UK Netbook Review

Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen says that you’ll be able to pick your very own Pixel Qi Screen by this summer, in the form of a DIY Kit. What makes the Pixel Qi screen special is that it combines the benefits of the low power, high contract e-ink dispalys found in many ebook readers, and the full colour displays currently in netbooks. The Pixel Qi display’s power consumption is said to range from just .5 watts, without backlight, to 2.5 watts with the backglight on.

Pixel Qi’s assures us that their LCD

Shuttle has launched a new netbook, it’s called the B10.  This is Shuttle’s first foray into the netbook market, although they practically invented the nettop market.   The new B10 features Pinetrail internals – notably a N450 processor and Integrated GMA3150 graphics.
That’s not very exciting, but GXT jack on the side of the netbook is. [...]

Hold on to your hats, faster netbooks are coming. Intel will be formally announcing the Intel Atom N470 processor come Monday. The new Atom N470 processor has a clock speed of 1.83GHz vs 1.66GHz on the N450 processor that’s standard with new Pinetrail netbooks.

While netbooks currently consist of about 10% of the current PC market, ARM CEO Warren East, says that’s about to change.  He states:
“Although netbooks are small today – maybe 10% of the PC market at most – we believe over the next several years that could completely change around and that could be 90% of the [...]

There’s been an interesting development with Jolicloud netbook operating system today. Namely, it’s been reported that full 1080p HD video will be supported under the OS with just the new N450 Intel Atom ‘Pinetrail’ processor. That’s right, no Broadcom HD accelerator, or Nvidia Ion required. Support, of course, is not just limited to the N450 but also the faster N470 processors. Both share the GMA 3150 graphics processor, but if you have an older N270 or N280 Atom with GMA500 you’re out of luck.