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Asus Eee PC X101 MeeGo Netbook Showcased at HKCCF

Asus Eee PC X101 MeeGo Netbook Showcased at HKCCF

This short video, filmed at the Hong Kong Computer & Communications Festival 2011, shows some of the software features the Asus Eee PC X101 running a custom built of MeeGo offers. It supports social networking services like Twitter and Facebook, Adobe Air applications (which is a bit creepy), and more important for the Chinese market all mainstream Chinese input methods.

Lenovo Ideapad S100 with MeeGo Showcased at Computex

Lenovo Ideapad S100 with MeeGo Showcased at Computex

Besides the Asus Eee PC X101 also the Lenovo Ideapad S100 was showcased at the recent Computex running the MeeGo operating system. The long awaited Ideapad S100 model is equipped with a low-cost Intel Atom N435 processor and sports a 10.1" screen.

Asus Eee PC X101 Running MeeGo at Computex 2011

Asus Eee PC X101 Running MeeGo at Computex 2011

There has been continued speculation about ASUS considering a Linux based operating system again for new netbook models. Google's Chrome and Android systems where the hottest candidates I guess, but an underdog won the race, the Asus Eee PC X101 netbook runs MeeGo.

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Showcased at Google I/O

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Showcased at Google I/O

Soon after the recent announcement of Samsung and Acer Chromebooks being released next month the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook was showcased at last week's final event at Google's developer conference Google I/O in San Francisco.

DNS Netbook: From Russia with MeeGo

DNS Netbook: From Russia with MeeGo

At the recent Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona the folks over at Netbook News spotted this 10.1" netbook by Russian PC maker DNS. The thin and lightweight (2.4 lbs) device is powered by a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor and Intel GMA 3150 graphics processor and is equipped with 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard disk drive, and a 3 cell 24Whr battery.