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I found an informative comment in this thread.
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/994852
I also found information in this page. Look at No.6. To sum it up, indefinite pronouns require de when they are followed by modifiers.
http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/pronouns_indefinite.htm
It probably should be acceptable, however those sentences have a subtle difference in emphasis.
- He has some new thing
- He has something new
In the first sentence the emphasis is on the 'thing', the strangeness/incomprehensibility of it. In the second it is on the newness of the object, that he has acquired a new possession.