Chinese computer maker Delux Technology has introduced a line of 10 and 11.6 inch mini-laptops. For the most part, these computers are standard netbook fare with 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drives and Windows XP or Windows 7. But Sascha from Netbook News.de did find a few interesting features on some models. First, most of the laptops feature glossy displays…

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Chinese computer maker Optima showed off a rather sexy looking 12 inch laptop at IFA in Berlin recently which is either one of the thinnest laptops I’ve ever seen, or is at least designed to look ridiculously thin. I haven’t seen the official specs yet, so I’m just going to go on gut reaction for now and say, this thing…

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The Optima Op3W netbook is a Chinese model with a built in 3G UTMS module. The laptop will likely be available through China Telecom, although I wouldn’t be shocked if we saw a similar model show up in the West under a different brand name at some point. Sascha from Netbook News.de got a chance to check out the OP3W…

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While AMD is pushing its newer, faster, not-really-for-netbook Congo processors, Lightcomm Technologies is using a much older, slower AMD chip in its new netbook. The Lightcomm UPC801 has a 500MHz AMD Geode processor, which should help the netbook run for up to 5 hours using a 3 cell, 2800mAh battery. Just don’t expect it to be a speed demon. The…

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Elonex has been making low cost netbooks and ultraportable computers for about as long as anyone (which is to say, for about a year or two). The company’s Elonex One netbook was the first to sell for under £100 in the UK. Now Elonex is showing a new breed of mini-laptops with ARM-based processors and Windows CE. The Elonex Smartbook…

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Lenovo recently unveiled a new version of the IdeaPad S10-2 netbook with a 10.2 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel HD display, and Sascha from Netbook News got a chance to check it out in person at IFA in Berlin. No real surprises to report. The netbook is pretty much identical to the lower resolution in most respects, but you can…

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The folks at Netbook News.de spotted an unusual 10 inch netbook at IFA in Berlin. While the MenQ Easy PC E102 looks a bit like an HP Mini 1000 at first glance, thanks to its keyboard and touchpad, the MenQ netbook is outfitted with an x86-compatible processor based on the RISC architecture. It’s available in 1.2GHz or 1.6GHz versions and…

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We’re starting to see PC makers include video accelerators in netbooks, including the NVIDIA ION graphics chipset and Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator. But what if you already have a netbook and don’t want to go out and buy a new one just to watch a few 1080p HD videos? Quanta subsidiary FaceVision is launching a card that you can…

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Samsung is showing off its new N130 and N140 laptops at IFA in Berlin this week and Sascha from Netbook News got to spend some hands-on time with these two new models. For the most part, the specs look pretty familiar. The laptops have 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drives, 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel displays, and Intel Atom…

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Toshiba seems intent on beating the Apple Tablet and CrunchPad to the market. The company today introduced the JournE Touch Tablet. The company had previously reserved the JournE name for its digital photo frames, and to be honest, the tablet looks a bit like a photo frame with a touchscreen. Sure, it’s not the first touchscreen tablet to market. But…

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Sony has been pumping out ultraportable computers for ages, so the company’s got a little bit of expertise in the area. And this year Sony dipped its toe in the Intel-Atom powered netbook space, first with the overpriced and kind of bafflingly-sized Sony Vaio P, and then with the more typical, but still a bit overpriced Sony Vaio Mini W….

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If you’ve been holding off on picking up an Acer Aspire Revo nettop until the dual core option was available, it looks like the wait is almost over. Acer is launching a version of this tiny desktop computer with a 1.6GHz Atom 330 dual core processor, 4GB of RAM, HDMI output, and NVIDIA ION graphics today at IFA in Berlin….

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