UK Netbook Review

A few Asian manufacturer’s netbooks have shown up on the products page over at the Computex homepage.  It’s interesting, we keep seeing these models (mostly from China) for absurdly low prices, yet they never seem to make it to UK or US shores.  Perhaps 2011 will be different.  Check past the break for details and [...]

We’ve seen cheap netbooks before, but usually they’re only for sale in China. Well, now 98DollarNetbook.com hopes to change that. Run by a company called ITA Computers the $98 netbook fro sale on the obviously named site, 98dollarnetbook.com. Here’s what you get for $98 US dollar (~£70)

Remember the Sony Vaio P? Well, here’s another netbook from China that taken at least a few ‘styling hints’ from that tiny Sony.  The latest from ODM is called the BYD (I think I got that the right way around). It packs a 10-inch display, Atom Z530 processor, 1GB RAM, 1.8” storage, 2x USB ports [...]

Yes, you guessed it, that crappy blue background is a tell tale sign that another new netbook has passed through the US FCC. This time it’s the Matala PC-91013 which is a clone of the ASUS Eee PC Seashell netbooks. Specs for the Matala are: 10” 1024 x 600 display, Intel Atom N450 processor, GMA 3150 graphics, up to 2GB RAM, 1.3MP webcam, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. Weighs 2.9 pounds.

You’ll remember, the Mobinnova Beam is an 8.9 inch smartbook that uses NVIDIA’s Tegra platform. NVIDIA and Mobinnova have been showing off the Beam for months, but it’s yet to hit the streets. We do know that when it ships, it will be available with either Windows CE or Google’s upcoming Android OS but up until now, we’ve only seen prototypes running Windows CE. Now Laptop Magazine’s Mark Spoonauer has spent some hands-on time with a Mobinnova Beam netbook running Google Android.