Weekly netbook roundup 2/2

Welcome to the weekly netbook roundup. In this space every Monday I’ll do my best to highlight netbook news items that might not need their own individual posts but could still be interesting. I’m posting this first WNR today to get things started.

• History of the Netbook – It seems Ars Technica has started a series called “The State of the Netbook” part one features a good overview of how things came to be and even touches on UMPCs.

• Sony VAIO P $200 rebate – Verizon offers a $200 rebate on a new VAIO P [Portal page] purchase with the activation of a 2-year plan.

• More Aspire One 10″ info – Engadget is reporting that the new 10″ Aspire One will sell for $425 with a 3-cell battery, or $450 with a 6-cell (which should run for 7 hours), some time in February. It will use the Atom N270 CPU, or a more expensive model with rock out with the N280 and have integrated 3G purportedly for $575.

• Touchscreen Eee PC T91 hands-on video – Eee-pc.de goes hands on with the touchscreen Eee PC T91 [Portal page] announced at CES 2009. Video and site in German.

• Dell Inspiron Mini 10 pricing – The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 finally gets some pricing info. Engadget reports that it has sprung up at Tesco for £349 ($480 USD). I’m looking forward to the Mini 10 for several reasons.

That’s all for this week. See you next time!