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What happens if you take the Asus UL30, scoop out the insides and replace the Intel CULV processor with an Atom chip and NVDIIA IOn graphics? I have no idea, but the folks at Phecda have done the next best thing by producing a UL30 clone called the Phecda P13.

The notebook has a 13.3 inch, 1366  x 768 pixel display and the same case design as the original Asus UL30A, although the keyboard looks lke it was ripped from an Acer Aspire notebook.

But while the Asus UL30 shipped with a 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 CPU, the P143 has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510 dual core processor and NVDIIA ION 2 graphics. It comes with 2GB of DDR2 memory and runs Windows 7.

There are just two (fairly major) problems. First, the 2450mAh battery probably won’t provide very much run time. And second, the laptop is unlikely to show up anywhere outside of China anytime soon.

The HP Mini 5103  may seem like the netbook that has it all — an all-metal case, 7200RPM hard drive, optional HD and touchscreen displays, an optional dual core CPU, hard drive sensor to prevent damage, and even a battery indicator built right into the battery. But you know what it doesn’t have? NVIDIA ION graphics.

Fortunately there’s always a Chinese knockoff artist willing to step up to the plate. The folks at Shanzhaiben have found a notebook that copies the basic design of the HP Mini 5103, but which replaces the Atom N455/N550 processor with a dual core 1.83GHz Intel Atom D525 chip. The knockoff also has an NVIDIA ION graphics processor. Oh yeah, it also has a DVD-RW drive.

If you’re wondering how the manufacturer made room for a disc drive — something that very few netbooks have, there’s an easy answer — this notebook may have netbook-like components, but it’s much larger than a typical netbook. I’m having a hard time getting all the details through Google Translate, but it looks like it has either an 11.6 inch, or a 14 inch display.

The notebook also has VGA and HDMI ports, a 1366 x 768 pixel display, and the usual array of USB ports and mic and headphone jacks.

Thanks to the larger display, it might be more fair to say that the notebook is an HP Elitebook knockoff rather than an HP Mini 5103, but design-wise, it really does seem to take most of its cues from the HP Mini 510x series.

You’d be forgiven if you took one look at the new Laser One Chinese laptop and thought it was yet another variation of Acer’s Aspire One 10 inch netbook series. I’m pretty sure that’s what the manufacturer wants you to think after all. But als, it’s just another cheap knockoff.

Shanzhaiben reports that the Laser One is also both cheaper and larger than your typical Acer netbook, with a 12.1 inch display and $230 price tag. It also skips Acer’s typical keyboard design (with flat, wide keys) and instead uses a pretty traditional keyboard design complete with a row of Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys on the right side. I guess that’s the advantage of using a larger display than the notebooks you’re copying (although Acer doesn’t typically dedicate a full row to these keys even on its 11.6 inch laptops).

The rest of the specs are pretty typical, including a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of memory, and a 160GB hard drive. The laptop has a 6 cell battery and comes in black, red, blue or white.

The Dell Adamo laptop is a high priced, high powered thin and light machine, with prices starting at $999. The Shenzhen Zingzheng Yu N98 isn’t. But it steals many design cues from Dell’s high end notebook. The difference is that on the inside, the N98 is all netbook — and it has the low $209 price tag to match.

The N98 has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and a choice of 512MB or 1GB of RAM and an 80GB or 160GB hard drive. It’s equipped with a 2400mAh battery, which probably isn’t going to provide more than a few hours of run time.

The laptop does have a few features that you won’t find on a typical netbook, including a metal chassis and an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display. But while this little guy looks a bit like the Dell Adamo, I don’t expect any machine with an Atom N270 processor to be a match for an Adamo with an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, high performance SSD, and 2GB or more of memory.

A week doesn’t go by where you can’t catch numerous netbook and tablet clones coming out of China. Now and then something interesting pops off the Shenzhen assembly line like this Vaye HY116 – the world’s fist Nokia Booklet 3G clone.

The Vaye HY116 has got the looks down good enough to fool you and your friends (with an entirely metal chassis – no cheap plastics), until you notice the missing Nokia logo or you actually turn it on to find Windows XP running on it instead of Windows 7.

Being out of Shenzhen, there’s no Poulsbo platform on board (Atom Z530, GMA 500 graphics) but just the standard netbook guts – an Atom N450 processor, GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 1.3MP webcam and a 3,200 mAh li-poly battery, so it won’t even come close to get 10 – 12 hours of battery life that the real deal is claimed to reach (you’ll get 4 – 5 hours at best). Likewise, there’s no HD 1280 x 720 display here, just the standard 1024 x 600 netbook resolution.

If there’s one thing that’s not hard to find in China, it’s Macbook Air clones. I hear that’s popular there too. But back to Macbook Air clones, we’ve seen a number of underpowered thin and light laptops with a distinct Apple-like style. One of the latest is a machine from Shenzhou Vayee.

The laptop has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and netbook-like specs including a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. It has a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of memory and a SIM card slot.

But the most distinctive thing about the Vayee laptop is it’s Apple-like design with an island-style keyboard and a metallic finish. The sides of the notebook aren’t quite a sleek though, with an array of ports staring you in the face, including an Ethernet jack and a few USB ports.

The computer is about an inch thick, and weighs about 3 pounds. There’s no word on pricing or availability.