AMD: No Atom-beating Low-Voltage Chip For Netbooks

Bit-tech quotes comments made by AMD’s chief marketing officer Nigel Dessau this week by eWeek, that there are no chances for an Atom-beating low-voltage chip to come from AMD.
According to those sources Nigel Dessau AMD isn’t looking to compete in the low-cost ‘netbook’ market. Furthermore Dessau is quoted by eWeek as saying that the company [...]

Netbooks: Low Price Storm

HP 2133: Test And Review Of HP Mini-Note 2133

Itsogo.net brought a nice review of the HP 2133, HP’s netbook answer to Asus’ Eee – oops, sorry HP – i forgot you don’t like the 2133 to be compared with other MIDs, Mini-Notes and UMPCs …
But let’s be honest: Asus’ Eee PC has cleared the way for low-priced and ultra-portable notebooks. The folks from [...]

ECS: 3G-enabled G10IL Netbook Fighting MSI’s Wind In September

ECS is going to take part in the US netbook battle with their 3G-enabled G10IL Netbook. The term ‘netbook’ was initially coined by Intel for describing potential small, low-cost systems with roughly enough power to only surf the net, powered by Intel’s ATOM CPU. Formerly named UMPC (ultra mobile PC) and MID (mobile internet device) [...]

MSI Wind: First Wind UMPC Hits US

MSI confirmed finally shipping the Wind PC, MSI’s UMPC or first mini notebook aka netbook. Amazon, Buy.com, Fry’s, and Newegg are the first shops to receive the neat 10-inch MIDs. MSI starts with a basic version: The Wind comes with a three-cell battery and Windows XP Home. The longer-lived six-cell battery and versions with Linux [...]

Gigabyte Netbook M912V: 8.9” Touch Swivel Panel And Atom CPU

After rumors for a long time, especially at this years Computex show, Gigabyte has finally released this month the thin and light Netbook-M912V, listed currently at 699 U.S. dollars.
The M912V netbook has a 8.9 inches rotating touch screen with a resolution of 1280 x768 pixels, including a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, a 945 GSE chipset, [...]

Eee PC 904 to feature Celeron M CPU

Initially thought to be Atom-powered, just like the 901, Asus’ Eee PC 904 HD, which will feature a 8.9-inch LCD screen and have a size comparable, if not identical to that of the 1000 and 1000(H) models, is required to settle for the Celeron CPU and become the more or less official replacement of the [...]

Notebook Sales: Netbooks To Boost Sales Worldwide

With more and more brands like Acer, Dell and HP entering the market for low-cost small notebooks like the Asus’ Eee PC, the market specialists from Topology Research raised forecasts for the worldwide laptop market from 120 to 128 million units. That is around 7 percent more than expected. So Topology Research sees a plus [...]

Centrino Atom Platform: PC Vendors Pessimistic

Digitimes reports, that although Intel is aggressively pushing Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and its Centrino Atom platform, PC vendors still feel pessimistic about the market’s future in general. Digitimes calls an increasing demand for 7- to 10-inch netbooks, a declining worldwide economy and Nvidia’s ARM11-based Tegra as negative factors toward MIDs. Intel declined the opportunity [...]

Asus confirms Eee PC 904 HD

Verifies to PC Retail existence of device and reveals launch and pricing details; cheapest model in new range. PC Retail can exclusively confirm that Asus is to launch a new Eee PC device into the UK, “within a matter of weeks”, adding that it would be the cheapest of the new models available.
The device, the [...]