The Chie Netbook has made its debut in the U.K. after being the best selling and cheapest netbook in Asia. Retailing for £99 ($142.70 USD) its even cheap in comparison to the $199 Fidelity Netbook we wrote about last year. Currently available for pre-order, it will officially launch in the U.K. on January 23rd. The Chie is actually pretty stylish-looking with a 7” high-clarity screen, 4 hours of battery life, built in speakers, an SD slot and two USB ports to add extra storage.
Technical specification of the Chie Netbook
• Processor: VIA VT8500 (ARM926EJ-S)
• Display: 7″ TFT High Clear Digital Screen 800*480
• Internal memory: 128MB DDRII / 2GB Nand Flash (Up to 256M Optional)
• External memory: Can use up to 250GB Portable HDD & 128MB to 16GB SD/MMC Card
• Connectivity: WIFI RIEEE 802.11 b/g
• Connections: USB 2.0 x 2 to support external memory and/or mouse
• Card Reader: MMC/SD CARD slot supporting 128MB-16GB
• Speakers: Hi-fi Stereo Speakers (Built-in)
• Audio: Dimensional Sound Earphone Output x1, Dimensional Sound Microphone Input x1
• Keyboard: Qwerty – Standard 80 keys – UK
• Mouse Pad: 2.2″ mouse pad – Sensitive Touchpad
• Battery: 7.4v 1800Mha built-in Lithium battery
• Battery Life: 4 Hours
• Adaptor: 100/240V AC Adaptor 9V 2A output
• Operating System: WINDOWS CE 6.0
• Software: Word Viewer, Powerpoint Viewer, PDF Viewer, Picture Browser
Microsoft Wordpad (Not full version), Microsoft SpreadExcel (Not full version), Powerpoint, PDF Reader, Calculator, Tudou Video, Windows Media Player, MSN Messenger
• Browser: Internet Explorer (Does not support Flash)
• Support:
Supported audio format: MP3
Supported video format: MPEG2, AVI, 3GP, MP4 format
Supported image format: JPEG