2013: The End of netbooks?

 

For many, the end of the netbook is a fact. While these laptops and technology were in fashion between 2008 and 2010, in 2011 and 2012 very few companies are dedicated to making follow. These small became very popular in the U.S. market, but today it is very rare to find in stores. As tablets started to come into play, speed, portability and battery life ended up killing netbooks.
Now, according to a recent report, Asus plans to stop producing EeePC equipment, which would be a devastating blow to the industry as are available in the market about 20 different EeePC models. For now, only Asus and Acer are companies that still produce netbooks, and indeed the vast majority of them are sold in emerging markets such as South America and Southeast Asia.
Will 2013 go down as the year when netbooks completely stopped being produced?

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11.6 inch Asus U24A is already on sale

 

Students or professionals? Looking for a new netbook? For you have come to the right place, because the new 11.6-inch Asus U24A is surely looking model: it is easy to carry, is well equipped and has good prices.
Besides carrying a powerful Intel Core i5-3210m at 2.5GHz, Asus U24A also has a total of 4GB of DDR3 RAM and has a 750GB hard drive. Its screen has a resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels, similar to other current models of 11 inches.
The specifications of the Asus U24A side include a card reader, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity and Ethernet ports, USB 2.0 , USB 3.0 and HDMI, as well as having a battery with almost 9 hours.
The notebook , which uses Windows 7 Home Premium is priced at $ 750 and has just been released in Japan, so the next month and should be in the other markets.

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A spin of Nokia smartphones will bring Meego

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A new Finnish company formed by former employees from Nokia and discarded technology used by mobile phone maker, plans to launch its first smartphone later this year, thus entering a market already saturated.
The 'startup', Jolla, Meegan will use the software, developed by Nokia and Intel between 2010 and 2011, for their products.
Based on the Linux operating system, Meegan has found use in netbooks and infotainment systems in cars, but so far only been installed on a smartphone model, the Nokia N9.
Finland's Nokia last year changed its own software platform, MeeGo and Symbian, Windows Phone from Microsoft, still unproven, a move that affected their sales and brought down the price of its shares. Yet to disclose sales figures N9.
"The team Jolla consists of managers and professionals of the organization, Nokia Meego, along with some of the improvements Meego minds working in the communities," said the new company in a statement.
Jolla said he would focus on the design, development and sales of new smartphones based on software Meego and submit its first model later this year, along with private international investors and partners.
Analysts said the new company would have trouble getting a smartphone market highly competitive, which is dominated by Google and Apple.
"Art is not to create a cool phone, the challenge is to create a sustainable business. And when you have everything in place, is when it takes the product to market," said John Strand, founder of the Danish telecoms consultancy Strand Consult.

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