Sentences with phrase «as a netbook with»

Having played with it, we definitely see the Acer Iconia Tab W500 as a netbook with a detachable screen, rather than a tablet with an accessory keyboard.

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Also known as a tablet PC, netbook or subnotebook, the devices run 13» or smaller, weigh just a couple pounds, have touch screens and / or QWERTY keyboards and come with built ins like GPS and Wi - Fi and a variety of options.

I am bringing my netbook with me as I have to upload my paysheet for work this week, so I might post if we are relaxing.

I do all mine as PDFs because my netbook has trouble keeping up to speed with PPTs.

As stated in the full review, I have started taking it just about everywhere with me instead of my netbook.

Most commonly, device selection at schools begins with a debate about the right form factor — with desktops, laptops, netbooks, and tablets as the top four contenders.

Online curricula, distance learning, netbooks and cellphones in the classroom, and Web 2.0 tools — think Facebook and Skype — as a means of student collaboration have all gained luster as the drive to do more with less overlaps with the demands of educating a generation of digital natives.

The 10.1 - inch netbook - cum - tablet hasn't received quite as much attention as its transforming stablemates, with the Transformer Prime receiving the update to the latest version of the OS back in January.

That blurry cam picture shows it's size looking about the same as normal netbook (10 inch screen maybe) but with thin and rounded edges.

Those considering the Galaxy Tab (or any Android - based tablet) as a netbook replacement or modular computer for mobile productivity need to think carefully about the speed issues of running Flash and the issues with «mouse - over» and Ajax websites.

Met with mixed reviews the Streak never took off as T - Mobile's first 4G tablet and the Dell Mini 10 appealed to the Netbook loving crowd who unfortunately... [read full article]

E-book readers with color LCD screens, or netbooks and tablet computers such as Apple's long - rumored device, are starting to emerge, and they should be able display those new breeds of e-books, unlike today's Kindle with its slow, monochrome screen.

Looks like Asus is not gonna be the only one with multitouch netbooks at CES as Lenovo is going to show one too.

Also debuting at the show was Asus» new UX Series notebooks; its redesigned N Series notebooks with SonicMaster audio technology; its versatile Eee Pad MeMO 3D, ultra-thin Eee PC X101 netbooks; and home entertainment devices such as the motion - sensing WAVI Xtion and the 27 - inch All - in - One high - definition ET2700XVT desktop PC.

Asus has the market power to really make a bold thrust into the tablet market, just as they almost single - handedly created the entire netbook craze with their eeePC two years back.

«We now have four ranges of tablets with 14 variants that come in screen sizes ranging from 4.3 inch to 11.8 inches, where some tablets can be converted into netbooks as they come attached with keyboards and other accessories.

Also, of course, the tablet comes with a keyboard dock that allows the tablet to be used as a netbook device as well.

For what started with a 10.1 inch sized Transformer device that doubled up as a netbook / laptop when attached to a keypad, and has evolved into the AiO where the display (once detached from the docking base) behaves as a tablet unit.

These are the computers that replaced inexpensive netbooks as a buying option for a lot of folks, especially with the volume of streaming video apps and games in the Google Play Store today.

This protective cover is multi-functional and lets you type just as you would with your laptop / netbook.

For sure, a tablet with a keyboard dock is probably more desirable than even a netbook, at least in terms of portability when one wants it and then functionality, such as word processing, when the term paper is due, so to speak.

Then there's the ThinkPad Tablet which seems to combine functions of the Transformer with the Flyer by offering a dockable folio with full keyboard and mouse, which folds down like a netbook, as well as an active digitizer for digital inking and notetaking.

As someone who travels a lot, and I mean a lot, laptops and netbooks are with almost every traveler and you can see that in the lobby, etc..

These including classics and bestsellers to enjoy on a variety of devices, such as iPads, smartphones, tablets with Android OS, netbooks, notebooks, and desktop computers.

But then again, the list of those waiting for i - Pad's launch is somewhat overflowing: Hardware makers like HP (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) have been betting that consumers would vote for the netbooks, the scaled - down versions of laptops; e-reader makers such as Amazon (AMZN) and Sony (SNE), who have similar devices lined up; the publishing equivalent of i - Tunes; Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG), whose operating systems compete with the i — Phone OS that drives the i - Pad.

Intel which has been known all along for its association with PC, Laptops and Netbooks is also foraying into the world of tablets, as the latest Tablet PC news so reports.

The Lapdock line of accessories were first introduced with the Motorola Atrix as an accessory for people who want to get more out of the Android phones, by turning the Atrix into a full size netbook and laptop.

This is in sharp contrast to the convertible tablet range we have seen at the recently concluded Computex such as the Taichi or the Acer W700, which are more like a laptop or a netbook with a removable display unit.

Although the apps you may use with the Transformer may not feel, or be, as fully - featured or complicated as Windows alternatives, with the keyboard in - tow the experience isn't far removed from that of a full netbook or smaller laptop.

You have the most capable Android tablet on the market as well as one of the most capable netbooks with a simple click.

Intel has been here before, as it did with VIA Technologies competing against the VIA C7 - M in early days of the netbook and UMPC.

At some point the «college student» crowd (read «those on a budget») may «switch» to tablets as a «term paper machine» but that will only be when 1) these can run office - type apps; and 2) when the tablet, with a keyboard dock, can compete with netbooks in providing close to the same functionality (word processing, working with PDF documents, presentation preparation, light working with video, storage of gigabytes of files).

As for working on it, I find typing to be about on par with a netbook keyboard, so while I prefer a full size keyboard (might splurge for a BT one at some point), typing isn't abysmal either and I find I can make good time with it.

Met with mixed reviews the Streak never took off as T - Mobile's first 4G tablet and the Dell Mini 10 appealed to the Netbook loving crowd who unfortunately got tempted by the sudden rise of tablets.

The game - changing Asus Eee Pad Transformer combined a great standalone tablet with a keyboard dock that not only let you type properly but also doubled the device's battery life and gave you such connectivity gems as full - size USB ports and a regular SD card slot, essentially turning the tablet into a mini laptop that had a better screen and lasted longer on the go than any netbook.

It can even be used as a netbook or laptop replacement if you're happy with its limitations, and dare we say should run Windows 8 beautifully when that OS comes out, expanding its flexibility further.

Unlike the now - obsolete iPad keyboard dock, this peripheral lets you angle the screen just as you would with a dedicated netbook, including closing it fully, thereby protecting the screen when travelling.

With soaring sales, huge gains as an e-reader, real cuts into the netbook market, and sky - high (albeit early) customer satisfaction rates, the iPad's biggest challenge has been living up to all of the pre-launch hype.

With the keyboard attached, the whole bundle weighs 1.14 kg, which is around the same weight as a netbook.

The company also offered other Android - based hardware such as a netbook and was in the process of launching 6 new devices earlier this year with a presence at trade shows, before its sudden, albeit unsurprising demise.

But it's still a substantial improvement, such as the Palm PDA was over the Newton's size, or current netbooks are over a laptop with a 15 inch screen.

-- as light as a netbook but with the typing ease and power of a full notebook and the multimedia pizzazz of a high - end tablet.

Amazon and other companies must make the case that their dedicated products have a place in a world filled with multipurpose devices that can display e-books, such as smartphones, tablets, and netbooks.

If it can be used as a ebook reader, a netbook, or run a web browser simultaneouly with the book page on the opposite screen, this could be a product that would take over the ebook market.

As well as new generation tablets from Apple and the Android crowd, the Taiwan show featured hybrid tablet / phones from vendors like Asus and Acer; «netvertibles», which offer touchscreen and netbook modes; and even the first «cloudbooks», a new breed of thin client gadgets with a browser - based operating system and user interface, as pushed by Google with its Chrome OAs well as new generation tablets from Apple and the Android crowd, the Taiwan show featured hybrid tablet / phones from vendors like Asus and Acer; «netvertibles», which offer touchscreen and netbook modes; and even the first «cloudbooks», a new breed of thin client gadgets with a browser - based operating system and user interface, as pushed by Google with its Chrome Oas new generation tablets from Apple and the Android crowd, the Taiwan show featured hybrid tablet / phones from vendors like Asus and Acer; «netvertibles», which offer touchscreen and netbook modes; and even the first «cloudbooks», a new breed of thin client gadgets with a browser - based operating system and user interface, as pushed by Google with its Chrome Oas pushed by Google with its Chrome OS.

According to the Sunday Times in the UK, the product, dubbed the Eee Reader after the cheap Asus Eee PC netbooks, may be cheaper than Kindle and Sony e-book readers, with the budget version possibly costing as little as $ 165 in the UK.

As an emergency solution it'll do for a quick check of emails, but the presence of Wi - Fi will also often be partnered with the presence of a more capable web surfer — like a smartphone, tablet, netbook, laptop — heck, even a PDA.

One way this could ultimately happen is if wireless providers like Verizon subsidize the devices and sell them in their stores, as they do with the inexpensive laptops called netbooks.

Two may not have much to show, as news this week suggests both ASUS and Acer are backing out of the tablet game next year, and Dell is doing to the same with netbooks after it publicly claimed intentions to exit the Android tablet market.

I think one thing to keep in mind with the criticisms of the tablets that lack phone capability is that a lot of people (as per the stats we're seeing now) are using tablets like the iPad as a netbook / laptop replacement, not a phone replacement.