Aspire Timeline 1820PT

Acer’s new Aspire Timeline 1820PT came onto the radar today after arriving on the company’s Australian site. It’s a 11.6-inch convertible notebook – meaning it’s a regular netbook which can have it’s screen folder onto it’s keyboard so you can use it as a tablet.

The 1820PT ships with Windows 7 Home Premium and features both multitouch display and touchpad. It has a 1366 x 768 HD display, an Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.2GHz) processor, GMA X4500MHD, up to 8GB RAM (!) and 320GB storage, 3G, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. In addition to all that, it also has HDMI out, a card reader a claimed 8 hour run time on a single battery charge.

No word yet on price or stateside availability yet.

Samsung 11.6" X120

A few months ago we spotted the Samsung X120 at a few online merchants, but it disappeared  as quickly as it appeared not to be seen again until now.  Today, Notebook Italy revealed that the X120 woudl sell on the continent for 599 Euros. No word on when it’ll be available there, or what the price will be here in the UK when we get it.  It was announced within a whole lineup of Samsung CULV machines, rangings from the X120, to the X420 and X520.

The X120 is the most affordable entry-level device,  CULV thin and light notebook with a  11.6” 1366 x 768 display (glossy), Intel Core 2 Duo processor (speed and type unkown), 1-4GB DDR3 RAM, 160-500GB HDD (5400rpm), GMA 4500MHD graphics, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and 10/100 LAN. Ports: 3x USB, HDMI, audio jacks VGA, card reader, LAN. It has a 4-cell battery (4 hours) and 6-cell battery (9 hours). Weighs 1.36kg / 3.0 lbs.

Check out a few more shots after the break.

Source Notebook Italy, Via Netbooked.

Acer Aspire 1410

Brad, over at Liliputing, has put up an extensive review of the Acer Aspire 1410 Thin & Light.  We call it a ‘Thin & Light’ because instead of the netbook standard Atom processor, this breed of device is larger and more powerful than a normal netbook, but not quite as large, powerful or heavy as a traditional laptop.

Most thin and lights are powered by Intel’s CULV processor lineup, and the one reviewed uses a dual core 1.2GHz Intel Celeron SU2300 processor with integrated Intel GMA4500MHD graphics. It has 2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi and a 6 cell, 4400mAh battery.  Here  in the UK, we get a slightly higher specc’ed model with a larger 250gb hard drive and a dual core 1.3ghz Celeron ULV 743 processor for £396.34 shipping now, or £379.99 if you wait until it’s in stock from Amazon UK.

Read on for the full review.

Results were a mixed bag. Plus points were given to the price point of the machine – the lower powered Celeron ULV processor helps with that. However, performance, while better than Intel’s Atom CPU, wasn’t quite as good as expected. There were still some hiccups with video performance, and battery life was shorter than expected.

Overall though, if you’re after a bigger screened, slightly more powerful alternative to the plethora of 10″ netbooks like the Asus 1005HA and the Samsung N140, the Acer Aspire 1410 makes a nice alternative.

11.6” HP Pavilion DM1

Amazon UK has the new 11.6″ HP Pavilion DM1 thin and light up for pre-order for £469.99.  The DM1 is said to have the same exterior as the Compaq Mini 311C, but instead of the Atom processor and Nvida Ion combo, is a CULV processor with integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics (and a prince increase.)

The full specs are: 11.6” 1366 x 768 display, Intel Celeron SU2300 processor (dual core, 1.2GHz), 3GB RAM, 250GB HDD, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Windows 7 Home Premium and a 6 hour battery life.

It will be interesting to see how this compares performance wise to the Compaq Mini 311c, and if it’s worth the premium.

The Dual Core Lenovo IdeaPad U150

Lenovo just twittered that they’ll be launching their IdeaPad U150  thin and light laptop globally during a webcast this Monday.  Although already available in Japan,  Lenovo hasn’t properly launched the IdeaPad U150 yet.   The IdeaPad U150 slots in between regular netbooks and more traditional laptops, with a Dual Core Intel CULV processor and  larger 11.6″ screen.

Read our previous posts covering the Lenovo Ideapad U150 here and here.

via Netbooked

Lenovo IdeaPad U150 User Manual

Although still not officially announced, the user manual for Lenovo’s new IdeaPad U150 has already shown up online.  The IdeaPad U150 is Lenovo’s new 11.6 inch thin and light laptop powered by an Intel CULV processor as opposed to the Intel Atom that powers most netbooks.  It will weigh just under 3 pounds with a 3 cell battery or about 3.3 pounds with a 6 cell battery and measures 11.5″ x  7.6″ x 1″ with a 3 cell battery.

We already know that the U150 will be powered by a dual core Intel SU4100 CULV processor and it will have  integrated GMA X4500 graphics.  Port and connection-wise, it will have a 4-in-1 card reader, 2 USB ports plus an eSATA/USB combo port, Ethernet, HDMI, VGA, D-sub, headphone and mic jacks.  Other than that, we gather from the user manual that the following will be able to be built to order with the following options:

• Display: 11.6″ HD LCD / 11.1″ HD LCD
• Storage: 2.5″ SATA 160/250/320GB 5400rpm hard drive or 16GB/32GB Mini-PCIe SSD
• Memory: DDR3
• Battery: 29Whr 3 cell / 57Whr 6 cell

via Netbooked and Liliputing

Asus Eee PC 1005HA

Only a day after Asus launched the 1008HA , it seems as if the company has a whole mess of thin-and-light netbooks planned. Both the 1005HA-M and 1005HA-H have been revealed, with the former taking a lower-end angle with a 1.6GHz Atom N270, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, no Bluetooth, WiFi, a 6-cell battery (supposedly good for 8 hours of use), a 1.3 megapixel webcam and a €299 euro price tag.

The 1005HA-H includes most of the same internal gear as the Seashell (Eee PC 1008hA) , though it does step things up with two extra USB 2.0 ports, a 6-cell battery (versus a 5-cell in the Seashell) and 0.3kg of extra heft for €349 . Both machines should launch in France by July, and we’d say the real kicker is that both purportedly boast removable batteries, very much unlike the Seashell.

The full specs list is after the break.

Asus 1005HA Specifications