Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X with HD 1366 x 768 Display

Just as the a couple of Gigabyte netbooks become available in the US, Gigabyte Taiwan, have announced an upgraded TouchNote T1028X with a HD 1366 x 768 10.1” display and WiMAX. The current model on sale has your bog-standard 1024 x 600 display. Perhaps this is because Intel’s move to relax screen resolution restrictions on netbooks.

A new model of the M1022 BookTop was announced (M1022M2), but it only upgrades the processor to N280 (in some countries it sells with N270) and adds WiMAX.

Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X Specifications:

• Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz Processor
• 1GB RAM
• Intel 945GSE Chipset
• 10.1” 1,366× 768 Display
• 160GB HDD (Sata 2.5”)
• Windows XP Home OS
• Multi-Card Reader, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11b/g/n, Wi-Fi, 1.3MP Webcam
• Dimensions 265 x 214 x 41.4 mm
• Weight 1.48kg

It’s priced at $4,990 HKD ($643)

Source: UMPC Fever.