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BenQ are to enter the nebook market with the BenQ JoyBook Lite U101. The U101 is different from other netbooks available and will be shock resistant like the G-Shock watch and can withstand drops of up to 76cm.

BenQ’s netbook also claims to be the first netbook to have an aspect ratio of 16:9 in a 10.1 inch screen. Other specs in the netbook are:

RAM: 1GB
HDD: 160GB
Connectivity: Wifi, ethernet and bluetooth
Processor: Intel Atom 1.6GHz
Windows XP Home

The JoyBook Lite U101 will be available in Singapore for S$888 during the upcoming SITEX show with other Asian markets following at the end of November.

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Asus attended a media preview event in New York on Thursday night. At the event they showed off a 1002HA variant. Asus are to release the 1002HA in a brushed metal design.

The brushed metal model will have the same features of the original 1002HA, but with different hard drive and SSD options. A brushed metal effect is applied to the chassis of the netbook as well as the wrist rest.

The brushed metal 1002HA model will begin to ship in Early December and retail for $499+.

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In a move that gives us a glimpse of the future of netbooks, ASUS will be launching Eee PC’s with touchscreen and with dual core Atom based CPU’s.

According to the report made by general manager of business Samson Hu, Asustek will be producing the touchscreen Eee PC’s early in 2009 and they are hoping this will push sales in their direction even more with the new addition to their successful netbook range.

The dual core CPU will be added once Intel is ready to ship them out to ASUS and will be built with a netbook in mind giving better performance than current CPU’s used in netbooks. There is no date set for release of the dual core’s yet.

Jerry Shen, president of Asustek also revealed that Asus will be releasing a sub $300 Eee PC at some point during 2009.

Clearly, Asus are pushing forward into the future with the Eee PC and it looks like a win-win future for netbook buyers and Asus alike.

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Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci announced at an event in Budapest that Gateway will be releasing a netbook soon. Gateway, as well as Packard Bell, were both recently acquired by Acer.

Packard Bell is already set to release a netbook. How the Gateway netbook will differ from that or the Acer Aspire One or other netbooks is unknown at the moment.

Lanci also spilled other news and information while at the event. Acer have plans to update their Acer Aspire One netbooks, with the possibility of a model with a larger screen.

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