A little over 2 months ago, Acer’s first 10-inch netbook went on sale on Amazon for $350 USD. This, of course, is the Acer Aspire One D150, which we’ve had the chance to review just recently. Over the weekend, its successor just became available in the Philippines, and I believe it’s going to be available in other markets across Asia (if it isn’t already) as well as Amazon and other online stores that sell netbooks very soon.

In the Philippines, I know of at least one local retailer that is already selling these netbooks, and I was informed that the AAO D150 would be phased out already in favor of this new 10-inch model. What makes the Acer Aspire One D250 so great? Well, for starters, it comes with an Intel Atom N280 processor, which has been proven to be generally faster (though only by a little) than the Atom N270 which has been the norm for netbooks for quite some time now. Besides which, you can consider the Aspire One D250 as just an Acer Aspire One D150 with a better processor and sleeker design. Some of the ports have been rearranged to be positioned evenly between the left and right sides, but the overall look and feel is basically the same.

The price Acer is asking for an Aspire One D250 is the same as the price of an Aspire One D150: 23,995 Pesos or about $507 USD. Right now, I’m a little wary if this model is really worth the upgrade/price increase, but I’ll be spending time with it later today to find out. I’ll let you know what happens then.

Via Electronic Pulp

Those of you anticipating the release of the 10-inch Archos 10 netbook will be glad to hear that it is now finally available for purchase, ahead of schedule, at that. It was originally projected to be released in April, but Archos’s official web site already lists it as available now, for a starting price of $399. And what exactly will you get with the $399 that you’re going to shell out for it? Well, typical netbook fare, really, including a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, up to 1GB of RAM, ample-sized keyboard and touchpad, plus Windows XP for an OS. Let’s see, why to get this one? To rebel against the market leaders Acer and Asus, I guess.

Archos via Engadget

The Samsung NC10 might be getting a new paint job, but let’s not forget that an entirely new netbook will soon be coming to a computer store near you. The one I’m talking about is the Samsung NC20, which as you might have guesses is the proper successor of the earlier mentioned netbook. Reportedly, it is already available in places like Germany and Ukraine, costing about 499 Euros or $659 USD. Of course it is at least $100 more expensive than the Samsung NC10, but that’s primarily because it has a bigger screen, among other things. The earlier reported release date of this netbook is supposed to be on February, but it doesn’t hurt that it’s been made available early, at least in some places.

Via Liliputing