Netbook India

Alienware M11x is, hands down the most powerful compact laptop ever made. It comes with a 11.6 inch display with 1366×768 pixels and always-so-inspiring Alienware design.

It comes with a NVidia GT335M GPU with 1GB of dedicated video memory. It is easily able to play even the latest PC games with not many hiccups. Comes with a backlit keyboard and trackpad. Equipped with a 8-cell lithium-poly battery that will give you a runtime of 6.5 hours under normal conditions and just 2 hours when in full gaming mode. Comes with 3 USB ports and HDMI. There is even a SIM slot where you put in your 3G SIM card

Expected price is under Rs50,000

source: engadget and gadget mix

MSI has announced its first Pine Trail equipped netbooks in India, Wind U130 and Wind U135. With an extremely low power-consumption of 5.5w, the MSI U130 and U135 comes with the latest Atom N450 processor and GMA 3150 chipset. The U135 comes with a chiclet keyboard. Both of the netbooks come with 5 power supply modes – Gaming, Movie, Presentation, Document and Turbo which adjust the clock speed according to the needs.

Price of Wind U130 is Rs 23,000 and for Wind U135, it is Rs 25,000

MSI U130 and MSI U135 web page

Lenovo has launched the S10-3 and S10-3t officially.

Next-Generation Netbooks with Style and Rich Multimedia
Lenovo’s new IdeaPad S10-3t and S10-3 netbooks combine portability, style and industry-leading technologies that will help redefine the netbook category. The S10-3t is the first multitouch capacitive convertible netbook tablet, meaning it is built with Lenovo NaturalTouch responsive fingertip touch screen technology versus pressure touch technology, creating an optimal user experience.

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According to WSJ, while the Apple is expecting to introduce the Apple’s first table later this month, the shipping won’t start until Mach 2010. This report also contains information about the two different materials that are being used for the device’s casing.

However, it is unknown if the Apple would be releasing iSlate with both types.

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Rumor: HTC will be releasing a new touchscreen tablet at the CES 2010. This thing will run off a Qualcomm CPU that runs at 1GHz, which means that everything will run silky smooth.

There is a possibility of inclusion of multi touch display too

source: erictric

The specs and pictures of the Pine Trail 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One 532 was discovered at some online stores in Europe.

The Acer Aspire one has 10.1-inch  with 1024 x 600 display,1GB memory, 250GB Hard disk, Intel Atom N450 CPU, GMA 3150 graphics, 0.3MP webcam, Wi-Fi b/g, 6-cell battery and Windows 7 Starter as OS. It measures 22.9 x 31.5 x 11cm in dimension and weighs 1.25kg.

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A new Samsung Pine Trail netbook has been spotted on an online France e-tailer priced at 349 euros. The netbook N220 has 10-inch with 1024×600 matte display, has Intel Atom N450 CPU, GMA 3150 graphics, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 0.3 MP webcam, 1 GB memory, 250GB Hard disk and 5900mAh 6-cell battery which is good for upto 11.5 hours and runs Windows 7 starter. It weights 1.31 kg.

Expected price in Indian Rupees: Rs 24k

source: gadgetmix

Here is a cool accessory that we think every netbook owner should posses  – C-motech dual-mode USB modem. Also known as the CBU-450D does WiBro as-well-as HDUPA.

Even after having two wireless radios, this still manages to weigh mere 43gm. In HSUPA mode, it has maximum download speed of 7.2Mbps and upload speed of 5.76Mbps.

In WiBro, it will give you mind blowing speed of 33Mbps download speed!

It is Windows OS only though

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via ubergizmo

HCL has launched a new 3G enabled ME series netbook in India – HCL ME 06. This netbook is energy star 5.0 certified and comes with numerous useful utilities like:

• LOCK ME: prevents from data theft
• ENCRYPT ME: allows user to encrypt their data
• SECURE ME: lock any application
• SPLIT ME: to share a file of any size

Price of HCL ME 06 is priced at Rs 19,990. The HCL ME 06 netbook comes with an Atom N270 processor, 3G SIM card slot, Windows XP Home, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, 10.1-inch screen, 1024×600, Intel 945 chipset. Comes equipped with a 6-cell battery (5 hours 15 minutes).

Ports: multi-card reader. LAN port, Kensington lock port, 3 USB 2.0 ports, earphone and microphone port.

HCL is targeting it for young people and to support on the go lifestyle of business executives. ME 06 comes with 1 year warranty

Note: It is available online for Rs 21640  which Rs ~2000 more than the list price, but you will get a free MTV bag pack free.

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According to the several tests done by the laptopmag, Sony Vaio P emerged as the greenest netbook. Vaio P is the greenest and the most energy efficient netbook by far. It consumed the lowest amount of energy – just 7.5 watts while surfing the web, sitting idle and playing a movie.

• Netbooks and Nettops, both can handle multimedia apps pretty nicely. Photoshop CS4 runs without a hitch on the new processors
• Same architecture is used in both netbooks and nettops
• The N450 and D510/D410 – all these CPUs consume less than 20W of power
• Low TDP (Thermal Design Power) = Less heat generated = Cool systems
• Good enough for video watching and youtube
• Could be your primary computer until and unless you are into gaming

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After fighting a long battle with the Apple, Psystar is now in deep trouble as Apple has won permanent injunction against Psystar.

Now, the company will no longer be able to sell products running under Apple’s Mac OS X. Psystar will be banned from copying, selling, offering to sell, distributing or creating derivative works of Mac OS X.

Wait, the story does not ends there. They are also banned from intentionally inducing, aiding and assisting any other person or entity to use the Apple’s Mac OS software.

Psystar has been ordered to follow the aforementioned guidelines by December 31, 2009

via ubergizmo