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Amazon Kindle is a boon to e-book market, all $0.12 of it {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2008 11:01AM Isn't the idea they control everything, like the iPod/iTunes model?
The 42-inch Eee PC TeeVee? Yes, and more {Engadget}
Jan 30th 2008 3:10AM Because this does everything most people need in a ultra-mobile notebook for £200 that the MacBook Air does for £1200.
Macworld 2008 rumor report card: some hits, mostly misses {Engadget}
Jan 20th 2008 5:14AM I'm with you on this one although realistically I can only see the touch doubling to 32GB - which would be enough for me ... and xvid would be sweet! But we both know Apple will never officially support it. shame.
Analysis: What the MacBook Air is and what it isn't {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 19th 2008 3:50PM The MBA is typical apple - it's an elegant, all-in-one solution, which looks amazing but cuts out some expected features and comes at a premium price. Just like the original iMac amazed me I couldn't for the life of me figure out the audacity of taking out a floppy disk drive (the floppy disk drive ... what a piece of annoying technology that outstayed its welcome - thanks Apple for helping to kill it off) - problem was I was just that bit more expensive ... I couldn't afford it.
Now the Air comes out and it's the same feeling - this is the perfect second computer for a CEO like Steve Jobs but there's no way I'm spending this amount of money on one. I think the Air will sell on it's looks ... it will appeal to fashion conscious types, who also want to use it for real work. Like Nokia does fashion phones this is the mobile computer equivalent. The Fashion Laptop.
I don't know if this will be a Cube or an iPod - but it will have a big influence on the industry like the iMac did. I just won't be buying one ... I can only afford an eeePC ;-)
MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery {Engadget}
Jan 15th 2008 5:02PM Re: Chewba / Adam
Yes, no doubt Apple will charge (or indeed over-charge) people for replacing the battery and, yes, this thing has limitations (like only 1 speaker!) but, just see it for what it is ... it's not a MBP replacement, it's not a cheap sub-notebook it's a very thin and light Apple fashion notebook which runs OSX. I wouldn't buy it for the same reasons you point out, that doesn't mean a lot of other people won't. In fact I'd get the eeepc too. But if I had the money ...
MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery {Engadget}
Jan 15th 2008 3:18PM You didn't think they'd be able to shrink it down to that level and include a traditional brick-type battery inside?
How man people carry two batteries around with them? I've never. If you REALLY need two batteries you should buy another Apple laptop (or something else).
HD DVD group cancels CES press conference in wake of Warner announcement: daaamn {Engadget}
Jan 5th 2008 6:48AM I think Microsoft are out to cripple Sony's consumer products domination, and this is just part of the throw-money-at-anything to wear them (Sony) down strategy. I guess you can see this specific venture as a learning experiment, the money being pretty much written off anyway.
Microsoft know they need to diversify in the face of inevitable change and embrace new 'gateways' 'hubs' 'self-created standards' 'portals' etc, because 'owning one' is like being able to print money.
Celio's REDFLY platform enables Foleo-like WinMo devices {Engadget}
Jan 2nd 2008 11:13AM Isn't this back to the beginning? Ie: WinCE with a keyboard ... the original form factor people tried but the technology wasn't right at the time (crap OS, screen, battery, etc).
Dunno if there's a market for it but I'm after a subnotebook style laptop to play Divx movies on the go & type out short notes. I'm thinking the Asus eeePC has it over this, (I do like the Linux OS too) but what about an eeePC with Win Mobile ... ?
Or maybe Apple with bring out something like this soon and claim to have invented the format ;)
Macworld rumors du jour: external optical drives, multi-touch trackpad {Engadget}
Jan 1st 2008 5:41PM Miles - I'm with you on the get rid of the CD/DVD drive on these sorts of devices and yes, "The new medium is digital" but where's Apple's support for the MP3 of video in their products ... Xvid?
Asus says it'll ship 3.8 million Eee PCs next year {Engadget}
Dec 4th 2007 5:10PM "Crazy."
