Phillipino manufacturer Red Fox may not be going toe to toe with Asus and Acer when it comes to netbook sales, but it’s beaten them in one feature at least: its new Wizbook N1020i is the first to come with Bluetooth 3.0, so it’ll sling files wirelessly faster than an MP can ask for a receipt to go.
If you can get over the shell which makes a Packard Bell look like a MacBook Pro, the Red Fox WizBook N1020i is a netbook with more than respectable specs: a 10.2-inch screen, Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive and Wi-Fi. But the Red Fox netbook also comes with Bluetooth 3.0, making it the first to use the new standard unveiled a few months ago.
That means no more sitting around waiting minutes on end to transfer one picture: with the Bluetooth 3.0, the Red Fox WizBook N1020i should be able to dish out files outside of a hotspot at up to 24Mbps. In theory, that means streaming HD video, although since the Red Fox laptop’s screen tops out at 1024×600, that’s not happening.
There’s no release date just yet, but expect more mainstream offerings off the back of this one, and soon.
Out TBC | £TBC | Red Fox (Via Portable Monkey)
