By ConsumerReports.org
AT&T will begin selling netbooks with integrated wireless Internet cards, selling them for as low as $ 50 — with a data plan contract, of course. The rollout will begin in Atlanta and Philadelphia.
AT&T is also looking to enter the e-book market, according a company exec quoted by Bloomberg at the recent trade show in Las Vegas hosted by industry organization CTIA Wireless:
The Kindle, which lets users download books over Sprint Nextel Corp.’s network, has done a “phenomenal job,” and AT&T wants to be part of that market, Glenn Lurie, head of emerging devices at AT&T, said today. — Bloomberg.com
Verizon has also expressed interest in entering the e-reader fray, saying it had been approached by five (undisclosed) companies interested in a wireless connection like that of the Kindle.
The takeaway: AT&T’s netbook announcement, along with an earlier one from Verizon, suggests these tiny laptops are increasingly being positioned as much as an additional mobile network-connected device as a supplemental computer.
It’s unclear if the AT&T exec’s remarks on e-readers are anything more than an off-the-cuff response to the success of the Kindle. But the notion of another carrier joining Sprint — the carrier the Kindle uses — in the e-book business is intriguing. Wireless access to content is one of the most compelling aspects of the Kindle, giving it the edge over competitors like the Sony Reader (which we’ve covered in the past). The other is access to the huge library of e-content — Amazon’s 250,000 Kindle titles in the case of the Kindle. And to offer a compelling option to the Kindle, AT&T, Verizon, or any other carrier, will need to find a content partner with a competitive library. It isn’t immediately clear who might be able to offer that (perhaps other than Sony, with its Reader library.)
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In my opinion I really dont think these will work out well. what do you think?
any laptop that costs 50 bucks seems like a scam to get money to me.
real technology is pricey, at least 200 bucks is reasonable for a computer that will actually be useful.
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Reliablitlty? Any thing else i should know about either brand? My mom is getting me a Laptop for my birthday. She is planning got buy it at B And H or best buy.
She says dell was found better than Hp on consumer reports but she cant find the article. All my Friends have Hp and they love it but no n can compare the two.
Please give any info you know about either brand and there models.
Tips
Price- 1 – 1000 dollars
reliability- probably only use it in the house but need every day for typing home work researching and playing games not one of those entertainment laptops my ma already said no.
either brand would be great,but if I was buying it would be a hp,just like them better,that’s a personal opion
In terms of reliability, both Dell and HP are pretty much the same, so either is good. I don’t know what’s “B and H” but with Best Buy, you’ll get the customer service that you can always take your computer to if you need help.
So if you’re going to stick with a big name brand and get a preconfigured boxed system from a store, go with whichever one gives you more bang for the buck. Compare the specifications for each and see which one has better features of what you want.
HP and Dell both have decent laptops. What you want to look for when shopping for a laptop is processor speed and memory.
I suggest that you look for a laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor @ 2GHz or more. It is also good to have at least 2 GB of RAM. I also recommend Windows XP rather than Vista (just because Vista is new, does not mean it’s better), and I know that HP has the XP downgrade option.
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