11.6-inch Packard Bell Butterfly Touch to be launched in February 2010 in Italy

According to the latest tid-bits of the news from Italy, Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly Touch CULV tablet notebook will be debuted in Italy next year in month of February.

As mentioned earlier that it will be an exact clone of the Acer Aspire 1820PT convertible netbook. It features an 11.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution. The display supports multi-touch. Interestingly, it comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 (that too a FULL version) and Microsoft Touch Pack.

Priced at 599 Euros. Available in Black or Red.

Valentino Rossi inspired Packard Bell Dot VR46 Netbook

Remember about Packard Bell’s netbook inspired by Valentino Rossi that was announced last month? Packard Bell Dot VR46 is the netbook which has a Sun and Moon designed on its lid. Also, it has number 46 and signature from Valentino Rossi, a 9 time world champion.

The netbook looks very attractive. The netbook is still in the pipeline. It seems to have an 11 inch screen, else nothing could be traced. We must point out the extremely attractive palm rest it sports. Keyboard also looks very comfortable to us.

Packard Bell to launch 3 new netbooks – Dot S2, XS Butterfly and Butterfly Touch Edition

Yet-to-arrive Packard Bell netbooks were noticed in Italy. First one on the list is the 10.1-inch Packard Bell Dot S2 netbook that sports the upcoming, next-gen Atom Pine Trail processor, the Atom N450 processor, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM and Windows 7 as OS. It has a Multi-gesture touchpad. Black or red are the two colors available. Nothing is known about its screen resolution or battery. It is expected to retail at 250 – 300 Euros.

The 11.6-inch Packard Bell XS Butterfly is second on the list which resembles a lot like Acer Aspire 1810/1410, featuring 11.6-inch display and 1366 x 768 resolution, Pentium SU4100 CULV dual core processor that runs at 1.3GHz clock speed, 2GB RAM and 250GB Hard disk. It has a 6-Cell battery and runs Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. This would be for 530 Euros.

And at last but not the least, the 11.6-inch Packard Bell Butterfly Touch Edition which is basically same as the non-touchscreen edition of it mentioned above. Interestingly, it does not looks like a convertible.

Valentino Rossi branded Netbooks and Notebooks by Packard Bell

Great news for the fans of Valentino Rossi. Rossi, a nine-time world champion will sign Packard Bell branded netbooks and notebooks. People who are fan of exclusive items will love to flaunt their netbook signed by the world champion.

“The technology is now an integral part of our lives. In my work, the necessity of having to continuously measure with big rivals stimulates me to do even better and, without doubt, the technology has been one of the tools that allowed me to obtain great satisfaction and achieve great success. In work, as well as in private life, a computer is something you can not do without “- Valentino Rossi.

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!

Packard Bell DOT M and DOT S netbooks going to be launched in Europe

New Acer models (10-inch D150 and 11.6-inch one) will be made available under Packard Bell brand at the end of April. It is definately good to see Packard Bell coming up with new netbooks as Packard Bell stopped selling 8.9-inch Aspire One netbook sometime back.

The 10 inch model will known by DOT S and 11.6-inch model will be known by DOT M. The DOT S and DOT M will be priced at 299 Euros and 399 Euros respectively.