Asus has unveiled their latest in terms of ultra-portable notebooks. The model is the U36 and while some of the details have been officially released, there are still two that were left missing. And unfortunately those two are probably the most important — the pricing and the release date. Needless to say, what we can more »

We have seen the price of the Dell Adamo drop in the past, most recently it was lowered by $500 which put it around the $1,500 price point. But that is not the case anymore as Dell has once again lowered the price, putting it a just under the $1,000 mark. And yes, by just more »

Without making much in terms of an announcement, Dell has lowered the pricing on their Adamo ultraportable notebook lineup. The price is now $500 lower and has the low-end Adamo coming in at the same pricing as the MacBook Air.

Now for $1,499 you can get a Dell Adamo that features a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD. Of course, on the high-end, the Dell Adamo will still set you back $2,299 for a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. Additionally, the high-end model also comes with built-in 3G.

The laptop market seems to be downsizing all the time. Well, at least in size of the laptops at least. There are some sacrifices to be made along the way, but there’s always some sort sort of sacrifice. With the new HP Pavilion dv2 series HP is going the way of the MacBook Air and sacrificing the optical drive in order to make for a more featured device (well, sort of unlike the Air then).

Sony announced their latest series in its VAIO notebook lineup – the VAIO TT series. Sony says that these notebooks would be the world’s lightest with Blu-ray disc technology. TT notebook models weigh around 1.3kg and measures only an inch thick.

But certainly, being thin and lightweight are not all there are to the VAIO TT notebook series. TT units to be released later would have various features specific to each of the notebook models. The Sony VAIO TT notebook series also feature an 11.1-inch widescreen display powered by the XBRITE-DuraView LCD technology partnered with an energy-saving LED backlight. In addition, there is an HDMI output connector for connecting the notebook to an HDTV. These Sonys use Intel’s Centrino 2 inside which should help with power consumption.

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.

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.

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 more »

While there still has not been an official product announcement it seems that will not stop the details from slowly but surely slipping out. The latest news comes courtesy of Dell, so we can at least be safe to believe its accurate, and places the mini notebook to be ready for an August release. Aside more »

With Computex just about to begin, we should be seeing more than a few new announcements coming tomorrow, but it seems Asus could not wait that one extra day and let the Eee PC 901 out today, choosing to show it off during the WiMAX Expo. While this comes with few surprises, it is at more »