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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The Sotec C102 netbook looks and acts an awful lot like the company’s C101 “Hello Kitty” branded netbook. But the new model looks a little more business-like, with a solid black or silver color scheme. Under the hood, it’s pretty much the same machine, with a 10.1 inch display, 1.6GHz Intl Atom N270 CPU, 160GB hard drive, and 1GB of…

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You know that Hello Kitty-themed netbook we told you about the other day? The folks at Akihabara News got their hands on one and have uploaded some unboxing photos. The Sotec netbook is choc full of standard netbook components like a 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU. But aside from the super cutesy…

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You know, it’s hard to make a netbook that stands out. Dell decied to throw some fancy stickers on the back of its Inspiron Mini line; BenQ demonstrated that you can stand on the Joybook Lite without breaking it; and Asus just keeps dropping prices and putting out new models. Japan’s Sotec computers is taking a slightly different approach: slather…

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Japanese electronics maker Sotec is preparing to release the DC101, a 10.1 inch netbook with an Intel Atom Procesor and 120GB hard drive. Aside from the fact that the DC101 seems to have a more angular case than most current generation netbooks (which typically opt for those aerodynamic rounded edges to enhance their highway mpg), there doesn’t seem to be…

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