Netbook Reviews

3GNET MI11 MID has built-in 3G

Shenzhen 3GNET, a Chinese company has launched its first MID MI11 in dragon land. We do not have the complete specs yet of this fantastic device, but we do know that it has a 5 inches display, 16GB or 32GB SSD, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. It also comes with built-in handwriting recognition software too.

No information on its price and release date.

Netbook Navigator Tablet gets Cheaper

When the Netbook Navigator was first appeared in the market, there was no iPad. Apple iPad, being touted as the game changer in the tablet market has forced a lot of tablet manufactures to reduce the price of their tablets. Looks like its Navigator’s manufacture too has realiszed that if they want to have good sales, they must reduce the price of their tablet.

The Netbook Navigator is now $400 cheaper and thus retails at US$799. Still costs a Benjamin more than the usual tablets that you see around.

[Official webpage]

Deal of the Day – HP TouchSmart tm2t – $892.49

Today’s Deal of the Day is the HP TouchSmart tm2t which is a 12.1-inch Convertible Tablet featuring a multi-touch display. It’s powered by low-voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor and optional ATI Mobility Radeon 4550 discrete graphics. Also features aluminum design with “Riptide” engraved illustration, fingerprint reader, touch-enabled Netflix application and other TouchSmart software applications. The zero-force touch display enables you to twist it 180 degrees, fold it, use the included digital pen to write notes or use your fingers to navigate onscreen (make multiple gestures to interact).

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China-edition iPad

This Android-powered tablet promises to give some competition to the Apple’s iPad. Sporting a 7-inch WVGA display, it is powered by an ARM9 processor that runs at 600MHz clock speed. Being promoted as Chinese iPad, its chip is based on Rockchip’s RK2808 chipset. There is a camera in the front too for video calls.

There is no information on release date and price, but expect it to be available around the Chinese New Year that starts on February 23.

Asus EeeTop ET1610PT nettop silently launched

Asus has launched a new nettop that is powered by the single-core Atom D410 processor. It features a 15.6-inch display that supports touchscreen input and has a decent resolution of 1600×900. Other specs include Intel GMA X3150 CPU, 6x USB ports, 5-in-1 card reader, 0.3-megapixel webcam and an Ethernet port. The ET1610PT will have a price tag of ~ 400 Euros (~$540).

For some (weird) reason, Asus is offering it with Windows XP operating system.

Hivision Smartbook runs Android OS

Hivision, a Chinese company has rolled a 7-inch netbook Smartbook that runs Android OS. To cut the cost, this little smartbook is powered by an ARM926 600MHz processor, 128MB of RAM and comes with 2GB of storage.

The display sports WVGA resolution (800×480) and has built-in wireless too.

Alienware M11x now available in China

The mighty Alienware M11x has finally made its appearance over the Dell’s China website. This 11-incher weighs around 4.5 pounds, but if you yearn for a lot of power, this is something you should definitely eye for.

Priced at 12,999 Yuan (~$1900) in China, it features an 11.6-inch display and 4GB RAM (upto 8 GB supported), GeForce GT 335M GPU, Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit edition, HDMI, VGA, 3 USB 2.0 ports and Wi-Fi b/g/n

Read Alienware M11x review

Add Chrome OS Menu to Google Chrome Browser

Want to add Chrome OS menu to the Chromium’s Browser? Follow these steps:

• Right click on the Google Chrome Browser icon on your desktop.
• Select “Properties”
• Look for “Target”
• In the  ”Target” box, after chrome.exe” put a space, and add the following line of code
• -user-agent=”Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; CrOS i686 9.10; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/4.0.253.0 Safari/532.5″ -pinned-tab-count=1
• Now, Click “Apply” and then “OK”
• Now go to “Options” menu in Google Chrome settings.
• Under “Home Page”, select ” Open This Page”
• Enter http://welcome-cros.appspot.com/menu
• Hit “close”
• Restart your Chrome browser
• That’s it!

Note that the Chrome OS menu page is, otherwise, not directly accessible

Angstrom Linux available for Archos 5 Internet Tablet

Want to try something other than the Android that comes pre-installed on the Archos 5 Internet Tablet? Archos has made Angstrom Linux available for its Internet Tablet. Let us know whether it is worth it or not!

[Download it from Archos]

Cube eReader – Runs Windows Mobile 6.5

Cube, a Chinese company is soon going to unveil its first eBook reader and instead of showing us with some hot product, they are teasing us with a hot babe. This eBook reader is supposed to have 6-inch capacitive touchscreen and runs Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.

Other specs include Wi-Fi and web-browsing. Clearly, it has all the ingredients of a MID, but it will be sold as an eReader. Expected price is ~$150