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Archos 9PCtablet features touchscreen virtual QWERTY, DVB-T tuners and runs Windows 7

The Archos 9PCtablet is a powerful tablet PC, which should be useful for those who want a secondary yet tiny and portable computer to bring along. It can be an alternative to netbook, if you do not mind that it has omitted the physical QWERTY. Being a tablet PC, it features a touchscreen display and presents you a virtual QWERTY on its touchscreen display.

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Acer Aspire One netbook gets upgraded to 1080p HD ready

Netbooks normally lack the graphical processing and HD video playback capabilities found on desktops or powerful laptops. Terracode, in their project, has made it possible on the Acer Aspire One netbook to handle up to 1080p HD content.

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LG rolls out Levi’s edition Xnote Mini X120 netbook

LG has announced a special Levi’s edition of its LG Xnote mini X120 netbook in Korea. As shown in the picture, the Xnote mini netbook will come with a laptop sleeve that is made from the Levi’s jeans.

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Next-gen netbooks to run Google Chrome OS

Take note, the next generation of netbooks will run a different operating system i.e. the Google Chrome OS. Google plans to launch the Google Chrome OS for netbooks in 2010 and of course in their plan, they will also wanna sweep away Microsoft such as the outdated Windows XP (about 8-year old) and the bad one like Vista etc.

The Google Chrome OS will be super lightweight that runs as fast as what the Google Chrome browser does. In fact the Chrome OS is basically the web as an OS, developers can develop applications for it just as what they would develop on the web, pretty similar to the approach that WebOS for Palm Pre takes. Google says the architecture of this Chrome OS will basically be the current Chrome browser running inside “a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.” And some more it’ll be open-sourced like the web browser.

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Inkia 5 and 7-inch Atom-powered MIDs

Inkia – the Chinese company that makes OEM MIDs, has added two new models, a 5-inch and 7-inch into its line. The two new Inkia MIDs are powered by the Intel Atom processor and they offer both 3G and WiFi as the Internet connectivity.

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Logitec portable DVD player for netbooks

Netbooks do not come with built-in DVD player, in order to maintain their compact size. Thanks to Logitech, having announced a portable DVD player which should be a great companion for netbooks, and allows the users to playback movies on DVDs while on the run.

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Mimo mini ultra portable USB monitor

Netbook users who wanna have dual displays, can choose to have the Mimo mini USB monitor. It’s slightly bigger than your palm, which should be pretty easy to carry around. It gives you an extra 7-inch display with 800×480 pixels to your netbook, so you can perform multi-tasks by having dual displays with your netbook.

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Samsung mini-card SSD for netbooks

Samsung is developing a small mini-card SSD, which can be used as a complimentary drive for boosting the performance of computer with dual drive capabilities. This mini-card SSD will change the mindset that SSDs are meant for primary storage medium only. Samsung is targeting the fast expanding netbook market, the mini-card SSD is recommended as a better alternative for storage upgrade than the larger size external and portable hard drives.

The Samsung mini-card SSD will come in a mini-PCI Express (PCIe) form factor that comes complete with a SATA 3.0 Gb/s interface. It is just about 20% of the size of a standard 2.5-inch hard disk drive, making it perfect for netbooks with limited space or some other small gadgets including ruggedized handheld and mobile devices.

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Samsung LD220 USB monitor for notebooks

Samsung has unveiled their LD220 USB monitor, which is claimed to be the first USB monitor specially designed for notebook. According to what we have posted before, this shouldn’t be the first USB monitor made by Samsung. Samsung had even unveiled their 19-inch USB monitor, CX940UX, as early as in 2007.

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In-car eee PC charger

Here comes an in-car charger for the Asus eee PC. The charger is best used for those who’re always in the car. It just needs to hook up to the cigarette lighter socket and it’ll be able to draw power to charge your eeepc.

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