Viliv X70 arrives at NewEgg.com for 729 dollars

Viliv X70 premium UMPC is now up for sale at NewEgg.com for a price of $729. The Viliv X70 is a slate-type UMPC having following specifications:

• Atom Z520 Silverthorne 1.33GHz processor
• choice of SSD: 8GB/16GB or HDD: 30GB/60GB
• Windows XP or Linux
• 1GB RAM
• optional WiMax module (mobile broadband)
• Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and WiFi b/g (no ‘n’)
• Weight: 660g
• built-in GPS (Sirf Star 3)
• SDHC slot
• dimension: 210(w) x 117(h) x 22.5(d) mm

We think that $729 for a UMPC is too much, especially for the one in slate form factor.

MSI Wind U210 notebook now available in the US

MSI has started shipping Wind U210 netbook and is already available with the few online retailers including Amazon and NewEgg. Unsurprisingly, it runs on Windows Vista Home Premium. Being sold at price of $430, we think that it is a pretty good deal for such powerful specs. It is available in black and white color. In case you have forgotten the specs, here they are:

• AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 @ 1.6GHz clock speed
• 12.1-inch 1366 x 768 display
• AMD Radeon X1250 graphic chipset
• 250GB HDD, 2GB RAM
• HDMI port
• card reader (4-in-one)
• Wi-Fi (b/g/n)
• 6-cell (5200mAh) battery

Click on read more read MSI U120 press release too!

Eee PC 900 for $170 – beat that!

If you always wanted to have a small computer with you, but did not want to cough up $400+ for a netbook, then Newegg has something that will interest you surely. For just for $169.99, they are giving away an EEE 900, which is pretty decent EEE PC. You don’t even need to pay for its shipping costs!

EEE 900 Specs:-

• 8.9-inch LED-backlit LCD
• Intel Celeron-M 900MHz processor
• 512MB RAM
• 4GB SSD
• Linux OS
• SD card slot
• 4-cell battery

Do note that you can always upgrade to XP if you wish to. Kamal did on his EEE 701 and has been happy since then.

Samsung NC20 VIA powered netbook now available

If you still consider a 12-inch notebook-size netbook portable, then you will find this one interesting. Samsung NC20, powered by VIA Nano processor is now available at newegg at $549.

It comes with Windows XP home edition, 1GB RAM and 160 GB HDD. The VIA Nano processor is clocked to run at 1.3GHz. It runs at notebook-ish resolution (1280 x 800) and comes with a 6-cell li-ion battery.

[newegg link for SAMSUNG NC20]