Netbook Reviews

Shuttle have been making ultra-compact PC for many years, before the words netbook and nettop even took off.

They have now announced their latest ultra compact and thin nettop to the world. The Shuttle Barebone XS35 is just 3.3cm thin, and is HD compatible.

The Shuttle XS35 is made even more interesting by the use of the new Pineview Intel Atom D510 dual core processor (1.66GHz x2), and the much talked about “Next Generation Ion” or the NVIDIA GT218 (ION2) as Shuttle are calling it.

With CeBIT kicking off at the start of next month we can expect to see a number of fresh netbooks announced. It looks like the LG X140 is one of these new netbooks.

While it hasn’t been officially announced just yet, a the X140 has been photographed and a number of it’s details reveled.

The Samsung N210 is one of the latest 10.1-inch netbooks announced by Samsung at the start of this year. Like the majority of the new netbooks this year it uses the new Intel Atom N450 processor, which while it doesn’t offer any performance boosts, it has a lower power consumption, offering longer battery life.

The N210 model comes above the N150 / NB30 models, and features a longer 11.2 hours of run time. It is identical to the slightly more expensive N220 models, with the N220 models having a colored lid (Red / Black, or Green / Black), as opposed to a black / white only.

The Samsung N150 was announced along with a new other models at the start of the year for 2010. It’s the cheapest of the bunch, offering superb bang for buck. It’s other siblings are the semi rugged version of the N150, the NB30, and the N210 / N220 which are similar to the N150 but boast a higher capacity battery life.

I have been very impressed by Samsung’s latest bunch of netbooks and feel they have a great design and stylish look which is more business and professional than cheap and cheerful.

At the start of the year at CES, a whole bunch of new netbooks were announced, and since then many of them have appeared online almost instantaneously.

MSI on the other hand have been a little slower at getting their latest Atom N450 models out.   The MSI Wind U135 has been available pre-order for a little while now, but until now we haven’t seen the Wind U160 show it’s face.

While Acer have announced the Ion 2 packing AO532G at the Mobile World Congress 2010, Samsung also have a world’s first to show off.

While they don’t have any new netbooks to display, they have announced that they will be adding in their own Kalmia LTE modem chipset (4G) to their latest netbooks announced at CES earlier this year.

Acer have just announced the Acer Aspire One 532G netbook with Ion 2, Atom N450 and Optimus switching technology!

The Aspire One 532G has been announced and shown off at the Mobile World Congress 2010 which is is making a very big splash. This is probably the biggest development of this year in the netbook world.

It is a big deal as it is the first netbook to feature the “Next Generation Ion” graphics, we will calling it Ion 2 for now, along with the new Intel Atom N450 (Pine Trail) processor.

HP / Compaq have officially announced the Airlife 100 Smartbook. Although this announcement is new, we have known of it’s existence since it’s FCC filing, and shortly after, it’s appearance at CES in January.

The Airlife 100 Smartbook blends together a smartphone and a netbook, by using mostly smartphone hardware, and putting it in a netbook form factor.

The Samsung N150 is one of Samsung’s latest netbooks for 2010 which features the newest generation Intel Atom N450 processor.

When the N150 was first announced it was only available gloss black and blue color options. Shortly after red and white also became an option.

But Samsung has taken things to another level and have added a vibrant tropical set of color options.

Fujitsu might not currently be one of the major players in the netbook market today, but their latest Lifebook MH380 netbook is miles better than their previous offerings.

The Fujitsu Lifebook MH380 is their latest netbook offering, which features the new Intel Atom N450 processor and a 10-inch LCD. While this might sound all to standard at first, the Fujitsu MH380 has some extra offerings up it’s sleeve.