New Netbook Reviews

Sound impressive? The Canoe Lake platform recently announced by Intel was shown today running inside a netbook that is less than 0.5″ thick. The big gap below the monitor looks a little strange, but I guess there’s a few trade-offs for being that thin. What’s impressive is that the Canoe Lake platform will have a GPU capable of at least 720 video playback, most likely the Intel GMA 3150. Here’s Netbook News hands-on video:

VIA has recently announced that they will start shipping out Android tablets in the $100 to $150 range sometime this year. These tablets will feature the company’s “PRIZM SmartTouch platform” which combines a low power ARM_based processor with the Google Android OS and long battery life.

Wondering what these tablets will look like? Well VIA has released a gallery today of what some of these tablets might look like:

CONTINUED »

Here are some great deals on netbooks:

	Asus 1000H 10.1″ refurbished netbook-  $198 10.1″ display Intel Celeron 900MHz processor 120GB HDD 1GB RAM Windows XP
	Acer Aspire One AOD250 refurbished- $239.99 10.1″ LED backlit display 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 processor 1GB RAM 160GB HD Windows 7 starter
	Asus Eee PC 1005HA- $261.99 10.1″ LED backlit display 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor 1GB RAM 160GB HD Windows XP

*update* The Aspire One AO721 has now begun shipping!

We spotted the Acer Aspire One A0721 passing through the FCC site in March, but now it’s finally up for preorder from Amazon. This netbook has some very impressive specs for the price ($429 with free shipping):

• Display: 11.6″ 1366 x 768
• Processor: AMD Athlon II Neo K125 1.7GHz
• Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384MB dedicated video memory
• Memory: 2GB of DDR3 RAM
• HD: 250GB
• Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
• Battery: 6 cell, 4400mah (up to 5.5 hours)
• Dimensions (3 pounds, 1″ thick)

CONTINUED »

Acer has announced several new AMD powered netbooks recently, but there is yet another that has just been announced. This one is powered by an Atom processor and adds a few new features such as: multitouch trackpad, flush battery, and no ports on the bottom for a flush design.

CONTINUED »