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Sony announces VAIO M Series netbook

Sony UK officially announced the cheapest Sony netbook yet with the new VAIO M Series mini-notebook. With a starting price of £299, the VAIO M comes available in two colors (black or white), features a 10.1 inch display, and weighs 1.4kg with a 6 cell battery. Specs include: Intel Atom N450 processor Windows 7 Starter OS 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 250GB 5400RPM SATA HDD 10.1 inch 16:10 aspect ratio LED backlit display with 1024 x 600 resolution Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics 802.11 b/g/n ...

Rumor: Lenovo ThinkPad netbook spotted?

Hmm.. could there very well be a Lenovo ThinkPad netbook coming out shortly? A Whirlpool forum member from the land down under spotted several new systems being set up at his school. Here’s what he wrote: “I saw yesterday at school some guys setting up a whole bunch of Lenovo Thinkpad Mini 10’s. Then I realised, I’ve never heard of it before. It certainly wasn’t an X100e, and had a very thick bezel around the screen (thicker than my X200T) and had a "Mini 10" logo o...

Netbook Reviews of the Day

LaptopMag recently reviewed the thin-and-light, business-oriented Dell Vostro V13.  Based on the Adamo form factor, but hundreds of dollars cheaper, the Vostro V13 features: Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor 4GB of RAM 500GB 7200RPM SATA HDD 13.3 inch 1366 x 768 resolution display Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi Bluetooth 2.0 Windows 7 Professional Ethernet Headphone and microphone ports USB/eSATA combo port, 2 USB ports, VGA port 5 in 1 card reader ExpressCard/34 slot Her...

Mobile Broadband from Orange Review

About a year ago I posted up my experiences of using a 3G dongle from the British mobile network Three. Although it worked and did what I wanted most of the time I reported that it could be quite frustrating to use. The signal often cut out, it was slow to connect and speeds were generally slow. It wan't all bad, the dongle was definitely a life saver at times and came in very useful over the last year. I just wished it was a little more reliable.The Mobile Internet connection was very usefu...

Netbook Deals of the Day

==== Dell.com Dell is currently offering their Inspiron Mini 10 netbook for $299 as part of the Days of Deals promotion (Day 8 of their 10 day promotion run). The specs for the sale system are as follows: Intel Atom Z520 processor (clocked at 1.33GHz) 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 resolution display 28WHr Lithium Ion battery 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 160GB 5400RPM SATA HDD Intel GMA 500 graphics 1 GB SDRAM Built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam The system is available in Obsidian black with other colors availa...

Samsung N150 vs N120

Forum member nmhotel has shared some thoughts with the N120 compared to the N150. Unfortunately his original N120 suffered at the hands of gravity and has now been replaced with a brand new N150! The primary difference between these two netbooks is the different Atom processors, the former contains the N270, whilst the newer model has the more efficient N450 Pine Trail chip.So if you are thinking of buying or upgrading to a Samsung N150 netbook then his notes might prove helpful.Looking for t...

Samsung Go N315 updated with Pinetrail but pricey

Samsung brings the Intel Pinetrail platform to the Go product lineup with the new Samsung Go N315 netbook. The Go N315 features a 10.1 inch wide LED backlit LCD display, pebble-style keyboard, 4 cell battery, 3 in 1 memory card reader and the New York Times Reader 2.0 pre-installed. Full specs include: Intel Atom N450 processor 1GB of RAM 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 resolution LED backlit display Intel GMA 3150 graphics HD audio SRS 3D sound effect 3 watt stereo speakers 1.3 megapixel webcam 250GB...

LaptopMag reviews the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t and Samsung N210

The folks at LaptopMag have published two new netbook reviews on their site – one for the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t and one for the Samsung N210. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t is a convertible netbook with the following specs: Intel Atom N470 processor clocked at 1.83GHz Intel GMA 3150 graphics 2GB of RAM 250GB 5400RPM SATA HDD 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 resolution display 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Ethernet Headphone/Microphone VGA port 2 USB ports 6 in 1 ...

HP and Vivienne Tam introduced HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition

HP and Vivienne Tam introduced the latest Vivienne Tam-branded netbook last week, the HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition, at New York Fashion Week. The new netbook combine’s Tam’s “Butterfly Lovers” design with HP’s Mini 210 netbook technology resulting in a system that’s less than 1 inch thin and weighs around 2.7 pounds. According to HP, “the netbook design is inspired by the classic Chinese love story, “Butterfly Lovers,” a beautiful tale of freedom, romance and inspiration. “ HP also part...

Introducing the Samsung N315

So the rumour that Samsung would be consolidating their netbook releases once again doesn't hold true with another new model now appearing on the horizon!This time it appears to be an update of the Samsung N310 (also known as the Samsung GO in the US), the Samsung techies have replaced the Atom N270 with the new Atom N450 Pine Trail chip. So expect longer battery life than the previous incarnation of this netbook.Check out the Samsung page here. The official US page also notes that it comes w...