Lenovo Skylight review

Tech correspondent of the Singapore Daily, Darry Kang was lucky enough to get his hands on the impressive Lenovo Skylight Smartbook. According to his initial impressions, the flash is supported by the browser but it is slow as molasses in January. Heck, it could not even playback a YouTube video nicely. This is a shock to us as in our review, the HTC HD2 (also powered by Snapdragon) that we reviewed sometime back did not show any lags when playing back a YouTube video. Let’s hope they fix this bug as-soon-as-possible because this smartbook is all about web-browsing.

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ASUS EEE 1005HA in the works, basically a EEE 1008HA with removable battery

Many tech sites criticized the 1008HA for having a built-in battery. Well, looks like the ASUS has listened to your wishes. ASUS EEE 1005HA is in the works which is basically a 1008HA with removable battery. It also comes with an extra USB port, making USB ports to a total of 3.

There are more differences between 1005HA and 1008HA. The 1005HA comes with 6-cell battery with a capacity of 2200mAh. The 1008HA comes with a 4-cell battery. It will be priced around 350 euros.

Sharp Mebius Netbook making its debut next week

Sharp is all set to unveil its netbook next week in Japan. Sharp has sent several invites to Japan Tech journalists to the unveiling of the Sharp’s Netbook.

Sharp has been very successful in keeping the pictures of Sharp Mebius Netbook under the wraps. My Japanese friends have told me the pink bubble says, “your time will change”

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