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 [...]

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 [...]

MSI Wind U100: Available In Germany Early August

Yesterday MSI Germany announced the Wind U100 with a height of 19 mm and only 940 grams. The MSI Wind comes with an ultraportable design but with full functionality: Equipped with the Intel 945GMS + ICH7M chipset, with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 1 GB DDR2 667 RAM and a 80GB hard drive, the [...]

EEE PC 904 and 905: New Tiny Screen And Bigger Keyboards

Sources of DigiTimes say that Asus is working on a couple of new Eee PCs: The 904 and 905. The models take the 8.9″ screen from the 900 and 901 and mash it up with the bigger keyboard on the Eee 1000, which doesn’t seem like a very good idea to us because the mini-notebook [...]