Gadget World

Looks like Chris’ hatred wasn’t totally unfounded. We just got our hands on a Google Ion — which as you can tell is a spitting image of the HTC Magic — complete with 30 days’ worth of T-Mobile service on an included SIM card. It’s not a public release model, but seems fully capable. Yes, [...]

With the IdeaPad S12, Lenovo, as rumored, is first out of the gates with a netbook based on Nvidia’s Ion chipset, and it’s a hell of a promising start: this 12-inch netbook promises the whole HD-playing, game-conquering Ion experience for around $500.

We don’t have a lot of information at the moment, but CNET is reporting that Lenovo is getting ready to launch the world’s first ION-based netbook. While CNET doesn’t give it a model number, the filename used on the image reads “LenovoS12netbook” and is said to pack discrete graphics and NVIDIA’s Ion processor. Technically, the [...]