Netbooks and Tablets Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 netbook w/Atom N455, 6 cell battery for $249 – Beach Camera Refurb Aus Eee PC 1001PXB 10″ netbook w/Win XP for $221 – Newegg Dell Streak 5 Android tablet for $100 with the purchase of a PC for $700 or more – Dell Curtis 7″ Android 2.1 tablet w/256MB RAM, 4GB storage for $120…

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Netbooks, Notebooks and Tablets Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 10″ netbook w/Atom N455, Win 7 Starter for $290 – Buy.com Sony VAIO P Intel Atom 1.6GHz 8″ Netbook for $699 + free shipping – Microsoft Store HP Pavilion dm1z AMD Zacate 12″ Laptop for $425 + free shipping – HP (coupon: SVMB39487) Viewsonic ViewPad 7 Android 2.2 tablet w/3G for $418 -…

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There may not be any netbooks with shiny new Intel Atom N550 dual core chips available for purchase in the US yet, but it looks like several Australian retailers are taking pre-orders for a new version of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 with an Atom N550 processor. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 06475CM looks mostly identical to the model I reviewed earlier…

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Two processors walk into a series of benchmarks… and it turns out it’s a bit tricky to tell which is which. Peter at Netbooked recently managed to get his hands on a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3s with a shiny new 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 processor and an S10-3 with the much more common 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU. And he put…

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Lenovo is introducing a new netbook that looks an awful lot like it’s last netbook — the IdeaPad S10-3. The new Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3s has a similar chiclet-style keyboard and touchpad with integrated left and right buttons. And the basic specs are the same, with an Intel Atom Pine Trail CPU, a 10.1 inch display, and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. The starting…

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The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 is Lenovo’s third netbook in the IdeaPad line. But you could probably have guessed that from the name. Here’s what you might not know: It’s the best looking 10 inch netbook Lenovo has released to date, and it’s the first with a new Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processor. The netbook is thin and light, and…

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Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 is one of the slickest looking 10 inch netbooks I’ve seen in a while. The folks at Lenovo sent me one to review this week, and I’ve posted the unboxing video below. The lid features a fingerprint-resistant, texture pattern. The demo model Lenovo sent me is red, and while I don’t usually favor red laptops, it’s quite…

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Lenovo introduced a number of new products at CES this year, including a convertible tablet-style netbook, an ARM-based smartbook, and a futuristic-looking laptop with a removable display that functions as a standalone tablet. In all the excitement, it would have been easy to overlook the most mundane of Lenovo’s new offerings: an updated 10 inch netbook. But while the Lenovo…

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Intel hasn’t officially launched the 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 Pine Trail chip yet. All of the new Pine Trail netbooks launched over the past few weeks have been outfitted with 1.66GHz Atom N450 processors instead. But I’ve seen a number of product listings and spec sheets that mention the faster chip. And now a little sleuthing has led me to…

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Another day, another set of recently announced netbooks that are now available for order. The HP Mini 210 and the MSI Wind U135 are both ready to go. Both of these netbooks run Windows 7 Starter Edition and have 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processors. The Compaq Mini CQ10 (which I think may be the same as the Compaq…

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Sure, CES is all about introducing new products, not necessarily announcing retail availability. Many of the doohickeys on display in Vegas this week won’t be available for weeks, months, or maybe ever. But here’s a short roundup of recently announced products that are already available for purchase or pre-order: Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 netbook – Purchase from Lenovo for $369 and…

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I got a chance to check out Lenovo’s new products at a press event this evening. And I have to say, there’s a lot to like (plus a few nits to pick). First up, the most remarkable device Lenovo announced this week: The IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. This device actually consists of two different computers that play together very nicely. The…

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