Features

• Tablet or netbook? How to choose the right mobile tech

  By Patrick Miller | 24 June, 2011 02:16

  Tablets, netbooks, smartphones--these days, you can't buy a microwave without being upsold on the touchscreen, app-store model. But when you're picking out your preferred mobile tech for work (or even for play), you can't rely on a features chart or a list of specs to tell you what you should buy.

• The end is near for netbooks

  By Keir Thomas | 19 January, 2011 06:19

  So long, netbooks.

• The slate effect

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 08 September, 2010 10:49

  The iPad is gaining traction in just about every market imaginable. MATTHEW SAINSBURY asks whether it's a threat to traditional notebooks.

• New Intel Atom chips spell more trouble for pricier PCs

  By Jared Newman | 22 December, 2009 04:20

  Here's a rhetorical question: How are netbooks any less attractive to consumers when Intel improves the Atom chips inside them?

• Acer reveals specs of Android smartphone

  By Dan Nystedt | 15 October, 2009 22:18

  Acer has disclosed more details about its upcoming Android-based Liquid smartphone, a thin device with a 3.5-inch touchscreen.

• Nokia’s $US800 netbook costs too much

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 03 September, 2009 08:13

  The Nokia Booklet 3G netbook may have some clever innovations, including mobile broadband and a 12-hour battery, but its steep price tag will drive customers away.

• Dell netbook rumor prompts questions about Android

  By Agam Shah | 08 May, 2009 10:31

  Reports that Dell might use Google's Android OS in a netbook raises questions about what the device might look like and whether Android is ready for use beyond smartphones.

• Questioning the netbook phenomenon

  By Scot Finnie | 24 April, 2009 02:27

  It's human nature to get on the bandwagon of a "good thing." Take the screaming hype that is the netbook phenomenon, for example.