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Acer’s dual-boot Android netbook unboxed [Video]

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 12:50 PM PDT

News regarding Acer's dual-booting Android/Windows 7 seems to be coming thick and fast right now. Pierre from Blogeee managed to get his hands on what looks like a finished retail unit, a week before its release. He unboxes a white version that comes with a black interior (bezel & keyboard). The Android bootup sequence is [...]

Intel’s Atom N450 processor launches on January 3rd?

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:09 AM PDT

The next-generation Pineview processor used in netbooks, the Atom N450, will launch on 3rd January according to Fudzilla. It will also be the day that Intel will announce other new chipsets too. The 1.66Ghz N450 will sell for $64 at launch, around $20 more expensive than the popular 1.6Ghz N270 Atom. The new Pineview processors [...]

Toshiba NB200 netbook gets Windows 7 refresh

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 01:21 AM PDT

The Toshiba NB200 will be getting a Windows 7 update on October 22nd. It will arrive with Windows 7 Starter Edition and either 160GB or 250GB storage. Other specifications remain the same. It will be available in five colours including Sable Brown, Frost White, Indigo Blue, Posh Pink and Onyx Black. Prices start from $399.99. [...]

Haleron announces dual-core Swordfish Net 20 netbook

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 01:11 AM PDT

If the name Haleron Technologies sounds familiar, then that's because you've probably heard of their dual CPU socket netbook, the Net 102 that was announced a while back. The company has followed this up with a 10.2-inch netbook running the dual-core Atom 330 processor, normally found in nettops. The company claims that the Net 20 [...]

Intel sells $1 billion worth of Intel Atom chipsets year-to-date

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 12:15 AM PDT

Intel has done well riding on the back of the netbook boom. It presented its third quarter financial results yesterday and revealed that so far this year it has sold $1 billion of Intel Atom chipsets. An astonishing number given that this the chip didn't exist two years ago. "[Sales of] Atom and the associated [...]

Acer’s dual-boot netbook gets first impressions; priced & dated for UK

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:45 PM PDT

The dual-boot Android Acer Aspire One netbook was officially announced today. Pre-orders of the device appeared on Amazon.com site yesterday, listing it as dual-booting with XP & Android. However, here in the UK, the netbook will be available with both XP or Windows 7. The netbook will be released on October 22nd with the dual-boot [...]

First shots of Google Chrome OS appear

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT

It seems that a few enthusiasts have stumbled onto some early code for Google's Chrome OS, which gives us a first look at the operating system. Google had placed a "chromeos" folder in the Chromium build folder that users were able to install. Interestingly, the results look very similar to how the Chrome browser looks right [...]

Asus Eee PC T101H debuting with N450 Atom in January?

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:21 PM PDT

There has been little word regarding the 10.2-inch big brother to the 8.9-inch Asus Eee PC T91 convertible netbook. The Asus Eee PC T101H seems to have been in a state of limbo, whilst the company decides whether it worth green lighting the netbook or not. However, according to NetbookNews.de, it is on its way, [...]

Mobinnova Beam: Tegra-powered smartbook to launch in January

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:16 PM PDT

The Mobinnova élan smartbook, which debuted at Computex in June this year, has undergone a name change. The 8.9-inch Nvidia Tegra-based smartbook will now be known as the Mobinnova Beam according to Laptop Mag. From what we can tell there are no new hardware revisions. The Mobinnova Beam is still expected to play 720p HD [...]

Acer officially announces 11.6” dual-core Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT

We first brought you details of the Acer Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ over two months ago. However, it's taken all this time for Acer to officially announce the device for the US market. The 11.6-inch AS1810TZ features a 1.3GHz dual-core SU7300 processor and will launch with Windows 7 Home Premium on October 22nd from $549.99. The company [...]

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