What happens if you take the Asus UL30, scoop out the insides and replace the Intel CULV processor with an Atom chip and NVDIIA IOn graphics? I have no idea, but the folks at Phecda have done the next best thing by producing a UL30 clone called the Phecda P13. The notebook has a 13.3 inch, 1366  x 768 pixel…

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While there are only a handful of Android powered tablets available in the US, it seems like every day a new one hits the streets in China. One of hte latest is the Phecda P7, a 7 inch tablet with an 800 x 480 pixel display, a 650MHz ARM11-based CPU, and Google Android 2.1. In a few months, an Android…

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Like the rest of the world, PC manufacturers in China are starting to branch out from low cost 7 to 10 inch netbooks and dip their toes in the 11 inch and larger space with computers sporting Intel CULV processors. Shanzai.com has two roundups of several new models from Chinese companies that have 11.6 to 13.3 inch displays and Consumer…

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VIA enjoyed some success early on, shipping in a handful of HP Mini models. However, the Intel competitor was roundly beaten into submission by the x86 king’s Atom CPUs. With the arrival of Phecda’s PHV102, it looks as though VIA might be down but not out. According to Shanzai.com, the PHV102 will feature VIA’s 1.6GHz C7-M processor, 1GB of DDR2…

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I could have sworn everything was supposed to be bigger in Texas, not China. But a cottage industry seems to have popped up around cloning Western netbooks and making them a little larger in China. Yesterday it was the 10 inch Dell Latitude 2100 that was blown up into an 11.1 inch model. Today’s it’s the HP Mini 5101′s turn….

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