According to an article posted on USA Today, Asus are to join forces with the mighty Disney corporation and are to produce a netbook together aimed at the younger market.

The Disney netbook or ‘Netpal’ will be available in both Toys R Us and Amazon in the US and will be produced with the following specifications that we know of to date:

Display will be 8.9 inches, the processor will be the Intel Atom and storage comes in with two options of a 16GB SSD or 160GB HDD configuration. The weight of the netbook will be between 2.2 and 2.6 pounds.

Applications on this Asus netbook spell out it’s tie-in with Disney, including a “Magic Desktop gadget tray”  which includes a Disney browser and a Radio Disney widget to enable live streaming of music to the netbook. The Netpal will run using the Windows XP operating system with a “kid-friendly user interface” with further Disney tweaks.

The Asus/Disney netbook is due to be released in two different colour combinations – “Princess Pink” with a floral design and “Magic Blue” with a Mickey Mouse design and is due for release in July this year and is due to retail at around the $350 mark.

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