Holiday Guide – Find out which Netbook, UMPC and Mobile Phone is most bang for a buck this holiday season?

No doubt that we are still bearing the effects of depression right now. We need to make wise choices. We just cannot afford to step into the market and get the latest shiny stuff. I’m not saying that we should get old stuff, but in this article I’m going to enlist the best products at best prices. I’ll also give you the names of the best ones too!

Holiday Guide - Find out which Netbook, UMPC and Mobile Phone is most bang for a buck this holiday season?

Most-bang-for-a-buck UMPC: Fujitsu U810/U1010

Ultra-mobiles are popular for their huge price-tags. Their sales are not counted in millions like iPhone and HTC Diamond. Last year, the Fujitsu U810 (US) and U1010 (Asia) were quite out-of customer’s reach. Both were >$1000 and thus was not very popular among customers. This is not the scene this year. They can now be bought for around $700-800 now making it a very attractive package. For nearly $700, you are getting a UMPC that runs vista fine (you can use XP too), comes with decent HDD, 1 GB RAM, clamshell design and reputed brand name in tablet PCs, Fujitsu. You cannot go wrong with it.

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Gateway to launch LT1001j Netbook in Japan

Gateway plans to launch netbook “LT101j” in Japan. Gateway is made by Acer. So the LT1001j has been called brother of  the Acer Aspire One by some. This beautiful netbook will be launched in the end of the month. It will be Gateway’s first netbook in Japan.

Features:

  • Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz Processor
  • 8.9-inch WSVGA display
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 160GB HDD
  • 3-cell battery
  • Windows XP home
  • WSVGA (1024 x 600)
  • Weight: 1.06 kg

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Is the Google Chrome recommended for the netbooks like ASUS EEE 700 series with WVGA resolution?

Google Chrome came out of its beta stage a couple of days ago. It is working great on the notebooks and other latest netbooks with 1024 x 600 resolution. But, how does it work on the UMPCs and netbooks with WVGA (800 x 480) resolution.

Is the Google Chrome recommended for the netbooks like ASUS EEE 700 series with WVGA resolution

Installation

The installation was painless. I just pointed my browser to http://chrome.google.com and it took me to the download page. The installation was done over the air and didn’t involve any user interaction at all, which is a nice thing. However, this means that you cannot install it on the driver of your choice.

Web-Browsing

The EEE 701 and other UMPCs and netbooks that sport a 800 x 480 display often struggle to provide decent web-browsing experience out-of-box. This is mainly due to the fact they come with IE6 or IE7. The linux version of EEE 700 series comes with Firefox 2 and it is not simple to upgrade to the Firefox 3 if you are on Xandros (default OS that comes with the 701 series).

Stories aside, lets me give you some comparison pictures. Pictures say a thousand words by itself. Right? You can click on any screenshot to see the actual resolution screenshot.

ApoTheTech.com on Chrome
ApoTheTech.com on Chrome

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Lenovo introduces S10 Special Edition "Gold"

Lenovo has launched Special Edition “Gold” S10 netbook in the Hong Kong. It looks so good. So far, I have no idea that it will be made available in other countries. The Lenovo S10 is a decent netbook with quite nice features. The 6-cell battery is also going to be made available worldwide making this netbook a great deal overall.

The discounts are also available on the S10 models. Sadly, the gold edition is not being entertained by this offer.

via (blogeee.net)

More information about MSI Wind U110, U115 and Touch-enabled Wind

MSI Wind has a lot of plans for 2009. They are planing to launch U120 in January 2009 with a new design and WiMAX/3G option for U.S. And they will also release two versions of MSI Wind,  U110 and U115 at the end of January along with touch-enabled MSI Wind, which is expected to land during the CES 2009.

Here are the some specifications of Wind U110 and Wind U115:

Wind U110:

  • Z530 Atom Processor
  • 1GB (expandable to 2GB)
  • 10-inch LED backlight
  • 160GB or 250 GB hard drive
  • 6-cell battery
  • 802.11 b/g/n
  • 1.3 MP or 2MP webcam

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Akoya Mini E1210 finally coming to Aldi stores

Aldi stores are now busy promoting the Akoya Mini E1210. Akoya E1210 was announced at IFA 2008 and it was then announced that the Aldi stores would be selling it. Now, here is the price: just £272! That is it!

Here comes the boring part. It is just-another-MSI-wind-clone.

Product Specifications

  • Intel® Atom™  Processor 1.6GHz
  • Windows® XP Home Edition (includes SP3/OEM version)
  • 10-inch widescreen display
  • 1 GB of RAM
  • 160 GB Hard Drive
  • High Bandwidth Draft-n Wireless LAN
  • Stereo loudspeakers
  • Integrated Webcam with Microphone.

I was not able to get any information on the battery supplied.

For those of you who don’t know about Aldi: It is a (discount) supermarket.

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