Research firm DisplaySearch has just released new pricing data which shows price drops in LCD TV and netbook screens. According to DisplaySearch’s new pricing data, the price of 10.x-inch netbook panels have decreased during the second half of March, along with prices of 37-inch-and-above LCD TV panels.

$2 USD is how much DisplaySearch says 10.x-inch netbooks screens have cheapened over the last two weeks, and while this may not seem significant to owners/buyers of new netbooks, it certainly does contribute to the overall price. On a related note, DigiTimes reports that demand for 8.9-inch widescreen panels on netbooks has dropped sharply, perhaps due to the proliferation of 10-inch screen netbooks in the market lately.

Via DigiTimes

While you may be satisfied with what you’re getting in a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor-equipped netbook, did you know that you could have had the same netbook with a slightly better processor that’s clocked at 1.86GHz? Yes, a 1.86GHz Intel Atom processor is available in the form of the Intel Atom Z540, but manufacturers aren’t in a hurry to offer this variant of the Atom in their products. Why? Because it costs more–twice more, to be exact–than the 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor. Yes, it offers a higher CPU clock speed, but at a 100% increase in price, it’s hard to say it will be worth it, especially since netbooks with 1.6GHz Atoms seem to be doing pretty well in the market. Here’s hoping Intel wakes up to reality and lowers their price for these, so we can, you know, experience using it in future netbooks to see if it’s really any better.

Via Fudzilla

Not feeling netbooks but still want to do an ample amount of computing on the go? Then a UMPC in the form os the UMID M1 might just be the right device for you. At the cost of several hundred dollars more, it will give you true portable computing, since it’s much more pocketable than its folding netbook counterparts. Word on the street is that it will go on sale in different configurations, and the base config costs at least $500. That comes with 512MB of RAM, a Linux OS and a 1.1Ghz processor. Add-ons such as Windows XP, extra RAM, a faster processor and built-in 3G will cost extra money, bringing the price up to $800, which is in line with the prices of other devices in its category. At the moment, though, the UMID M1 is still not on sale anywhere, though both Dynamism and Mobilx are expected to have it on stock sometime in the near future.

PMP Inside via UMPC Portal