Netbook Reviews

We have seen the JooJoo tablet floating around the Internet for quiet sometime now, way before the Ipad or its name change.

But ever since it was first demonstrated, the designers have been very secretive about what components power the JooJoo. But now thanks to the FCC’s documentation and photos it has been revealed that the JooJoo uses netbook components and the Nvidia Ion graphics.

If you have been patiently waiting for the MSI Wind U230, your day has finally come!

Even though th MSI U230 was officially announced roughly four months ago, the U230 hasn’t been seen or heard of since. Well, until now that is! The MSI U230 is now available to order in it’s two versions.

Gigabyte had a few new netbook models on display at this years CeBIT.  While they might not have as many new models to show off as Asus did, they have added three new models to their lineup.

The new models include the Gigabyte Q1000C, M1000 and the next generation Nvidia Ion packing Gigabyte M1000N.

Samsung have a new addition to their Go range of netbooks with the brand new Samsung Go N315.

The Samsung N315 might be a new model name, but it appears that the N315 is an updated version of the Samsung Go / Go N310. It seems to have the same chassis and design, including the rubberized finish and much of the same hardware.

The MSI Wind U160 was one of the very first Pine Trail netbooks to break cover in the lead-up to CES in January.

Although it was one of the first announced, Asus, Acer, Samsung and more have released their new Pine Trail Atom netbooks, leaving MSI behind.

While the MSI U160 has been available for pre-order from Amazon for sometime, it hasn’t started to ship. But NewEgg on the other hand are currently shipping the U160 today for $379!

Having read my review of the Samsung N210, site reader Steve Mann, aka Scallywag went out and bought the Samsung N220, the version with the colored lid. He then commented some interesting information about his purchase on the site.

It turns out that the UK version of the N220 model has more than just a fancy colored lid, it also comes with an extra sub woofer for improved sound, and more importantly the Broadcom Crystal HD video decoder card, giving the Samsung N220 1080p HD playback support!

Acer aren’t letting Asus have all the limelight at CeBIT this year and have announced a new multimedia netbook to the market.

The Acer Aspire One 752 joins the Aspire One group of netbooks from Acer, even though the Acer 752 is more of a thin and light than a netbook.

Crossing the line between netbook and thin and light the Acer Aspire One 752 features the Intel Celeron 743 ULV processor, along with Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, and up to a very healthy 4GB of RAM.

The Asus EB1007 is the latest nettop, or Eee Box as Asus likes to call them.

It looks very similar to many of the previously released Eee Box’s over the last year or so, but the Asus Eee Box EB1007 makes use of the new ultra energy efficient Pineview Atom processor.

It features either the new single core 1.66GHz Intel Atom D410, or the new dual core D510 1.66Ghz processor.

The new Asus Eee Box EB1501U has just been announced at CeBIT. The Eee Box nettop looks exactly the same as the EB1501 model which it replaces, and it essentially is, but with USB 3.0 ports instead.

The EB1501 made big news in the netbook / nettop market when it was announced as the first nettop featuring a DVD drive which could be mounted to the back of your monitor or HDTV.

The Asus Eee PC 1001PQ netbook has just been announced over at CeBIT. Asus are aiming the 1001PQ at kids, but I suspect it’s older kids / early teenagers rather than younger kids, where they have their Disney Netbooks.

So far it looks like it will be available with two color options, one is bright yellow with a kind of “Go Faster” black stripes running down the lid, that you might expect to see on a car. The other is just all black with an aluminum frame.