Archos 10 The Netbook Chipmunks

New netbook The Archos 10 from the infamous Archos is unsurprisingly, a 10-inch (1024 x 600) netbook. It is the first netbook from Archos who traditionally make PMP products. The Archos 10 is actually a rebranded a Hasee MJ125 netbook. NetbookNews.de got hands on and posted a very thorough unboxing of the netbook (spanning three pages!) As well as going through every perceivable angle of the Archos 10 they also compare it to the Asus Eee PC 1000HE and Dell Mini 10. netbook

In our view the styling that similar with notebook is slightly uninspired and the specs are similarly ’standard’. The unit is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and 1GB RAM. It also supports a 160GB hard disk, a 1.3MP webcam and integrated Wi-Fi.

The Archos 10 netbook suggested retail price in the UK is £349, which is not good value for money in our opinion. It rather comes with a weak 2200 mAh 3-cell battery and given the Asus 1000HE can be had for a similar price, it is hard to understand who would choose the Archos over the Asus
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8.9 inch netbook on demise?

Asus has annouced the discontinuation of the 8.9 inch Eee PC and some more many vendors has started to pull down the current price in regards to stabilize their inventory.Many rumours has come that is about time for the this computer model to come to its end.

It is said that Intel and HP was having some talk for a mutual agreements so that Intel will have lower down their limitation of Atom processor selling distribution so that HP can use the netbook processor in a netbook with a larger panel in regards to the Digitimes reports that HP's '09 roadmap showed the corporation hoped to attach both an 11.6-inch model and a 13.3-inch model to its netbook line, with the 11.6-inch predicted sometime in Q2 '09 and the 13.3-inch in June ’09.

Is it the fact that PC giant vendors such HP starting to limit their distribution of small netbooks determine the low selling of such notebooks in market or less demand of it compare to other model as well? It will look like Intel Atom will have some problem in marketing and rebranding this processor to the a better level. While HP is keen to see the boundaries relieved thus it can create different prospect Atom-based netbooks, Intel is perhaps going to be a little suspicious of making the Atom available for anything larger than an 11-inch panel (the current restriction stands at a reported 10.2 inches, Dell Mini 12 aside). Intel has certain limitations on the Atom so as not to demise sales of their more classy CPUs. The Celeron or Pentium Dual Core will have to be a last resort for building a bigger than 10.2

Kogan promises Linux netbook in "weeks," we have our doubts

Ruslan Kogan, the Australian who built up our hopes only to let them down recently with his make believe Agora, is back with more outlandish promises, and for whatever reason, we think he actually expects us to just believe him this time. During a recent interview, Kogan noted that he would like to be taking orders for a Linux-based netbook that he designs and specs in as little as "two to two and a half weeks." He's expecting to sell the 10-inch machines for around $529 to $539, which will buy you an Intel Atom processor, 160GB of HDD space, 1GB of RAM and a decent amount of magical pixie dust, we imagine. In related news, Kogan's also hoping to have OLED TVs out within just a few months and region-free BD decks shortly thereafter. See, our skepticism isn't that unwarranted, now is it?

by Darren Murph
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