Acer is going to enter the ultra portable market that competes with Asus Eee PC, by planning to launch low-cost notebooks available with 8- and 9-inch displays late in the first quarter or early second quarter of this year. According to the report, the prices of Acer’s low-cost notebooks will be as competitive as those of the Eee PCs.
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A Germany company, Maxdata, follow the trend on UMPC (Ultra mobile PC) like ASUS Eee, introduced a mini laptop Maxdata Belinea s.book. It is powered by VIA processor with a 7-inch LCD display. The s.book features a 80GB hard drive, DVD writer, and run on Windows XP Professional edition. WIth only 1kg weight, it is definetely for mobile professionals.
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ASUS has introduced another ultra portable notebook, even smaller form factor than U6 model, the ASUS U2, in 11.1-inch LCD display with impressive specs and elegant design. It is powered by Intel Santa Rosa platform, which is targeted for business professionals. The U2 features a special LED backlight panel that is half of the width and 1/3 lighter than the traditional LCD panel, lower power consumption, better luminance and faster response time. Find the specification as follow.
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Asus U6 is the new 12-inch ultraportable notebook from Asus that comes with great features. It is based on Intel Santa Rosa platform, with features suchs as Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 graphics card, dual layer DVD burner, HDMI. There are also fingerprint reader, SmartLogon face recognition technology, built-in webcam + microphone, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, LED backlight, 8-in-1 media card reader, and Bluetooth connection. It runs on Windows Vista and comes with a few ASUS exclusive softwares.
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Anticipating the coming holiday season, Asus has launched a elegant designed notebook computer encased in white leather shell with thin silver finish for business professionals, Asus F8P. This ultraportable 14.1-inch notebook is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, AMD ATI Mobility Radeon HD2400 graphics card with 256MB, and 250GB hard drive. It features Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, 1.3-megapixel webcam, fingerprint reader and running on Windows Vista OS.
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Recently PCMag just reviewed this ultra-portable and stylish laptop. With its score 3.5 out of 5, it weighs a svelte 2.7 pounds and rocks LED (light-emitting diode) screen backlighting technology. The U1F is a traveler’s delight?that is, if you can live with carrying an external DVD drive. Thanks to LED backlights technology, the thickness of screen is about half of traditional fluorescent-lamp backlighting systems screen.

The 11.1-inch screen looked magnificent when playing the DVD. The problem is that despite the fabulous colors, the screen is very sensitive to glare coming from any light source above you. Beside, the keyboard is horizontally challenged. The 92-percent-size keyboard is made for those with slender fingers.
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