GrantBlog » Trends http://nextgenwebmedia.com/grantblog the latest and greatest in the world of tech Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 The “Netbook” Trend http://nextgenwebmedia.com/grantblog/gadgets/the-netbook-trend http://nextgenwebmedia.com/grantblog/gadgets/the-netbook-trend#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:31:53 +0000 Grant http://nextgenwebmedia.com/grantblog/?p=98 More and more in the past two months or so, I’ve seen people with and commercials for a semi-new tech-gadget, the netbook. While that’s not a specific brand or anything, netbooks, are in essence, tiny computers, smaller than a laptop, but not as small as a UMPC, a trend back around Q3 of last year. In the last month, I’ve seen 3 commercials on TV for netbooks (Verizon Wireless’’s HP version) and have also seen 3 of my friends get them.

I must say though, that they are pretty neat. Most have around 10 or 8-inch screens, wi-fi (and sometimes a mobile broadband card with Sprint, AT&T or Verizon) and a full keyboard- all on a tiny little think like that. Dell’s Mini 9 and 10 are good examples of netbooks, as well as the well-known Asus Eee-PC. Oh, and the devices are cheap too! Depending on who you buy them from, they start at around $500 and go upto around $1750.

So, do you have a netbook or want to talk about the buzz? Join in in the comments below and vote in the poll about netbooks!

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