Consumer Reports magazine has recently released their “Best New Electronics” issue for December 2009, and topping the list for the best new Netbook is the Samsung N120-12GBK.

The N120-12GBK scored a 58 out of 100 for its overall score, and very high ratings for portability and ergonomics. The average price for this netbook is about $400, and you can see the entire top ten list after the jump.

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Did you hear the good news folks? Kindle for PC is a new software headed to your future Windows 7 device. That means you won’t have to purchase the Kindle in order to enjoy eBooks titles. And forget about the Nook too! Instead you can save some money and get yourself one of those new netbook-like tablets. Besides Apple and Microsoft other manufacturers will launch tablets which can act very well as eBook readers thanks to this Kindle for PC solution. The software is in beta right now and you can sign up for it already. Barnes & Noble should be really annoyed right now. This Kindle for PC will surely translate into less Nook sales in the foreseeable future.

via cnet

Tags: Amazon, barnes noble, Kindle, Kindle for PC, Mobile News, netbooks, nook, tablets, Windows 7

Acer is finally ready to send the first Android netbook your way. The Aspire One D250 is available for Pre-order on Amazon and it will cost you $349 to get it. The netbook will offer you both Android and Windows XP under the hood so you’ll be able to choose which OS is better suited for your needs. Don’t hurry up to get it just yet as Acer is bound to unveil another version of the D250 capable of running Windows 7. The Windows 7 version will be announced at some point next week in Japan after Microsoft will finally launch its latest OS. It would be very interesting to see a netbook coming with both Windows 7 and Android on board but that might not happen anytime soon.

via Amazon

Tags: Acer, Acer, Amazon, Aspire one, D250, microsoft, microsoft, netbooks, netbooks, pre-order, Windows 7

MSI has big plans for the netbook business especially considering that Windows 7 is soon going to be available worldwide. The company plans to launch what looks to be a totally hot netbook next year. The U150 will use Intel’s Pine Trail chipset and will offer you a resistive touchscreen. We don’t have all the features just yet but the U150 already looks promising. We’ll be waiting for CES 2010 to see Intel’s Pine Trail chipset at work and we’re counting on more netbook makers to start planning for this new generation of touch-friendly netbooks which will be running Windows 7.

via Engadget

Tags: Intel, MSI, netbooks, netbooks, Pine Trail, U150, Windows 7

Windows 7 will bring touch support to our future desktops and laptops and one of them could be the 11.6-inch EX6 tablet from Kohjinsha.

The EX6 will feature a 11.6-inch LED-backlit resistive touchscreen capable of 1,366 x 768 resolution, a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, a 945GSE chipset, up to 2GB of memory, a 160GB HDD, 802.11n WiFi connectivity, gigabit Ethernet, front and back-facing cameras, a DVD player, a 2600mAh battery, 2 USB ports and SDHC/microSDHC/ExpressCard support.

The machine will be available sometime this month for $635 and it will be running Windows XP at first. It’s up to you to upgrade it to Windows 7 and unleash its true potential.

via wow-pow-blog

Tags: EX6, Kohjinsha, Laptops, Laptops, Mobile News, netbooks, netbooks, tablet, Windows 7

Don’t get all too excited since this isn’t official news. You can get mildly excited though since we expect HP to launch new netbooks in the near future. So why wouldn’t this new netbooks be 10.1- and 11.6-inch ultra-slim machines?

The word on the street is that HP has hired Quanta to make the 11.6-inch netbook this August while the 10.1-inch netbook is due before the end of the year. Inventec is also going to make netbooks for HP but these are revisions of HP’s 10.1-inch netbook. No details have been leaked so far about any of these new HP netbooks, but we’re counting on HP to bring something new to the table. Can we expect Windows 7 HP netbooks soon?

Quanta Computer will also make new 15.6- and 17.3-inch notebooks and shipments will start in August while Compal Electronics will work on 13.3- and 14-inch versions.

via digitimes

Tags: HP, Inventec, Laptops, Laptops, Mobile News, netbooks, netbooks, Quanta

Ever since the netbook craze started, companies, Asus and Acer especially, have been pumping out new models at an alarming rate.

Well, it seems that the duo is finally taking a break as reports have emerged that the two companies will put a hold on any new netbook models until 2010. This delay is apparantly due to Intel waiting until early 2010 to debut their Pine Trail-M platform.

For now, Asus and Acer will reportedly focus on producing ultra-thin laptops for the rest of 2009.

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Tags: Acer, ASUS, Business, delay, Laptops, Laptops, Mobile News, netbooks, netbooks, Notebooks, ultra-thin

How many of you netbook users wish that your ultra-portable machine had an optical drive too? Would you pay extra dollars for a model that would offer you an optical drive on board? Well Asus has one such model, the 1004DN which is now available in Taiwan for around $609. The netbook comes with the regular 10.2-inch screen, 1GB of RAM, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, an Intel GN40 chipset with X4500M graphics, a fingerprint reader, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity and a CD/DVD burner. What do you think? Is it worth more than the regular netbook?

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Tags: 1004DN, ASUS, CD/DVD burner, Eee PC, Laptops, Laptops, netbooks, netbooks, Portable Devices

Before I even start this one out I have to tell you folks that the video above was created for a product management class. Unfortunately this is not the MacBook Touch just yet but it might very well be in a little time. It’s a remarkable concept which people would probably love having around. We have just heard today a rumor saying that Apple and Verizon will launch the first MacBook tablet so this video fits perfectly with it. It’s what some customers want and we’re probably going to see Apple deliver.

What do you want out of a MacBook Touch (or whatever name it will be given)?

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Tags: Apple, Apple, laptiops, Laptops, MacBook, netbooks, netbooks, tablet, Touch, Verizon, Verizon

AT&T is getting ready to offer three new subsidized netbooks. The Acer Aspire One, the Dell Mini 10 and the Lenovo S10 are all going to be available for just $200 with a new 2-year contract. As for plans you can choose between a $40/month 200MB plan or a $60/month 5GB plan. So what do you think? Ready for a new netbook?

via prnewswire

Tags: Acer, Aspire one, At&T, At&T, data, Dell, Laptops, Lenovo, Mini 10, Mobile News, netbooks, Portable Devices, S10

Yesterday we told you how Nokia plans to launch Cseries phones and today we have more hot rumors for you. The Finnish company is also going to launch Xseries handsets, Nokia Money service and Booklet computers soon. Besides these trademarks we are to expect even more new names from Nokia.

The Xseries will cover the new Maemo 5 handsets while Nokia Money is supposed to be a new platform for mobile financially transactions. Booklet on the other hand will deal with netbooks, smartbooks and other ultra-portable computers. Now that we have the names we need some proof of their existence!

Tags: Booklet, cseries, Maemo, netbooks, Nokia, Nokia, Nokia Money, Xseries

By now everyone interested in tech-related issues knows that Google wants to enter an important market. The company is ready to offer a new OS to everyone that owns a computer. Google OS, which we showed you yesterday, will be available to every laptop, desktop or netbook out there. And today we have the first leaked shots of the new OS.

Apparently a very minimal Chrome OS has been offered to a company that supplies parts for Acer and someone took pictures of it. On the other hand, these photos could have easily been photoshopped, and we have to suspect they were forged just as we do with every other leaked pictures. Let’s see if Google will deny anything!

Tags: Acer, Chrome OS, computers, desktops, Google, Google, Laptops, leak, Mobile News, netbooks

When Google released their Chrome web browser, it took the world by surprise but seemed like the logical next step for the mega company. Well, it looks like they are expanding past a web browser and even past their mobile Android OS with the introduction of Google Chrome OS.

This will be a full fledged open source operating system built from the ground up. Its focus will be on speed, security and simplicity much like the Google Chrome web browser and Android OS.

Google says that they are working on making netbooks running Google Chrome OS for availability sometime in 2010. Your move Apple and Microsoft.

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Tags: Chrome, Desktop PCs, Google, Google, Laptops, netbooks, open source, operating system, software

Are you planning to buy a laptop soon? Well don’t make any sudden decisions without doing your homework. It would be best to solicit some tips and reviews on the newest notebooks available in the market today and perhaps LaptopComputerGuide.org.

And the best part of it is you don’t have to read it. LaptopComputerGuide.org launched a video which explains the different types of laptops currently on the market; from small mobile netbooks to large high performance gaming laptops. Then it goes into detail about all the different factors or features any laptop buyer should consider before they make their final choice.

“Since there is such a variety of laptops in the stores, finding the perfect match to meet your specific needs can be a daunting task and does takes some consideration,” states Titus Hoskins, a former art teacher who now runs the LaptopComputerGuide website. “This short video covers many of the factors or features potential laptop buyers should examine before they make their final choice.”

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Tags: Business, laptop buying guide, Laptops, Laptops, netbooks, Notebooks

We can honestly say that we knew this was bound to happen. The minute Intel and Nokia shook hands thinking at the future of mobile devices, people must have started wandering when the first Nokia laptop should arrive. And Nokia is on track with its laptop plans for this year. Together with Intel it will launch an Atom-based netbook sometime in the third quarter of the year, according to the Commercial Times.

The Nokiabook will probably be made by Compal and Quanta, two companies well versed in the netbook-making business. Compal will go even further and create a Qualcomm Snapdragon Nokia smartbook but we don’t have any specific details for any of those future Nokia devices just yet.

via intomobile

Tags: Atom, Compal, handset, Intel, Mobile News, netbooks, Nokia, Nokia, Nokiabook, Portable Devices, Quanta, Smartbooks

The latest netbook from Samsung Electronics, the N310 Netbook, will be exclusively available from Ebuyer.com. Known as one of the UK’s leading retailers in the category of consumer electronics, Ebuyer.com offers customers the opportunity to own a N310 Netbook for only £364.98.

With the growing demand for compact and efficient mobile devices today, Samsung decided to go with a retailer that has proven itself as far as sales for branded computer and consumer electronic gadgets in the market today. However, they are offering the Samsung N310 online only until supplies last.

The Samsung N310 10″ netbook is a smart, stylish and very powerful device designed to satisfy even the most demanding computing enthusiast. The netbook can be used for storing and sharing information, photos, music and for browsing the internet.

Though it was already posted last month by Chris, here are the specs once again:

• Intel Atom processor of 1.6 Ghz
• 10″ WSVGA Glare SuperBright Gloss LED Display has resolution of 1024 x 600
• Memory of 1GB DDR2 800MHz
• 160GB SATA hard drive of 5400RPM
• Windows XP operating system
• Software options like the Samsung Magic Doctor, Samsung Update Plus, Easy Display Manger
• Weighs only 1.23 kgs

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Tags: Atom, browsing the internet, electronic gadgets, glare, hard drive, information photos, Intel, Laptops, memory, mobile devices, netbook, netbooks, photos music, Samsung, Samsung, samsung electronics, software options, Windows XP

Are you sitting down folks? Because this is going to be legendary! That’s right you heard me right the first time. Microsoft is going to sell its famous Windows XP all the way through 2011. The company doesn’t seem ready to discontinue it especially since so many netbooks are using the OS and probably some netbooks to come are going to also keep using it. Microsoft was going to discontinue XP after April 23, 2010 but it looks like that it’s all history. The Windows XP downgrade option will be available to everyone interested in it. That way Microsoft is making sure that besides Windows 7, which isn’t out yet, it will have a pretty dependable OS to offer. After all, nobody will want to get a Vista downgrade if they don’t like 7, will they?

Tags: 2011, 7, delay, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile Software, netbooks, vista, xp

Wirefly, America’s trusted source for mobile phones and wireless service plans, has announced the expansion of its product offerings to include netbooks. Wirefly is now the first online retailer in the country to sell netbooks with embedded 3G wireless service from both Verizon Wireless and AT&T, presently the only two mobile-phone providers in the U.S. activating these mini-notebook computers.

Once on Wirefly.com, consumers are able to compare netbooks and 3G services offered by both Verizon Wireless and AT&T, to decide which best fits for their needs and can then purchase and activate their new ultra-mobile PC. Initially, Wirefly.com will  offer the Acer Aspire One with AT&T 3G service and the HP Mini 1151NR from Verizon Wireless, with prices starting at $49.99 with a new two year contract. The company plans to expand its netbook line-up as AT&T and Verizon Wireless continue to build up theirs. For more information go to:  www.wirefly.com

Tags: Acer Aspire One, At&T, HP Mini 1151NR, Mobile News, netbooks, Verizon Wireless, Wirefly.com

Samsung seems to want to make its N310 netbooks more popular. And what better way to make everyone talk about them then making a neat viral videos featuring cartoons fighting each other. Well it looks like only the girl is fighting in this cartoonish ad, and for what it’s worth I love the train trick. The boy is too busy talking N310 specs but I feel I must be more efficient than he is.

The N310 is a 10-inch netbook made by Samsung capable to offer you a pleasant experience. It will juggle with emails, internet, videos and even work. In terms of specs you can expect it to come equipped with the regular a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP Home, and the 160GB hard drive. What do you think? Did that viral video make you order a netbook?

Tags: Laptops, Laptops, N310, netbooks, Samsung, video, Viral

Microsoft has gone ahead and revealed the maximum requirements for Windows 7 netbooks. Excited? Anxious? What will Windows 7 need in order to perform well on a netbook? Well let’s take a look at the picture here, shall we?

Future Windows 7 netbooks will work on a maximum 10.2-inch screen, 1GB of RAM, 250GB hard drives or 64GB SSD and single-core processors up to 2GHz. Apparently there will be support for any type of touchscreen and graphics card.

via zdnet

Tags: Laptops, Mobile Software, netbooks, Windows 7