Packard Bell Liberty Tab – Review

Similarities between the Packard Bell Liberty Tab and the Acer Iconia A500 tablet reflect the fact that Acer owns Packard Bell. Both tablets feature 10.1″ 1280 x 800 displays, with metallic strips top and bottom,  and all major ports and components are in the same positions. The Packard Bell Liberty Tab has a microSD slot, [...]

Packard Bell Dot SE

As some of you might know, Acer is a very large company and owns a number of other brands that they sell their products though, Packard Bell is one such company. When they launch a netbook through the main Acer brand, they often rebrand the model for the Packard Bell brand. The latest example of [...]

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 Convertiable Tablet coming next year

According to the latest news bits, Packard Bell will be launching new e-readers and tablets in 2010. Packard Bell’s tablet is likely to be be Acer Aspire 1820PT, which is Acer’s first netbook convertible.

This Acer’s convertible tablet does NOT have any netbook innards. It is a mighty machine with lots of horsepower and RAM under its hood.

Read more about Acer Aspire tablet to know why we are so excited about it

Specs of Aspire 1820PT:

• OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (3MB L2 cache, 1.20GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 10W)
• Memory: 4GB DDR3 1066MHz
• Hard disk: 250GB or 320GB
• Display: 11.6 inch HD 1366 x 768 (WXGA) pixels or 11.6-inch SD 1024 x 600 (WSVGA) pixels, LED-backlit, 200nits, multitouch
• Graphics: Intel GMA X4500M HD
• Audio: Dolby Sound Room
• Networking: Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g WiFi Link 5100, UMTS / HSPA, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Interfaces: 3 USB 2.0 ports, VGA, HDMI, audio jacks, multi card reader
• Dimensions: 285 (W) 208.9 (D) 28.5/34.5 (H) mm
• Weight: 1.72 kg

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.

Butterfly Touch Tablet Netbook by Packard Bell – same as Acer Aspire 1820P tablet

Packard Bell has launched Butterfly Touch Tablet netbook that is basically a rebranded Acer Aspire 1820P tablet netbook. We expect specs of it to remain same as the 1820P tablet which are:

• Intel SU3500 CULV processor @ 1.4GHz clock speed
• 11.6-inch display
• Touchscreen, multi-touch
• 1366×768 resolution
• 250GB HDD
• 2GB RAM (upto 4GB supported)
• Intel GMA 4500MHD chipset

Click on read more to see this tablet netbook in action!

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/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!

Packard Bell unveils Dot S and Dot M netbooks in UK

Today, the Packard Bell launched Dot S and Dot M netbooks in UK. The Dot S netbook is simply a re-bandaged version of the Acer Aspire D250 netbook. It comes with Intel Atom N280 processor (1.66GHz), 160GB HDD and Windows XP.

The Dot M netbook is actually an Acer Aspire 751H, but with a little difference. It uses an AMD processor (Athlon L1110) instead of the weak Atom Z520 processor. It also comes with 2GB RAM and runs Vista instead of XP.

The Dos S will be available for £249 and Dot M for £349.