Valentino Rossi VR46 Packard Bell Laptop Now Available

Valentino Rossi has signed a new deal with Packard Bell for a new line of products inspired by the nine-times MotoGP World Champion. The first netbook of the series, the limited edition VR46 will be available in Italy, France and England starting this month, at an estimated price of 499 euros.

The renowned "the sun & the moon" designed by Aldo Drudi, Rossi’s graphic designer, stands out on the NightSky Black cover like on the Italian’s famous helmets, and represents the two sides of Valentino Rossi's personality.

Each ray of the sun represents one of the 5 continents where MotoGP races, while the ‘46’ figure, visible both on the cover and inside the netbook, is the number with which Valentino has always raced. The dominant fluorescent yellow is one of Valentino's favorite colors.

This 11.6-inch netbook is less than one inch thin and weighs just 1.35 kg. It features a full-size keyboard and a multi-gesture touchpad that lets you navigate, scroll and zoom easily.

The VR46 has an integrated 6-cell battery that offers up to 8-hours of power, and a built-in webcam, microphone, Windows Live Messenger, 3G module, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

The Packard Bell Diamond View TFT LCD offers a high-brightness (200-nit) and high resolution quality thanks to the 11.6" HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution screen.

The 5-in-1 card-reader allows flexible storage and file sharing. The up-to 640GB2 hard disk drive enables advanced storage options for movies, music and more.