New memory kits by G.Skill

G.Skill declared, thirteen new DDR3 kits, which will have more RAM that they’ll probably ever need. It is there in G.Skill memory series, which include Ripjaws now known as PI and Trident series.
As many as Twelve of the announced kits based on the quad, which means its four modules, and black sheep is the PI hexa kit, consisting of six 2GB modules.
As you can see from the table below, the entire lineup works from 1333MHz, all the way to 2200MHz and include NQ and ECO series as well. Nothing about the prices yet heard from G.Skill.

Xitrix TravelPro M10 netbook – made in Philippines

Xitrix TravelPro M10 Netboook is a netbook that is made from a local PC manufacture from Phillippins. Let’s take a glance at its specs:

• 10.1″ glossy screen @ 1024×600 pixels
• Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz
• Intel GMA 950
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• 320GB HDD (upgradeable to 500GB)
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
• Built-in 3G Module (optional)
• Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
• 3 x USB 2.0 ports
• 1.3MP webcam
• 3-cell & 6-cell battery
• Multi-card reader
• External DVD+RW drive
• Windows 7 Starter

Price: $580 with 3G and $473 without 3G

Samsung N510 now available in US for pre-order ($574)

The Samsung N510 netbook is available for pre-order and can be found in the many stores with price ranging between $574.99 and $582.99. It is equipped with NVIDIA ION chipset. Here are its specs:

• 11.6-inch screen
• 1.66GHz N280 processor
• 2GB of Ram
• 250GB HDD
• 5900mAh Battery
• Windows 7 Home Premium

The US model has beefier specs as compared to the UK model that came with 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD.

ATI Radeon HD 5970 dual-GPU specs unveiled

Fudzilla unmasked the specs of ATI Radeon HD 5970 dual-GPU, yet to be released officially. The HD 5970 packs dual RV870 runs @  725MHz and 2GB of GDDR5 RAM runs @ 1000MHz on dual 256-bit buses. After reading it once you may recognize they are HD 5850 clocks, which is very much right. Also the HD 5970 has 2 x 1600 stream processors and 2 x 80 texture units, which are two times more than that of HD 5870. It is also heard that an acute scarcity of the HD 5000-series cards is faced by AMD. No information about the power consumption levels. However, Hemlock will still remain the king for AMD’s GPU performances.

Shnazai’s first pine trail nettop – KND K1850

Known as KND K1850 all-in-one desktop, the most significant feature about this nettop is that it runs Intel’s new Pineview processor, the new Atom D1850 chip (1.66GHz). It features an 18.5 inch display and comes equipped with a 250GB hard drive, 2GB of DDR2, a DVD ROM, USB ports, LAN, Wi-Fi and a 3-in-1 card reader.

It is just a matter of time when big guys like Acer and Asus will start releasing pine trail based nettops and netbooks.

Red Fox WizBook 890i unveiled – in an Advertisement pamphlet though

Red Fox has unveiled a new netbook, WizBook 890i, which sports a bit out-of-date specifications. It has an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 8.9-inch screen 1024×600 resolution, 1GB RAM, 3-cell battery (3800mAh), 120GB HDD, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and built-in webcam.

There is a higher version of the Wizbook 890i model too in which you get a 2GB of RAM and 250GB HDD. According to the pamphlet, it will come in only one color: Red.

Commentary: We totally agree that it is a no-frills netbook, but we are very sure that there is a decent market for these 9-inch models. Many people are finding the current crop of netbooks too big to carry around and this is where these (affordable) 9-inch netbooks fit in.

Archos 10 now with Ubuntu Linux, 500 GB Hard Disk and 2GB RAM

Archos has unveiled a special edition of its Archos 10 netbook that runs Ubuntu 9.04 Linux. Archos wants its new netbook to be a little different from rest of the netbooks by not only bundling it with different OS, but also equipping it with 2GB of RAM, and a 500GB HDD! That is a lot of storage to store your media.

All Archos 10 models come with an 10.2 inch 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.3MP camera, 802.11b/g WiFI, 3 USB ports, and 6 cell battery. It weighs 2.9 pounds and measures 10.2″ x 7.4″ x 1.1″. Best point to note is that Archos has kept the price same for both Windows and Linux models: 375 euros

Most of the traditional netbooks run Windows XP; come with 160GB HDD and 1GB RAM and it is definitely a good strategy by Archos to bundle their netbook with 500GB HDD and 2GB RAM.

Price of Sony Vaio P slashed to mere $690 in Taiwan

We know that Sony does not consider Vaio P as a netbook because of its certain features like resolution display packed inside a small screen. But, still it is a netbook despite its outrageous price tag.

Sony Taiwan has recently slashed the prices of its VAIO P models from $1000 to $690, which does make it a little more affordable than before. The same model retails at $899.99 in the US, which comes with 1.3GHz Intel Atom Z520 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 60GB hard drive.

Thinkfree Office suit for netbooks released

Here is yet-another-office-suit for your netbook, this time coming from Thinkfree. Just like Corel Home Office suit, the Thinkfree Office suit also gives you the ability to view and edit Word, Excel and Powerpoint files. It is optimized to run on 1024 x 600, which is the most common resolution in netbooks. It needs just 256MB RAM to run.

To make the overall package attractive, Thinkfree is also giving away free 2GB of online storage to its customers. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac for a price of just $24.95

ThinkFree Mobile Netbook edition is designed to help you manage and sync all your documents easily. It allows you to upload documents to your netbook and share them with all your PCs, office software and operating systems whenever you need to edit or create. laptop, mobile internet device, netbook or desktop PC.
Office 2.0 and beyond. ThinkFree Mobile Netbook edition is a modern productivity suite that comes with enhanced features. You’ll never go back to using a traditional office suite again.

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Acer Aspire One Pro 531 released in UK – targeting business users

Acer Aspire One Pro 531, a 10.1-inch netbook was launched by Acer in the UK yesterday. Compared with the normal netbooks, it comes with a bigger HDD (320GB) and Windows XP Professional, whereas most of the consumer-netbooks come with Windows XP Home. To add icing to the cake, Acer has also packed in a 3G module, which is a must have for business users.

Features:-

• 10.1-inch Screen 1024×600
• Processor Intel Atom N270/N280
• 250GB HDD
• 2GB of RAM
• 3G and Bluetooth
• Weight 1.03Kg (3-cell battery) and 6-cell battery with 1.17Kg
• 7.5 hours of Battery life

Priced at £349 plus VAT for the 3-cell model with 1GB RAM, and £399 plus VAT for the 6-cell version with 2GB RAM.