Dell hasn’t officially announced the Dell Mini E and while we’re pretty much guessing about it, Fujitsu Siemens seems ready to roll out their Amilo Mini.

There’s a scheduled event to take place on August 28th at the IFA show in Berlin and all the signs and rumors point to an official Amilo Mini release. According to rumors this netbook will be priced from $600 to $800. The only innovation this Mini brings is the changeable face plates which isn’t something I’d be looking for in a portable computer.

We’re still waiting for the official Dell Mini E announcement but all we get is rumors. The Eee-like PC is going to be called Dell Inspiron 910 but we’ve seen that already. Another rumor has surfaced in Taiwan. Apparently Dell has ordered about 1 Million Dell Mini Es which it plans to sell in the following months. Well Dell, enough already. Tell us when the E is coming, how much it costs and whether or not we’re going to have multiple models.

Back to waiting!

I am expecting the new MacBooks to be upgraded, including their latest Air model. It will not come as a surprise shocker to anyone when that happens. But we had to have a rumor like that. It is said that national retailers have been warned about an upcoming MacBook Air upgrade.

But don’t leave yet, we have juicy details. Sure the Air is going to get upgrades. What kind of upgrades?

First of all the new 45-nm Penryn processor is going to replace the current Intel processor. That means going from 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz to 2.26GHz or 3.06GHz. The FSB will go up from 800MHz to 1,066MHz and CPU power draw will also increase to 29W from 20W. A better graphics card is to be expected and a better battery should also be in the works.

Nothing unusual right? I mean we were all thinking about some of those changes…

We’ve been waiting for a Dell E official release all week long but we’ve only seen the new Latitudes arrive. It’s still only Thursday so anything could happen.

In the mean time a new rumor has surfaced. The Dell E netbook will be code named Dell Inspiron 910. Furthermore, the E will include 3G options and it will miss a Fn key. The person that managed to squeeze all this info out of Dell wasn’t able to get any of the official pricing or availability date.

Let’s get back to waiting for the E then!

Now let me see where on Earth did I hear such a terrific idea? I mean, making a notebook similar to the iPhone but slightly bigger seems quite an innovating concept that someone is rumored to already have. Where on Apple did I hear it then?

HP appears to be in good shape to compete against a rumored Apple product, the MacBook touch. And I actually trust they will do a fine job. After launching their touch desktop they should be able to get a hit touch laptop.

The new system is going to be launch in about 18 months, which is quite a wait. HP will join Dell which already has a tablet PC, the Latitude XT with multitouch support. Hopefully more multitouch notebooks are going to be developed in the near future. We’d certainly love getting our hands on any of these models.

Lenovo will certainly not miss any of the netbook action. They want a share of it and apparently they want it right now? Lenovo has announced the IdeaPad S10, a netbook which comes in classic white, bold black and glossy ruby red.

Besides the color choice you will get a 10.2 inch screen with LED backlight, a choice of 512MB or 1GB RAM, a choice of 80GB or 160GB hard drive, webcam, WiFI, a 4 in 1 multicard reader, an express card slot and Windows XP. One of the best features promises to the keyboard which is designed to be 85% of the size of a full function notebook PC. The S10 is coming in October and it will retail starting from $399.

More manufacturers are entering the netbook business and that’s not a good thing. Or maybe it isn’t because it will determine Asus and MSI to come up with better netbook solutions. It surely is annoying. At this rate I might simply start my own Eee-like business and tell you guys about it.

But let’s stick to Sylvania, as they are the newest company to start making netbooks for us. Their G Meso will be a 8.9 inch netbook powerd by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor and a choice of 512MB RAM or one full GB. There’s a 80GB hard drive, LED backlight and a battery supposed to last for 4 hours.

Sylvania wants to sell it for just $299. Does that mean we would get an Ubuntu version? Or a really cheap XP?

We had no idea the Hybrids are coming that fast from Dell but the Texas-based computer manufacturer has already launched them. And there are plenty of specs available. If you don’t want an Eee Box or a Mini from Apple than you might consider buying a Dell. Not only does it look good, but it is also going to perform well for a rather cheap starting price.
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It’s only fair to look at Samsung’s competition after we’ve seen their new Q1 Ultra UMPC versions today. I am talking about Wibrain and their updated L1 UMPC.
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This isn’t a next generation Q1 Ultra here but we do have two new UMPC versions from Samsung. Released today, the Q1U-CMXP has an HSDPA 3G integrated cellular modem , and the Q1UP-V which is an Ultra Premium Q1 with preinstalled Vista Business. I understand the need for new. I don’t understand the need for Vista.
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The Studio Hybrid isn’t a car running both on gas and electricity. Nope, that’s the Toyota Prius and its followers. The Study Hybrid is an upcoming Dell mini desktop also called Nausicaa.
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We’re not quite done with netbooks yet. We looked at HP’s Mini-Note and at Fujitsu U2010 so far today and now we’re going to check out HannsG.

Not the regular laptop manufacturer we show you, HannsG has decided to go in the netbook business too. Why not get a piece of this pie? It’s not like everyone out there is making tiny laptops, are they? It’s not official yet but it’s rumored that HannsG wants to make netbooks. There aren’t any dates or specific features. It’s just a general idea, but with new netbooks popping up every day, it must be a matter of time until HannsG will launch theirs. They know monitors and display technology so it should be interesting to see what a HannsG netbook will look like.

Fujitsu’s Lifebook U2010 is a netbook, or a mini-netbook. It’s smaller than small with it’s 5.6 inch display. The U2010 mini-laptop/tablet will offer you power and portability. It has an Atom processor running either at 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz, a 5.6 inch display with resolution up to 1024×768, 1GB RAM, an 80GB hard drive, 3G radio, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth. It weighs about 1.5 pounds and it will retail for $1,300. It’s quite a lot but like I said, it offers power and portability which can’t come cheap.

The battle in the netbook world is tougher than ever wouldn’t you think? After all, with so many companies creating Eee-style mini-notebooks, it’s no wonder that not everyone has the same success. Even Eee is adapting and adjusting their products to maximize sales. And on that note, HP is going to redesign their Mini-Note to make it cheaper and more competitive. Are we to understand that their 2133 Mini-Note isn’t selling as good as they would like?
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Here’s finally a very good news coming from Asus related to their Eee PC line. It’s not another Eee product, but a new battery. And Asus is going to launch a whole day battery for the Eee PC. The current battery will get you about two and a half hours of life and such an upgrade will be more than welcome. Provided that the price won’t change this is probably the best upgrade they could offer.
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I am anxiously waiting for the day I won’t have to mention any netbook to you. The day we’ll be able to say that we’ve seen them all. Today isn’t that day at all. Toshiba has a new netbook in mind. The kind of netbook Eee was maybe afraid of. A 5.6 mini-laptop is what Toshiba has in mind. Isn’t that really to small. Are we going to transform it into a phone?

What will this netbook from Toshiba offer? Here it is:

a 5.6″ touch screen display
the Microsoft Vista operating system
a 64GB SSD
a GPS chipset
an Intel Atom processor

Well let the prices roll, Toshiba! Let us see if you can make it in this business!

LG is the newest mini-laptop creator out there. For some reason they want in on the Eee-like success business. They might just have what it takes to offer a decent mini-laptop out there. And they chose the perfect partners, MSI which might just be the best Eee competitor to date.

LG & MSI will combine their forces to create the first LG netbook, the X110. We are looking at a 9 inch panel, 120 GB, 2GB of RAM and the good old Windows XP in the shadows. That’s it? No ? GPS? After all LG knows how to implement such features.

Despite their intentions of making it in the mini-laptop business, LG will not create a cheap, affordable machine. They will choose a better design and material quality. A move like that will definitely push prices and it’s rumored an LG mini will sell from $625 to $790.

via Engadget

I guess you can safely say this mini laptops section niche is saturated. With mini laptops and mini tablets popping everywhere these days, you will have a hard time choosing which to buy should you ever need one. One more thing we noticed so far is that manufacturers are pushing more and more powerful stuff inside those tiny computers which will inevitably raise prices. I thought these things should be both portable and very affordable.

The S41 from Vye is a mini-v. A mini-v is a new category of mobile devices apparently. It’s between a large tablet PC and a small PDA. Where does the v come from? Well since the mini-v is a mini version of those two devices, the v comes from versions.

This mini-v has quite a few things inside:

• Intel A110-800MHz processor
• DDR2 667MHz 1024MB memory
• 7 inch WSVGA(1024×600) TFT and TSP Touchscreen display
• 80 GB HDD
• Internal DVD Burner
• Internal GPS receiver
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• customizable buttons on both sides of the screen/d-pad and mouse pointer

Price? Did I tell you how these things tend to become more and more expensive? The Vye S41 will cost $1499.

via UMPC

Remember that June 18th deadline for getting a Dell laptop/notebook with that cool, close to perfect, Windows XP? Well if you just missed it and you’re thinking of getting a ripped off version when your new Vista packed Dell PC arrive then just hold that thought for now.
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Computers these days are getting smaller and smaller. At this age and with todays technology, all these innovations are now possible. Computer are popping out everywhere in small sizes while  maintaining many of its robust features and a little something more. Sharp has joined the market with its Sharp WS016SH, otherwise known as the Willcom D4.

It’s one of the first UMPCs to have an Intel Atom running at its core with 1.33GHz speed. Other specs include a 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Windows Vista. All of these are housed in an ultra-compact 84×188×25.9mm body that weighs only 470g. It makes use of a 5-inch 1024×600 touch screen and has a slide out full QWERTY keypad for text input. It also comes with a 2-megpaixel camera and OneSeg TV tuner.

via: Willcom