Meet Gigabyte T1028 Tablet Netbook clone – ’100 See Ban Gu’

Though we have seen plethora of netbook replicas from China (see this, this and this) but, for first time we are looking at the CLONED convertible tablet. Bearing a weird name “100 See Ban Gu”, this 10.2-inch tablet netbook looks exactly the Gigabyte T1028 netbook.

It has standard netbook specs: Intel Atom N270 processor, GMA 950 graphics, 160GB hard disk, 1GB RAM, built-in wireless chip, Ethernet networking and a card reader. Nothing is yet know about its price or the OS that it will carry.

MSI Wind U110 Eco finally available in the US

The MSI’s new 10-inch Wind U110 Eco has started shipping to the US and is available at Newegg.com for US $399.99. Thanks to its huge 9-cell battery (7800mAh), it is able to deliver magnificent and outstanding battery life (15 hours+)

The MSI Wind U110 Eco comes with Intel Atom Z530 running at 1.6GHz clock speed (combined with Intel’s SCH US15W chipset). With a 1024×600 resolution and an 10-inch screen, it features 1GB of DDR2 memory, 160GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth and 10/100Mbps LAN.

The rest of the features include three USB 2.0 ports, card reader, VGA output and a 1.3M webcam.

Packard-Bell dot m/u is NOT a Netbook – 500GB hard disk, 4GB RAM = Wow!

Packard bell unveiled two netbooks, Dot M and Dot S few months ago. Now, they have launched a new netbook, Dot m/u. It has amazing specs for a compact netbook-size device! Take a look:

Specifications:-

• 11.6-inch screen
• ULV processor
• 500GB HDD
• 4GB RAM
• 8-hour battery
• Wi-Fi
• 3G Modem
• 5-in-1 card reader

It is set to carry a price tag of £399 and comes with Windows 7 Home Premium. It will be available in two colors: “NightSky Black” and “Cherry Red”

Commentary: 500GB hard disk and 4GB RAM in a netbook-size shell and that too with a more powerful ULV processor, we are totally sold over this device!

MSI Wind U210 notebook now available in the US

MSI has started shipping Wind U210 netbook and is already available with the few online retailers including Amazon and NewEgg. Unsurprisingly, it runs on Windows Vista Home Premium. Being sold at price of $430, we think that it is a pretty good deal for such powerful specs. It is available in black and white color. In case you have forgotten the specs, here they are:

• AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 @ 1.6GHz clock speed
• 12.1-inch 1366 x 768 display
• AMD Radeon X1250 graphic chipset
• 250GB HDD, 2GB RAM
• HDMI port
• card reader (4-in-one)
• Wi-Fi (b/g/n)
• 6-cell (5200mAh) battery

Click on read more read MSI U120 press release too!

Elonex exhibits new Smartbook and Netbook

Elonex has something (cute) to offer you all, a new smartbook and netbook. Talking about the smartbook which has an 7-inch display and seems to be about 10-inch in size. As shown at IFA 2009, it runs an ARM processor 11 and Windows CE with same specs that of the Toshiba JournE MID. The Windows CE is actually not as bad as what people have perceived it to be. It is infact, considered to be one of the most stable embedded OS around.

The Elonex smartbook comes with 2 USB ports, headphone and earphone jacks, card reader and a dongle for plugging in your LAN port.

Coming to the the Elonex’s WebBook, this is a typical 10-inch netbook using VIA processor instead of an Intel Atom CPU which is a bit more powerful than its Atom counterpart but not as power-frugal. It also has a TV tuner card built-in

Packard Bell DOT M/U FT-020: Rebranded Acer Timeline 1810T/1410

Packard Bell has launched a CULV netbook, DOT M/U FT-020 that has a 11.6-inch screen and looks exactly like the Acer Aspire 1810T. Even the innards of this netbook are exactly like 1810T that is basically an Acer Aspire 751H with a more powerful processor and more RAM.

As mentioned earlier, it has an 11.6-inch screen with a resolution of 1366×768. It uses SU3500 CULV processor that is more powerful than the Intel Atom processor. The SU3500 runs at 1.4GHz clock speed and has 3MB of cache memory. However, it is not as energy efficient as it gobbles up more power than Intel Atom N280 (2.5watts versus 5.5watts). Its GMA 4500 is also much more powerful and capable than Intel GMA 950 that comes in the most netbooks.

Just like the Timeline 1810T, it has 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, WiFi (Draft-N) and BT. It has HDMI port, 2 USB ports, 1 LAN port, earphone and microphone jacks and SDHC card reader.

Its 5600mAh battery promises 7 hours of runtime which not shabby at all for such powerful netbook

Acer Aspire One 751H compared with Packard Bell Dot M/A

Netbook Italia (Italian) has done some serious comparison between the Acer 751H netbook and Packpard Bell Dot netbook.

• both have 1GB of RAM and 160GB HDD with 5400 rpm
• graphics – Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 for the Aspire One 751H and ATI Radeon X1270 for the Dot M/A, thus making the Packcard Bell more powerful than the Acer 751H.
• same ports and interfaces, 5-in-1 card reader, audio jacks, USB ports, WiFi b/g
• The Aspire One 751H come with a WEAKER Intel Z520 Atom processor whereas the Dot M netbook comes with an AMD Athlon 64 L110 a 1.2GHz. Despite slower clock speed, it is actually FASTER and more POWERFUL.
• However, the Packard Bell netbook comes with Vista Home Basic or Premium as OS which is slower than the Windows XP OS that comes with the Aspire One 751H
• same 6-cell battery in both of the netbooks

Read our ACER ASPIRE 751H review!

Hannsnote 10 – Decently speced, Decently priced

A company from California has announced a new 10-inch netbook. The netbook has standard netbook specifications like Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard disk, 3-in-one card reader, WiFi (b/g/n), Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcam, microphone and stereo speakers.

“We are entering the mini-laptop market with a strong product. The HannsNote offers many benefits to the consumer. This mini-laptop is ideal for business or school use, or for anyone who is always on-the-go because of its ultra-portability and performance. We are very confident not only in the quality and performance of the HannsNote, but also in the service we provide,” said Wynn Yiu, president of Hannspree North America, Inc.

This netbook comes with a 6-cell battery and weighs just 2.9 pounds. As expected, the netbook comes with Windows XP Home OS. The Hannsnote 10 costs $379.99

Dell Inspiron 11z CULV netbook gets official – Feature packed netbook!

Dell has finally unveiled its much-awaited 11-inch netbook/mini- laptop, the Inspiron 11z. Unlike most of the netbooks that come with Intel Atom processors, this new netbook from Dell uses an Intel Celeron processor that runs at 1.2GHz clock speed which is noticeably faster than any Intel Atom processor released till date. That is the reason why Dell is selling them with Windows Vista Home Premium instead of good ‘ol Windows XP which almost all the current netbooks carry.

Another interesting thing to note is the fact that there are no physical left and right click buttons. How difficult or easy it makes the usage cannot be commented upon right now, but we guess that Dell must have made some enhancements to the touchpad to make it usable for the normal consumer.

It even packs in an HDMI port, 2GB RAM and 250GB hard disk, all of which are not common on netbooks due to the restrictions by Microsoft according to which a manufacture cannot use Windows XP on a netbook that has more than 160GB HDD or/and 1GB RAM.

Specifications:-

• CPU: 1.2GHz Intel Celeron 723 CULV processor
• Video: Intel GS45 integrated graphics
• Display: 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixels
• OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
• RAM: 2GB
• Storage: 250GB, 5400rpm HDD
• WiFi: Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g
• Webcam: 1.3MP
• Connectivity: Ethernet, 3 USB ports, 3-in-1 card reader, HDMI output
• Battery: 28WHr, 3 cell Li-Ion battery
• Dimensions: 11.5″ x 8.4″ x 0.9″
• Weight: 3 pounds

All this at an affordable price of $399. We say it is great deal for what you get: more horsepower and RAM along with hi-resolution screen and HDMI output, you cannot go wrong with this machine!

Suzuki Neutron 701 MNI touchscreen netbook

When you hear the word “Suzuki”, you associate it immediately with cars and bikes, but you would never associate them with netbooks, until now. Suzuki has come with a netbook called Neutron 701 MNI which is a 7.1-inch netbook with touchscreen display.

The display can swivel just like tablet PCs. Here is a glance at its specifications:

• Atom Z520 processor
• upto 4GB RAM (!)
• 3 USB ports
• VGA port
• Expresscard slot (!)
• WiFi (b/g) and BT
• 1.3MP camera
• 56k modem (!)
• 5-in-one card reader

It has a WSVGA display (1024×600) and weighs just 2 pounds. However, there are a few things that make this netbook different from the rest of the crowd. First is the support for upto 4GB RAM (most netbooks support upto 2GB RAM). Secondly, it has expresscard slot which is only present in some HP and Lenovo netbooks. Third is the inclusion of the 56k modem, which we do not think anyone uses these days.

The only minus we see is the use of Z520 processor which is not the fastest Intel Atom processor by any means. Note that this is the same processor which is being used in the Acer Aspire 751H (reviewed here), which is slower than the Atom N270/N280.