Vibo to increase netbook purchases due to increased demand of netbooks

Vibo is one of the five 3G service operators in Taiwan. According to Digitimes, Vibo is going to DOUBLE the purchases of their netbooks, which are currently being bundled with the data plans. Vibo says that nearly 6000 more people are buying Vibo’s 3.5G data card every month.

On a side note, they are also going to launch a number of handsets powered by Google Android OS at the end of this year.

MSI U123, U123T and U123H netbooks launched

MSI U123 is the successor of now aging U100. The U123 comes with 2GB RAM and uses the N280 Intel Atom processor. The MSI has also launched MSI U123H, which is similar to the U123 except for the fact that it comes with built-in 3.5G. The U123T comes with a built-in TV tuner card, which will let you watch (and record) TV programs on your netbook.

However, it is not a huge upgrade. I was looking forward to higher resolution. 1024 x 600 is nice but 1280 x 800 is something I would have really appreciated.

One piece of information that the MSI is repeatedely mentioning in the news release is the massive capacity of U123, which is 160GB. What? We have been using the 160GB HDD in our netbooks from quite sometime. In fact, it is a standard feature in netbooks these days and there is no need to mention it 4 times in the news release.

MSI U120 Netbook unleashed and it has 3.5G or WiMAX!

The new netbook from the MSI sports a ‘new’ Intel Atom processor and a HDD upto 160GB. But that is not the most exciting thing about the MSI U120. It is the 3.5G network card that lets you use WiMax on the netbook. With WiMax, you will be able to enjoy much higher data speeds [...]