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A new netbook from Samsung surfaced over the weekend that will be its first offering powered by Nvidia ION platform. The NP-N510-KA02UK was leaked by a couple of retailers that also gave an early hint about the specifications and its price. According to it, the N510 netbook will have an LED back11.6-inch screen, 1.66GHz Atom [...]

 
Why not, Microsoft? When you hit nicely with the netbook crowd with Windows 7, why not give them one more reason to love you? I am sure many netbook users will appreciate to have an OS copy on a USB flash drive that boots and installs a hassle free upgrade. Go ahead MS. Don’t just [...]

 
Nvidia showed Tegra-based Mobinnova Elan netbook at the Computex and now they have confirmed that it will be released in this year itself. According to the spokesperson, the Tegra model will be launched in time during Black Friday in US for around $200. Though the specs are not yet finalized, the netbook will be based [...]

 
HP has expanded its Mini PC netbook as well as ProBook line to cater to the business users. The Mini 5101 upgrades over the current Mini lineup with the use of durable materials as well as the specs. The netbook’s durable prowess comes from the integration of anodized aluminum display enclosure, magnesium alloy in the [...]

 
Daewoo has launched a netbook spec’ed tablet PC that will most likely be sold in Korea only. Anyways, keeping the geographical considerations aside, the specs are really netbookish because there is nothing extraordinary you would find apart from the touchable display.
The tablet netbook has an 8.9-inch screen with 1024×600 resolution, Windows XP Home OS, [...]

 
UPDATED: Specs below.
My nephew plays happily on his Vtech notebook but as he grows up, he’ll demand for something real, which is why Disney and Asus have announced Netpal, a real netbook for such kids. Apart from the Disney logo on the display lid, there are few other features that makes it apt for kids. [...]

 
Add one more to the hackintosh netbook list. It’s the Vaio P that has managed to achieve this little feat albeit without any connectivity (except Bluetooth) or GMA 500 video drivers. If you’re intrigue to try this out – which has one advantage of running faster than Vista – ryuu123 and maccosmo have posted a [...]

Archos unveiled number of products at a presser yesterday including three music players, one UMPC and three notebooks.

 
Starting with the DAPs, they unveiled Archos 3, Archos 2 Vision and Clipper. The full specifications are not revealed but Archos 3 seems to have a 3-inch touchscreen display, 8GB storage, voice recorder, accelerometer, stopwatch, calendar, a [...]

 
Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 surely brings some excitement to the monotonous netbooks but apparently this excitement will need to wait till October. Blogeee came to know from its trustful source that Lenovo is mostly looking to launch IdeaPad S12 in two phases and in two different variants – one equipped with Ion and one without.
Lenovo [...]

 
Another day another rumor emerges from the Taiwanese shores. The heart of the rumor today is Acer and its ultra-thin notebook Timeline series. Apparently, due to the not so pleasing sales of Acer’s 11.6-inch netbook, its OEM, Quanta Computer has been asked to develop an 11.6-inch ultra-thin notebook.
Ultra-thin chassis means it will fall under [...]

 
Acer’s chairman JT Wang has confirmed that their first Android netbooks will also have Windows, enabling the netbook with two operating systems. While consumers have nothing to complain since they’ll get the best of two worlds, Acer’s move is attributed to the apprehension of an Android-only netbook.
They reckon that dual OS strategy is a [...]

 
11.6-inch is the current flavor of the netbooks and BenQ too caves in to align with the current trend. The Joybook Lite U121 Eco looks to be a decent netbook with decent specs. It has an Intel Z520/Z530 processor, Hybrid Storage (SSD + HDD), up to 32GB SSD or up to 500GB HDD, GMA500 graphics, [...]

 
Windows OS predominantly supports x86 architecture, so a denial from Microsoft to not support ARM processor based Smartbooks is not surprising.
Steve Guggenheimer at the Computex said “For people who want a PC, albeit a different chipset, we don’t think those will work very well. We sort of learnt in the last year that if [...]

 
It looks like we have got an answer to why companies are lured by an Android based netbook. Apparently, it’s the instant-on features in addition to enjoying connectivity options. As a proof of concept, Acer showed up an Atom powered D250 with Android. PC Watch was at hand to check out the boot and shut [...]

 
Just in case your 64GB pSSD runs out of space, SanDisk is also offering an additional storage solution. The Netbook SDHC card goes into your netbook’s memory card reader to give you an extra 8 or 16GB of storage. Well, if you’re trying to figure out the difference between the netbook SDHC and a regular [...]