Gdium launches One Laptop Per Hacker program

The Gdium netbook is one of the more special netbook which uses a custom version of Mandriva Linux that runs from a removable USB flash drive called the G-Key. The idea of this netbook is that you can carry all your data and desktop environtment in the G-Key with you, and use it from one [...]

Best Netbook of 2008

This year has been an amazing year for netbook industry. New netbooks were released almost every month throughout the year. This is good for consumers as we will have more choices, and the competition between various netbook companies will drive the price down and the quality up. There’s only one disadvantage here — many will [...]

Samsung NC20 To Be Launched on February 2009

While the Samsung NC10 is still fresh on the market, the company is already planning to release another 12-inch netbook called NC20 on February 2009.

According to Notebook Italia, the Samsung NC20 will comes with 1.3 GHz VIA Nano U225 processor, a 160GB hard drive, 1G of RAM, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g WiFi, and a 1.3MP camera. The [...]

Apple to Unveil Netbooks Next Month?

The MacWorld Conference and Expo just few weeks away, and according to an article of Computer World, it’s likely that Apple will unveil 2 netbooks in the Expo. The netbooks are likely to be an Apple-controlled “closed system” where software is delivered via the App Store, device restore is done from iTunes, backup is available [...]

Lenovo IdeaPad S9 Now Available in US

Lenovo IdeaPad s9 is the smaller cousin of the IdeaPad S10. It comes with an 8.9-inch screen, a 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, and 4GB SSD. Just in time for the holiday season, the IdeaPad S9 netbook is now available on two online stores: Geeks.com for $344.99 and Buy.com for $359.46

MSI Wind U120, 115 and 110 to be Released January 2009

Laptop Magazine has recently interviewed MSI’s Director of U.S. Sales Andy Tung. Below are the few highlights from the interview about MSI’s upcoming plan  in 2009:

The Wind U100 and U120 will be parallel products in the U.S. The U120 will have a new design (which we got a hands-on look at last month) and WiMax/3G [...]

Gateway Announced New Netbook Model

Gateway has recently announced a new netbook model, LT1001G which will feature an 8.9-inch screen, 1.6GHz Atom Processor, 160GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM.

The new netbook from Gateway is said to look pretty much like the Acer Aspire One, and it does not surprise us as the company has been acquired by Acer last [...]

Price Drop for HP’s and Lenovo’s Netbook

Both HP and Lenovo has recently announced price drop for their netbooks.
HP has reduced the recently announced Mini 1000 netbook from $399.99 to $359.99 — a price drop of $40. The specs that you will get from the reduced price is still an 8.9-inch screen with 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB [...]

HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition Now Available

As promised, HP has released the Vivienne Tam Edition of HP Mini 1000 netbook. You could now purchase this stylish netbook on HP online store with a starting price of $699.99.

Here’s the specs of the netbook:

10.2-inch diagonal WSVGA HP LED Brightview Infinity Display
1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor
1GB RAM
16GB SSD or 60GB HD
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator [...]

Samsung NC11 Netbook Coming?

Samsung’s first netbook, NC10 has been getting compliment for its great performance. Looks like the company is now planning to come out with the next model called NC11.
By looking at the product page on Samsung official site (in Korean), the only differences between NC10 and NC11 is that the new model will be available with [...]