Shenzhen manufacturer, Phecda launches 3 CULV based netbooks

Phecda from Shenzhen has launch 3 netbooks that use CULV processors: Phecda P10, Phecda P11 and Phecda P12. All of them sport almost the same features. All of them measure 292 x 225 x 31.6mm and weighs 1.76kg. All have 12.1-inch TFT WXGA display, Intel GL40 + ICH9M Chipset, integrated GMA X4500 graphics, 160GB hard drive, 1GB RAM. Wireless LAN is built-in. It comes with 6-cell 4400mAh Lithium battery which runs pto 2-3 hours. It can run Windows XP/Vista/7 or Linux.

• Phecda P10: Celeron Dual core T1600 (2.0GHz, L2 cache 1MB, front bus 667MHz)
• Phecda P11: Pentium Dual core T4200 (2.0GHz, L2 cache 1MB, front bus 800MHz)
• Phecda P12: Core SU3300 (2.0GHz, L2 cache 3MB, front bus 800MHz)

LG launches 13-inch CULV notebook

LG has finally jumped into the arena of CULV notebooks. Its first thin-and-light CULV notebook is based on Intel’s SU7300 processor and is just 25mm thick. It weighs 1.89kg, but then it is not a netbook and much bigger frame than a conventional nebtook. It has 4GB of DDR2 RAM, Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, 500GB hard drive and runs Windows 7 home premium.

It has a huge 8-cell battery, which LG claims will give you 10 hours of battery run time. Nothing is known about its pricing.

Dell Zino HD – Two models and Specs noticed – Inspiron 300 and Inspiron 400

DellZinoHD.com has noticed specs for the Dell Zino HD. Earlier, it was not made clear by Dell that what was inside the Zino HD apart from having “desktop parts” and ports on the back.

Through support manuals on Dell’s site, the specs came into noticed. There are going to be two Zino HD models: The Inspiron 300 and Inspiron 400. Inspiron 300 is a low end model with no ION chipset. Instead, it comes with the vanilla Intel GMA graphics and an Intel Atom processor. It has 1GB RAM, 4-in-1 Card reader, 3.5-inch SATA HDD that is used the desktops. It also features a DVD burner. there is no eSATA port.

Inspiron 400 has beefier specs. It comes with the powerful AMD Athlon (or Athlon X2 processor). It has 8GB RAM (!), Blu-ray drive or DVD burner, WiFi (b/g/n), HDMI, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet. Unlike Inspiron 300, it has 2 eSATA ports. There is also an option for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 graphic chipset.

It weighs 2.0kg

Acer Aspire Revo 3600 Nettop sports Dual-Core Atom 330

Acer is soon going to unveil its Dual Core nettop, Aspire Revo 3600 at IFA. This model brings in a dual-core Atom 330 processor and 4GB RAM instead of the single-core Atom 230 and 2GB RAM. Instead of weak GMA 950 Intel Graphic Chipset, it packs in a mighty Nvidia’s ION chipset which should be able to play your HD movies just fine. It also has HDMI port and VESA mount.

There is no word on its price, release date or the OS which it will carry. However, we expect the OS to be nothing but Windows 7

11.6-inch Acer Aspire 1810T to be sold as Acer Aspire 1410 in the US

The 11.6” Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T netbook is now on sale in the US, but with a different name, Aspire 1410. This long-awaited model is different from the rest of the netbooks as it comes with an Intel ULV SU3500 (1.4GHz) processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and GMA 4500MHD Graphics, none of which are found in regular netbooks. It also has a Webcam, draft-N wireless LAN, 6-cell battery and Vista Home Premium OS.

Keep in mind that SU3500 is more powerful than any Intel Atom processor made till date regardless of higher clock frequencies being possesed by the Atom processors. This also means that Vista would run much better on 1810T than on any Atom powered netbook.

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Acer Veriton N260G nettop updated – Now comes with Atom 280 processor

Acer has unveiled an updated version of the its Veriton N260G nettop by equipping it with the latest Atom N280 CPU. Earlier, this Acer Nettop came with Intel Atom 230/330 CPU. Unfortunately, they have taken away the powerful NVIDIA Ion GPU and it now comes with Intel’s GN40 chipset with GMA X4500 graphics.

The Acer Veriton N260G nettop comes equipped with a 160GB HDD, 2 GB RAM, 6 USB ports, HDMI as-well-as VGA port. It is available in Europe (including UK) at a fair price of £188.12 ($302)

MSI U200 launched, another 12-inch netbook

After 10-inch netbooks, 12-inch netbooks are on rage right now. MSI U200 is decent looking netbook, which comes with an impressive resolution: 1366 x 768. You do not see that resolution on a netbook often. Rest of its specs are pretty much netbook-ish:GMA 4500M integrated graphics, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 2GB of DDR2 memory, and 250GB HDD. It weighs 1.4kg and comes with a 3-cell battery. There is no information on the price as of now

I love the fact that it comes with such a decent resolution, perfect for doing stuff which requires high resolution such as running Visual Studio. Also, 2GB RAM should make processing even more smooth.