Archos 9 Internet Tablet – Now available for preorder at Sigelectronics

Archos 9 is fine Internet Tablet that runs Windows 7 that was launched officially a couple of days back. It is now already available for $539cdn at sigelectronics (black color, white color)

It will be shipped late October, after Windows 7 release date.

Archos 10s To come in October – To carry a price tag of $399

Archos’ 10.2” Archos 10s netbook is soon going to hit the market in in mid-October and will be priced for $399. This model was made public back in June this year. Oddly, even though October is the month when the Windows 7 will be made official, they are still launching it with Windows XP.

The Archos 10s, although being seen as successor to Archos 10, it does not bring anything spectacular over the latter other than being slimmer and lighter. The specs have widely remained unchanged.

• Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz)
• 10.2-inch display
• 1024×600 resolution
• 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD
• 1.3MP Webcam
• Windows XP
• 0.86-inch thick
• Weight: 1.06 kg

Archos is going to ship it with either a 3-cell (2.5 hours) or 6-cell battery (>5 hours). One thing I am not able to make out is the fact that some of the manufactures are still shipping devices with the old Intel Atom processor (N270). Call this their stubbornness or their (own) way to clear their old stock inventory, we cannot make out which one is correct.

[Archos 10s official webpage]

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

Lenovo postpones the launch of Lenovo S12 netbook until Windows 7 release

Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is one of the netbooks to have HD capabilities, thanks to the Nvidia ION platform. Sadly, Lenovo still has not released this powerful netbook to the masses. Reason: Windows 7. Yes, Lenovo has decided not to release their S12 netbook until Windows 7 is released.

Equipped with an already obsolete processor, Intel Atom N270, this netbook has a sharp display for sure as it packs in 1280×800 pixels in its 12-inch display frame! Anyway, we will see how this baby performs with Windows 7

Acer adds Series 8000 to its Timeline line-up

Acer has unveiled the 8000 series which is yet-another-model to its Timeline range of laptops. It comes with the average specifications. You get the choice of 13.3-inch, 14-inch, and 15.6″ laptops. Each model comes embedded with Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Solo ULV processor, 4GB or 8GB of RAM, a 160GB or 500GB hard drive (or even an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD). You also get the choice to choose between basic Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics or a ATI’s 4330 dedicated GPU. No information about its release date or price tag is known right now. But, expect it to be sub-$1000 notebook

LaVie Light Lui Mobile Netbook – NEC’s New Netbook

NEC has a released a netbook meant to be used with “NEC LUI remote desktop system”, LaVie Light Lui Mobile. It comes with an Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 1.3MP webcamera. It has a 10.1-inch screen with 1024×600 resolution which is generally found in an average netbook. NEC claims battery life to 8.5 hours, which is pretty solid for a netbook. No idea about pricing and release date till now.

ASUS to launch ion-based netbooks and nettops

ASUS is testing several netbooks and nettops based on the new Ion-technology. ASUS is expecting to launch Ion-based Eee Box B1006 in the 3rd quater of 2009, but there is no news on release date about the Ion-based netbooks.

Although the Ion-netbooks will be much more powerful than the current netbooks, but I doubt if they would be able to give 6 hour-plus battery life that almost all modern netbooks posses.

MSI Wind U123 to be available in Japan in a couple of weeks

akihabaranews is reporting that the MSI WIND U123 will made available in Japan within two weeks from now. Wind U123 is very capable netbook that comes with an Atom N280 CPU (1.66GHz) on a 945GSE+ICH7M Chipset. Other specs includes a 10” WSVGA LCD, 1GB of RAM (Max 2), 160GB of HDD, Wifi N, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, SDHC-capable SD card slot and web camera.
It will be made available in Japan and will cost 49,800 Yen ($490).
[MSI]

HP Mini 2140 HD release date

We all know when the HP mini 2140 was unveiled, HP promised that 2140 will come in 2 resolutions: one is 1024 x 576 and other 1366 x 768, where the latter has not been released yet and only the lower resolution version was made available. A person over hpminiforums contacted HP about the release date of the HD version and they have told him that the final release date of the higher resolution and it is April 6.

ASUS to launch the EEE 1004DN in month of April

We first heard about the ASUS EEE 1004DN during the CES 2009. Now, the final release date of DVD-drive totting 1004DN is getting close. It will be launched in the middle of April. It will have the new Atom N280 CPU and GN40 chipset. It will come with 120 GB HDD and 1GB RAM. It will be available for a price of around: $531-590.

ASUS is also planning to launch 1008HA in the month of May.