UK Netbook Review

The SunBook from Clover Systems is the first 10 inch netbook to ship with a Pixel Qi transflective display. The Pixel Qi display lets one use a netbook normally – as in full color mode for viewing pictures, watching movies, or doing just about anything else you’d expect to do on a netbook. But you can also kill the backlight to view the display in a sunlight-readable high contrast, low power mode. When you shut off the backlight, when it looks like a netbook with an E Ink-style display.

Shanzhaiben have spotted a new Chinese netook/laptop mix that packs teh brand new 1.8GHz dual core Intel Atom D525 processor and NVIDIA ION 2 graphics. It has 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 320GB hard drive, HDMI output and something else you wont’ find on most Atom-powered netbooks – a DVD burner. That’s because the laptop has a 14 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, so there’s enough space to house an optical drive.

You’d be forgiven if you took one look at the new Laser One Chinese laptop and thought it was yet another variation of Acer’s Aspire One 10 inch netbook series. I’m pretty sure that’s what the manufacturer wants you to think after all. But als, it’s just another cheap knockoff. Shanzhaiben reports that the Laser [...]

Indian company Novatium has a range of small form factor pcs and netbooks for the Indian market. Rather than just offering the hardware, though, there’s also integration with the cloud for a small monthly subscription.  Novatium also offers a USB stick which you can plug into any computer to access your remote desktop.  Novatium computer users [...]

Another day, another clone found in China. The latest is a machine from Shenzhou Vayee which bears a remarkable resemblance to Apple’s Macbook Air.

The netbook has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and netbook-like specs including a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. It has a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of memory and a SIM card slot.