The NEC LaVie Light 530 is one of those netbooks that you just know isn’t going to be released in the US anytime soon. It might not even hit Europe. But if you’ve been lusting after this relatively mundane looking mini-laptop since it was announced earlier this year, you might want to check out the video after the break, courtesy…

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ECS is showing off a new 10 inch Olivetti netbook with a super-slim design. Netbook news got a chance to check the netbook out at Computex last week, and while it doesn’t look all that exciting on paper (1024 x 600 pixel display, Intel Atom N270 processor, 2 USB ports, 1.8 inch hard drive), it looks awfully nice on video….

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The IdeaPad U160 is Lenovo’s sequel to the IdeaPad U150, which I reviewed earlier this year. Like the U150, the new model features an 11.6 inch 1366 x 768 pixel display, a full size keyboard, and Windows 7 Home Premium. But the recently introduced IdeaPad U160 will come with Intel’s latest generation low power processors, including Celeron, Pentium,. Core i3,…

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If you live in the US, you might think that chip-maker VIA lost the netbook wars. In 2008 HP launched a 9 inch netbook with a VIA C7-M processor, and in 2009 Lenovo released a 12 inch mini-laptop with a VIA Nano processor. And that’s about it. Intel has pretty much dominated the ultraportable space with Atom and CULV chips…

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OK, so you’ve probably heard of Pixel Qi’s display technology which offers the ability to toggle between a high power, full color more and a low power, high contrast mode that almost looks like an E Ink display. The advantages are the ability to see the screen outdoors, even in bright sunlight, and lower power consumption. But just how much…

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Viliv is working on two versions of the X10 tablet with a 10 inch capacitive multitouch display. A few days ago we got a good look at the Viliv X10 running Google Android with an ARM-based processor. But the company also has a prototype with an Intel Atom Z520 CPU that runs Windows 7. Jkkmobile got a chance to check…

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HP has been targeting its Mini 5101 and 5102 netbooks at education markets since the get go. But it looks like HP may have a new education oriented mini-laptop up its sleeve. Engadget’s Joanna Stern spotted an HP Classmate PC netbook running SUSE Linux 11 at Novell’s Computex booth this week. The netbook features a 10 inch display and an…

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MSI has quietly introduced two new netbook concept designs. There aren’t a lot of details about the MSI La Mode and MSI Serene at the moment, but here’s what we know: MSI Serene This model will be a fanless netbook using “MSI’s thermal technology” and heat dissipation. Because there’s no fan, the 10 inch netbook will be almost silent while…

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Chinese PC makers Joyplus are showing off a series of tablets at Computex. And rather than stick its eggs all in one basket, the company is going with a little variety. Joyplus is demonstrating 5, 7, and 10 inch tablets, with the largest models running Windows 7 and the smaller units running Google Android. The 10 inch model looks like…

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Inventec’s Dr. Eye MID (Mobile Internet Device) has all the specs of a good smartphone… plus an odd name and a QWERTY keyboard that makes the device look like a tiny laptop. The Dr. Eye MID has a 4.8 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, a 600MHz Marvell ARM-based CPU, and runs Google Android 2.1. The device comes in three…

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Chip maker Freescale is starting to show off products using a new ARM-based processor called the Freescale i.MX53. It’s an ARM Coretx-A8 chip with a clock speed between 1GHz and 1.2GHz. Freescale’s chips have turned up in a handful of mobile internet devices over the past year or two, but the company really dominates the eBook reader space. Amazon’s Kindle…

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Toshiba is showing off an updated version of its thin and light Satellite M135 notebook at Computex. The M135 has a 13.3 inch display and a low voltage processor, and the new model seems to have a keyboard that’s virtually identical to that on the Toshiba Mini line of netbooks. In fact, it kind of looks like someone cut the…

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