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Samsung launches the NC210

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The Samsung NC210 was last seen at the CES 2011 in Las Vegas, but now it appears to have turned up in Italy for pre-orders with a price tag of around $480.

This netbook will offer the user a handy 10 inch matte display with 1024 x 600 pixel resolutions, it will be powered by the 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor, and graphic come via the GMA 3150 integrated graphics card.

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NEC launches four new laptops

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Never to be out done by anyone, NEC have been quietly working away in their design studios on some new laptops, and now that they feel these machines are ready, they have launched the LaVie L, LaVie S, LaVie M and last but definitely not least the LaVie Light.

These are the details for the LaVie L, LaVie S, LaVie M and LaVie Light laptops;

LaVie L comes with Intel’s latest series of Core CPU includi

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Mobii launching mini laptop

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Point of View are launching its own version of a mini laptop, the Mobii ION, initially it looks like an interesting machine using the Intel Atom N230 processor, along with a HDMI port essential for HD video playback etc. It will be available in various colours, with more variations coming out over the next few months.

Features:

10.2-inch LCD screen with a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600

Atom 230 processor with 1 GB of DDR2 memory

The ION GPU is Shader Model 4.0 enabled, as well as being DirectX 10 ready

CUDA and Purevide

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Gateway includes the Atom N270

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The computer maker Gateway will be including the Intel 1.6 GHz Atom N270 in the LT2000 and yes there will be an “Intel Inside” sticker on the casing just so that there is no misunderstandings as to what is going on inside. This news follows the LT2000 use of the AMD processor in the first batch.

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Intel® Atom(TM) Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)

Genuine Microsoft Windows XP® Home (Service Pack 3)

10.1-inch WSVGA 16:9 ratio TFT LCD (1024 x 600 resolutions)

Mobile Intel® 945G

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Sony Vaio W ready for pre-order at Amazon

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Amazon is doing well today, but the pre-order pages on its site are very interesting. Amazon UK is offering all three colours for pre-order (white, brown and pink) for £430 but there is no estimated release date is given, although Sony expects the Vaio W in the stores by the middle of August. The Vaio W is also available for pre-order in the US through Amazon.com for $499.99, but only in the brown and pink colour.

Specs:

1366 x 768 resolution 10-inch display

Chiclet keyboard

Powered by a 1.66GHz N280 Atom CPU

Comes with

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Basic Atom powered X50 from Shuttle

This is a cross between an all in one desk top computer and mini laptop, in fact with the handle down this computer can service as both, which is cool if that is what you want. The problem that faces the manufacturers is space, there is as little space inside an all in one desk top as there is in a mini laptop and so we are finding that firms like Shuttle are bringing basic versions of this type of computer.

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Is Android better than Windows 7

It seems that when it comes to netbooks and other smaller portable devices that have been designed to make accessing the internet easier no matter where you are and what you are doing.

However, there are some concerns that the when Android finally appears later in the year, that the performance is not going to be able to match that of Windows 7 because of the 1 GHz ARM processor.

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Intel to launch Atom N270 successor

The people over at Intel have been working the replacement for the Intel Atom N270 processor; initially it is being called the Atom N450. This new processor is going to belong to an integrated platform, which is to be known as the Pine Trail.

The launch date is said to be around October this year where it will have a single core Atom N450 CPU that also comes with northbridge functions built in and will be paired wi

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Onkyo launch the Sotec C204A5

Japanese computer buyers will be able to get their hands in the Sotec C204A5 from Onkyo; this is a WiMax ready machine that will be going on sale sometime in July.

Features:

Intel’s Atom N270 (1.60GHz) processor

Intel 945GSE Express Chipset

1 GB of RAM

32 GB of Solid-Stat

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Lenovo launch ION mini laptop

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The official launch of the first ION based mini laptop from Lenovo is imminent, but already there are some facts and figures around, but not too much to go on. However, in the mean time, we do have some snippets of info like it will be using a 1.6 GHz N270 Intel Atom processor with a twelve inch display.

Features:

12-inch ION net book will include the Atom CPU 1.6 GHz N270 processor

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