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10″ Netbooks

Nokia enter the netbook market

Posted on August 25, 2009 by David Allen

This announcement was a turn up for the books, the communications firm that seems to have been around forever (Well twenty five years!) has all of sudden realised that there is a market for netbooks! So now a couple years after Asus brought out their netbook, Nokia have brought out the Booklet 3G.

The Nokia Booklet 3G features

Intel Atom Processor

12 hours of battery life

Ultra-thin form factor

Aluminium chassis

Slim design (slightly more than 2 cms. thin)

HDMI port for HD video

3G/HSPA and Wi-Fi c

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The Sony lookalike from AVIA

Posted on August 25, 2009 by David Allen

There are plenty of cloned machines around these days, it seems that making fakes is no good but coming up with a rip off is a different matter. Like this AVIA N101 netbook, this is being called a rip of the Sony VAIO W. but there is not much proof that it is as the only thing that would be the same is the ten inch display, the inside but there is no ION power or even a VGA out port.

Features:

Atom N270 processor

160 GB HDD

1 GB RAM and so on

Prices not available

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Asus adds silver to the 1005HA

Posted on August 24, 2009 by David Allen

Silver is one of the coolest colours that you can get in a laptop, it help the computer look as if it has been made from steel and so gives the impression of strength and toughness. Now this colour has been added to the Asus Eee PC 1005HA line up offering the user another option to think about.

Product Features

Elegant seashell-inspired design with 10″ LED-backlit screen and ergonomic keyboard

Enjoy up to 10.5 hours* of unplugged computing with ASUS Super Hybrid Engine

Ultra-portable in a stylish 1″ slim and 1.27

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The Samung NC10 10.2” netbook

Posted on August 24, 2009 by David Allen

Samsungs entry into the netbook market brings a new level of portable computing to the user, and this has pleased many users too as the market has seen the level of quality and reliability rise to better levels that are required by today’s demanding customers. The NC10 weighs only 2.8 pounds and comes equipped with the Intel Atom CPU, 160 Gb hard drive and 1 Gb RAM.

Product Features

10.2″ Wide, 1024 x 600 WSVGA, 220 nits

Intel Atom processor N270, 1.6 GHz, 533 MHz Front Side Bus, 512 KB Level 2 Cache

160 GB, 2.5″

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The Red Fox WizBook

Posted on August 18, 2009 by David Allen

This is one of the latest netbooks on the market at the moment. It is the Red Fox WizBook N1020i from Asian Tech based in the Philippines; of course, it is not going to be anything spectacular at all in the specs department, apart from the addition of Bluetooth 3.0 and the Express Card/34 slot, which is very handy.

Features:

1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor with 1 GB of RAM

10 inch 1024 x 600 pixel resolution matte screen

Built-in mic and webcam

Stereo speakers

Built-in Express Card/34 slot, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi an

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Price cuts for the Kogan Agora

Posted on August 17, 2009 by David Allen

This is a computer that has been designed following the feedback from customers, Kogan is an Australian computer maker but that does not mean that the Kogan Agora will not be available in the US. It comes with the gOS Linux operating system, this is based on Ubuntu and even a choice of battery, it comes with the standard three cell, but that can be upgraded to a six cell battery.

Features:

10.1 inch

1024 x 600 pixel display

1.3 MP webcam

802.11b/g Wi-Fi

Three USB ports

A VGA port

Headphone and micr

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New 10” netbook from ZaReason

Posted on August 14, 2009 by David Allen

You feel that ZaReason is a slightly weird name for a computer company and it probably is, but they are making netbooks that come with pre-loaded Ubuntu Linux OS and that is interesting. When buying the machine from new, the buyer can also configure the build to suit their needs.

Features:

•10″ 1024×600 Matte LCD

•Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz CPU

•Intel GMA950 integrated video

•640×480 Webcam

•Draft-N WIFI

•Optional internal 3G modem for mobile broadband connectivity virtually anywh

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LG finally launches the X130

Posted on August 14, 2009 by David Allen

The X130 a 10 inch netbook from LG has been discussed a lot ever since it first came to light, but one thing that stands out is the choice of battery, it seems that consumers will have the choice of three batteries. The 3 cell, 6 cell and the super 9 cell battery that offers a maximum of twelve hours of power.

Specs are the usual:

Atom N270 processor

1 GB RAM

160 GB HDD

802.11n Wi-Fi

Bluetooth 2.0

Windows XP Home

3G Modem ready

Weight: 1.45 kg

Priced at $632 in Korea

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Two versions of the Apple Tablet

Posted on August 14, 2009 by David Allen

There is plenty of talk about the launch of an Apple Tablet; the rumour now is that there are going to be two version of this large sized iPhone. One that comes with built in webcam and the other that has been specifically designed for students.

Whatever the use for the tablet is will come with a ten inch display and the shiny black back similar to that on the back of the current

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HP to offer prepaid 3G netbooks

Posted on August 12, 2009 by David Allen

HP are looking to change the face of the prepaid 3G market by offering netbooks and even other devices at greatly subsidised prices, there are rumours that the prices could be as low as $50 and rising up to $100.

In with this deal, the user will get a hundred free minutes to use and then after the user will need to continue under the pay as you go scheme in order to keep the machine connected to the internet. Now the bad news currently this deal is only available in Japan at the moment.

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