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Archive for September 3, 2008
Acer Aspire One netbook No. 2 at Amazon
Sep 3rd
Acer Inc’s new Aspire One netbook ranked as the No. 2 best-selling notebook at Amazon.com on Wed. on strong demand for the ultra portable device.
Acer in Aug. discounted the Windows XP model to a $349.99 price point in an aggressive price cut to move into the fast-growing netbook business.
The Acer Aspire One, which retails for $349.99, includes a 1.6 Ghz Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, and Windows XP. The product weighs 2.2 pounds and yields a scant 8.9-inch widescreen.
Chinese PC OEM Tsinghua to Release the VIA-Powered S1 Netbook
Sep 3rd
VIA Technologies and Chinese PC OEM Tsinghua Tongfang has are coming out with a netbook of their own called the Tongfan S1 netbook. Since this is in partnership with VIA, it is but logical that said netbook will not be powered by Intel’s Atom processor but a 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor combined with the VIA VX700 chipset.
The Tongfang S1 netbook will have a 10.2-inch LCD screen, business card manager, portable hard drive with battery pack, a digital photo frame or DVD playback. In addition, said netbook would also have Wi-Fi and an optional GPS navigation.
The S1 netbook will have retail for around $583 and will be available in white, blue, pink, gold or black color. Release date in the China market is still unknown though.
Here’s a more detailed rundown of the Tongfang S1 netbook’s features and specs:
- 10.2-inch screen (1024×600)
- 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor
- VIA VX700 UDM IGP Chipset
- Windows Vista with Linux dual interface
- 1 GB RAM
- 80GB HDD
- 1.3 megapixel camera
- Wi-Fi
- HD audio with 2 ports for speaker phone microphone
- 3 USB ports, Ethernet LAN port, 4-in-1 card reader
- 6-cell or 3-cell battery pack
Via Digitimes
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Chinese PC OEM Tsinghua to Release the VIA-Powered S1 Netbook
WSJ Reports – Dell Inspiron 910 to be Released on Sep 4
Sep 3rd
Here at Eee PC Blog, we will never get tired of covering netbook-related rumors until they get officially announced by the manufacturers themselves. But we think that Dell has teased us too much already with the released of their upcoming netbook – the Inspiron 910.
The latest news that we encountered was courtesy of Engadget citing a Wall Street Journal report confirming that the Inspiron Mini will be officially announced on Sept 4. Of course, experience tell us that once the WSJ runs a report about an upcoming event/launch, there’s a slim chance that it is not real.
Interestingly, we also learned that the Inspiron 910 will come pre-installed with Box.net service, an online photo and document storage service. In addition, the Inspiron 910 will have a price tag of less than $400 and users will have an option of either Windows or Linux for its OS.
Anyway, one more day of waiting. Finally, it will all be over by tomorrow.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
WSJ Reports – Dell Inspiron 910 to be Released on Sep 4
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