UK Netbook Review

Manufacturer Trigem has released a new netbook under the Averatec brand name. The new Averatec N1200 features a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, and 160GB hard drive. The notebook has Ethernet, VGA, and 2 USB ports and a 3200mAh battery. It runs Windows 7.

Medion has released their first Pinetrail powered netbook, called the Akoya E1222. Previous Akoya netbooks from Medion were just rebranded MSI Wind netbooks and we think this is also rebranded but we can’t figure out which design yet. Let us know if you recognize it.

A company called Pioneer (no relation to the audio outfit) from Australia is  offering an 11.6 inch laptop called the DreamBook Lite U11a.  One of the standout features of this netbook / thin and light will be a discrete graphics option in the future.  At the moment there’s one model available with the ubiquitous 1.66GHz Intel Atom [...]

Fujitsu has put the Lifebook MH380 on sale on their website today, giving us an interesting timeline of FCC reports (Nov. 24th), then thefirst details (Dec. 21), which led to the first hands-on(Jan. 8th) at CES 2010, and now finally retail availability.

The Asus Eee keyboard has been delayed more times than I care to remember, but if you liked the concept and don’t want to wait until February, jump on a plane to China to pickup the U510 Eee Keyboard clone. The Great Wall U510 Cross PC uses a 1.6ghz processor (presumably Intel Atom, Nvidia ION graphics, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, a 5” touch screen and 802.11n Wi-Fi. It can be connected to a HDTV, so we’re hoping that means a HDMI port too. Unlike the original Eee Keyboard, there is no wireless video / audio and no battery! It’s priced at about $570 in US dollars, but don’t expect to see this outside of China anytime soon.