Eee PC Seashell - Indulge in the Extraordinary.

Introduced t the CeBit 2009, the Asus Eee PC Seashell, aka 1008HA is now available for purchase in Japan and overseas. This netbook is powered by an Atom N280, 1GB or RAM, a 10” WSVGA LED Backlight screen, Bluetooth, 160GB of HDD….

Taipei, Taiwan, April 30, 2009 – Surf with the Eee PC™ Seashell—The beach brings to mind images of clear blue oceans, soft silk-like sand and, of course, the seashells. ASUS has taken one of nature’s most beautiful designs and combined it with the best of today’s innovations to provide users with the most stylishly functional Eee PC™ yet. Weighing just 1.1kg, the Eee PC™ Seashell is a highly portable companion that users can carry about, allowing them to surf the Internet, watch videos or keep in touch with their friends and family—even while at the beach. Equipped with a more-than-ample 10-inch display, ergonomically designed keyboard, intelligent energy management system and an intuitive multi-touch touch-pad, the Eee PC™ Seashell aims to provide users with the best mobile computing experience, wherever their journeys take them.

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Gateway's Netbook

Alongside Acer’s Aspire One D250 and AS3935, we had the pleasure of discovering the ID5800-25K (15.6” 1366x768 0, a stylish notebook designed by Pininfarina for Gateway. It's powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 4GB of RAM, a GeForce G105M with 512MB of VRAM, 320GB of HDD, DVD Super Multi, WiFi ABGN, Bluetooth, Multigesture trackpad… And sold in Japan for just 119,800 Yen (€91.

Definitely more compact, Gateway also introduced a N280 Atom powered Netbook, the LT2000. It's available in either black or red with the usual 1GB of RAM, 945GSE Chipset, 10.1” LCD with a 1024 x 600 resolution, Dolby headphones, WiFi B/G… Sold for 49,800 Yen (€381)



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AspireRevo, Acer’s first Nvidia Ion-Based Nettop

Finally someone made it, the first nettop (Atom powered desktop) powered by Nvidia's extremely promising Ion-Platform that supports full HD Video quality and Blu-ray video quality on an Atom based device.

The AspireRevo is also not your average Atom. As it's powered by an Atom 230, it can take up to 4GB of RAM, 250GB of HDD, a 4 in 1 card reader, HDMI and VGA out, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0… The ideal little desktop that I'd love to plug under each TV at home.

SANTA CLARA, CA-APRIL 7, 2009-NVIDIA and Acer reshaped the PC landscape today by setting a new standard for small PCs with the introduction of the world's first NVIDIA® ION™ -based PC, the Acer AspireRevo.

No larger than a typical hardcover book, the AspireRevo is a fully capable desktop with advanced graphics and impressive multimedia features. Equipped with NVIDIA ION graphics, the system can handle a wide variety of computing needs including high definition video, gaming, sharing digital photos, surfing the web, and other tasks consumers expect from full-size systems.

The AspireRevo represents a sharp break from 20 years of big, power hungry, and expensive PCs by delivering a full PC experience in a small, energy efficient, and affordable system. NVIDIA ION graphics make this possible with performance that is 5-10 times faster than traditional PCs with integrated graphics.


"The AspireRevo is small and quiet enough to go anywhere, yet big enough to handle all the needs of your digital lifestyle," said Gianpiero Morbello, corporate vice president of marketing for Acer. "It's perfectly suited for the living room, because NVIDIA ION provides a brilliant graphics experience with digital photos, watching video, and playing family-friendly games."

"The Acer AspireRevo with our new NVIDIA ION GPU is so small and powerful it's unbelievable," said Dan Vivoli, senior vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. "Watch Blu-ray movies1 and HD movie trailers, or clean up jerky, dim cell phone videos for internet streaming. This is the perfect PC for today's consumers."

The NVIDIA ION graphics processor in the AspireRevo supports:

• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Outstanding 1080p HD video with true-fidelity 7.1 audio
• Popular games including Spore, Call of Duty 4, and Sim City 5
• DirectX 10 graphics with advanced digital display connectivity
• Accelerated video enhancement and transcoding using NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology

About NVIDIA ION graphics processors
NVIDIA ION graphics processors turn up the visuals on small PCs with up to 10X faster graphics performance than similar systems. ION graphics processors provide support for premium Windows Vista features, outstanding media capabilities including 1080p high definition video and Blu-ray movies, and support for popular PC games.

1 Requires an external Blu-ray movie player.

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Clevery Mini HomeServer SP9C WHS

Clevery is a quite well known store in Akihabara and they announced this morning their new Mini HomeServer SP9C WHS offered with Windows Home Server for 65800 Yen (490€) and 2TB of HDD (2x1TB), 1GB of RAM PC5300, an Intel Atom 330 Dual Core at 1.6GHz, DVD… Definitively the perfect little Torrent station or NAS for the rest of us.

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GPS, HDMI Out and Atom Z520, the New Inspiron Mini 10 Ready to Conquer Japan

This morning Dell Japan announced their plan to launch an updated version of their Inspiron Mini 10, with a 10” LCD (1366x768 resolution), 160GB of HDD, GPS, WiFi B/G, Bluetooth, Web camera (1.3Mpix), 1GB of RAM and the new Atom Z520 CPU (1 Core 1.33GHz).
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Acer and e-Machine Japan Introduces a New Atom Powered Desktop

Here 's the EL1600 e-Machine, a nice little underpowered desktop with the usual ATOM 230 (1.6GHz), 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD, 945GC Express Chipset, DVD Super Multi, and a motherboard that allows you to add a PCI Express one free slot and Windows XP Home.

Definitely not the ultra killer that you may have expected, but for 35,000 Yen (2€70), this may be the perfect micro FTP server, NAS thingy, or ultimate Torrent machine… Oh, and a regular PC for your kids or grandma.

If you are interested in getting something more powerful but with the same body, Acer and e-Machine Japan also has the EL1800 powered by an Pentium E5200, 2GB of RAM, 320GB of HDD, Nvidia 7100+nForce 630i.

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Asus Eee Top 1602

Asus Eee Top 1602 With Touch Screen Now Japan Friendly

Asus Japan announced the future launch of their Eee Top 1602, an Eee PC desktop powered by an ATOM N270 (1.60GHz), 1 GB of RAM, Intel 945GSE Express and 160GB of HDD. It has a nice little 15.6” touchscreen LCD with a 1366x768 resolution, as well as a 1.3Mpix Camera and Wifi B/G/N.

The Eee Top 1602 is set to be around €545.
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Toshiba Offers a 64GB SSD for Their NB100 Netbook

Toshiba Offers a 64GB SSD for Their NB100 Netbook

Toshiba's not so exciting netbook, aka the NB100, is powered by an ATOM N270 with an Intel 945GSE Express Chipset, 1 GB of RAM and a 8.9” WSVGA with LED backlight is now available with either a 160GB HDD or a 64GB SSD... Nothing exciting, but if you're interested in this little overpriced netbook you may also be interested to know that you will have a choice of different body colors like “Champagne Gold” and “Galaxy Black”

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Eee PC T91, the First Convertible Tablet Netbook

Eee PC T91, the First Convertible Tablet Netbook

This morning the folks over Engadget and Gizmodo came up with some interesting news regarding the latest Eee PC, the T91, the very first convertible tablet Netbook. 
 Only 1” thick (for the rest of the world this means roughly 2.54cm), 2lbs (less than 1kg), a 8.9” touch panel with LED Backlight, an Intel Atom Z520 CPU, XP Home (No TPC Edition?) TV tuner, and GPS...

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New All In One Desktop from MSI... Like Lenovo but Uglier!

New All In One Desktop from MSI... Like Lenovo but Uglier!

Behold the MSI Wind NetOn, a Dual Core Atom or Core 2 Duo CPU all in one desktop that screams HELP! Kill me now I'm ugly!



The new Wind NetOn will be at the up-coming CES and in two flavors, 22" and 19” screens.
 So far there is little information available, but the 22” model will be powered by a Core 2 Duo CPU and support Full HD video, while a low end version will be powered by an Atom Dual Core CPU (like for 19” version) and can only support 720p videos.

Whole New All-In-One Wind NetOn Starting an Era of Dual-Core Atom

MSI will present 4 of it’s new All-In-One species “Wind NetOn” at CES, including 22” AE2203, 19” AP1900, AE1901 and AP1902. AE1901 is the world’s first All-In-One model equipped with the dual-core Atom processor that helps to not only improve operational performance, but also save energy. Its power consumption is only 20% of that of normal PCs (250W). The advanced model, AE2203, is fully equipped with advanced AV and entertainment functions and supports up to Full HD.

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MSI new ultra-thin X-Slim 320.

MSI new ultra-thin X-Slim 320.

MSI has unveiled in Taiwan a new 13.4” wide ultra-thin netbook, the X-Slim 320, which only weight 1.3kg and for a thickness of 1.98cm. As far as the specs are concerned, we will have the average Atom Z530 at 1.6GHz, 2GB of RAM a resolution of 1366x768 on a 13.1” LCD, wifi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, WCDMA for a price which seems to be around 800 USD.

Newly launched MSI X-Slim 320 super portable notebook shows off its slim figure of about 1.3kg!

The newly launched, super portable notebook, MSI X-Slim Series X320, is certain to capture market’s interest. While the MSI X320 is equipped with the latest Intel platform and a 13.4” display with an optimized 16:9 screen, it only weights just about 1.3 kg and is absolutely your perfect mobile partner.

Not only light, the X320 is also very “thin”. The overall thickness is as small as 1.98 cm, with the thinnest part being only 6 mm. In addition to its lightness and thinness, the X320 also features an excellent battery life in 4 cell or 8 cell battery lasts up to 10 hours. Such an outstanding capability will impress the international market for sure.

In addition to its outstanding capability and excellent performance, the stylish design and fashionable look contributes to X320’s attraction. Its chic and elegant appearance and slim-line shape, together with the Champagne gold, the noble elegance of pearl white or even high-tech stylish black, make it consumers’ dream notebook.

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New Color for the MSI Wind U100 in Japan

New Color for the MSI Wind U100 in Japan

MSI Japan added a new color “Angel White” to their Netbook U100, available from December 13th. No changes regarding specs, a 10.2’’ LCD screen with a WSVGA resolution (1,024x600), an Intel Atom (1.6GHz), an Intel 945GSE Express chipset, 1GB of memory, 160GB of HDD, as well as Wifi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.0, and 1.3Mpix web camera.

Price: 56,800 Yen (480€).

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Pink Aspire One

A Pink and Cheaper Acer Aspire One in Japan

Acer Japan will cut the price of their Aspire One by 5,000 Yen (42€). It's available in Pink, Gold, Brown, and traditional Blue Sapphire.

Nothing new for specs, 8.9” LCD with WSVGA resolution, an ATOM N270 (1.60GHz), 1GB of RAM, and 945GSE Express chipset.

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Asus N10JC

Asus N10JC Available in Japan This Month

Asus Japan announced the availability of their N10JC Notebook in Japan. As a reminder, it features a 10.2-Inch LCD screen with a WSVGA resolution (1,024x600), an Intel Atom N270 CPU (1.6GHz), a GeForce 9300M GS, 160GB of HDD, 1GB of RAM, Wifi b/g/n, HDMI output, 1.3Mpix camera, and SD/MMC/Memory Stick/xD Picture cards slot.

It comes with Windows XP Home Edition with a price of 74,800 Yen (600€).

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Kouziro, the latest Netbook from Japan

Kouziro, the latest Netbook from Japan

Here you are the FRNU302/BK Kouziro, the latest Netbook from Frontier in Japan. So nothing new here the specs are quite “average” with your usual suspects, an Atom N270, 1GB of RAM, 120 or 160GB of HDD, a 10.1” WSVGA LCD, 945GSE Express Chipset, XP Home or Pro or Vista Home Premium, Wifi…

Anyway… nothing new here. Price are starting from 49800 Yen (400€)

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The First EVER Hello Kitty Netbook!

The First EVER Hello Kitty Netbook!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud, very proud, to announce the first ever Hello Kitty Netbook! Onkyo Japan's Sotec will release a new Netbook based on their C1, the C101K3W, with a huge Hello Kitty reworked design!

Not only does it have a dedicated Hello Kitty wallpaper, but the lid design includes some Hello kitty flavor… A MUST for Hello Kitty fans!

As for specs, they're similar other Netbooks, an Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, an Intel 945GSE Express, 120GB of HDD…

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NEC's All in One Touch Panel, Atom Powered PC

NEC's All in One Touch Panel, Atom Powered PC

NEC Japan this morning announced two new PNC's. The 12PNC-W2/B2 (12”) and 15PNC-W2/B2 (15’) are two all in one PCs powered by an ATOM CPU Z530 @ 1.6GHz, with either 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 80GB of HDD, XP Embedded, Vista Business for Embedded and touch screen.

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LifeBook U2010 from Fujitsu

LifeBook U2010 from Fujitsu now official

Singapore, August 06, 2008 — Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific today proudly unveils the LifeBook U2010, the successor of the futuristic Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), the LifeBook U1010, which won over many Fujitsu converts along with a host of worldwide accolades. Mobile professionals, glamazons and urbanites will be enchanted with the computing delights contained in this polished powerhouse and they will absolutely impress onlookers everywhere.

Mr. YS Ng, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing says, “Last year, Fujitsu made UMPC history with its landmark, feature-rich LifeBook U1010. Continuing in its unique 3-in-1 tablet/notebook/handheld PC tradition, the amazing LifeBook U2010 cements our triumph in this field as it replicates the ingenuity of the U1010 as well as accentuating its lifestyle features with an array of distinctive colours and wireless music on-demand – all while remaining fashionably small and powerfully compact.”

Ever wished you could listen to that favourite collection of songs you painstakingly uploaded from your personal CDs on your drive home? Well, the LifeBook U2010 comes with the technology to make this nice-to-have a reality with its ability to wirelessly connect to any FM radio and its audio output to play aloud your chart-toppers - in this case, straight from your notebook’s music library, using only your home entertainment system or even your car’s FM stereo system! Thanks to its nifty wireless music on-demand technology, the U2010 allows you to take charge of the atmosphere at any party and rev up the tempo to the beat of your play list straight off your UMPC, without the hassle of burning the songs to a CD first - how’s that for loving Mother Nature!

Every experience with the LifeBook U2010 will prove to be an enjoyable one with its high resolution SuperFine 5.6” WXGA 1280 x 800 screen with 300nits brightness. It even has a one-touch Raku Raku zoom button for optimal viewing. Available in Ocean Black, Pink Gold, Cool Silver, Fuchsia Red and Luminous Blue, the petite U2010 is simply a delight to have. And as for the glamazon who hops from one chillout spot to the next in her urban playground, the lightweight (610g) and multimedia-centric LifeBook U2010 accords her centre-stage by entirely meeting her entertainment and communication needs on a portable full-featured Windows Operating System with a built-in 1.3 Mega Pixel camera and digital microphone, making instant messaging and online chatting effortless.

To enhance your experience with this mobile companion, the finger-friendly Microsoft® Origami™ Experience 2.0 application(1) is made available with the LifeBook U2010 for quick touch access to your favourite multimedia programmes. With fully-optimised browsing features, your music, videos, photos, games will all be within easy reach, not to mention updating your blog and taking quick notes will be such a breeze.

The wonders of the LifeBook U2010 extend to busy professionals who need to be constantly on the go, making the long battery life of 8 hours(2) an absolute bonus. With wireless connectivity features and Bluetooth® v2.1 to minimise work downtime for business travelers on the go, it’s simply the perfect mobile companion. Moreover, this tablet-convertible UMPC’s generous storage space (up to 60GB or option of 64GB SSD) means that having big business files on hand for reference is not a problem at all.

In addition, let’s not forget that this petite PC in your palm swivels and turns over to double up as a handheld tablet PC that lets you scribble in short notes for automatic conversion to soft copy text – even when using your fingers! Of course, if time and inclination permits, who’s to stop you from engaging in some electronic sketching with your stylus? And to make sure this mini laptop doesn’t slide out of your grip and derail your artistic efforts, this LifeBook U2010 has a slip-resistant base.

Be it a business professional, glamazon or urbanite, everyone craves a longer battery life. Hence, the LifeBook U2010 comes prepared to meet this demand because it runs on the latest Intel® Centrino® Atom™ processor technology with Intel® Centrino® Atom™ processor Z530 (1.6GHz) and Intel® System Controller Hub, thus endowing it with lower power consumption properties. This means that you are more likely to reach your destination before your battery bails on you. Especially with an extended battery as backup, businessmen will also no doubt be grateful for the longer battery life since it means less hassle with wires since the charger stays in the office even as you don’t.

As with all Fujitsu PCs, this UMPC comes replete with a suite of security features that guarantees the confidentiality of your information. Ensuring that your confidential documents stay private is a 2-level BIOS lock and an Anti-Theft Lock Slot. In addition, the LifeBook U2010 has a Fingerprint Sensor which allows the encryption of sensitive files with a swipe of your pre-registered fingerprint since no password can be more secure than that of your own fingerprint!

Fujitsu remains firmly committed to the promotion of a cleaner environment and complies with the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS) across its entire range of products. In addition, Fujitsu has established a set of commitments that goes beyond RoHS requirements, thus allowing it to stay keenly focused on its customers’ health and well-being as well as to embrace a healthier environment for all. By adopting a green factory concept and being committed to the cause of energy-efficient computing, Fujitsu also fights to sustain the Earth as a sponsor and a member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.

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Acer Aspire One

Aspire One, Another Atom Powered Wonder

This afternoon Acer Japan unveiled its new ATOM powered UMPC, the Aspire One. Available in either White or Black, it features a N270 Atom CPU (1.60Ghz), 1GB of RAM (512MB onboard), a 8.9” WSVGA Screen with LED backlight, a 0.3Mpix web camera, 120GB of HDD, Wifi B/G, a memory card reader, and Ethernet port. It weighs just 1.1kg with a size of 249x170x29mm.

In spite of their nice designs, it seems that many ATOM powered PCs look alike lately... I just hope that the next ATOM PC will bring us something new.

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Panasonic Atom ToughBook

Hands-on the CF-U1, Panasonic's First Atom Powered TOUGHBOOK

This morning in Japan, Panasonic launched the CF-U1. It's the first Toughtbook tablet PC from the Japanese maker powered by an ATOM CPU, a Z520 at 1.33GHz. Our CF-U1 has 1GB of RAM, 16GB of SSD, a 5.6” wide LCD (WSVGA), Wifi A/B/G and Bluetooth. It runs either on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, or Vista Business SP1. (1.06kg, 184x150x57mm).

Like ALL Panasonic TOUGHBOOKs, the CF-U1 is pretty amazing and tough (Panasonic demonstrated this by dropping it 30 times(artistical quotation of 10/10) from a height of 1m20)! The Japanese company also demonstrated how their UMPC was water-resistant, and actually, you should be able to use your device under the rain without any problem!
But just a council... don't use it in the pool! it is not waterproof! Moreover, the demonstrator was a little scared when there was too much water!

Anyway! We also noticed that CF-U1 Vista version is faster than other ATOM UMPC running on this OS... And on XP version, as usual, it's amazing

The CF-U1 will be released in Japan in October.

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