Category: NetBook

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Fidelity Electronics unveils VPC – Very Personal Computer (or Very Shabby Computer?)

Fidelity Electronics have unveiled Very Personal Computer, which has the specifications that were found in the old EEE 2G surf. Weighing at 1.5 pounds, it comes with a shabby WVGA screen and costs $199.

Specifications

  • 7-inch screen with 800 x 400 pixel
  • 3-hour battery life
  • 2 GB internal storage
  • Ethernet jack
  • SD card slot
  • 100 MHz Internet browser

Surprised by the last point? We are as surprised as you are. We are still trying to figure out what the folks at Fidelity meant by 100MHz Internet Browser. We fail to find a single advantage of buying the fidelity netbook over the now old ASUS EEE 2G surf. Wait, we do not even recommend the 2G surf to anyone too!

[jgadgets]

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Gateway LT1001i officially launched in Philippines

Gateway LT1001i has made its way to the Philippines. It comes with a fairly standard netbook specifications:

  • 8.9-inch screen
  • Intel Atom N270 processor
  • Windows XP home edition
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 160GB HDD
  • 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n
  • Intel’s Mobile 945GSE chipset
  • Webcam
  • card reader
  • weighs: 1.26kg

It will cost you a little over $400. All those specs makes the LT1001i a great overall netbook. With many netbook companies moving away from the 8.9-inch netbooks, it is nice to see certain companies still rolling out 8.9-inch netbook models.  This will attract those customers who have been looking for smaller netbooks and found 10.2-inch netbooks a bit bulky to carry around.

[Gateway LT1001I official webpage] [via electronic pulp]

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Dell Mini 10 gets dissected

Dell has published several illustration photos with description of how to disassemble the Dell Mini 10 and gain access to the HDD, CPU and Wireless card. Please note that you will have to take keyboard out in order to get your hands on the aforementioned items. And by removing the trackpad assembly, you can even add TV tuner to the unit. Unfortunately, you cannot upgrade the RAM as it soldered to the  unit. More pictures:

DOCUMENTATION

[via mydellmini]

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ASUS to showcase the EEE SHELL 1008HA and S121 at CeBIT 2009

Remember the ultra-thin EEE SHELL that we mentioned a couple of days back? Well, ASUS is planning to unveil the SHELL AKA 1008HA at the CeBIT 2009. The SHELL 1008HA is rumored to be slimmer than the current flagship EEE, S101 and will offer more battery life than the EEE S101.

Along with 1008HA, the company will also showcase the recently released S101H, Eee PC T91, Eee PC S121, UX and U-series ultra-thin notebooks and Eee Keyboard. More exciting news coming, the S101’s successor , S121 is also going to be launched, which will have a whopping 512GB SSD drive. Yes, that is not a typo. It will be the first netbook to feature such spacious SSD drive.  However, it is cost you at mind-boggling $1649. For those who want to be remain on the cheap side, they can opt for the 120GB HDD version, which will retail for $899.

At $1649 and with 512GB SSD, one does not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the ASUS S121 is directly going to rival the  Macbook Air, which retails more or less, at the same price. However, will it still be called an EEE? That is miles behind of being called as a cheap netbook.

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Click here to read the S101 review

[via digitimes]

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Not all Dell Mini 9s are same

It looks like that not all the Dell Mini 9s are same or shall I say “Dell has made an improvement”. The hinge of the old Dell Mini 9 (shown on the right) would not allow the screen to go back as the one shown on the left. The ability to go back more can provide better viewing angles in certain positions, say when you are standing.

My trusty ASUS EEE 1000H can go back a great deal, almost 160-deg or so. It is pity that the older Dell Mini 9’s hinge did not allow the users to let their screens go back as compared to the new Dell Mini 9’s hinge.

[related post on DellMini forums]

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Asus EEE 1000HE will be made available in many colors

Asus Eee PC 1000HE is going to be made available in many colors, which includes colors like silver, gold,  pink, blue and ofcourse, black and white. There will be no changes hardware-wise or software-wise in these models.

Asus EEE 1000HE will be made available in many colors

Specifications:

Intel Atom N280 processor @ 1.66GHz
160GB HDD
1GB RAM
10GB EEE storage (read more about it)
WiFi b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.0

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ASUS EEE PC 1004DN to be released in the US


ASUS EEE PC 1004DN has passed the FCC (link), which increases its chances of making its debut in the US market. The 1004DN is the first EEE PC with a built-in DVD drive. It has two features which makes it different from 1000H:

  1. inclusion of DVD drive
  2. use of N280 processor (1000H uses N270)

Specifications:

  • Atom N280 (1.66GHz) processor
  • 10.2” 1024×600 Display
  • 1GB RAM
  • 160GB HDD
  • 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth

via netbook3g

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Where is Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) in EEEbuntu? [Netbook]

If you have just installed the wonderful EEEbuntu, you will have a hard time figuring out the Super Hybrid Engine. The EEEbuntu does not come with SHE, but instead it comes with a SHE-equivalent, CPU FREQUENCY CONTROL.

Soon, after the installation, you may not be able to find it. Here are the steps to put it somewhere so that it is always accessible.

  • Right click on the Dock
  • Select Dock Preferences
  • Go to Applets
  • From the list, select CPU FREQUENCY Control
  • Click on the Activate button
  • Close

After adding it to the Dock, you can simply click on the the applet to change the CPU frequency. I recommend the onDemand profile which scales the CPU speed as per requirement

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ASUS Eee Shell ultra-thin netbook to launch in April 2009

After the nice success of their ASUS EEE S101 netbook (review), ASUS is planning to launch another ultra-thin netbook in the month of April, EEE SHELL. It will be more powerful than the ASUS EEE S101 and will have even better battery life. The price is going to be around US$486-571, which is the same price at which the ASUS EEE S101 was launched.

ASUS Eee Shell ultra-thin netbook to launch in April 2009

Folks, April is not too far away. Right? [via engadget]

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Gigabyte M1022, S1024, T1028 unveiled at CeBIT

Gigabyte is showing a slew of netbooks at CeBIT. The TouchNote T1028 and S1024 are regular tablet style UMPCs. On the other hand, the M0122 is a traditional netbook and does not come with a touchscreen unlike T1028 and S1024. We also appreciate the option of higher resolution (1388 x 768) on the 10.1-inch screen. It would the web-experience much better.

Touch Note T1028 specifications:

  • 10.1” LED Display 1024×600 or 1366 x 768
  • Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz) or N280 (1.66GHz)
  • 1GB RAM (2GB Max)
  • 160GB HDD (2.5”)
  • 802.11a/b/g, 3.5G, WiMAX
  • Windows XP Home
  • 3x USB, 1x ExpressCard, Multi-card reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)
  • 4 Cell (4500mAh) or 6 Cell (7650 mAh) Battery

Thin Note S1024 (M/G/P)

  • Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz)
  • 10.1” 1024 x 576 LED Display
  • 1GB RAM
  • 1.8” PATA 80-120GB HDD
  • 802.11 b/g, 3.5G
  • Windows XP Home
  • Multi-card reader (MMC/SD/mSD)
  • 2x USB, 1x VGA
  • 6 Cell (3400 mAh)
  • 890g (with battery)

BookTop M1022

  • Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz)
  • 10.1” 1024 x 600 LED Display (or 1366 x 768)
  • 1GB RAM (2GB Max)
  • 2.5” 160GB HDD
  • 802.11 b/g/n, 2.1 and 3.5G, WiMAX
  • 1.3MP Webcam
  • Bluetooth
  • Windows XP Home

More pictures here

[via engadget]