£99 netbook launches in UK

Cheap and cheerful

4 January 2010 22:58 GMT / By Stuart Miles

A netbook that costs under £100 has been launched in the UK meaning buying a computer to get online is as cheap as staying in a London hotel for the night.

The Chie netbook from Blaze Europe costs just £99 and comes with a 7-inch screen, 4 hours of battery life, Wi-Fi connectivity and an SD card reader.

It will come with a VIA VT8500 (ARM926EJ-S) processor, 128MB of hard drive space and 2 USB sockets. Rather than opt for Linux, Windows 7 or even XP, users will get Microsoft Windows CE 6.0 instead.

The Chie is available now to pre-order before its official UK launch date of 23 January 2010.

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Any idea how they've solved the Windows CE printing problems? Posted by carlleigh, Singapore
Windows Curses Edition. No wonder it's £99. You;ll be cursing and cussing everytime you try and do something. Posted by TheK, UK
I think I'd rather deal with command line than be lumbered with CE. For £99 sure linux is cheaper than Win CE? Posted by samuelgibbs, United Kingdom
have to say everyone wants this to be the be all and end all of netbooks!!! as stated this is an entry level netbook which for my daughter who is 7 thinks is great, also took this on holiday just to keep up with the world and guess what, it did exactly what i wanted it to do, do i want to play games on it??? NO use a pc for that.... i picked mine up for £79 at the NEC gadget show in pink so missis and wife like it.....JUST LIKE RONSEAL IT DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN!!!!! Posted by CHUNDER, UK