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Archive for December 7, 2008
HP Adds 3G Option to the Mini 1000, for a Hefty Price
Dec 7th
Netbooks are great piece of ware for the simple reason that they ought to be portable and can carry them anywhere. So, it is expected that with your netbooks in tow whereever you go, it is a must that you can easily connect online either through wireless network or 3G. Amazingly not all netbooks were released with the 3G option built-in. Some netbooks, like the HP Mini 1000 has the 3G features as an additional option which uses need to pay some good amount of money to have what should have been a default functionality.
Looking at the HP Mini 1000 which was released not so long ago, JKOntherun is reporting that HP is adding the 3G feature to their new netbook as an added option. The catch? Having the 3G feature on your newly bought HP Mini 1000 will cost you $199. This is in addition to the current price tag of the netbook – $399.
If that sounds good to you, and if you’ve been wanting to have the “always on” feature on your netbook, then we will not advised you to stay away form the deal. But if you decide to get the add-on feature, you’ll have a choice between Verizon’s EV-DO or AT&’s HSDPA options. There is actually a 3rd configuration option but it is not clear yet as which carrier is giving it.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
HP Adds 3G Option to the Mini 1000, for a Hefty Price
Lenovo and HP Both Reduce the Prices of their Netbooks
Dec 7th
Netbook manufactures are starting to realize that consumers are definitely feeling the economic crunch. Two cases in point, both HP and Lenovo have succeedingly lowered the prices of the netbooks.
HP was first to announce the price reduction for its recently released HP Mini 1000. From the previous published SRP of $399.99, Laptoping reported that HP will be reducing their latest netbook’s price to $359.99, down by $40. And for that price you’ll get an 8.9-inchnetbook with 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of SSD, 3-cell battery and Windows XP for OS.
Immediately after this, it was Lenovo’s turn to introduced a lower-priced S10 netbook which showed up on its online store. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 in both Blue and Black design was not priced $449 down $10 from its introductory price of $459. And for that price you’d still get the same IdeaPad S10 with 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 10.2 WSVGA display, integrated webcam, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD and a 3-cell battery.
Interestingly, the new price cut was not applicable to the Red and Pink colored IdeaPad S10 which remains at $459.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Lenovo and HP Both Reduce the Prices of their Netbooks
HIS not to release Netbook
Dec 7th
Coby aren’t the only ones not to be releasing a netbook. HIS, a graphics card manufacturer, was reported to launch their own netbook, featuring a 10.2 inch screen, 1GB of RAM for approximately $400, however HIS have released a press statement stating that they will not be releasing a netbook.
Instead, the netbook was falsely labelled as being manufactured by HIS, who will be taking action against the offending company.
Via: Channel Register
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
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