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Packard Bell Butterfly S FC 13-inch CULV ultraportable

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2009 No Comments

Acer subsidiary Packard Bell are set to release a CULV ultraportable for the European market.  The Packard Bell Butterfly S FC has a 13-inch display and uses Intel's 1.4GHz Core 2 Solo SU3500 processor, with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard-drive.

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Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly notebook announced

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Apr 14th 2009 No Comments

Packard Bell announced today that they will soon be releasing the Acer supplied EasyNote Butterfly. This notebook is a tad too large to be a netbook, measuring in at 13.4-inches and features a LED-backlit display.

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Packard Bell ‘dot’ netbook axed before release

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Mar 10th 2009 No Comments

Packard Bell are apparently preparing to axe their “dot” netbook, despite it never actually reaching shelves.  The budget ultraportable was launched last September, and should have gone on sale in January 2009; however a Packard Bell spokesperson has confirmed that the netbook is “going end of life”.

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Packard Bell iPower X2.0 gaming PC

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 20th 2008 No Comments

It subscribes to the “built like a shuttle-bay door” school of design, but look past the vents and bulges and Packard Bell’s iPower X2.0 gaming PC should be pretty impressive.  While various levels of spec exist, the only one we’re really interested in is the top-end, Intel Core 2 Quad machine: 8GB of RAM, a healthy 3TB of storage and Asustek watercooling.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 39 2008

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Sep 28th 2008 No Comments

acer aspire one 210 479x316Netbooks made their typical strong showing this week, with ASUS announcing their intention to put 3G HSUPA into the Eee PC 901.  Meanwhile their N10 was reviewed and deemed the first netbook “suitable for serious gaming“, a promising title indeed.  Lenovo’s S10 also hit reviewers’ benches, making a strong – if at times warm – case for the smallest IdeaPad, while Packard Bell unveiled their ‘dot’, targeted much more at the budget end of the scale.  They’ll have a fight on their hands, though; SlashGear reviewed the Acer Aspire One this week too, and when it comes to value for money it’s a tough one to beat.

Arguably the biggest news of the week, however, has been T-Mobile’s G1 – the first Android-based handset to be officially announced.  Our sister-site AndroidCommunity.com ran a Live Blog of the whole event (and gave away a G1 to one lucky forum member), and we’ve got the photo galleries and hands-on video to show for it.

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Packard Bell ‘dot’ netbook announced

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 23rd 2008 1 Comment

Packard Bell are the latest to weigh into the netbook arena, with the “dot” [pdf link].  Packing the usual combination of Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB of RAM and an 8.9-inch display running at 1024 x 600, the only real area of mild interest is the 160GB hard-drive which is perhaps a little larger than the norm.

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Packard Bell reveal new EasyNote laptop design themes

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 10th 2008 No Comments

It’s obviously the day for new notebooks, and after a month or so of nothing but budget ultraportables it’s great to see a few full-sized keyboards.  Next to the party is Packard Bell, whose Italian arm have been showing off the new super-portable EasyNote RS65, mid-range ML and SL series, top range MT and ST series, and the TN, aimed at younger users.  Of the six, the 13.3-inch RS65 is probably the most interesting.

 Packard Bell EasyNote RS65

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Acer buying up companies left and right – they now own Gateway, eMachines, and Packard Bell

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Mar 12th 2008 No Comments

In the US we only see Acer, Gateway, and depending on where you look eMachines. But in Europe they’ll be seeing all of those brands as well as Packard Bell which Acer just recently bought.

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