pine trail
Packard Bell Dot S4 netbook spied in Italy
Packard Bell ‘s launched a refresh of its Dot line — at least internationally — with the 10.1-inch S4. The company’s thinned it down considerably here, and stuffed an Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail CPU, GMA 3150 graphics, up to 2GB of RAM, and an up to 250GB hard drive
ASUS makes EeePC 1015P and 1015PE official, endows them with 13.5 hours of battery life
It’s hard to differentiate yourself in the netbook world nowadays — pretty much every manufacturer is trudging along the same Pine Trail , with the same one, maybe two, gigabytes of RAM and 160GB to 320GB in storage.
Dell Latitude 2110 updated with Pine Trail Atom, already thinking about fall semester
We’re not going to lie, it’s a little late in the game for Dell to update its Latitude netbook with Intel’s Pine Trail processors — you know, since the chips were released back in January — but it’s better late than never, we suppose. The 10-inch Latitude 2110, like the previous 2100 , is still very much aimed at students, and keeps its chassis in tact with the same rubber cover (available in red, blue and black) as well as that anti-microbial keyboard to protect against insect secretions, misplaced mayonnaise and far-flung mucus particles. The studious laptop will be available with an Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM and Ubuntu for $389, and clicking the Windows Starter option should boost the price to $419.
Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3s slims down, retains its old specs sheet
What’s this? A Lenovo product that hasn’t been leaked before its official announcement? Truth is that’s the biggest surprise we’ve got for you here, considering the updates to this S10-3s are fairly minimal — but hey, if you’ve always thought previous Lenovo netbooks were too plus-size, we guess there’s reason to get excited
HP and Dell said to be investing less in 10-inch netbooks, looking to bigger and better things
The latest word from our favorite rumor rag DigiTimes suggests that HP and Dell are both curtailing investment in the 10-inch netbook market, with their sights now set on the chunkier 11.6-inch size class . Additionally, with profits from machines built on Intel’s Pine Trail platform appearing lower than expected, both are also said to be contemplating AMD’s alternatives, presumably in the shape of the Neo CPU and Radeon integrated graphics .
ASUS Eee PC T101MT headed to US in April for $499
Well beginning of April, you sure do like tablets for $499 , don’t ya? While the Eee PC T101MT has been available to suave Europeans since February , ASUS has let out word that the 10-inch, multitouch tablet will start shipping in the US sometime in April for $499
