How does an HP Mini 311 with NVIDIA ION graphics and loads of exciting features sound to you? This netbook is well worth around $1,500 so I don’t think nobody in this planet would not want to have it.

So, what are you waiting for head over to this site and learn how you get the chance to bring home one of these 12 (yes NVIDIA is giving away 12 units) HP Mini 311’s loaded with the following specs and extras:

• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 320GB hard drive
• 3GB memory
• Wireless-G Card with Bluetooth

loaded with the following apps:

• Total Media Theater 3
  with SimHD plug-in by Arcsoft
• MediaShow 5 by Cyberlink
• Badaboom by Elemental Technologies
• vReveal by MotionDSP
• The Sims 3 by Electronic Arts
• Portal by Valve
• Left 4 Dead by Valve

and the following extras:

• HP external Blu-Ray drive
• HDMI cable to connect your netbook to the
  big screen in your living room
• A case to hold all the goods
• 3 hot new Blu-Ray titles for you to watch at home
• And top it off with $50 credit from Roxio CinemaNow
  so you can watch Hollywood’s latest hits on the go

So may the luckiest geek wins!

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If you noticed lately, most of the netbooks running on NVIDIA ION that we’ve been hearing from major PC manufacturers such as HP And Toshiba are mosty 11-inch in display. We haven’t really seen a 10-inch netbook with that specification. That was until now, as Netbooked.com is reporting that a 10-inch netbook with NVIDIA ION was finally spotted over in Japan.

The said netbook called – Weibu N10A seems like your usual 10-inch netbook with the following features – 10.1″ 1024×600 display, Intel Atom 230 processor, 2GB of RAM, 150GB of HDD. But unlike most 10-inch netbooks the Weibu N10A as I said is equipped with NVIDIA ION chips. It also has HDMI out for a better video viewing experience.

The Weibu N10A sells for around $556 and it doesn’t come with an OS. Yes, pricey indeed. But hey it’s got something special up its sleeve plus it’s in Japan. So gadgets tend to become a bit pricey there.

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While the IdeaPad S12 from Lenovo is available already with an Intel Atom processor in the US and Europe, with the US also able to purchase the netbook with a VIA Nano processor, we’ve yet to see the NVIDIA ION powered model. It was touted to be the first netbook using NVIDIA ION, but Samsung could possibly release the N510, which also uses NVIDIA ION, before Lenovo do, as we’ve already seen photos of the netbook next to the NC10.

The delay in release is because instead of shipping with Windows Vista, the company are holding off until Windows 7 is released and will ship with that sometime in October. Samsung will also be doing the same with the N510, so it really will be a race then, to see who can get their NVIDIA ION netbook out first. When it is released, it will retail for $550, making it only $50 than the Intel Atom model.

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Announced just a little over a month ago, the Acer AspireRevo is going to be one of the hottest nettops around for quite a while, what with it being the world’s first one rocking NVIDIA Ion graphics on board and all. This small nettop is going to be Acer’s bet against the likes of the Asus EeeBOX, offering advanced graphics and multimedia features that make it a great home theater PC. I kept this in mind while testing the Acer AspireRevo earlier at an Acer event, trying to see if it really delivered on what Acer is promising on paper. Well, what I’ve gathered is very positive so far, that I think I can safely say even Asus won’t be able to offer any competition.
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Lenovo has just announced a proper 12-inch netbook that ups the ante with just a little bit of innovation. This is the Lenovo IdeaPad S12, priced rather attractively starting at $449. It comes with typical netbook specs, including a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, LED-backlit 1,280 x 800 pixel resolution display, full-size keyboard, options for a 160GB, 250GB or 320GB hard drive, built-in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3 USB ports, Ethernet Jack and VGA/HDMI out. It is the very first netbook to utilize NVIDIA’s Ion chipset, also found on the Acer Aspire Revo nettop, which should enable it to handle 1080p video just fine. It will be available for purchase starting next month with Windows XP preloaded, but I’m sure it won’t be hard for you to install Windows 7 or any other OS on it if you so choose. Check out a gallery of the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 after the break.
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For those who are wishing that netbooks would have more powerful graphics engine, well it might happen pretty soon. Sources from NVIDIA told Pocket-lint that netbooks with the new NVIDIA Ion Graphic chips will start arriving as early as July.

Although, the reliable source did not disclose at this time, the specific netbook manufacturers which will be the first to release this netbook, it looks like everything will be disclosed at the upcoming Computex Event in Taipei.

Once Computex commenced, early netbook models bearing the NVIDIA ION graphics chip will start shipping as early as July.

Interestingly, aside from the NVIDIA ION chips, the said netbooks will still come with standard features of current netbooks available today. So, basically what users will get from these netbooks are just improved display capability particularly viewing 1080p content as well as beautiful renderings of various games.  These netbooks would also have the capability to display Google Earth and other graphics intensive apps such as Cooliris.

As for the possible prices of these netbooks? It could be around £149.99 for the  Linux version and £249 for the  Windows Vista version. 

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