LG may not be a name that you would think of when buying a notebook, but they do manufactures notebooks. Now they’re launching their latest netbook named X140. The spec of netbook has been raised slightly from previous generations, but I can safely say that all notebook manufacturers have identical netbook specs, as if it is controlled by Intel or an OEM-mainboard manufacturer. Somehow I suspect that Asus is the one making OEM reference model for netbooks’ mainboard. Anyway, back to topic.

LG’s latest X140 is a 10.1-inch netbook with LED baclight LCD monitor with 1366×768 resolution. It’s running on Windows 7 (a Starter version I presume), and the very typical Atom based 1.83GHz notebook (presumably Atom N470 processor with 512KB cache). The memory has been upped to 2GB of RAM (DDR2) from typical 1GB, and 320GB of 5,400rpm HDD as compared to the previous 250GB. There’s an optional 3G model as well. There’s also the 1.3Mp webcam.

Why am I adding the ‘LCD’ moniker behind? That’s because right now all manufacturers are marketing their displays as LED displays, but many innocent civilians does not understand that these are all marketing gimmicks. The LED displays are actually LCD with their backlight changed to LED instead of typical fluorescent backlight, which is very much different from true LED displays.

Available in 3 different colors including the good old back & white but also “Hot Pink”, the LG X140 features the company latest “LG Smart POP” connectivity features including File Transfer function enables the simple transfer of folders or files between the PC and mobile phones; Dial and Message functions let users make calls or send SMS direct from the netbook’s screen; while the Contacts and Outlook Sync functions automatically synchronize all contact information in mobile phones or outlook between a mobile phone and the LG X140. More pictures below for your viewing pleasure.

[LG Electronics via Akihabaranews]