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?

via Blogeee.net

It looks like Lenovo is up to something good come January 5th 2010. The rumored Thinkpad X200e netbook was sort of confirmed but it will be called the Thinkpad X100e first. Since this will be the entry level for this new series of Thinkpad netbook, the X200e might actually come true later on.

Exactly how this Thinkpad will look like and what will its specs be still remain unknown. But there are a lot of speculations and rumors. Obviously or should I say the Thinkpad should use Windows 7. Otherwise, what’s the point of coming out with a new netbook if it won’t run Windows 7, right?

If it runs Windows 7, therefore the this netbook will have larger screen, but not beyond 12-inch most definitely. Likewise, its RAM should be more than 1GB as well as more than 160GB HDD.

As for the processor, the Thinkpad X100e will most likely get an Intel CULV or AMD Athlon Neo.

via Thinkpad Today

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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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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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.

It’s not a netbook but the Litl Easel machine is loaded with an Intel Atom Z540   1.86GHz process, 1GB of RAM, 2GB of storage, 12.1-inch 1280×800 pixel display, webcam, WiFi and 2600 MAh battery. But what is it then?

The company responsible for the said machine, Litl calls it a web computer. Meaning, its primary purpose is for users to browse the Internet. Litl Easel as it is called just hit the FCC, so expect a U.S. release pretty soon sans official announcement from the company.

What’s interesting about the Litl Easel is the fact that it will present information in stacks of cards – blue for permanent card for the card catalog, family and friends and settings, white cards which are displayed as web cards in Firefox, and black cards which is similar to widgets.

Other features of the Litl Easel include HDMI port, USB port, and IR receiver for the use of a remote.

via Engadget

Lenovo is preparing some new versions of its IdeaPad S10-2 netbooks. This time these netbooks will be donning colorful new attires. There’s no official words on this yet as Lenovo is still busy with the release of their 11-inch IdeaPad U150 netbooks. But if you will recall, we’ve already told you about the IdeaPad S10-2 a couple of months back. In fact, we were able to get a first hands-on impression of it.

The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 that we previewed didn’t look that pleasing with its dull black color so Lenovo is pushing these new colorful designs of the IdeaPad S10-2.

Aside from the new colors, other details of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 remains a mystery. Let’s hope that Lenovo would think about loading it up with Windows 7 already.

via Netbooknews.de

The 22nd has come and gone and the Nokia Booklet 3G still isn’t available to purchase from Best Buy despite the demo model arriving. The netbook is however available to pre-order now from Best Buy. The price remains at the previously reported price of $599.99. Only the black model is available to pre-order at the moment but, the blue and white models will also be available soon.

The Nokia Booklet will also be available with an AT&T data plan. Once this becomes available the netbook price will drop to $299.

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While it isn’t available to purchase yet from Best Buy, over at Engadget they’ve got photos of the netbook being unboxed and shown with Windows 7. The netbook comes with the starter edition of Windows 7, which as Engadget note, only includes one wallpaper, the one shown but, I’m sure many will use their own photos anyway, or find other Windows 7 wallpapers from other sources. This is the first demo unit to arrive at Best Buy. You can view the photos of the unboxing after the jump.

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Recently we told you about the online manual for the new Lenovo IdeaPad U150 that showed up at the Lenovo website. Well, it is finally out, at least in Japan. Our friends at Netbooked.net were lucky enough to be getting their Lenovo IdeaPad U150 and they now know the price of this Lenovo machine – around $792.

And like we told before, the Lenovo IdeaPad U150 is going to have an Intel CULV processor and 11.6-inch display. Finally, they are done with the Atom CPU.

As a review, here are the specs of the Lenovo IdeaPad U150. Some more photos follow after.

• Intel CULV Processor (Core 2 Duo SU2300, 1.2GHz)
• 11.6” 1366 x 768 display (glossy)
• GS45 Express + GMA 4500MHD Graphics
• 2GB (DDR3) RAM (8GB max)
• 250GB HDD (with APS – active shock protection)
• 1.3MP Webcam
• Card Reader, 2x USB, 1x USB/eSATA port, HDMI, VGA, LAN, LAN switch
• 802.11n Wi-Fi, Gigabit LAN, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• Multi-touch touchpad
• Dolby Sound Room
• Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit)
• 7 Hour Battery (6-cell)
• Available colors: Black
• Weight: 1.5kg / 3.3 lbs
• Thickness: 13.5 – 34.3mm / 0.5 – 1.35 inches

Via Netbooked