The SAMSUNG NC20 was all set to be released by newEgg in US in the month of March. Now, it has been delayed to the month of April. The model that will be made available in US will come in only one color: black. In case, you have forgotten the specifications of this 12-inch beauty, here they are:
[via laptopmag]
ViewSonic, a famous company for its monitors is now going to launch netbooks in the Chinese market. What exact models of netbooks will be launched or will there be new models for China is not known at this moment.
Besides netbooks, it is also planning to launch a huge 22″ notebook in Chinese the market.
[via digitimes]
A forum member at UMPCfever has posted a hand drawn picture of a new mysterious netbook from Fujitsu. It has been named M2010 and will be unveiled in the month of July (2009). By the looks of it, it seems to have a 10-inch screen. But, the netbook in that picture looks like any other netbook in the market. If you ask me, it looks more like EEE 1000H or EEE 901 with smaller touchpad. The month of July is not far away and if you ask me, it will be too for difficult for Fujitsu to leak just hand drawings to the world before its launch.
Windows XP is already more than half-decade old now. At that time NAND based SSDs were not sold that openly in the consumer market. That is the reason the users are not able to make the most of the capabilities of the SSDs while running Windows XP. Unfortunately, the Vista also is not optimized for the SSDs. Actually, the Vista thrashes the disk even more than the XP making it even less ideal for SSDs.
Continue reading “Windows 7 is going to increase NAND flash memory demand – yes, it is a more SSD friendly OS”
Few days back, we posted about the Lenovo’s super-widescreen netbook, now being rumored over the Tech websites as “Pocket Yoga”. Folks at PCmag contacted the Lenovo and they told them that
It’s a design concept and may not even ship in China.
So, it was just a concept to see the outcome of fusion of smartphone and netbook. Thankfully, that-ultra-widescreen-netbook with odd display ratio will never hit the markets.
VIA has unveiled a new mainboard reference design for netbook. It will come with 1.6GHz VIA C7-M ULV processor with a 800MHZ FSB. But that alone is not the reason for the HD playback. It has the VIA’s Chrome9 graphics with support for hardware H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 and WMV9 decoding that let it decode the HD videos. It supports resolution up to 1366×768 and external display resolutions of up to 1920 x 1440. It also has support for wifi, BT and GPS.
Th VIA Chrome 9 GPU will allow a machine to decode the HD video with less 40% CPU use. Surely, they are going to give the Intel Atom, some tough competition.
[via Slashgear]
press release:
VIA Surfboard Rolls Out Peak HD Performance for Mini-Notebooks
VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design offers a highly power-efficient, ready-to-build solution to give system developers a head start in the mini-notebook market
Taipei, Taiwan, March 17, 2009 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design – an ultra-compact mainboard incorporating the VIA C7-M ULV processor, the brand new VIA VX855 unified IGP chipset, and advanced VIA multimedia and connectivity silicon, that has been specifically designed for easy integration into devices targeted at the rapidly growing mini-notebook market.
Unveiled today at the VIA Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB) Tech Forum Spring in Shenzhen, China – an event bringing together a host of PC manufacturing and infrastructure partners focused on delivering affordable, power efficient mini-notebooks to global markets – the VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design will not only reduce development time and costs for system manufacturers, but offers the latest advancements in ultra-mobile technology including smooth playback of high bit-rate 1080p HD video and outstanding 8-channel HD audio.
While consumers have been quick to endorse the mini-notebook form factor and the convenience provided by its connectivity and web surfing capabilities, the rise of HD video has resulted in a growing demand for better visual computing from ultra-mobile products.
The VIA Surfboard C855 meets this demand by providing flawless playback of high bit-rate 1080p HD video, which along with support for internal display resolutions of up to 1366 x 768 pixels and external display resolutions up to 1920 x 1440 pixels, the latest high definition VIA Vinyl Audio, and a wide range of connectivity options, allows for a rich on-the-go multimedia experience.
“A key advantage of the VIA Surfboard C855 is the head start it affords mini-notebook system developers or those seeking to enter the market,” said Richard Brown, Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “Not only is VIA in the unique position of being able to offer customers a complete, ready-to-build solution, but the new board’s HD capabilities mean VIA-based mini-notebooks will provide a superior multi-media entertainment experience.”
For more details on the VIA GMB Tech Forum Spring, please visit the VIA website at:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/company/events/2009gmb-techforum/
About the VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design
Designed for 10-12″-screen mini-notebook devices, the powerful, feature-rich yet highly power-efficient VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design comes with a VIA C7-M ULV processor supporting an 800MHz FSB, combined with the VIA VX855 media system processor with its support for a wide range of digital media technologies and I/O appropriate for the mini-notebook market.
The advanced graphics experience of the VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design is powered by the high performance VIA Chrome9 HCM IGP offering support for hardware acceleration of the widest variety of leading video standards including H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 and WMV9, which significantly reduces the workload and power consumption of the processor and enables high bit-rate HD video playback while utilizing less than 40% of CPU resources.
The latest high definition audio is supported through VIA Vinyl 8-channel HD audio, and a rich range of connection options includes support for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G for unparalleled flexibility.
More information about the VIA Surfboard C855 Reference Design may be found on the VIA website at:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spearhead/surfboard_c855/index.jsp
About the VIA GMB Alliance
Launched in Shenzhen, China, in October 2008, the VIA Global Mobility Bazaar Alliance was established as part of VIA’s long-term commitment to inspire innovation in mobile computing devices by sharing its leading-edge technology and expertise in power efficient x86 processor platforms.
Leading Chinese manufacturers are participating in the VIA Global Mobility Bazaar, as well as infrastructure partners such as American Megatrends (AMI), InnoLux, ITE Tech, PQI, SanDisk and TD Hi-Tech.
A key focus of the VIA GMB Alliance is to bring innovative mobile computing devices such as mini-notebooks to fast-emerging markets around the world, as well as within China. These markets are among the fastest growing in the world and are developing a keen appetite for mobile computing.
Further details on the VIA Global Mobility Bazaar may be found on the VIA GMB website at:
http://gmb.viatech.com/
Looks like a lot of netbook manufacturers are now finally focusing on improving the battery life. Asus has already announced a battery pack for EEE 1000HE, which should give you 9+ hours of battery life. Now, MSI has launched Wind U110 Eco, which offers 9-hour battery life. Here are its other specifications:
Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz CPUDid you observe that it includes an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 graphics card? Wow. MSI, please do not spoil the whole package with a 3-cell battery. I hope they make the 6-cell battery as standard for it. Otherwise, you will very soon be hearing the complains of the people about the crappy battery life.
[MSI]
A Taiwanese company named KuroKids have released a netbook named after a Japanese cartoon character, Doraemon. Hardware-wise, it is based on Intel’s classmate PC. It comes with a familiar Windows XP OS and will cost you around $500.
That is a pretty expensive price for an OLPC-based netbook though.
[via CheapLaptops]
Alright, we somehow missed this news. From the outside, it may look like just another keyboard, but it packs in much more than just a keyboard. They were able to squeeze in an Atom N270 processor, 5-inch 800×480 pixel screen, 16GB SSD, 1GB RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth and even USB 2.0 ports. I’m still wondering how the ASUS was able to put in so much under a keyboard. But how would your desktop look with the wires coming out from the keyboard? Odd.
Although Toshiba’s netbook NB100 is currently available in Europe and South America, Toshiba is yet to launch a netbook in the US market. Rumor has it that instead of launching the now-old NB100, it will launch a completely new product. Nothing about its specifications has been revealed so far. Patrick Mani of Toshiba says
You know us: We won’t be the least expensive out there and we won’t be the most expensive.
We all know that Toshiba is not going to take the US market lightly. However, it will be interesting to see what Toshiba comes up with later this year
[via netbookboards]
