Epson, Onkyo, Viewsonic as well as other smaller companies have reportedly contracted Taiwanese laptop makers to build ultrathin notebooks for them, which could help drop the initial prices to $599(456 EUR).

According to unnamed sources, the companies mentioned have contracted Pegatron Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems(ECS) to build their Ultrabooks. Pegatron, in particular, plans to begin mass production of no less than five Ultrabooks in April and May this year, while ECS is said to start shipping two such ultraportable machines until the end of the second quarter.

For now, no details were released about the actual specifications of these Ultrabooks, but there are reports that their prices will be between $599 and $649 US(456 to 494 EUR). The cheapest Ultrabook on the market today is the Toshiba Portege Z835, which sells for $799.99 (594 EUR). This, however, is only a Best Buy exclusive deal, as its regular retail price is actually set at $929 (689 EUR).

Intel has developed Ultrabooks in order to counter the ever-increasing popularity of tablets, which are eating away into the PC market. However, the high costs associated with both manufacturing and the hardware needed for such ultrathin laptops have kept Ultrabooks from becoming as widespread as Intel has hoped for.

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After the release of Onkyo’s three Windows tablet PCs last year, now here comes an added zest in its wide array—the TW2A-A25Z7CK Windows Tablet PC.

The soon to launch tablet from Onkyo might possibly get the Japanese’s attention since it brings enhanced specification properties which everyone can take pleasure of. It has 10.1-inch touchscreen vivid LCD displays, a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and powered by Atom Z670 1.50GHz processor and Intel SM35 Express Chipset. The unit is packed by a 2GB of RAM, a 32GB SSD, a microSD slot for memory expansion and operated by none other than Windows 7 Premium-32 bit. Other specs include Wi-Fi accessibility, integrated Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, built-in stereo speakers as well as two USB ports. The device measures as 267 x 173 x 15.5 mm plus weighs about 892grams and has a battery that can run for six hours on a single charge.

The TW2A-A25Z7CK together with a stylus however is tentatively scheduled for shipment on 2^nd of December that costs around $780.

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The Onkyo DC213 is another device from the Japanese maker that can spit out TV whenever you want.

Onkyo DC213

• 10.1″ screen
• 1.66 Intel Atom N450 with GMA3150
• 250GB disk
• 1GB RAM
• 3-cell battery

It also packs in an AM/FM radio so you can check up on news right then and there. The price for this thing is around US$480, not cheap but should be okay for the features it has. It’s likely going to be Japan only.

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This new netbook’s style screams Japanese 80′s gadget more than anything but you’ll be surprised that it packs a 14-hour battery life.

The processor is quite slow I agree but hey, it’s a heck better than the MHz-speed processors packed by those cheaper netbooks. Sadly, it won’t be a budget notebook and is going for the about US$637. It’s going to be available in Japan anyway so if you’re not from there, you can at least avoid this machine.

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With a few days before the official release of Windows 7, netbook makers who were not able to come up with new netbooks that would run the OS are doing the quickest way to join the Windows 7 bandwagon, by upgrading their current netbooks and preloading them with Windows 7 with Windows 7.

As a review, the Onkyo/Sotec C405 is loaded with Intel Atom N280, 1GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 10.1-inch display and WiFi. While the C205A3 comes with Intel Atom N270, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of HDD and WiFi.

Both Onkyo/Sotec netbooks are available now in Japan.

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Although not the first netbook ever to come equipped with WiMAX capability, still Onkyo earns the sole distinction of coming up with the first WiMAX-ready netbook in the Japanese market. Onkyo has announced the SOTEC C204 netbook series.

Featuring Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD, Windows XP, Intel 945GSE Express Chipset, and 10-inch LCD, the SOTEC C204 will be available in several models – C204A3, C204A3B, C204A5, C204A5B. Both SOTEC C204A5 and C204A5B are equipped with WiMAX module while the SOTEC C204A3 and C204A3, C204A3B are both equipped with WiFi only.

These Onkyo netbook will be available sometime in July in the Japanese market.

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Remember the Sotec C101 Netbook from Onkyo which was upgraded with the netbooks DC101WP  and DC101BP ? If we remember it correctly the only difference between the C101 and the DC101WP and DC101BP are the colors and nothing on their specs and features.

Now here comes Onkyo again releasing a new Sotec Netbook, the C103, which actually has the same features as the C101. And the only difference? You guessed it right – the colors which are black and silver.

The Sotec C103 has the following specs:

• Intel Atom N270 CPU
• 1GB of RAM
• Intel 945GSE Express chipset
• 10.1-inch WSVGA LCD
• 160GB HDD
• Wi-Fi BGN
• 5-hour battery life.

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Sotec, the netbook maker who brought us the Hello Kitty Netbook not so long ago has upgraded their other netbook the C101 with a new netbook model – the Sotec (Onkyo) C102.

Although these three netbooks are almost similar in features and specs, except for the Hello Kitty Design of the C101K3W, the C102 also features WiFi N with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Draft 2.0. The netbook is also available in Platinum silver and Rich Black.

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