With the Holiday season just around the corner, expect PC manufacturers to rush on their new netbooks in time for the start of the holiday shopping season.

Acer for one is already preparing its Christmas netbook offering, and Acer certainly got loads of them in store for all of us. Blogeee listed these Acer netbooks as follow:

Aspire One D250-0Bk_XP316 – This netbook will sport a 10.1-glossy screen, Intel Atom N270 CPU, 0.3MP webcam, SDHC card reader, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, 3 USB ports, 3-cell battery and Windows XP dual booting with Android. This Aspire One netbook will go for around 259 €.

Next is the Aspire One D250_0DK_W7616 with almost the same spec as the previous Aspire One but this time with Windows 7 and 6-cell battery. Price goes up to 299 €.

Another Acer netbook to watch out for is the Aspire One 531h-ODK_W725 with almost same spec as the D250_0DK_W7616 but this time with a bump up storage of 250GB and 2 SDHC card reader plus Bluetooth 2.0. Price is bumped up to 329 €.

Last, we have the Aspire On 751h-52BK_XP616. This netbook has an Intel Atom Z520 CPU, 6-cell battery with 7 hours battery life and Windows XP Home. It will sell for 349€.

So which one of these Acer netbooks are you keen on getting?

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Well, it didn’t take Asus that long to make the new Eee PC 1001HA available for pre-order at the Amazon UK site. We were just telling you that this netbook’s specs have been spotted on the Asus global site.

The Eee PC 1001HA is available for $328. Due to its cheap price, you’d get a decent Eee PC with basic features. These include – 10.1-inch display (1024×600), 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD, 3-cell battery, 0.3 webcam, 3 USB ports and Windows XP (sorry folks no Windows 7 in this one).

Design wise, the Eee PC 1001HA looks like it’s sporting a textured lid design. It will be available in black and white color.

Now here’s the clincher and could determine whether you would want to get this netbook now – it will ship within 3 months upon order. Now that’s too long to wait.

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Here we have several new netbooks that if you don’t examine closely will make you believe are actually original netbooks. But, actually they are not are just mere copies of various available netbooks from major manufacturers.

The netbooks were made by Chinese company Malata, which is actually pretty legit as it even has an official website.

Anyway, here are the Malata netbooks and their specs and features:

Malata PC-98905 – a dead-ringer for Sony Vaio P. It features a 8.9-inch display with 1024×600 pixels resolution, Intel Atom N270 or N280 CPU, 8-32GB of SSD, 1 or 2 GB of RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2 USB ports, card reader and 1.3MP webcam. It also features an OS that is said to be fast booting that it only takes 8 seconds before you can start using the netbook.

Malata PC-91009 – an obvious copy of the Eee PC 1008HA. It is loaded with Intel Atom N450 Pineview, 10.1-inch display, 160-320GB HDD, 1-2GB of RAM, 0.3MP webcam, fingerprint reader, mini-VGA port and the same OS as the previous netbook.

Malata PC-9103 – copies the Eee PC 1005HA and also comes with a 10.1-inch display in 1024×600 pixels resolution, 6-cell battery, optional UMTS module, chicklet-style keyboard, 1.3MP webcam, and USB Port.

Malata PC-91007 is patterned after the Eee PC 1002HA and some traces of the Eee PC S101 as well. It has Intel Atom N450 cPU, 10.1-inch display 160-320GB HDD, up to 2GB of RAM and N-WLAN.

Interested? Check out Malata’s official website for more details.

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We all know what it means when an upcoming product starts showing up on it’s mother company’s global site, right? It means that product is now being prepared for international launch. Well, that seems to be the case for the new Eee PC 1001HA which we covered recently.

The Eee PC 1001HA is now appearing on the Asus global site. This new member of the Eee PC Seashell family looks like a toned down version of the Eee PC 1005HA. It’s features and specs speak well of what this new netbook can bring when it comes out.

• 10.1-inch 1024×600 display
• 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU
• 1GB of RAM
• 160GB HDD
• Wi-Fi 802.1 b/g/n
• 0.3MP webcam
• 3 USB ports
• Windows XP or Linux OS
• 3 cell/6 cell battery.

No words on pricing and release date yet.

Here are some more photos:

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Here we have another one of those China-made netbooks which will most likely not get into the international market. So, you’re only recourse would be to import this netbook from China if you deemed it’s worthy of your hard-earned bucks.

Anyway, the netbook we’re talking about is this one spotted by Shanzai, which has a touch-enabled rotating screen. It’s obviously not an original piece but a rebranded/repackaged and reengineered netbook to make it look like a convertible machine.

For specs – you get Intel Atom N270 CPU, 945GSE chipset, 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD and all the usual works – Bluetooth, camera, card reader and built-in 3G. What is not so understandable is why this netbook runs on Windows XP and not on Windows 7?

This netbook retails for around $370.

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Remember how we told you the Sony Vaio W was no longer available from PC World? Well it may be because Sony are releasing an updated model. Like we previously told you, the VAIO W11S1E is still available on Amazon for £330-£332 but now, a new model, the W12S1E is also showing up at Amazon.

The W12S1E features pretty much the same specs as the previous model with a couple of changes. The new model will run Windows 7 Starter instead of Windows XP but, the main change and probably the reason for the new model number, is the hard drive size. The W12S1E will feature a 250GB HDD instead of 160GB. The extra hard drive space and newer operating system will cost you an extra £70 though. The netbook is available to pre-order for £399 in white, tan and pink. Release date is November 10th.

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There you go, Sprint has officially announced that it is now offering the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook complete with “blazing-fast” Internet access according to Sprint. The Mini 10 will be available for $199.99 via Sprint Mobile’s 3G Broadband Plan that comes with a two-year service agreement.

So what does this offer to Sprint customers who are willing to get into a two-year contract in exchange for a netbook with 3G connectivity? How about an embedded EV-DO Rev. A wireless service by Sprint which provides faster data rates and higher system capacity? This will enable customers to send and receive large amounts of data at broadband speeds which is comparable to dSL. Hence allowing customers to partake of various apps and services including VOIP, music-on-demand and video messaging.

EV-DO provides upload speeds of 350-500 kbps and download speeds of 600 kbps and 1.4 mbps. You think you can handle that?

As a quick review, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10  boasts of  the following specs:

• 10.1-inch LED 1024×600 WSVGA screen
• Intel Atom Z520 CPU
• Microsoft Windows XP Home
• 1.3 MP webcam
• 160 GB HDD
• 1 GB of RAM
• Integrated Intel 500 Media Accelerator Graphics
• 5-in-1 media reader
• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Here’s the link to the official PR which contains information on how you can avail of this offer.

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Here we go, Walmart’s latest rebranded netbook – the Mirius selling for a dirt cheap price of $248. For that price you a 10-inch netbook with the following specs:

• 10.2″ LCD display, 1024 x 600
• Intel Atom N270
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM
• 120 GB SATA hard drive
• WiFi b/g/n
• 3 USB ports
• VGA port
• Flash card reader
• Built in webcam, 1.3 MP
• 3 cell battery, 2.2 hour runtime
• Windows XP Home
• 2.8 pounds

Not bad for a netbook of such specs, right?  If you feel like splurging on a decent-spec’d netbook which is definitely a refurbished one, this is the deal for you. Here’s the Walmart product page

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Look what we have here, after plummeting on top of the Amazon bestsellers lists, Windows 7  Eee PCs have been suddenly pushed down by a non-Windows 7 Eee PC. And guess what it is? – the Eee PC 1005HA running Windows XP instead.

Did that surprise you a bit? The Eee PC 1005HA running on Windows XP sells for $358.89 while the model with Windows 7 sells for around $376.99. It’s around $18 difference in price and you’d already have a faster Eee PC with better specs and features and yet the inferior model is still preferred by users?

What could be the reason then? Users still not convinced that Windows 7 is better than Windows XP? Users still want to buy some time before upgrading to Windows 7? Price is certainly not an issue since the price difference is not that much.

Let’s see if this trend continues as more and more reviews of Windows 7-powered netbooks come out. In the meantime go check out Amazon’s bestsellers and find out if your netbook is among them.

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The Sony VAIO W11S1E was previously available from PC World in the UK for delivery only. Collection from store wasn’t possible and now ordering it, isn’t at all. Not from PC World anyway. Those following the direct link to the 10 inch netbook from Sony will find themselves redirected to the netbook page, with no sign of any Sony netbook in sight.

It is however, still available from Amazon.co.uk. All color models are still currently in stock from £330.

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