Acer Aspire One 522 Netbook with AMD Fusion APU

Acer introduces the Aspire One 522 netbook powered by AMD’s Fusion C-50 Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). The 10.1-inch netbook comes with a 1280×720 LED-backlit LCD display and supports WiFi, optional Bluetooth and optional 3G connectivity.

A new Aspire One by Acer

AMD Fusion's taken its sweet, sweet time getting here, but we're hearing you'll be able to get your hands on some Atom-beating netbook chips soon -- for instance, in this Acer Aspire One 522, which will reportedly drive its oh-so-glossy 10.1-inch, 720p screen with a 1GHz AMD C-50 Ontario APU. In case you need a brief refresher, Ontario's the chip rated at just nine watts, meaning we should expect some fairly decent battery life here, though possibly not the heroic performance of its 1.6GHz Zacate cousin. Aside from those specs, the Acer's mostly your standard netbook -- three USB ports, VGA-out, a webcam and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi -- though it does have HDMI out, something you won't find on the otherwise similar Aspire One D255. It's hard to say what it'll cost stateside, but a Thai e-tailer's ringing up a version right now with 2GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive for 12,829 baht (about $425). Wonder if it runs Android?

via >> NetbookNews.com

CruxCase for iPad Brings Netbook Form Factor to Apple Tablet

Like a number of iPad cases that try to marry a case and keyboard into a netbook form factor before it, the CruxCase 360 will take on the same challenge and form factor to try and turn your iPad into a netbook. However, unlike other cases that we've seen before, which uses a faux leather soft material, the case on the Crux 360 is a hardened plastic, and the screen can rotate all the way around turning tour iPad into something akin to a Motorola Backflip and use the keyboarded portion as a stand. The design is similar to the ClamCase and gives the CruxCase a more solid laptop or netbook feel to it. The Crux 360 will go for $149. Check out the video after the break.

Asus Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 ships at long last

Normally, an Eee PC branding would mean a netbook, and we all know that netbooks aren't good for anything else apart from opening up a couple of work documents with one browser (or two) running in the background, otherwise the poor little machine is going to start sputtering all over as it just lacks the processing muscle to handle all the additional tasks. Asus must have thought that their 12.1-inch Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 will automatically give an impression of it being faster by virtue of its association with the exotic car manufacturer, just like how rice rockets gain an extra 5mph with a sticker or two on their spoiler. Running on an Intel Atom D525 processor, this netbook will feature slightly higher end innards such as an NVIDIA Optimus graphics chipset and Bang & Olufsen audio capability, retailing for £499 a pop.

Samsung NF310 Netbook

Samsung NF310 netbook based on dual core processor finally got un-boxed and show off for the first time. Like our last discussion, this new netbook has a 10-inch matte display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution and powered by a 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor complete with 1GB of RAM, a 250GB HDD and an integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics.

The NF310 has more stylist with metallic body casing and a keyboard with a MacBook-style patina. Its far more different from the last model (Samsung NF210) which has a curvy design with and smaller screen size. Another different parts of the NF310 which has been upgraded from the last model are the sensitive touchpad design. It has only one touchpad button with a clear marker in the center and nice texture which will be comfortable to your fingers.

For this new netbook, Samsung gave a better speaker system and a nice high-rest display including SuperSpeed Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity as well as 802.11b/g/n WiFi. Samsung didn’t say anything about the NF310’s date release as well as the price prediction. Stay tune for the detail in our next report.

via : Liliputing