Acer Aspire One 532G with ION 2 priced at an aggressive 379 euros

Now that’s how to get our attention. While the English-speaking portion of the Acer press conference left much to be desired, the second half, decidedly more German in vernacular, had a couple great tidbits. Most notable is a price of Acer’s AspireOne 532G , the ION 2-equipped netbook initially espied at Mobile World Congress

Smartbook’s laptops hands-on: a MacBook and a VAIO walk into a bar…

Bewildering. We’re pretty sure that’s the only way to describe our adventure at Smartbook’s CeBIT booth. First off, let us just clear up that there are absolutely no smartbooks on display — don’t forget that this is the company that’s going after Qualcomm’s jugular for using the term smartbook in the first place.

Dell, HP, and Lenovo bringing SDXC to laptops alongside 32nm Intel chipsets?

Those incredibly sexy (as far as portable storage capacities are concerned) 64GB SDXC cards coming on the horizon? You’re gonna want some hardware to work with it, and according to DailyTech , three of the largest computer manufacturers are looking to bring the upgrade with Intel’s forthcoming Arrandale CPUs

Live from Google’s Chrome OS project announcement

We’re sitting in a very small, very colorful meeting room where Google’s just minutes of away from giving us a glimpse at Chrome OS and announcing some launch details.

Google announcing Chrome OS launch plans this Thursday

It’s looking increasingly unlikely that Google’s Chrome OS is really launching this week (not that we were really that convinced anyway).

Dell Adamo XPS opens up for Windows 7 festivities, but still not for sale

So much for Business Week’s “confirmed” October 22nd launch date from over the weekend, eh? We just spoke with Dell’s PR who told us that the company has yet to confirm a launch date for its slender Adamo XPS , and still won’t, except to say that it’s not reaching the unwashed masses at any point today.

HP Mini 311 listings appear on support site

The HP Mini 311 may not be confirmed by the Mothership just yet, but that isn’t stopping the ION-equipped netbook from popping up on the company’s support pages, in 37 different sub-flavors (don’t read too much into that, it’s just the way the company works — after all, Pavilion z2300 has 31 entries of its own). It still doesn’t answer the question of when we’ll see the potent portable, but at least we know it’s inevitable at this point.

HANNSpree’s HANNSnote netbook now available in US, stuffed animal version hopefully in the pipeline

Hannspree’s efforts in the netbook market are finally coming to the US with today’s launch of the 10-inch HannsNote , and frankly, we’re still pining for something a little less vanilla from the company. Sure, it’s the same 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and assorted specs we’ve come to know and sort of like, but this is the company known for devising some of the most ridiculous televisions we’ve ever seen, including a whole series of plush animals with monitors in their bellies.

Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 with NVIDIA ION on hold pending Windows 7 debut

We were all excited for Lenovo’s NVIDIA ION-powered IdeaPad S12, which was gonna be the first netbook to market with the HD-capable chipset — but alas, it was not yet meant to be. Gizmodo reports the company has decided to delay the portable until the end of October, just after Windows 7’s launch on the 22nd.

Sony’s VAIO W netbook reviewed: personable and pricey, and that’s pretty much it

After Sony’s unorthodox VAIO P , did you really expect the outfit’s first ” real netbook ” to burn the house down?

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