Pine View isn’t supposed to show up in retail stores for a few days yet, but up here in Canada we might have just gotten early access.

While snooping around over at Futureshop.ca, I stumbled across a listing for a Gateway model sporting an Intel Atom N450 – strange, I thought, since just yesterday there were only N270 models in the sub-$300 price range.

The Gateway LT2102H seems to be the rebranded cousin of Acer’s 532H [Engadget post], sporting:

  • Intel Atom N450 (Pine View) at 1.66GHz
  • 1GB DDR2 memory
  • 160GB SATA HDD
  • 10.1″ LED display at 1024×600
  • 802.11 b/g/n wireless
  • Multi-format card reader
  • 3 USB 2.0 ports
  • Integrated webcam
  • Multi-gesture touchpad
  • 3 cell 2200mAh battery
  • Windows 7 Starer

For $299 CDN, the price surprised me. The Acer 532 is expected to retail at $299 US and there’s usually a bit more markup in Canada than US to CDN exchange (likely due to differences in import costs). The only real drawback on this model is the battery, though with Pine View’s miserly battery usage the LT2102H should still muster about 4 hours.

You won’t find the model on Gateway’s product page just yet, so whether or not there’s actually an LT2102H in transit to me on Monday remains to be seen. If it shows up, expect to see an unboxing post here – and I’ll be benchmarking it as well, of course.

Stay tuned!