Don’t you think it’s about time that notebook power supplies became standardized? Some Taiwan notebook makers including Acer, Asus, Quanta, Compal and Pegatron think so. This is according to sources from Taiwan’s computer industry being cited in a recent report by DigiTimes. The report notes that the notebook makers have indicated support for the standardization of power supply units for notebook PCs (which include netbooks), after the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) recently established a dedicated team for the initiative.

PSU standardization for notebooks will be beneficial in several ways, not the least of which is that consumers will no longer need to buy or rely on new power supplies every time to purchase a new netbook or notebook PC. They can just use their old PSUs from older netbooks, as is possible with cellphones that come from the same manufacturer. But this PSU standardization is going to apply to the whole market if it becomes successful, and not just one brand, so it will be even better.

Via DigiTimes

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Back in June, Mobinnova introduced the Elan netbook, a new portable computer that offered 5-10 hours of high definition video viewing thanks to it being based on NVIDIA’s Tegra platform. It has been showcased recently and according to a report from DigiTimes it has already received orders from telecom service providers in Europe and North America, where it will appear before the end of 2009. Foxconn has been identified as the primary manufacturer of this Tegra-based “smartbook” while it is said that Compal Communication is also supposed to make one before year-end. Apart from supposedly excellent high-definition video playback and slightly longer battery life (than average), there doesn’t seem to be anything special about Tegra. I suppose I will have to see when I get my hands on a unit of my own for testing.

Via DigiTimes

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With the impending launch of the 10.1-inch Acer Aspire 103, Acer is said to be considering phasing out its currently existing and much-loved 8.9-inch netbook, the Acer Aspire One. This move is said to be scheduled for the second quarter of 2009, according to a report from DigiTimes citing notebook industry sources.

Quanta Computer is the company responsible for producing the 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One netbooks, and if the same report referenced above is correct, the company will receive an order for another netbook, an “enterprise model” that will have a 10.1-inch screen. Could this be a separate model from the Acer Aspire 103? Seems so, since it was specified that the 10.1-inch Acer Aspire one will be manufactured by Compal Electronics. But what exactly this “enterprise model” netbook with a 10.1-inch screen remains a mystery. Perhaps we’ll learn more about it in the following weeks.

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