While Asus is working on a $200 entry-level netbook for sometime in the near future, we might see even cheaper netbooks from HP, Dell and Asus too. How’s that even possible? Well as you might have already guessed it, a 2-year broadband contract will get your chosen netbook to cost only $99. Is it worth it? Well I partly rely on an USB modem to get me online, so getting a cheap netbook with that might prove to be a pretty smart investment.

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If you remember correctly, when we started talking about Dell’s notebooks, the E Slim line, we had some leaked info according to which Dell was supposed to launch multiple notebooks of different sizes. We already have the Inspiron Mini 9 but that’s about it.

So what do we have in the picture here? It might just be the 12 inch Dell E Slim notebook we have been waiting for. We don’t have anything official yet but who knows what next week will bring. Besides the new Apples we might see new Dell showing up.

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MLC technology or multi-level-cell technology has been included in the new Toshiba SSD drives. These come in 8G, 16GB, 32GB and 250GB. What happened with the gap? Nothing in between 32GB and 256GB? Netbooks and desktops/laptops versions right? (more…)

Sony has a netbook to and it’s almost ready to release it. The Vaio TT will be officially unveiled tomorrow. The TT is going to replace the former TZ. We’ll be looking at WiFi, Bluetooth and EVDO support. The TT will be an 11.1 inch screen laptop, just like the TZ.

I’m curios how much the TT will cost. And if it will pack a new Atom 330 chip or not. We’ll find out more tomorrow.

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Well is it just me or have you also noticed the recent price drop for the Asus Eee PC 901? Amazon dropped the price for the 1000H to $449 while the 901’s price dropped from $599 to $499. That was yesterday. Now, at Walmart locations you will find the Asus Eee PC 901 for just $448.
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