Best selling netbooks and mini laptops for the beginning of the summer

Time for another reminder on the best selling netbooks on the US market. This time, that’s how things look right now, at the beginning of July.

I know most of you have better things to do right now than look for netbooks, but that’s exactly why you could find good deals on popular products these weeks. And also early back to school offers. Anyway, the top of bestsellers did not change much in the last weeks. 10 inchers like the ASUS 1005PE, Toshiba NB305 or Dell Mini 10 have been on top of the lists for some time and they still are, although there are some new products in there too.

So, let’s have a look on what are the most popular netbooks in the US right now (based on tops from Amazon.com):

• Toshiba Mini NB305 – around $340 with Free Shipping – the best you can get right now in this class and my favorite 10 incher of all, mostly because of its overall solid quality, reliability and ergonomics. See the review for this Toshiba here. Or more details about the available version via these links, in Blue, White or Brown.
• Black matte Asus EEE PC 1005PE-PU27-BK - $349 + Free shipping – this is right now one of my favorites, as it offers the best Asus brings in the 10 inch class (good hardware and connectivity, solid construction, ergonomic chiclet keyboard, 14 hour battery life), but with a matte casing, way better when dealing with scratches and fingerprints.
• Lenovo S10-3t tablet - $439 + Free Shipping – more than a standard netbook, this Lenovo is a tablet with a convertible capacitive display, making it able to be used as an ordinary laptop, but also as a touch tablet. Not the only one on the market, but one of the most appreciated (based on reviews) and affordable.

Of course, there’s also a new toy, the Apple iPad tablet, a gadget so well received by fans all over the world. And, although I for one am not a fan of tablets, mainly because they lack the features needed for productivity, the iPad is indeed a device I for one wouldn’t mind having. There are a couple of different versions available, the most popular being the cheaper one, with 16 GB of storage space and Wi-Fi.

And, like I’ve said in the beginning, there are some devices available with reduced prices and that made them very very popular in the last days. Check them out below and be aware that these offers won’t last forever, so if you see something you like and consider worth buying, you’d better act fast.

• Blue Acer AO532h - only $249 + Shipping – one of the best 10 incher Acer has right now is now available with a huge discount. It comes with decent hardware (N450 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, 160 GB hard-drive, Wi-Fi N) and good battery life (up to 8 hours). However, only the Blue version is available with this discounted price, other color options are more expensive.
• HP Mini 210 - $279 and Free Shipping ($150 discount) – similar to the device above, but more solid built and overall better look it, plus with a better battery (up to 10 hours), this HP is definitelly a very good pick. In fact, it only misses Bluetooth and ultra-fast Wi-Fi N (comes with wireless 802.11 b/g), but for $279, you can live without.
• Asus 1005HA EEE PC - $269 and Free Shipping ($130 price cut) – this was for many months the most popular netbook in the world. However, that happened last year, when the previous generation of Atom hardware was king. Still, since the new one only brings improvements in battery life and not in terms of performance. Thus, the 1005HA is definitely a device you should get if you want a solid 10 incher with great looks and you’re on a budget.

That’s about it for now. Quite a bunch of good devices are listed here, so no wonder they are the best sold in the States right now.

For the next 1-2 months, i doubt much will change. New limited time deals might pop up and I’ll try to cover them here on the site in the deals section, so be sure to keep en eye on that one.

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