Fancy a small netbook with ultra-bright screen display? Well, Samsung has one and it is currently being displayed somewhere in the East. This Samsung 7-inch netbook boasts of WSVGA AMOLED screen in 1024×600 pixel resolution display and 16:9 aspect ratio. For its brightness, this netbook wallops a 3000cd/m2 and 1000000:! contrast ration. Considering that those too many zeros, it’s safe to say that this netbook displays graphics pretty well.

Unfortunately there’s not much we could gather about this netbook, aside from the fact that it has a nice-looking keyboard.

Whether this will be available commercially still remains a mystery. In the meantime, enjoy some more high-res photos courtesy of Akihabara News.

If you’ve been wanting to have a netbook with 2GB of RAM inside but don’t have the nerves to wreck open your netbook, well you may want to wait until March when Intel finally allows manufacturers to have 2GB of RAM in their netbooks.

Come March 10, the new Intel Atom N470 which is based on the Pine Trail-M two chip platform will now support 2GB capacity RAM.  The  N270 has a clock speed of 1.83 GHz, enough to be fully supported by the 3GB RAM.

Currently, netbooks are either sporting the Intel Atom N270 and N280 with clock speed of 1.6GHz.  A new processor the N450 is scheduled to be released in January 2010. But netbooks with this CPU would still have 1GB of RAM.

Other possible details of new netbooks to come up once the Intel Atom N470 is available include – Moblin Linux OS, storage guidance up to 20 to 32GB SSD drive or 160GB mechanical hard drive. Screen sizes of future netbooks will vary from 7-10.2-inch. The only let down would have to be their battery life which is expected to go down to a mere 4-cell or less.

Price wise, these new netbooks could go from $299 to $349.

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If you’re looking to upgrade from XP or Vista on your netbook, or perhaps you already have, then here’s some great news for you. Some netbook makers have already updated the driver download pages to include Windows 7 drivers which should work better than Vista drivers you may be using instead. Most Asus netbooks now have drivers for Windows 7 from their support page.

Other companies have updated their support pages but, not all companies support many netbook models. There is support from Toshiba for the NB205, while Acer are providing Windows 7 drivers for the Aspire One 751 and AOP531h with AOD250 to follow. Dell are listing drivers for the Mini 10v and Mini 10 but not the Inspiron Mini 9 or 12. HP on the other hand have support for discontinued netbooks, such as the HP Mini 2140. They’ve also got support for the 110, 5101 and other models. Lenovo have also updated their support page to include manuals but, no drivers yet. This could change soon though.

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Over at GadgetMix, one writer has reviewed a netbook car mount. The mount supports netbooks from 7 inches to 13, so will fit most netbooks even with an extended battery. It comes with a gooseneck bracket which can be adjusted. It features a strong suction cup which, was also put to the test. The reviewer used both an Asus Eee PC 701 and the Asus Eee PC 1000H which is “one of the heaviest netbooks ever made” on the mount with no problems. Perfect for those who want to use GPS on the netbook in the car.

It’s available from Ultimate-Netbook for £24.99. Using the code WEBMIX will get you a 10% discount. If you do grab the mount yourself, remember to use it safely.

It may not be too late for everyone’s dream of a $100 netbook, so I guess the SungWorld netbook is a winner as it comes even cheaper than $100. The SungWorld netbook which has a 7-inch display is up for sale for only $73. Yes folks, you read it right. The SungWorld is really that cheap.

But wait, does the netbook suffer from bad performance because it is cheap. Not really especially since its specs are comparable with the Eee PC 701. These specs include – VIA VT8500 ARM processor with 300MHz clock speed, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of Flash Memory, SSD cards up to 16GB, and Wi-Fi.

The SungWorld’s display is measured at 7-inch with 800×480 resolution.

The SungWorld netbook runs Windows CE and comes with a 1800 mAh battery.

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Last time we reported on the Skytone Alpha 680 was in April when the expected release date would be around 3 months later. Since then we haven’t heard anything else about the Android powered netbook but, live pictures of the netbook have now surfaced.

The netbook, when it is released will run Android OS, come with 1GB SSD, 128MB of RAM and 533 MHz CPU. The display will be a 7 inch touch screen. Unfortunately, the netbook is described as “not really stable” which means we still won’t be seeing the netbook for a while yet. Until it is released, the live pictures of the netbook can be seen after the jump.

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Cooler Master’s latest notebook dock, the Choiix supports laptops up to 15″ but is the perfect size for netbooks, making it a netbook friendly cooling dock. The Choiix also allows a 2.5 inch SATA HDD to be added through a HDD bay. The bay supports hard drives up to 500GB making it a multi purpose dock. Not only will the Choiix keep your netbook cool and give you up to an extra 500GB storage space but, it comes at a decent price too. The Cooler Master Choiix Air Through Stash is available for $29.99 from Amazon.

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We’ve seen many companies bring out protective sleeves for netbooks, along with bags designed for netbooks. Other accessories considered as essentials include travel mice and external DVD readers, due to most software still needing, or being easier to install anyway, through a DVD. Installing a new OS on a netbook is also much easier if you’ve got an external DVD reader, rather than formatting a USB thumb drive in such a way that the netbook boots from the drive. With this is mind, Acer have created a bundle pack combining these items. The pack includes a protective sleeve which supports netbooks with up to an 11.6 inch display, a USB DVD-RW Drive along with a wireless mouse. It’s noted the USB DVD Drive is powered through USB, so unlike many other external DVD drives, there’s no need for a seperate power cable.

It’s available from several US stores, including TigerDirect and is most easily found by it’s model number “A180-1221″ (thanks Liliputing). Retail price is $100.

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Whether you’re new to the netbook world, or have had your netbook for a while, new tips on how to make the most of the screen size and resolution are always welcome. Today JKK have posted of more tips to improve your browsing experience with a netbook display from Lifehacker. The first tip is of how to remove the tab button, which JKK point out that Ctrl + T does the job just as well, if not quicker. Another small tip poised is removing the magnifying glass from the search box. Admittedly it doesn’t give you much extra space but, enough to warrant it as a handy tip. Lifehacker also explain how to remove the back and forward button from the display, along with stop/reload. To remove these buttons the userChrome.css file needs to be edited but, you can pick and choose which bits of the tips you want to use for yourself. Read more on how to edit the userChrome.css here.

While most netbook sleeves and cases are rather funky, the majority of the ones I’ve seen are either slightly masculine, or those with a feminine touch are just netbook sleeves. NetbookCrazy have posted of one netbook bag that is sure to appeal to many women, the busy execs and the fashion conscious. The netbook tote bag from Ultimate Addons is more of a handbag but, one that can fit a netbook in. Netbooks with 7 inch to 10.2 inch displays are supported. Like a regular handbag it can also fits all your other bits and bobs in like a mobile, makeup kit etc. The bag doesn’t appear to be available from Ultimate Addons website, but it is available from eBay for £21.99 or Ultimate-netbook for £19.99. The bag is also available in two neutral colors, either black, or brown.