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As some of you might know, Acer is a very large company and owns a number of other brands that they sell their products though, Packard Bell is one such company.

When they launch a netbook through the main Acer brand, they often rebrand the model for the Packard Bell brand. The latest example of this seems to be the new Packard Bell Dot SE. This new Dot SE model is very similar to the newly launched Acer Aspire One D255, and as such has the same specifications.

The 10.1-inch netbook has an LED backlit display with a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution. It’s powered by the new dual core Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz processor with 1GB of DDR2 RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. It has a 6-cell battery which is rated for 7.5 hours of use, comes with Windows 7 Starter Edition, and weighs 2.8 pounds. We expect to see the Dot SE available at a number of stores in Europe and the UK, but we don’t expect to see it launched in the UK.

Acer owns the Gateway, Packard Bell, and eMachines brands. So it should come as no surprise that shortly after introducing new Acer netbook models, we tend to see similar machines arrive under one or more of these brand names. Latest case in point? The new Packard Bell Dot SE, which appears to be awfully similar to the recently launched Acer Aspire One D255.

Netbook News.de spotted a listing for the new Packard Bell Dot SE.CH/001 at Alltron. Like it’s Acer-branded sibling, this new model featurs a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core CPU.

The netbook also has 1GB of DDR2 memory, a 250GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Starter Edition. The 6 cell battery is said to be good for up to 7.5 hours of run time, and the netbook weighs about 2.8 pounds.

The Packard Bell Dot SE is available in Europe for about 400 Euros, or roughly $505 US. I don’t expect to see this model in the US anytime soon.