Black Friday is anticipated to get a slew of supremely cheap netbook deals to the head of a lot of retail windows. The latest case of that trend is Delstar’s DS 700 netbook, selling for $120 on KMart after Thanksgiving Day this year.
The Delstar DS 700 features an unspecified, 400MHz Samsung processor, 128MB of RAM, and 2GB of flash storage. Other features include a seven-inch display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, touchpad, 10/100 Ethernet port, three USB 2.0 ports, plus microphone and headphone jacks. The device’s three-cell battery is expected to allow 3 hours of functioning.
The Delstar DS 700 netbook is a little underpowered however comes with Internet Explorer, a PDF viewer, and support for Microsoft Office files. This could mean the Microsoft Office Mobile package or something similar, considering that Delstar has mentioned a “document creator,” “spreadsheet creator,” “presentation creator,” and “media player”.
Delstar DS 700 Specifications
- Processor: 400MHz Samsung SoC
- Memory: 128MB of RAM and 2GB of flash storage
- Display: Seven-inch screen with 800 x 480 pixel resolution
- Expansion: SD slot
- LAN: 10/100 Ethernet
- WLAN: 802.11b/g
- 3 x USB 2.0
- Microphone jack
- Headphone jack
- Battery: Three-cell, lasts for three hours
- Dimensions — 9.75 x 6.5 x 2 inches
- Weight, including battery — under 2 pounds
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I purchased an identical unit via eBay, direct from Hong-Kong. Comparing the photos, it appears to be the exact same machine as the DellStar. I paid $127.50 including shipping to my door, which took an amazing 4 days – faster than domestic shipping.
It is a cute little machine, weighing 1 pound, 5.7 ounces with a 800×480 7″ screen, measured diagonally. This machine is absolutely generic with no brand name whatsoever. Installed memory is 128MB. The 2GB Flash Disk has 1.7GB of formatted space, currently with 1.59GB free.
It contains MicroSoft WordPad but also several 3rd-party software packages – a MicroSoft Office compatible suite by SoftMaker Software GmbH, supporting Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats. Other 3rd-part software installed is WinRAR, Foxit Reader, Image Viewer and audio recorder. It also contains MicroSoft Messenger, Outlook, Media Player and Internet Explorer.
The Internet Explorer browses most sites OK, albeit a bit slowly, but its java engine fails to support some sites, such as PowerMyPc.com’s internet speed test. Also, YouTube doesn’t work, complaining that the Flash Player needs to be updated. Yahoo Mail classic works just fine, as does Gmail. According to IronGeek.com, the browser identifies itself as Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Although the minimal documentation indicates that the SD slot is just that, an SD slot, in actuality it also supports SDHC.
WiFi works just fine with my in-house D-Link router.