This isn’t the first time we’ve seen an Epson netbook, but this looks to be the Japanese company’s whitest one yet. Akihabara News has it that this new model will sport about the same specs as the original, with a 10.2-inch 1024×600 LCD screen, Intel 945GSE Express, 160GB hard drive, Intel Atom N270 processor and 1GB of RAM. However, aside from being available in a color that’s a tad bit whiter, it will also be offered cheaper, about 3000 Yen cheaper according to some estimates. It won’t be winning any “best netbook ever” awards and certainly doesn’t have a killer design, but anyone looking for savings can look this one up and be satisfied.

Via Akihabara News

From somewhere in South Korea, we now go to Japan where EPSON is joining the netbook war with its very own Epson MiniNote netbook. Quiet frankly I think PC manufacturers should at least sit down with their employees to brainstorm on a very important aspect of product launch – brand name. How many netbooks can you think of which use the MiniNote name already?

Aside from branding, Epson seems to have not done its job as well in researching how they can come up with a netbook that would stand out from the rest of the netbooks available in the market today.

Anyway, what are we looking at here? The Epson MiniNote netbook would have the following specs:

• 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor
• 10.2-inch WSVGA screen
• 945GSE Express Video Chipset
• 1GB SDRAM
• 160GB HDD
• LAN
• WIFI

Pricing information and release dates are still unavailable though.

Via Akihabara News