UK Netbook Review

Netbooked speculates that two large players in the netbook space, Samsung and Lenovo, maybe be launching new netbooks based on VIA’s VX900 processor.  They point out that both manufacturers have used VIA processors before – the Samsung with the Samsung NC20 and Lenovo i the IdeaPad S12.   Supposedly the new VIA VX900processor will be [...]

Intel’s dominance of the netbook chip market is being challenged from two side. On one side are the upcoming AMD Fusion chips, and now from the other flank comes VIA. The latest VIA paltform combines a VIA Nano1.2ghz U3100 CPU with a VIA VX900 graphics processor to enable HD video playback on low power netbooks.

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 [...]

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.