CDiscount Girondins – A netbook inspired by Football!

Are you a football fan? If yes, then you should find this football-inspired netbook, Girondins interesting. This netbook has average specs, nothing more than the netbooks you see around.

Specifications:-

• 10.1-inch LED display
• Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz CPU
• 1GB of RAM
• 2 USB ports (!)
• 160GB HDD
• 3-cell battery
• Windows XP Home

Oh, in case you still have not made out, it is just a re-bandaged Clevo M810L :) So have a happy time bearing that paltry battery life.

ASUS Eee Keyboard to finally coming to Europe in October – Retail price 499 Euros = Too Expensive for an Atom-powered device!

After delaying it so many times, ASUS Eee Keyboard will finally ship to Europe at the end of October for 499 Euros. The unique ASUS Eee Keyboard is essentially a netbook wrapped and packed into a keyboard chassis and with a small WVGA touchscreen display. It comes with an Atom N270 Processor, VGA and HDMI out. For storage, you get a tiny 16GB SSD.

It also has3 USB 2.0 ports, WiFi and Bluetooth and it runs Windows XP Home. Its dimension are 145 x 425 x 24.4 mm and weighs 1.1 kg. ASUS claims that it would be able to give you nearly 4 hours of battery life which is commendable considering how tiny this thing is! The keyboard has backlight and you will have no problems working on it in the dark.

The only thing not to like about the EEE keyboard is the fact that it costs way too much for an Atom-powered device. If the ASUS can bring the price down to something like 399 Euros, it will make it very tempting for the normal consumer.

Kohjinsha Japan churns out the Kohjinsha EX series

Kohjinsha Japan has released an 11.6-inch tablet netbook, the Kohjinsha EX series. Following their tradition of incorporating optical drives in their UMPCs, this Kohjinsha too is packed with rare features not found in netbooks/UMPCs: an optical drive and ExpressCard slot. It even features an 3.0MP Webcam with auto-focus. There is also an additional 0.3MP webcam on the exterior part coupled with a fingerprint reader.

Kohjinsha claims that the EX would give you around 4.5 hours of runtime. Specifications:

• Intel Atom N270 processor @1.6GHz
• 11.6-inch display
• 1366 x 768 resolution
• 160GB HDD , 1GB RAM
• Intel 945GSE chipset
• Windows XP Home
• 2 USB ports
• Wi-Fi (b/g/n)

It is listed for 69, 800 yen ($740) and will be available at the end of this month. The only downside that we see is its weight: 1.7kg. So, although it is pretty much packed with features, it is not the lightest ultra-portable to carry around.

Hannsnote 10 – Decently speced, Decently priced

A company from California has announced a new 10-inch netbook. The netbook has standard netbook specifications like Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard disk, 3-in-one card reader, WiFi (b/g/n), Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcam, microphone and stereo speakers.

“We are entering the mini-laptop market with a strong product. The HannsNote offers many benefits to the consumer. This mini-laptop is ideal for business or school use, or for anyone who is always on-the-go because of its ultra-portability and performance. We are very confident not only in the quality and performance of the HannsNote, but also in the service we provide,” said Wynn Yiu, president of Hannspree North America, Inc.

This netbook comes with a 6-cell battery and weighs just 2.9 pounds. As expected, the netbook comes with Windows XP Home OS. The Hannsnote 10 costs $379.99

The date of the launch and specs of Samsung N510 UK-version disclosed

After the announcement of the launch date of the Samsung N510 in US, now NetbookChoice has received few details from a “reliable and confidential source” about the specs and a launch date of the UK version of Samsung N510.

The source has informed that it would be launched in the same month as it would in the US, that is September. It will be making its debut in the UK in the first week of September and it will be priced at 449 pounds, which is a not cheap for a netbook. But we must understand the fact that this is not a just another netbook with standard specs. It is an ION NETBOOK which is more powerful than the netbooks with standard configurations.

It comes with a 6-Cell battery that will give you 7.5+ hours of battery life. Samsung N510 UK version specs are as follows:

• 11.6” 1366 x 768 Display (Glossy)
• Intel Atom N280 processor (1.66 GHz)
• ION Chipset (NVidia GeForce 9400M)
• 1GB RAM
• 160GB HDD (2.5” SATA)
• Windows XP Home
• 6-Cell Li-Ion 5900mAh Battery (+7.5 Hours)
• 802.11/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 10/100 LAN
• HDMI Port, 3x USB, 3-in-1 Card Reader
• 1.3MP Webcam
• Weight: 1.46kg

Meet the netbook that answers your calls as well – Meet LG Synergy netbook

Netbooks have become more talented and multifaceted, but this out of the box thinking by LG is even more interesting: A netbook that tightly unites with your cellphone.

Amazingly, if your phone is around your netbook, then your netbook does the work of your phone as well. You will get all messages and phone calls via netbook to you and can respond or reply via netbook as well. No details have been released about the netbook, apart from it’s codenamed “Synergy”. It looks like it will have an 10-inch display, a Webcam, WiMax and Windows XP Home.

This is what the Palm Foleo should have been. For those, who are not aware of the Palm Foleo, it was the Palm first (and last) attempt at making a Linux based netbook that was supposed to be used as a companion device with your smartphone.

It will be retailed at $149 with 2 year contract.

Samsung N510 now available on online store in France – has more than 6 hours of battery life!

Finally the curiosity settled! 11.6” Samsung N510 mini-notebook backed by the NVidia ION has been exhibited in France on online store ‘Pixmania’. You can get one by paying hefty 499 Euro ($720) for it. It seems that it will it will start shipping from 21st August.

It weighs 1.4 kg along with 6-cell battery and according to the latest news bits, it proclaims to give you 6.5 hours of battery life under ‘normal’ usage and 4:42 hours in video-only scenario. Here is a quick glance at its specifications:

• Intel Atom N280 processor @ 1.66GHz
• NVidia ION 9400M Graphics
• 11.6-inch display
• 1366 x 768 resolution
• 160GB HDD
• Wi-Fi (b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• 1.3MP Webcam
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (5200mAh)
  
• Windows XP Home

It also comes with 3 USB ports and HDMI out, which is not so common on the netbooks. Finally, manufactures are now releasing 11-inch netbooks with N280 processor, which is much faster than the slow Z520 Atom processor (used in Acer Aspire 751H)

This is a really cool netbook and one should have an eye on it. We are impressed! Now, if they could do something about that price *wink*

LG Mini X120 netbook Levi’s Special Edition

LG has unveiled (an unusual) Levi’s edition of their Xnote Mini X120 netbook. It has only been launched in South Korea at the moment. It will have an Intel Atom N270, 10.1-inch display @ 1024×600 resolution. It has 160GB HDD and 1GB of RAM and will be running on Windows XP Home, 6-Cell Battery.

HP Mini 5101 netbook now on sale

HP Mini 5101 netbooks is now finally up for sale and carries $399 price tag. It is available in two models: VJ907AA and FM955UT, which are certainly not the easiest names to be remembered by a normal consumer. Both models use Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz processor and come equipped with a 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 display resolution and 1GB of RAM. Both models have 160GB HDD, GMA 950 graphics and a 2-megapixel webcam, It comes with a 4-cell battery which should be good enough for up to 4.5hrs of runtime. It comes with Windows XP Home OS.

Eee PC T91 to be made available in THREE VERSIONS

The soon-to-be-released Asus EEE T91 will be made available in 3 versions. According to Asus UK, these three versions will be called by different names. First version is the basic version and is simply called as Eee PC T91. The second version will called by the name, T91 GO. This will packed with built-in 3G connectivity and GPS module. The last version will be called by EEE T91A which will have a full touch interface and will be the first netbook to feature Windows 7.

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