February 10, 2009 – 2:26 pm
Back in November, Epson Japan released the rather bland Endeavor Na01, its first venture into the netbook market. Initially released only in black, the company has finally released a second color — white, of course — but there is another plus. The retail price has dropped by 3,000 yen (about $32) so if there have [...]
February 9, 2009 – 2:12 pm
Japan never fails to deliver the cuteness, and following the popular Hello Kitty netbook by Sotec (Onkyo Japan) last year, Kohjinsha and Bandai are set to release another colorful and kawaii (that’s Japanese for cute) netbook.
Akihabara News has the scoop on a new netbook for kids based on Fuji TV stars Gachapin (a dinosaur) and [...]
January 5, 2009 – 5:08 pm
BNC Japan has released a list of 2008’s top ten best-selling netbooks in Japan and the guys at Akihabara News have posted it.
Its always interesting to see how netbooks sell across the world compared to the United States, where we recently learned Acer was in charge of the market, largely thanks to its popular Aspire [...]
December 2, 2008 – 1:35 am
There are two new netbooks on the scene in Asia. Well, one is not so new, but getting its first release in its maker’s home nation.
BenQ has launched its BenQ Joybook Lite U101 netbook in Taiwan, where it was developed, but not distributed until now. It has already started shipping to China, where about 20,000 [...]
November 26, 2008 – 6:13 pm
Okay, two unboxing posts in a row seems like overkill, but I couldn’t help myself with this one being a lover of all things Japanese and kawaii (that’s the Japanese word for “cute”). Remember the Hello Kitty netbook we posted about last Friday? Well, right out of Japan is another unboxing via Akihabara News, with [...]
November 21, 2008 – 5:24 pm
Any Hello Kitty lovers out there? Admit it, you’d love a Hello Kitty netbook and now is your chance with Onkyo Japan’s newly released Sotec DC10 themed after the cutesy icon of Japanese pop culture. The netbook comes with an exclusive Hello Kitty wallpaper and casing artwork.
The specs are of the usual netbook standard: 1.6GHz [...]
November 19, 2008 – 11:20 am
More news from Japan, this time directly from Akihabara News, and Epson Japan has finally launched a netbook it first signalled its intent to last October. Titled the Endeavor Na01, it is a standard notebook sporting a 10.2-inch LCD with WSVGA resolution, an Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Intel 945GSE [...]
November 19, 2008 – 10:33 am
Dospara out of Japan has emerged from the shadows with a new netbook called the Prime Note Cartina UM. For some odd reason, it is listed as a limited edition, with only thirty models available, a curious decision given the same-as-usual specs and a nice, but hardly awe-inspiring look.
Priced at ¥39,980 ($410), the Atom-fueled Prime [...]
November 4, 2008 – 3:17 pm
TechFresh via Akihabara News in Japan is reporting that Toshiba has decided to release its first netbook in the Japanese market. Titled the NB100, the netbook features an 8.9 inch LCD screen with 1024×600 resolution, a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 120GB hard drive, and WiFi capabilities.
It comes in a choice of three [...]
