News - Toshiba AC100 netbook now available in UK

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Tegra 2-powered Android system shipping for under £300

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[jimbouk]

It does look good, I think software will be the biggest problem though. Even with a 'netbook' I'm going to want a Open Office style office suite, and there's no point in being able to output 1,920x1,080px without a decent video player.

[BullDogg]

I would buy this for £200, but at £300 I'd sooner buy a netbook that is arguably more capable, or at least flexible.

[MSIC]

Agreed, I can see £300 being a little too steep.

As for Android (and never having personally used it - maybe i should try to have a play some time), i thought that it wasnt very effective in a keyboard & mouse-type environment... or am I wrong?

[jimbouk]

Perfectly good keyboard environment, I have an X10 Mini Pro and the keyboard is loads better than an on-screen jobby. A mouse will just be like a non-multi-touch touchscreen I guess, not an advantage really but I bet it's cheaper than making such a large screen touch sensitive!