What?! According to Anne Camden of Dell Corporate Communications, “the Mini doesn’t have the internal antenna infrastructure needed to support mobile broadband”. So much for putting a third-party 3G card in the free WWAN slot in the base of the unit.
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I just noticed these two new Acer Aspire One models with the larger 160GB hard drive and the 6-cell battery. That is 40GB more storage and twice the battery life than the one I have for the same price — $399. That’s a great deal! I wish mine was one of these.
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Dell’s new netbook, the Inspiron Mini 9, is now on sale. As expected, Dell is offering a model with Ubuntu 8.04 alongside a model with the run-of-the-mill Windows XP Home installation. Pricing starts at a competitive $349.
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Intel® AtomTM Processor (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
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The MSI Wind U90 will sport specs similar to pretty much every other 9-inch screen netbook out there. An 8.9-inch screen, 1024 x 600 resolution, Intel® Atom™ N270 Processor, Windows XP Home, 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 80GB hard drive, built-in webcam, 10/100 ethernet, 802.11b / g Wireless Lan with Bluetooth, 4-in-1 card reader, [...]
Yep, the Lenovo S10 has made an appearance in their online store, and the price point is $429 for an S10 equipped with an Intel ATOM Processor N270 Single Core ( 1.60GHz 533MHz 512KB ), 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, Windows XP Home, and a 10.2″ screen.
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The folks over at Gizmodo have provided a screenshot of the specs on Dell’s upcoming netbook — Inspiron 910. Still no word on pricing, but the release date is expected to be August 22, 2008. The specs look to be right in line with the offerings by ASUS, Acer, MSI, and others.
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A scheduled Dell press event today may announce the release of Dell’s new 8.9-inch and 12.1-inch E-series netbooks. There is also rumor of a 10-inch model. We’ll have to wait and see.
Update: No Dell netbooks were announced today, but new Latitudes were announced.
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According to HKEPC Hardware, the next addition to the ASUS Eee PC lineup is the S101 as revealed by ASUS’ president Jerry Shen. The S101 features an Intel Atom 1.6GHz N270 processor and 945GME chipset and will have a 10.2-inch screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio and LED backlighting with either a 32GB or 64GB [...]
More and more netbooks are showing up in onlines stores. Now you don’t have to wait any longer. The Acer Aspire One is one of the better looking offerings by computers makers. Below is a list of links to retailers who are selling the Acer Aspire One.
Walmart.com:
Acer Aspire One 8.9″ Mini Laptop in a variety [...]
CNET Taiwan has provided some photos and specs for Lenovo’s S10 netbook. This looks like it could compete well with the ASUS Eee PC 1000. The S10 has a 10.2-inch screen, Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory, and 80GB HDD. The photos below tell the rest of the story.
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