Lots of netbooks based on ION-platform from China coming soon!

Everytime whenever we mention about the cloned netbooks from China, the only thing that comes to our mind is some random netbook with obsolete specs, but be prepared to get surprised this time! Chinese manufacturers are about to release their own “ION” powered netbooks.

And this all by the manufacturers from Shanzai city, who are working their fingers to the bone in unveiling netbooks based on the ION-platform.

Meet Zhongchi Zc-A80 – Rubberized netbook – made in China

The Zhongchi ZC-A80 netbook, as it name suggest comes from China. It is a typical 11-inch netbook, but has a rubberized case which will prevent it from slipping from your hands and can actually take few (light) bumps too.

What are its specifications? It comes with an 11.1-inch screen with 1366X768 pixel display, an Intel Atom N270 CPU with 1GB of RAM and 160GB HDD and packs 3 USB 2.0 ports. Monotonous specs, we already know.

Do not expect it make its way outside China as it is a local product.

NVidia Tegra Smartbooks with Google Chrome OS – Thumbs-up

In starting of September, the rumor blew from China that Lenovo and Acer could be releasing NVidia Tegra based Smartbooks which will run Google Chrome OS. According to the latest news bits, these Tegra based Smartbooks could actually land by the end of this month.

For those who have doubts about the upcoming Tegra platform, it can handle HD playback with ease with power consumption even lower than the Atom processors that are used in wide variety of netbooks right now

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.

HP Snapdragon Smartbook exposed – made by Qualcomm

At an event in China, PT & Network Comm China 2009, Qualcomm displayed an 7-inch snapdragon smartbook which will be sold by HP, perhaps in few months from now. This smartboook runs Linux and has HSDPA radio so that you can always remain connected wherever you go. It has an antenna which should increase the signal, if extended.

Snapdragon, Qualcomm’s 1GHz processor for mobile devices should be mighty fast on this Linux machine. Nothing is known is about its and availability

BenQ U121 Eco and U102 released in India

BenQ has released its U121 Eco netbook and U102 in India. The U102 has pretty standard netbook specs except for the fact that U102 has a bigger 250GB hard disk. The U121 Eco has the capability to charge upto 80% of its battery in one hour, which is commendable!

Looks like BenQ is interested in targeting only the Asian markets. Last month, they launched it in Thailand and China and now, India

Sinchun 891A Tablet Netbook – An 8.9-inch UMPC

Sunchun’s 8.9-inch 891A UMPC, a tablet netbook that is made in China. It has 1024 x 600 pixel touch screen display which supports finger as-well-as stylus input. It comes with same boring netbook specs that you used to find in an year old netbook: Intel Atom processor N270 (1.6GHz), 1GB RAM, 8/16/32GB SSD, Wi-Fi and Windows XP Home. It is possible to get one with build-in 3G modem. It is very light (weighs approx 1kg).

The weakest part of this netbook in term of specs is its small battery, whose capacity is just 1700mAh. It will barely be able to provide you with 2 hours of battery life. Expect the price to be around $441 USD

Julong = Eee Box clone

If the netbook clones were not enough, here come the clones of nettops! Meet the Julong Eee Box which is an, um, an EEE box clone. Unlike most of the recent nettops, this does NOT have an ION or ION LE chipset. It uses the bog standard Intel Atom N270 processor, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, 3 USB ports and VGA port. No HDMI.

Available at price of $150 USD in China, we cannot complain much.

Hua Yi 12-inch Netbook – Yet another Macbook Air clone

Hua Yi, a 12-inch netbook is a Macbook Air look-alike that is cloned in China. Unfortunately, it has netbook-ish specifications: An Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of Ram, 160GB HDD. and so on. It is set to carry a price tag of $249.

Cloned netbooks, we despair. Also, we are starting to loose count of these Macbook Air clones. We mentioned them here, here and here

Lenovo to enter the Smartbook market! – Runs Google Chrome OS

According to Commercial Times (China), Lenovo is planning to launch a smartbook by the end of September 2009. The smartbook is rumored to use the Nvidia’s Tegra chipset and will use Google’s Chrome OS.

It is nice to see Lenovo using Chrome OS for their smartbook and not Google’s mobile phone OS, Android. After all, it does not makes any sense of using a mobile phone OS on a netbook.