The netbooks will get faster performance from the Atom N550. The chips will also lead to improvements in application and graphics processing, Intel said
Slate-style devices will outsell netbooks by 2012, Forrester forecasts. Another firm, DisplaySearch, offered up even short-term estimates in the tablet-versus-netbook battle
The company announced two new netbooks with chips from AMD, boosting the chip company's aspirations to capture netbook market share from Intel. The category-dominating vendor is using Athlon II Neo processors
But the company didn't rule out plans to eventually release a Chrome-based netbook. Acer, which sells more netbooks than any other company, said it's awaiting to see the potential of Google's OS in the consumer market
Boasting a 12-hour battery life plus high-speed broadband and Wi-Fi connectivity, Nokia''s 1.25 kilogram wafer-thin offering hopes to break into a quickly crowding netbook market