Month: September 2008

Lenovo ThinkPad X200T (Tablet) – Hands-On (GBM)

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Almost a month ago, the new 12.1″ convertible Lenovo ThinkPad X200T (or X200 Tablet) made a debut of sorts at the FCC. Now it, along with the Lenovo ThinkPad X200s, are about to make their formal entrance into the laptop market next week (the Lenovo … Read more

Samsung NC10 Netbook

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Well, it’s official – Samsung’s 10″ Intel Atom-powered netbook has now been dubbed the Samsung NC10. It’s got a few interesting features not found elsewhere – some kind of special coating on the keys to reduce the chances of bacteria growing on them, and the … Read more

ASUS N10 Hands-On (Engadget)

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In what is one of the first hands-ons with the upcoming 10.2″ Asus N10, Engadget briefly talks about high-end netbook and where it falls into the market – it’s really pushing what we’d call a netbook (and Asustek has went through the trouble of making … Read more

Netbook Sales and the Industry

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Asus Eee PC 2G DigiTimes has an article up about how Asustek is using netbooks to take on the top notebook suppliers in Japan next year.

Their Asus Eee PC line (including the 7″ Eee PC 700 series as well as the 8.9″ 900 series) now accounts for around 85% of their sales in Japan (although Asustek wants to increase their regular-sized notebook sales which would drop that number).

Through August, Asustek has sold 188,000 Eee PC netbooks in Japan through August.

The 1st place Eee PC901-X and 2nd place Eee PC 4G-X accounted for around 70% of the under 100,000 Yen (US$946.52), while the 3rd place 8.9″ Acer Aspire One accounted for 9% of sales, with the 4th place 10″ MSI Wind U100 account for 8% of sales. HP’s 8.9″Mini-Note 2133 came in sixth.

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Toshiba Satellite NB105 / NB100 – UK

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Stuff.tv is carrying an exclusive that the new 8.9″Toshiba Satellite NB105, or Satellite NB100 as they are now calling it, will be coming to the UK later in October. It will retail for £260 (about $470 USD), which is the first price we’ve heard, and … Read more