I am doing a lot of work with one-to-one laptop programs, especially with the new inexpensive ($300-ish) ones. These laptops are well-suited for learning in so many ways, but one struggle we have is with power. Even with the best
The changing world of low-cost mini-laptops
I’m still working on some kind of grid of all the new low-cost mini-laptops coming out, but I have to say that it’s a little difficult to keep up! In particular, Asus seems to be coming out with new models
Dell's new low-cost laptop
The long-rumored, low-cost laptop from Dell is now official: the Inspiron Mini 9 (currently available for pre-order only). The prices start at $349 (not quite as low as had been rumored and hoped for, but prices generally fall over time)
Proliferation of new mobile devices
There have been several new mobile devices coming out, and now HP has one as well. The HP 2133 Mini-Notebook is $499 with Linux. (As with all of these new category devices, the price is quite a bit higher with
Side benefit of Web 2.0
Here’s a nice side benefit to Web 2.0: When the batteries on your laptop die, you can just grab another one and keep working!
More thoughts on the Foleo….
After a few hours of reading more about the new Foleo and watching Palm’s video conference on it, here are a few more of my thoughts. – The Foleo can be used as a standalone device (i.e. without a smartphone).