For the first time ever, tablet shipments have surpassed netbook shipments–finally sounding the death knell for netbooks. Market research firm ABI Research reports that Q2 2011 global tablet shipments ...

This time last year, netbook sales were up nearly 900% from the same quarter a year earlier. No one really expected that growth rate to continue, but no one really expected netbook sales to fall off ...

Netbooks have had no shortage of naysayers since they first appeared two fall seasons ago. Critics said they were too small, underpowered, and fragile, for starters. Tell that to the consumers who ...

Sure, tablets are a cool idea, but netbooks aren't going anywhere, especially at the low end of the market and in education. E-readers are another story. As I've already noted, they need to get a heck ...

Converting a notebook into a tablet is one of the toughest — and most impressive — mods out there. Over in Mobile01forums are some pictures (above) of a 7-inch Asus Eee PC 701 netbook turned into a ...

We know the Dell Inspiron Duo, a hybrid device that can switch from tablet to netbook in a unique way, has a number of you rather excited. Well, it doesn't look like you have much longer to wait ...

Which is best: a tablet, a netbook or a laptop? Desktop computers are an optimal combination of power, functionality and price to work and play online and off. But most people want to use their ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The success of tablet computers will drag down sales of notebook and netbook computers, shifting some business away from x86 chips and Windows toward ARM-based processors and Google ...

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Apple’s iPad may soon put a stake in the heart of netbooks, research analysts said this week. The momentum is rapidly shifting from netbooks to tablets, said experts at Forrester Research and ...

Tablets, netbooks, smartphones–these days, you can’t buy a microwave without being upsold on the 4G, touchscreen, app-store model. But when you’re picking out your preferred mobile tech for work (or ...