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So, the Amilo Mini has been showing its face quite a bit lately, first beginning with some leaked images, then a quick video surfaced and finally we saw some information about its interchangeable lids.

While it certainly has not been good at hiding, the Amilo Mini has remained somewhat elusive in terms of full specs, pricing and a release date, you know, the important items.

Of course, this is still just mostly rumor, but it looks like we have some more details. The netbook is expected to be officially unveiled during the upcoming IFA trade show in Berlin on August 28, hopefully we will see an availability date shortly after.

As far as the specs, it looks like it will be a fairly standard netbook offering, and include an Intel Atom processor, 1.3-megapixel webcam and running Windows XP. Similar to the specs the pricing is expected to come in just where we would expect, in the ballpark of $600-800 US.

Via [Liliputing]

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So far we have seen a leaked image, and a brief video, and now another video has surfaced showing off some cool looking interchangeable colored lids for the Amilo netbook, however we are still severely lacking any information on specs.

This latest video offers just another brief glimpse, and still does not offer any new details, aside from the colored covers.

Just to recap what we do have so far, the Amilo netbook is expected to feature an 8.9-inch display, retail for somewhere around €300 to €400 (around $475 to $635 US) and is rumored to be officially unveiled during IFA this August.

If nothing else it does look cool, hopefully it will offer a decent set of specs also. Keep reading to check out the video…

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Just recently we showed off an image (pictured right) of what was reported to be the upcoming Amilo netbook from Fujitsu Siemens and it looks like it has since been caught on video.

Overall the video is nothing overly exciting, it simply offers a quick overview, but still, it somehow seems a little nicer to see a video as opposed to just a picture.

If nothing else this video certainly does show off the small size, at least when compared to the 17-inch notebook that its sitting on top of.

The Amilo netbook is expected to be officially unveiled during IFA in Berlin this August and retail in the ballpark of €300 to €400 (around $475 to $635 US).

Keep reading to check out the video…

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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]

• Dell quietly adds artwork options to the Mini 9, Mini 12 lineup, also adds pink, red
• Asus unveils the brushed-metal Eee PC 1002HA
• Same old same old nebooks again

For iPhone and other mobile phone users who rely on EDGE technology to get connected to the web using their mobile phones, the start of Nokia Siemens EDGE Evolution program comes as a welcomed development. Nokia Siemens has announced that as an initial salvo to the EDGE Evolution program, data speeds for GSM/EDGE capable networks will increase to 524kbps. The current EDGE standard for data speed is set at around 262kbps.

Nokia Siemens is set to implement what it calls the Dual Carrier EDGE solution via software upgrade by the third quarter of 2008. So you, iPhone fanatics will have to wait a couple of months more before you get to enjoy the same data speed that 3G-enabled mobile phone users are enjoying right now.

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