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Packard Bell dot Announced

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Speaking of re-badged netbooks/clones, we may have another one. Packard Bell, which was acquired by Acer earlier this year, is going to be releasing an 8.9″ netbook, the Packard Bell “dot”. It bears more than a passing resemblance to the Acer Aspire One. Now Packard … Read more

Acer to Expand Netbook Line, Add Gateway Brand

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Acer is looking to expand its current netbook line beyond it’s 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One line, according to LAPTOP Magazine’s Joanna Stern. They are also going to be adding the Gateway brand to a new netbook line as well. Joanna attended a global press conference … 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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Acer Aspire One – Linux Review (Techtree)

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Techtree.com India has posted a review / in-depth look at the Linux version of the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One netbook. This version of the Aspire One ships with Linpus Linux Lite running Xfce 4 (xfce.org) as the desktop environment / window manager They’ve posted screenshots … Read more

Acer Aspire One (XP) Review (LAPTOP Mag)

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LAPTOP Magazine has published their review of the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One netbook. This time around it’s the Windows XP, 120GB HDD version. They had previously reviewed the Linpus Linux version (512MB, SSD) and given it high marks for pricing, and have done so here … Read more