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Epson has launched a new netbook in Japan — meaning you probably won’t be able to pick it up in Europe or the US anytime soon. But if you happen to be in Japan, the Epson Endeavor Na03 Mini looks like a rather attractive netbook, albeit one with a tiny space bar and a single mouse button.
The netbook is powered by a 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 processor and GMA 3150 graphics. It has a 10. inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, and a choic eof either a 250GB hard drive or 64GB solid state disk.
It has 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Optional Bluetooth, as well as 3 USB ports, VGA and audio ports, and an SD card slot. It runs Windows 7 Starter Edition and comes with either a 3 cell, 2800mAh or 6 cell, 5600mAh battery. The laptop weighs just 2.25 pounds with the 3 cell battery.

There are a few ways to get people to spend unusually large amounts of money on netbooks. You can soup it up with premium features such as touchscreen displays, spill-resistant keyboards, or 7200rpm hard drives. Or you can give the netbook a fashion makeover and slap a designer label on it.

HP appears to be taking both approaches with the HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition netbook — at least in Germany. While the US version of this laptop sells for $591, based largely on the designer lid, 2GB of RAM, and Windows 7 Home Premium operating system (instead of Windows 7 Starter), the German model ups the game slightly with a 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 processor.

The German model also has a 320GB hard drive, while the US model has a 250GB hard drive, but oddly the German edition ships with Windows 7 Starter. Ther German model costs about 450 Euros ($605 US).

The rest of the specs are pretty much the same on both sides of the Atlantic: 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display. 3 cell battery, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, and VGA jacks.