the lowest total price we've seen for such a well-configured model. (We've seen Mini 10 systems for about $80 less, but they've all included a lesser display, no GPS or WWAN, and smaller battery.) Sales tax is added where applicable. It features an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz