With the Acer Aspire 532G Netbook on the horizon, the firm looks to launch the latest range of Nvidia ION tech with this dual GPU portable monster. While a release date has yet to be announced, the 532G certainly looks set to entertain with its fully HD capable GPU. With the latest in processors, the netbook features an Intel Atom 1.66 GHz alongside 2GB of ram and plenty of hard disk space. However with Acer still as of yet to reveal the full capabilities of the Nvidia Ion GPU, we’re left waiting until the netbooks release at the end of Q1.

Looking at the 532G, one might be mistaken for thinking that this is just an ordinary netbook, but with its large keyboard and high quality screen, you soon realize that the Aspire One 532G is nothing like the competition. The only drawback on this machine is that the track pad leaves a little to be desired because of its glossy finish which may make scrolling tiresome. Regardless however, the Acer 532G is set to be the market leader showcasing Nvidia’s latest technology. With up to 10 hours of battery life, the Aspire One 532G is well equipped to deal with 3D games, Photoshop and indeed many graphics intensive applications.

Acer have yet to announce a release date or pricing, but this new laptop will probably appear at around the $500 mark. With its generous specification, Windows 7 Home Premium and also a super-fast and compact charging unit, it’s compact, portable and most importantly a thoroughbred in the world of netbooks. The 532G is set to be the premier netbook in Acer’s 2010 product lineup. It’s well equipped, powerful and it will do almost anything the typical user might require.

If you’re looking to brighten up your netbook with a funky design, we have seen some great netbook skins over at Urban Retro. Even if you don’t see anything you fancy for yourself one of these great netbook accessories could make a super gift.

Whether you have an Asus netbook or even an HP Mini, Urban Retro have ordered all their designs into size order, ensuring there is a design for most netbooks. The Skins themselves are designed to protect and cover the netbooks to reduce any damage. The netbook skins themselves are easy to apply and remove and are made from the latest 3M technology.

Perhaps to compete with Acer’s Ferrari themed netbooks, Packard bell is due to release a special edition netbook in homage to Moto GP, Valentino Rossi. With a stunning lid design, it certainly looks the part with a striking sun and moon design which is apparently the same emblem which appears on the legend’s helmet. However, the question is, does the dot VR46 netbook have what it takes? Most importantly, is it worthy of the Valentino Rossi moniker?

Shipping with Windows 7 Home Premium as standard, the machine is equipped with not the typical Intel Atom CPU, but instead a ULV (ultra low voltage) Core2 Duo processor for that extra additional horsepower. With 2 GB of DDR2 as standard, it’s good to see a move away from under-performing 1 GB machines. Coming with all the usual Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / card reader functionality which you’d expect, it has to be said that it’s a powerful and well equipped piece of kit. With an 11.6″ display supporting 1366×768 HD, this is good news for movie fans and with the GMA 4500MHD on board graphics chip providing video, it’s a capable movie machine that can tackle HD movies without problem. The Packard Bell dot VR46 certainly looks good on paper, but a UK release date is yet to be confirmed.

Packard bell’s new offering is pleasing on paper and while we’re generally impressed, they have yet to announce a release date and the price leaves a little to be desired. While this netbook is certainly as powerful as it is stylish, Packard Bell’s price tag of £449 begs a little caution considering that HP, Dell and Acer will all be launching similar models that are equally as powerful in the near future.

Worldwide PC manufacturer, Dell has recently announced the launch of the updated Inspiron Mini 1011 netbook priced at a rather affordable £279. Taking advantage of Intel’s new N450 processor architecture, Dell has created a little machine that’s fast, functional and an absolute bargain. With all the usual features you’d expect such as 802.11n Wi-Fi and a rather generous 10.1″ display, Dell have done well with their latest creation.

Looking at the specs of the new Inspiron Mini, you may be mistaken for thinking that it’s actually not a netbook but a well-featured ultra-portable. What sets this machine apart from the crowd is the fact that it comes as standard with a huge 92% keyboard. While the computer may ship with a relatively standard configuration of Windows 7 Starter and 1GB of RAM, that huge keyboard will itself be a major boost in productivity and a huge timesaver when compared to the competition.

Alongside the huge almost full-size keyboard, you will be pleased to note that Dell have also ensured that it’s possible to enjoy HD movies and more from this little netbook. The Inspiron Mini 1011 features a number of innovations, and perhaps one of the most useful is the video up scaling mode which converts its default 1024×600 display into a near HD 1366 x 760. In an area where netbooks have previously lacked, Dell is starting to come up trumps with the winning combination of easy to use keyboard, high quality display panel and all the enhancements you’d expect from a Dell machine.

The good news is that the Dell Inspiron Mini 1011 is already available for order at just £279 from Dell’s website. Weighing just 1.3kg and with 1024MB of ram and with a 160 GB hard disk, the default configuration may be basic, but it’s clear that the focus on this little netbook isn’t power, but accessibility and ease of use.

Taiwan based manufacturer, Asus has recently announced that it will be launching an e-reader dubbed the ‘Eee Book’. With 2010 being dubbed the age of the reader and also tablet PC, Asus are certainly working towards securing a portion of the market just as they have with their successful netbook brand of Eee PCs. Whether or not it’s enough to stave off competition from the Apple iPad which is due to launch in less than 60 days remains to be seen, but with Computex Taipei due in just a few months, we’ll soon find out just what the netbook giant really has to offer.

From the looks of things, the Eee Book looks set to be an almost a semi-embedded system running minimalist hardware to maximize the battery life and also affordability. Some rumors state that it’ll have both tablet PC and also reader functionality and it’ll be coming to us for as little as $100, but frankly, we find that hard to believe. If Asus are able to pull this off, they may very well steal the market.

With claims that the Eee Book will open like a real book and have dual colour touch-screen technology, this may very well be a kindle or even an iPad beater. With Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently having slated the entire Netbook market, It would seem that the original pioneer, Asus is about to do their best to show Jobs just how wrong he is.

Alongside plans to launch a new tablet netbook, Asus are looking strong in 2010. With the firm clearly committed towards launching a slew of new products, it’s only a matter of time until they bring us another pioneering innovation. If the EEE Book really is going to be the cheapest reader around, then at a fifth of the price of an iPad, it’ll be an absolute steal.

That’s right; the rather tasty Dell Netbook we mentioned previously is coming soon. Dell’s gaming division have finally got their act in gear and have their latest offering ready for release, and it’s coming sooner than you’d think. With a release date of the 01 March, it’s only a matter of days now. Priced at $799(£585) the ultra portable certainly isn’t light on the wallet, but the Intel Atom powered 1.3 GHz machine with 2 GB of RAM certainly looks the part.

With the latest in graphics technology being dual chipsets for both 2D and 3D graphics, you’ll be pleased to know that this ‘ultraportable’ is based around the Nvidia GeForce GT 335M with 1GB (yes, 1GB) of dedicated video memory. Indeed, you could be mistaken for thinking that this is a high powered gaming laptop, and indeed the firm is trying to avoid branding this compact piece of kit with the Netbook moniker. However, with an 11.6″ display and a chassis that will rock your world, the Alienware M11x is set to blow you away.

Like many of Dells offerings, the new Alienware gaming machine is customizable in the sense that you can upgrade the processor to a Core2Duo for just $100(£70) which would be a prudent call for most gamers. With extra RAM and a solid-state drive available for this beast, a few upgrades are recommended, as the base model at $799 (£565) isn’t quite as powerful as we’d have hoped but it’s by no means slow.

Ultimately however, what sets this laptop apart from the rest isn’t just the fact it has a huge graphics chip sitting under the ‘bonnet’, but in fact it’s the ‘bonnet’ itself. True to Alienware style, the compact netbook has its own unique style coming in both silver and black with a range of lighting options ensuring that wherever you go, people are going to be eyeing up your Netbook. If you can call it one that is…

After Intel’s recent launch of its Pine Trail platform, Asus were quick to assemble a new Eee PC, the 1008P. With a new look and a new chipset, the new seashell from Asus really does fantastic, but the question many people are asking, does it perform as well? Let’s take a look.

On first inspection, the Eee PC 1008P takes a step away from the norm, avoiding the vulcanized or ultra-glossy finishes that everyone loves to hate. With the Eee PC 1008P, Asus contracted award winning industrial designer Karim Rashid to zest up this little machine and he did just that. With a pseudo 3D design, the Eee PC 1008P looks not so little with the choice between a faux-crocodile body and a classy shocking pink finish.

After receiving the Eee PC 1008P and opening it up, we were greeted not just with good looks, but a machine that’s been built to the typical high quality seashell standards. With an easy to use raised keyboard, as well as Intel’s new N450 CPU, this Eee PC also features a high quality 10″ display, 250 GB of hard disk space and the usual extras such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet and a web cam.

However, we have to admit that the new machine by Asus is by all means just another Netbook. It’s not revolutionary to say the least, but the design features incorporated within are refreshing and combined with its stunning appearance, we enjoyed our time spend with the Eee PC. What we particularly liked about this little netbook was the fact it comes with a removable battery and a hidden VGA adaptor underneath which plugs into a USB port when required.

The new netbook from Asus is good looking, portable and well-featured. While it’s not the most powerful of netbooks out there, it’s highly portable and with a price tag of just $499 (£300) it’s worth every penny if style’s high on your agenda.

If your looking for some protection for your new Samsung N130 then this little all in one neoprene sleeve / case should be the perfect choice. It’s made from a durable neoprene material which is very popular for protecting netbooks. It has two zips, one for the top of the case to keep the netbook safe and one for the additional pocket, allowing storage for small items such as a USB stick or CD.

Other cases you may wish to purchase with your Samsung N130 include the Cool Bananas black case and the GAGS reversible sleeve

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Acer continue to release new netbooks in an attempt, it seems, to dominate the netbook market. The latest netbook to hit our shelves is the Acer Aspire One 532H. This 10.1″ ruby red netbook uses Intels latest “Pine Trail” Atom N450 1.66GHz processor. Early reports suggested a great value netbook, but, it seems those reports may have been slightly off the mark. That aside, the 532H still gives you 1GB RAM, DDR2 SDRAM, 250GB HDD plus Windows 7. In addition to these, there will also be Wi-Fi networking, a multi-in-one media card reader, an integrated webcam, three USB 2.0 ports, and a multi-gesture trackpad.

The whole idea behind the Pine Trail Atom is to improve power efficiency and in turn increase battery life. Acer currently promise that the 532H will last up to 10 hours. According to reports, the six cell battery can reach the 8 and a half hour mark, which is still pretty good. As this is one of the first netbooks to use the Pine Trail Atom processor you may want to wait to see what other manufacturers can do with it? If not, you can currently get this one from Amazon for just over the £300 mark.

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A recent introduction from Trust is this compact and lightweight netbook carry bag. It’s suitable for netbooks around the 10″ range, has plenty of space for your netbook together with enough space for additional wires and cables, DVD drives or other netbook accessories. The compartment for your netbook is also padded.

This netbook bag is also a pretty sturdy bag, giving good protection for your netbook while on the move, especially if you are storing it away in an overhead compartment. Netbook sleeves, which are a very popular choice for protecting netbooks are good, but they might not provide the protection you want.

General features:

Netbook Compatibility: 10″

Features: Zippered, padded, Velcro, adjustable shoulder strap

Carrying Strap: Shoulder carrying strap

Weight: 998 g

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