Next week some 150,000 people are estimated to attend the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and most of these people kick the netbooks to the curb while they rush creeping towards the pricey ultrabook and cost effective full-sized laptops.

Of course, you should expect netbook announcements at CES; however this type of hardware is on its final stride – at least when you talk of Western markets.

Manufactures have already begun pulling back. In fact, just the previous month, Dell confirmed its intention to end its netbook wing of production. But prior to bidding netbooks a warm farewell, it’s important to appreciate the way they’ve changed the world of computing as well as pin the guilt on those accountable for their downfall.

Netbooks were brought down largely by three crucial things: a PC business that sets inflexible rules on memory; an already incorporated Microsoft’s Windows 7 “Starter” edition that distributes with netbooks and the press that mostly parrots PC market alleges that netbooks are only excellent for email and Web browsing.

Netbooks will stay feasible, functional and economical, and their performance levels will only get improved with Intel’s latest Atom chip. Named, the Cedar Trail, which is a dual-core Atom 32-nanometer chip that clock speeds of close to 2.13GHz.

Although netbook manufactures are looking to display their latest models at CES that will basically be relegated to the shadows by what’s likely to be quite a number of ultrabook announcements. The biting wit is that at CES, open power outlets will be difficult to locate, netbook consumers will be lucky to survive the convention with working PCs.

Considering netbook’s six-celled batteries, most will deliver battery time of about 7-9 hours. Plus it’s simple to carry a backing battery in a bag since netbooks don’t consume a lot of space.

Netbook in itself as a product group was first released in 2007. A few of the early models were lemons, as well as a 4GB flash drive Linux  version manufactured by Asus that sold with about 95 percent of the hard-drive consumed up by pre-installed applications. Yet it’s difficult, in retrospection, not to respect the originality and experimentation the group produced.

Undoubtedly, shipments of the iPad destroyed the netbook industry, as did the entrance of the Apple’s take on the lean, MacBook Air, glossy and sexy ultrabook class. Slim and lightweight, with a standard keyboard, ample storage capacity and a fairly fast processor, the MacBook paved the way something fresh. Like the Ultrabooks that may ultimately prove to be superior, although not cheap. And you can guess why at CES 2012 will be: All salute the ultrabook.

Source: PC World

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It seems that another company is prospecting to be the next Acer Iconia in the coming CES 2012. To give you some past overview, last CES 2011, Acer Iconia, a dual-screen Windows 7 laptop was the winner or the top picked device on the Last Gadget Standing night. Apparently, NajmTek is suspecting to have plans in launching a similar device from Acer in the form of the U-book or the Universal Notebook in the world’s upcoming largest consumer technology tradeshow. It is said to be a desktop stand-in machine that differs from a laptop, netbook or tablet PC either.

The U-book will possess a dual-screen feature and a keyboard touchscreen. What more interesting with this device is that the keyboard is perfectly customizable and unique depending on your desired preference. With this, users might love to design different layouts that will please their personalities as well.

However, final word is lacking. Thus, consumers should stay tuned at CES 2012 for more exciting details.

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Last time we heard of the Litl webbook is when it came up for pre-order back in November. Now we have word that the webbook will be making an appearance at CES. CES 2010 will be taking place between 7th and 10th of this month and UberGizmo are going and will be taking a closer look at this device. The Litl can be used as a standard netbook, or the display and keyboard can be flipped around to make it stand up like an easel. Litl features a 12″ display and is developed by Intel.

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HiVision are producing three new netbooks to add to it’s 7 inch model. Their 7 inch netbook was reported to be a cheap “sub $100″  buy at $98 but, Brad from Liliputing managed to meet with the netbook company at CES 09 and he reports that in actual fact the netbook should cost more than that for regular consumers on release, more like around $150. The $98 price tag is for bulk buyers apparently. There is no pricing information available for the new netbook range.

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