While waiting for Windows 8, many notebook manufacturers are now planning to have their own hybrid tablet/notebook designs out. This includes Toshiba’s Portege M930, a 13.3-inch laptop prototype that can be transformed into a slate.

The concept was showcased at CES 2012 and is awfully reminiscent of the Asus Eee Pad Slider, although it comes in a brightly colored red case with a larger 13.3-inch display. This has a 1280×800 screen resolution, but its most important feature is the presence of a digitizer that adds stylus support.

While it did not say much about the prototype’s hardware specs, Toshiba did specify that it runs on an ultra-low voltage Core i5  CPU. This 17W processor is a nice fit for such a notebook, and is also used by Toshiba to operate the 13.3-inch display of its creation.

Toshiba has also configured the Portege M930 prototype with 4GB of DDR3 memory as well as a 256GB solid state drive. Additional features include 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Ethernet as well as dual USB 2.0 sockets, HDMI, an SD reader and separate headphone and mic ports.

Toshiba hasn’t mentioned anything about its pricing or availability. So, it wouldn’t be that surprising if this prototype will never make it into production.

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The UK branch of MSI have put their word out on what they will be doing about the ban on XP being installed on Hybrid devices. The MSI Wind U115, which uses SSD and HDD for storage will not be recalled from stores in the UK, but rather, stay on the shelves until the stock is gone.

From the end of July, MSI will stop producing the U115 by request of Microsoft. Whether any more will be produced before then, Richard Stewart, UK Marketing Manager for MSI didn’t specify, except that production will cease at the end of July. So if you haven’t picked the hybrid netbook up yet and it appeals to you, nows the time before it’s too late and becomes a high priced ebay item.

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Portable Monkey have spotted a listing on a Japanese retailers website – sofmap.com,  for the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid netbook which lists the release date, in Japan, as the 22nd of this month.

There are no details on the specifications available on the new Wind in this listing yet, with only pricing details available so far and at 69800 Yen, which is around $733 US, this new MSI netbook doesn’t come cheap for Japanese buyers.

There is still no news on a release date for the US market yet however the U115 has already been released in China and in parts of Europe to applause for it’s extended battery life.

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One of the most highly-awaited netbooks from MSI’s stable of 10-inch Winds is the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid. The word Hybrid in its name comes from the fact that it will have both an SSD and a hard drive for storage (though the SSD will be used primarily for the netbook’s OS). And besides which, the MSI Wind U115 also boasts remarkable battery life. A recent test even showed us that it can run up to 14 hours — on a single charge. That’s something you don’t see on netbooks everyday. UMPCFever just got their hands on one, and as expected they’ve done a first round of unboxing shots before the real review begins. See the full set of photos via the link to their site below.

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