The dream of low-cost, durable machines for kids in the U.S. as well as emerging markets isn’t dead, and HP’s newest offering embodies both goals. Starting at $299 (sold wholesale only), this netbook portable is designed for kindergarten through grade 6. It lacks special features found on pricier educational laptops like the Intel-powered Classmate PC, [...]
The Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 is your prototypical, blue-collared desktop replacement. It won’t seduce you with a provocative design or catch-terms like Blu-ray and 3D-gaming graphics. The Lenovo Z-series IdeaPad is a budget-friendly multimedia notebook aimed to be a tier lower than the popular Y-series. The Z-series comes in two sizes including a 13.6 and 15.6-inch [...]
The Iconia Tab A500 is well stocked with additional features, including GPS, a 5-megapixel back-facing camera with an LED flash, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, microSD card slot to expand the memory capacity, headphone jack, as well as micro-HDMI, USB and micro-USB ports. Ships with Android OS 3.0 (Honeycomb) with several proprietary apps, along with a [...]
LifeBook AH530 succeeds as a well built, if a rather unexciting, machine, with a decent range of features and excellent performance. Fujitsu unexceptionally uses black plastic surfaces in a piano lacquer look, which make a fairly elegant impression. This remark however only applies when the notebook is perfectly polished. That is, the sensitive high-gloss surfaces [...]
Though the company is largely known for its TVs and smartphones, its U.S. assortment of computers has stood out lately for offering a great mix of design, features, and affordability. The $399 NF310 is a dual-core Atom 10-inch Netbook that’s certainly well-built, but doesn’t rise far above the competition. Samsung is a laptop maker that’s [...]
The HP Mini 210-1199DX might be one of the cooler-looking Netbooks on the retail store shelve, but when it comes to practicality, the Mini 210-1199DX only has a coupe of useful component upgrades over the basic entry level Netbook. This is what makes the $379 price of a system a tad pricey than some the [...]
