10-inch VIA-powered netbook costing $185 – made in China

Meet Phecda PHV102, a 10-inch netbook powered by VIA C7 processor. Here is a quick glance at its specs:

Chipset: VIA VX855 1.6GHz
RAM: 1GB DDR2
HDD: 160GB
Display: 10.2”, 1024 x 600 resolution
Battery: 3-cell 220mAh
Weight: 1.2kg
Ports: 3xUSB, VGA, LAN, card reader
Price: USD 185

The VIA C7 was used in the 1st generation netbooks like HP Mini 2133, whose performance was disappointing as it came with Vista. This machine runs XP and we know it very well that XP runs pretty decent on VIA C7 CPU.

But, we must confess that we despise that little right shift key.

nReader K60 ebook reader by BenQ

Today, BenQ unmasked its nReader series ebook reader in Taiwan. The NReader K60 eBook Reader measures 175mm x 122mm x 11mm and has a 6-inch display with 800×600 resolution. It has e-paper touchscreen and even packs in WiFi, 2 USB 2.0 ports and optional 3.5G radio.

You get 2GB for storage and MicroSD card slot, if you wish to expand the storage capacity. It has a 1530mAh battery. This ebook will let users to read (ofcourse), bookmark and buy copies through 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity. Users can choose from more than one million books including Chinese, Japanese and English books. NReader K60 to be launched in January 2010.

Convertible 3G netbook tablet – made in China for just $370

A Shanzhai netbook manufacture has come up with a $370 convertible tablet netbook. Even though Windows 7 has been released, some manufacture has the atrocity to release netbook with Windows XP. It has a 10.1-inch display.

Other Specs:

• Atom N270
• Intel 945GSE chipset
• 1GB RAM
• 160GB HDD
• BT, webcam
• BUILT in 3G

Shanzhai claims that it has 1366×768 display, but we think that it is no more than 1024×600.

First Pine Trail Netbook: Kenade K116 – made in China

After unveiling the first Pine Trail nettop, China is the first one to roll out a netbook based on Pine Trail platform: Kenade K116. The Kenade K116 features an Intel Atom N450 processor, Intel GMA 500 graphic chipset, an 11.6-inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution, 250GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Wi-Fi b/g/n and optional Buetooth radio.

It will be available with either 4000mAh or 4500mAh Li-ploy battery. Price is not yet known.

Apple iTablet – made in China and runs XP

A large 10.2” slate tablet netbook was observed at Cloned in China, by Great Loong Brother and is being promoted as “Apple Style” tablet. It runs XP and uses Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard disk and has built-in WiFi

It has a pathetic battery life of just 1.5 hours. Price: $338

CHUWI W3000 MID – A MID that runs Windows CE

The W3000 is a local MID from China. It runs Windows CE OS and features an 4.1-inch display with WVGA resolution (800×480). It has a pretty decent battery, 2500mAh which should be more than enough for MID running on an non-x86 chip. It uses Telechips chip which is ARM-compatible.

It has TV-out function, built-in WiFi (b/g/n), GPS, FM radio and a micro-SD card (upto 8GB supported). It comes with a photo-viewer, music as-well-as video player. Dimension: 129 × 76 × 14.5mm

Sigo S40 and Sigo S50 – runs 1080p videos

How about having a device that can slip inside your pocket and play 1080p HD video playback? Here is one directly from China, from a company called Sigo. It has HDMI port too so that you can watch you videos on bigger displays in full glory.

There are two Sigo MIDs that offers HD playback:

• Sigo S40: It has 4.3-inch screen
• Sigo S50: It has 5-inch screen

Supported codecs are AVC (H.264/VC-1) @ 30Mbps+ bitrates; MPEG-TS, MPEG4, XviD/DivX, Real 8\9\10, MKV, TS, MPG, AVI, VOB, RMVB and even FLV. Damn! This thing surely puts PMPs like iPod Touch and Zune HD to shame, at least in terms of codecs supported

SmartQ5 MID – first impressions

Akiharabara folks were able to get their hands-on the SmartQ5 MID, which runs Android OS. Here are their immediate impressions on it:

• This thing is slow!
• Language can be changed from Japanese to English easily.
• Exhibits “made in China” feel

The SmartQ MID has a 4.3-inch screen with WVGA resolution. It also has WiFI b/g and bluetooth connectivity. It has based on ARM-architecture and runs on Samsung CPU (668MHz) with a gig of RAM.

Another replica of MSI Wind U100 From China by Wan Tat

MSI Wind U100 is one of the most liked netbook by the netbook manufactures who love making clones of netbooks. Here is another U100 clone, this time made by Wan Tat Technology. Made with so much precision, no one can point out any the difference. Even the specs do not differ! Intel Atom N270 with 10.2-inch display with 1024×600 resolution, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, 3 USB 2.0 ports and so on.

Priced at around $250 USD, one can actually get the original one at this price.

Sony Vaio TT lookalike – VAIC TT – Real Cheap!

Sony Vaio TT has been one of the most expensive and well-designed ultraportables so far. Although, Sony stopped selling it in the US few months back, you can get one from China real cheap. Well, not exactly the real one, but quite close. Meet VAIC TT. (note: it is VAIC, not VAIO). Slapped with a price tag of $294, its manufacture has really worked hard to make it look as much like the original VAIO TT. In fact, its style is so magnificent and clean that anybody can be easily fooled.

Some words about its specs:It has an 12.1-inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution. Unlike VAIO TT, it does not have a ULV processor. Instead, it has typical netbook-ish innards: Intel Atom N270, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM and so on. Interestingly, it has built-in 3G module and a 6-cell 4400mAh battery. It weighs a modest 1.6 kg.