A handful of Chinese companies have been pumping out cheap knockoffs of the Macbook Air for at least a year or two. These notebooks tend to be thin, light, and feature keyboards and touchpads that look an awful lot like those on a certain pricey machine from Apple. But they also tend to be loaded […]
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The netbooks of the Philippines
Nicole from Netbok News is apparently spending some time in the Philippines, and she’s been spending some time checking out some of the netbooks available there, including: Suzuki Neutron 1001 QN – $400 netbook with an Atom N270 CPU, 10.1″ display, a SIM card slot, a decent keyboard, and a touchpad with buttons awkwardly placed […]
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Xitrix TravelPro M-10: 2.2 pound netbook for the Philippines
Xitrix is a computer manufacturer in the Philippines. The company has a handful of  desktop and notebooks to its name, but recently introduced its first netbook. The Xitrix TravelPro M-10 is a pretty standard in most respects. It has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, and runs Windows 7 Starter Edition. […]
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Red Fox WizBook 890i coming to the Philippines?
Computer maker Red Fox offers a handful of netbooks in the Philippines, with screen sizes ranging from 8.9 inches to 10 inches. Up until now the company’s only 8.9 inch model features a 500MHz AMD Geode LX800 processor. But now Red Fox has introduced the WizBook 890i, which features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU. […]
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Sony Vaio W overpriced in Philippines as well
41You know how the Sony Vaio W is expected to sell for around $776 in Australia, while it has a list price of just $499 in the US? Yeah, apparently Australia isn’t the only region getting the short end of the stick. Yugatech reports that the netbook will sell for Php39,990 in the Philippines. That’s […]
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Acer Aspire One D250 now shipping in the Philippines
Acer has begun selling the Acer Aspire One D250 in the Philippines for 23,995 Pesos, or about $508. That’s about the same price that the computer was fetching in pre-orders in Japan a few weeks ago, so while I haven’t seen any US or European pricing yet, I’m guessing the D250 won’t cost more than […]
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Qube M1 8.9 inch netbook coming to the Philippines
Philippine computer seller Qube is preparing to launch a new netbook called the Qube M1 on December 20th. The netbook will come with an option of Linux Mint, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. What’s interesting is that Qube will load pretty much any version of XP or Vista on there for you, from Windows XP […]
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Asus to eliminate Linux Eee PC option – in the Philippines
You know how the other day we were talking about whether netbooks were a threat to Microsoft because so many of the little laptops run Linux? Yeah, apparently the answer if you happen to live in the Philippines is no. Because one of the top netbook makers has decided to stop offering a Linux option […]
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Deep Blue H1 price cut: Now just $215
When Blue Digital Systems announced the Deep Blue H1 in April, the little laptop’s $400-ish price tag was par for the course. But less than half a year later, you can pick up a far more capable laptop like the Acer Aspire One for less money. So it’s not surprising to see that the company […]
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Neo ViVid V1100 isn’t an MSI Wind clone after all
So it turns out that when I told you the Neo ViVid V1100 was an MSI Wind clone destined for the Philippines, I was wrong. While PC Corner certainly had a picture of an MSI Wind lookalike on the product page for a while, it has since been replaced with the photo shown above. I […]