After 6 months in R&D with my Taiwanese suppliers, I’m very excited to announce my very own YugaTech-branded netbook. Check the specs and preview photo after the jump.
YugaTech Netbook
- 10.2″ OLED display screen (1280×960 resolution)
- Intel Atom Z550 2.0GHz CPU
- 2GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM (maximum of 4GB)
- 128 GB SSD or 500GB SATA HDD
- 5 x USB 2.0
- Bluetooth 2.1
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
- WiMax 802.16e
- 3G/HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps
- 2.0 MP webcam
- Fingerprint/Facial recognition
- 7-in-1 card reader
- Backlit keyboard
- Multi-touch
- 8-cell 7200 mAh Battery (up to 9.5 hours)
- Ubuntu or Windows XP Home
The 3G/HSDPA module is compatible with Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular SIM cards although we’re still having problems with Red Mobile 3G. The WiMax 802.16e is being ironed out with Globe WiMax and should be ready out of the box with their Plan 799.
Although my earlier reviews with the Atom Z500 series were not as fast compared to the N series, I chose the 2.0GHz Z550 over the 1.66GHz N280. Nothing beats the digits in terms of marketing.
We’re in the final production stage and these will hit the local market starting April 31, 2009. I’m also deciding how much they will be priced locally but we’re looking at models between Php19,995 to php24,995 depending on the upgrades and to stay competitive. Will post more updates and color options but certainly we will have blue, red, pink, black, white, green, yellow and orange.
I’m also raffling off 10 of these YugaTech Netbooks to those who blog, tweet, plurk or Facebook this entry. Just leave a comment with the URL to your entry.
I’m pretty stoked about it but today, April 1, is probably my biggest blogging day ever.
You got me there! hehehe
Twitter: am_magsombol
says:
Muntik na rin ako maniwala dito Sir Abe. Kagabi ko pa ‘to nabasa. Di naman ako naniwala pero ginawan ko pa rin ng blog:
http://dkogets.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-fools-stories-yari-ka.html
Di pa kasi supported ng Google Blogger ko yung Trackback, kaya ininform na lang muna kita dito. Thanks!
The link to my blog write up about the YugaTech laptop is:
http://betongchronicles.blogspot.com/
Hope you like it and I hope to win one the 10 YugaTech laptops that you will be raffling off. I will keep my fingers crossed until the draw. Cheers!!!
Thank you for your wonderful contributions. After all, what is life without YugaTech? Boring. Chaotic. Plain.
Thank you for sharing your talent.
http://www.betongchronicles.blogspot.com
Hope to win 1 of the 10 YugaTech Netbooks!!!
This gave you away:
“I’m pretty stoked about it but today, April 1, is probably my biggest blogging day ever”
Hahaha!
Cool Specs for the price. Only thing missing is the dvdrw, since most installers are still on dvds/cds but i guess adding an external disc drive will fix that. More power to your line ^^
hahaha happy april fool’s!!
*applause*
Much better than the fake story about the Philippine Navy buying an American supercarrier.
Twitter: momblogger
says:
it starts with a prank. WHo knows the notebook will one day become a reality?
Twitter: techathand
says:
ha ha ha muntik na ako dito ah
I almost believed it too, then when the April 1 came into my sight, i knew it was a prank.
Here is my post:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&suggest¬e_id=76234672812
Congrats Abe!
oh oh, sorry slow ako wahahahaha
is international delivery to Taiwan available?
hahaha
this one got a lot of you guys! XD
Twitter: madzman23
says:
Anak ng Tokwa!!!
There are some that bites in it…
LOLOLZ…
whahaha…
Hi Yuga,
Ganda ng specs ha
Pag may demo unit ka na, pwede ma review for Infotech ng Inquirer?
Twitter: shalomsiy
says:
Congrats Yuga! Very nice way of promoting your very own laptops. Expect a post from my blog soon!
haha.. muntik na din ako jan… dami naniwala wah! belated happy april fools sa lahat ng mga fools! =]
Hi!
Congrats on your new baby! My god, I’m super excited since if I were to develop my own Netbook, it’d be exactly as you’ve done it!
Anyway, with or without the raffle, I’m posting this info on my facebook (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=150376335211#/note.php?note_id=150376335211&id=1429706069&index=0) and will spread the love! Pero siyempre happier because of the raffle!
Good luck! I hope you’ll also post where this is going to be available.
Rona
mukhang daming naloko sa april fools day posts ahahaha
Wow! I wish i could win one! *fingers crossed* This is absolutely going to be phenomenal! The specs are great!
Congrats, abe!
I cant believe I opened a new tab for laptop/ netbook reviews for this. LOL
Nice one kuya abe!
hehehe..i almost got hooked, i can’t wait na panaman Sir,…
Yikes! April fools joke!
Sayang. I thought it was real. Ganda pa naman ng blog entry ko sana for this netbook. And I was really hoping to win this netbook since I really need a netbook now. Hay!
Anyway, kung totoo man ito, here’s my post:
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=70011928569&h=2pRWZ&u=5YPcO&ref=nf
Cool! Maybe you can market it with a lower price tag. The HP Netbook is selling at below 20k (without the OS) so maybe you can have a better catch by bringing down the price.
http://workathomenow.biz.nf/office-tips-and-tools/3g-ready-netbook-launch/