Just when you thought the ultraportable market is already saturated with the entry of the HP Mini Note and the MSI Wind, here comes Asus with its Aspire One. This had been announced earlier this year, but it has come as a pleasant (or not) surprise to me that Asus has launched it locally at a starting price of PhP 18,800.

Inquirer has a feature.

The new Acer notebook is positioned to attract users wanting a portable and light notebook that is also Internet ready. It runs on the Linpus Linux Lite operating system.

The new Aspire One notebook, which was launched with a host of the company’s latest products in Manila, will cost P18,800.

Jayvee posts some pictures on abuggedlife.com.

Believing …

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A friend is selling his Asus EeePC 701, 4GB, 2GB RAM, with warranty until January 2009. The serial number starts with 7C (which probably means there is no mini PCIe slot, but I’m not 100% sure, and no one will likely find a need for an extra mini PCIe slot).

Comes with leather case and Proporta crystal case,, and of course the box, charger, manuals and recovery DVD. Asking price is PhP 14,000. Please email me for inquiries, and I’ll forward your messages.

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It was only a few months ago that I realized gas prices in the Philippines are increasing every week. It was somewhat stable at ~ PhP 46 per liter for the unleaded variety (price is higher for leaded, and diesel is cheaper by about PhP 8 per liter). But then the oil companies have implemented a weekly increase scheme, where they increase pump prices anywhere from PhP 0.50 to PhP 1.50 per liter either midnight or 6 a.m. of each Saturday.

And so as of this week, unleaded fuel costs about PhP 61 per liter, while diesel is about PhP 55 per liter.

I use Petron Blaze, which is the highest octane gas here. It’s among the most expensive varieties, …

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Looks like HP’s marketing for the Mini Note in the Philippines is in full gear. Check out this commercial clip (via YouTube, posted by makemineamini.com.ph; note that the video is inaccessible from my frontpage, but is embedded after the jump).

Celebrity endorsers include Pat Evangelista, Amanda Griffin, Brad Turvey and Tristan Encarnacion.

You can also win yourself an HP Mini Note by joining their raffle. You can either write an essay or have your pic taken with the HP Mini Note van. Darn, I was driving alongside this van last week, and I didn’t know about the promo!

I’ve been reading reviews, though, that the Mini is slow compared to its contemporaries. So given the cost considerations, people are opting for …

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Finally! I’ve been searching high and low for a real live unit. Now I’ve finally seen one. It’s the HP 2133 Mini Note—the entry-level Linux version.

This one was spotted at an electronics retail store in Trinoma in Quezon City, selling for the SRP of PhP 24,9xx.

So far, I haven’t seen any other stores currently carrying the mini note in stock.

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