Netbooks are small computers. So what do you call an incredibly tiny netbok? The uSmart M1C is clearly more of a MID or Mobile Internet Device than a netbook, thanks to its tiny 4.8 inch display. While the device has a QWERTY keyboard, I dare you to try touch-typing on it with all 10 fingers. But the mobile device does…
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The Starline NB1000 is pretty much your average run of the line 10 inch netbook with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, but Nicole from Netbook News spotted a few interesting things when she checked out this netbook in Hong Kong. One of the most noticeable features is the integrated touchpad which blends seamlessly with the computer’s palm rest. Nicole…
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The Samsung N120 packs a 10.1 inch display, decent speakers, and a nearly full sized keyboard into a 2.8 case that measures less than 1.2 inches thick. The US configuration also gets reasonably good battery life and sells for around $420 or less, making it a pretty good bargain. But if turns out if you live in Hong Kong you…
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A Hong Kong company is promoting a new mini-laptop with a 1.3GHz VIA Nano CPU, the new VIA VX855 chipset, a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 576 pixel display, and a choice of a hard drive or SSD. Nothing too new there. But here’s the kicker: The product page is filled with images making it look like this is an Apple…
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I have no reason to believe that the Olevia X10A netbook is ever going to be released in the US. But if it were, it would probably be pretty cheap. It’s selling in Hong Kong for HKD 2800, which is about the equivalent of $360. For that price, you get a netbook with a 10 inch display, a 1.6GHz Intel…
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I’m not a huge fan of netbooks wearing bling, nor am I a fan of customizing a computer for Valentine’s Day (what do you do with it for the other 364 days of the year?) But Asus Hong Kong is holding a contest where you can win a netbook by bedazzling a virtual Eee PC S101 with fake Swarovski Cyrstals….
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The new Acer Aspire One with a 10 inch display is due out this month, but it has yet to arrive in the US or Europe. But according to HKEPC it’s already on store shelves in Hong Kong. The netbook has a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel screen, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and Intel 945GSE chipset, 1GB…
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Lenovo is introducing a special edition IdePad S10 netbook in Hong Kong that’s all fancy and gold colored and stuff. This isn’t exactly the first gold colored netbook that we’ve seen. Asus introduced a gold colored version of the Eee PC 900A a few months back. And way back in April the Surcouf La Révolution hit France all dressed in…
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Shenzhen Firstview Electronics is showing off a new line of netbooks at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair this week. The netbooks range from the low-end Firstview PC703 with a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, to the 10.2 inch Firstview PC101. Firstview also has an 8.9 inch PC891 model. And for good measure, Firstview is selling a netbook called…
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Lenovo is preparing to launch the IdeaPad S9 Lite next month. And if you happen to live in Hong Kong and a member of the Lenovo Club, it looks like you can pick up 3 for the price of two. A single computer will cost you HKD 2,899 or about $371 US. But if you pick up three, the price…
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The Hong Kong PDA Users Group, or HKPUG managed to get some alone time with a pre-release version of the Asus Eee PC 904HD. The 904HD features an 8.9 inch display like the Eee PC 900/901, but has a larger case and keyboard like the Eee PC 1000. That means it has a bezel around the screen that’s reminiscent of…
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