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Acer's Congo-based 11.6-inch Ferrari One: finally, a netbook with speed
We've seen a couple of netbooks that we'd actually consider to be mildly quick, but given that locating an Ion-based netbook is about as easy as entering North Korea with a US passport, we haven't had much of a chance to really love on 'em. Today, Acer is extending its boutique Ferrari lineup with the Ferrari One, an 11.6-inch machine that is among the first to rely on AMD's newly announced Congo platform. Packed within the chassis is a dual-core 1.2GHz Athlon X2 L310 CPU, ATI's Radeon 3200 graphics, an XPG port for connecting an external graphics solution, a 1,366 x 768 panel, WiFi, Bluetooth, optional WWAN and a 6-cell battery. You'll also notice AMD Vision and Windows 7 badges alongside the obligatory prancing pony, but you can bet you'll be paying dearly for this when it ships on (surprise, surprise) October 22nd. How dearly? Try £435 ($724), or roughly the cost of a single lug nut on an F430. [Via TrustedReviews]
The L may or not be for L'Amour: Samsung's L310 and L320
Samsung has busted out two decidedly fashion-friendly flips for eastern European countries, the L310 (left) and L320 (right). In fact, they're so fashion-friendly that Samsung says they're specifically targeted at women. The EDGE data and tri-band GSM radios aren't going to impress anyone, but we suppose those fancy frills just might -- maybe even fancy enough to garner some attention from Nokia. Both feature a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and microSD expansion, while the L320 ups the ante with an actual external display (imagine that!). You also get built-in calorie counter and perfume recommendation apps, though we're not so sure we'd trust our phones to tell us what we should smell like. The L310 will retail for about €220 ($319) and the L320 for about €240 ($348) when they go on sale next month.Read - Samsung L310Read - Samsung L320
