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The above picture features both the existing 17-inch Amilo notebook, which is along side Fujitsu’s upcoming entry into the netbook market. The 8.9-inch netbook is rumored to be coming this autumn and is expected to retail for €400, which is currently around $640 US.

Specs are still unknown, but based on the keyboard it looks like it will be running, or at least have the option for Windows Vista. One thing that we can tell for sure is that if Fujitsu is truly looking to compete in this market, they are going to need to pack something really special inside to justify that price, especially with the Dell E rumored to be coming in at $299.

Via [Netbux]

Acer has announced that the Aspire One netbook is now officially available here in the US. Set to compete in the already overflowing market with the likes of the Eee PC from Asus, the HP Mini-Note and the upcoming Dell E mini.

The Aspire One will be available initially in sapphire blue or seashell white with a golden brown and diamond black model coming later this year. The notebook will be available in a few models, the AOA110-1722, AOA150-1570 and the AOA110-1566 which will retail for $379, $399 and $449 respectively.

All the models of the Aspire One will feature an 8.9-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 1.60GHz Intel Atom Processor N270 processor, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, built-in webcam, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, built-in card reader, 3 USB ports and an Ethernet port.

The AOA110-1722 will come with an 8GB SSD, 512MB of RAM, a 3-cell battery and running Linpus Linux Lite. The AOA150-1570 will offer a 120GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, a 3-cell battery and running Windows XP Home. The high-end model, the AOA110-1566 features an 8GB SSD, 1GB of RAM, ships with a 6-cell battery and is running Linpus Linux Lite.

The Aspire One, which is currently available can be found directly from Acer and also at Best Buy, Circuit City and CDW.

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The Dell E mini-laptop has been previously rumored to be coming this August, and while an announcement still has not come officially from Dell that does not seem to be stopping anyone.

DigiTimes has become the latest to add some ‘proof’ to this launch timeframe, claiming that “according to the market sources” this has been confirmed. The Dell E, will enter what has become an overflowing market, however even with their fairly standard offering they should prove to do better than some of the competition just because of the name factor.

The Dell E is expected to be powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and be running Linux. The Dell E will feature an 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 resolution display, 512MB of RAM, a built-in 0.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi 802.11g and a 4GB SSD.

While the specs are not anything that we have not seen before, the price is expected to be nice, coming in at $299.

Via [DigiTimes]

Elonex has just announced their One T netbook and it not only comes in at an affordable price, but it also has a somewhat stylish look to it. The One T features a 7-inch display with an 800 x 480 resolution, 1GB of on-board storage, SD card slot for additional storage space, Wi-Fi 802.11g, three USB ports, VGA output and is powered by a 400MHz processor.

While its certainly not the most powerful machine on the market, the price tag does make up for that. The Elonex One T is priced at £129 (around $255 US) and is expected to only be available in the UK. Although pricing has not been announced there is also a One T+ model that comes with 2GB of on-board storage.

Via [Liliputing]

The US netbook market has never been as active as it is today. While MSI and Asus are busy with their head on battle, some other companies are on the side waiting for the right moment to come into the fray. For ECS, September seems to be the right moment to release their own netbook, the ECS G10IL.

Having to follow some seriously tough competition, ECS had to make sure that their netbook would offer something new that others don’t offer. For the ECS G10IL it has to be the 3G network capability as it will have EDGE, HSUPA, and HSDPA mobile broadband support. It will also come with either an 8.9-inch or a 10-inch LCD display. In addition, this netbook will either have the 8GB SSD with Linpus Lite Linux OS or an 80GB hard drive running Windows XP.

ECS is planning to release a white version of the G10IL in September while the black model will come at a later time. The G10IL is expected to have a tentative price tag of $399 and is geared more for business use rather than for educational purposes.

Product [ECS] Via [LaptopMag]

Gigabyte has just released the M912V notebook in Taiwan. This tablet style notebook features a touch sensitive swivel LCD panel with a 1280x768 resolution, a 160GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drive,1GB of RAM, an express card slot, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi, and even has an option for built-in HSDPA support.

The M912V would have been a good competitor to most of the netbooks around if not for its high price. This M912V is expected to retail for around $890 and it will come pre-installed with Windows Vista. Unfortunately for us, there are no words yet as to whether the M912V would be released internationally.

Via [Akihabara News]

HP has announced that they will begin deploying more than 7,000 HP Mini-Note PC’s to K-12 students in the Fresno United School District in California.

“The HP Mini-Note is a powerful laptop that is small enough to fit on students’ desks along with their textbooks and papers, allowing them access to the Internet and educational content from around the world without leaving their seats,” said Kurt Madden, chief technology officer, Fresno United School District.

Certainly a nice perk for students in that district, it seems like they will be given regular access to the computer, which should in turn make them a little more computer literate, especially at the younger ages, but also be able to be used as a tool to aid in their education.

No information was given on what OS these Mini-Notes will be running, or just how they are being spec’d out. I would imagine that the school district would have them running Windows, but if you remember the Mini-Note offers an option to have either Linux or Windows installed.

Hopefully we will see some additional announcements coming from HP.

Read [HP] Via [GottaBeMobile]

Asus has already launched both the Eee PC 901 and 1000H in Taiwan, and have announced a July 1 launch for the UK, but up till now the US release date has remained a mystery.

However, according to an Asus pre-sales department rep, both the 901 and 1000H will become available in the US on July 8. While still not an official announcement it is at least a date to hope for. Of course, this would not be the first time that Asus has had to push a launch date back. Hopefully for their sake they will hit this one, because with the impending launch of the MSI Wind, which is expected to retail for $479, Asus is going to have some competition.

Via [Liliputing]

The MSI Wind was officially announced back in mid-May and now it has turned up on the FCC website. Along with the traditional filing the user manual is up and available for download (PDF link), but the Wind was also opened up and showed off all of its internal glory. Hey, its always fun to see those internal images, especially when its not yours that you are messing with. Keep reading to check out a few more internal MSI Wind images.

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Korean company Daewoo has announced they will be launching their own netbook, or more accurately a re-badged version of the Classmate PC. And in similar fashion it will be aimed at school age children. The new netbook will be dubbed the Lukid and feature similar specs as other low-cost notebooks.

The Lukid will feature an Intel 900MHz Celeron processor, a 9-inch 800 x 480 display, 512MB of RAM, a 30GB hard drive, W-Fi, a built-in SD card reader and a single USB port. It looks like this one will remain overseas as it has been announced only for the Korean market and is expected to retail for KRW 549,000, which is around $530 US. As of now a release date has not been announced.

Via [Register Hardware]