Fujitsu Siemens' netbook entry gets revealed

It looks like Fujitsu Siemens have broken cover on the next member to get in on the netbook party. That's right -- the company is launching a cheap, micro-sized laptop in the coming months... just like everyone else. According to reports, the 8.9-inch device will clock in around €300 or €400 (about $470 to $630), and will likely sport some version of Windows (we're thinking XP, as is the case with the vast majority of these). The laptop will be part of the Amilo line, but little else is known about it at this point.

[Via Lilliputing]

[kccboy2004 @ Jul 13th 2008 4:00PM]

i will have one of these.

[chris @ Jul 13th 2008 4:41PM]

do you have to wash your hands after you use this laptop?

[Greg Mcp @ Jul 14th 2008 12:53AM]

I guess is it is a bit of a reverse from the usual.
You get Siemens on your fingers from the Laptop, rather on your laptop from your fingers.

[Hung @ Jul 14th 2008 1:12PM]

@ Greg

What?! My semen comes from my penis, not my fingers. You've got to be really messy/careless or engaged to get any on your fingers.

[martin @ Jul 13th 2008 4:02PM]

aww its had a baby laptop

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jul 13th 2008 4:02PM]

Troll

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Jul 13th 2008 4:02PM]

Thank you for adding some elaborate 'zing!' to the article. I appreciate it very much.

[ronald.raygun @ Jul 13th 2008 4:02PM]

not cheap enough for me, unless that's just from the conversion. granted i trust the fuji more than a msi wind or even dell e

[christopher.brendel @ Jul 14th 2008 1:18AM]

holy hell. bibleman!

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jul 13th 2008 4:04PM]

What size is the bigger one? 20? I'm guessing the keyboard there is a standard size...

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:08PM]

It's a 17 inches. Sorry for all the other post but the reply button seems to work half the time for me.

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jul 13th 2008 4:30PM]

You sure Mam00th?

I mean any and all 17" laptops I've seen w/ a fullsize keyboard w/ a number pad on the side, they all were from edge to edge of the laptop... this one has a few inches of space on both sides still...

I mean unless they shrunk the keyboard for w/e reason, not entire sure how a 17" is possible... maybe 18 or 19... :/

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:48PM]

From the source : "You can see the Netbook next to a 17-Amilo notebook, probably the XA 3530. "

From what I remember the 17inches inspiron I saw had space between the numpad and the keyboard.

[nanobis @ Jul 13th 2008 6:34PM]

its a 17, its about the same as the one i use, with the gaps that is.

tho come tho think of it, the screne and body look longer (height) so i can get why you think that.

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:04PM]

Does anyone know the specs of these?

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:05PM]

I pooped

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:07PM]

The reply button doesn't seem to be working.

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:08PM]

Well it just did... strange...

[Jonathan-DBOSS @ Jul 14th 2008 12:56AM]

Fujitsu's Semens

[Matthew C @ Jul 14th 2008 12:09PM]

Could we get any more irrelevant?

I mean at least Jonathan mentioned something from the article...

[Skazer @ Jul 13th 2008 4:06PM]

Joint German-Japanese venture = design disaster

[Ladderless @ Jul 14th 2008 11:27AM]

I'm not so sure about that - I've had a Fujitsu Siemens Loox n560 for about two years. It's the best designed PDA I"ve ever owned (I've owned anout a dozen over the years).

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:06PM]

17 inches

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:06PM]

17 inches

[Phoenix @ Jul 13th 2008 4:27PM]

That's what SHE said

[SNP @ Jul 13th 2008 5:27PM]

your "SHE" has a 17incher??!! oh boy...

[Phoenix @ Jul 13th 2008 7:29PM]

as in, that's what she said when she looked at mine. Something I'm sure everyone else reading that comment got.

If you're reading that as her having the cock then you must have some WEIRD fetishes.

[BigD145 @ Jul 13th 2008 4:21PM]

It's not a ne... a ne... a net.... I can't say it. It's a freakin' laptop!! It's also priced about right for most Fujitsu's.

[Phoenix @ Jul 13th 2008 4:26PM]

Oh look, the reply button fails on me. That was meant to be to the second Ocean (im not 'clak') post

[Phoenix @ Jul 13th 2008 4:26PM]

Oh look, there's actually 3 of them/ Well fuck me.

[Kwantum @ Jul 13th 2008 4:28PM]

I have been wanting to grab a netbook since I saw the first one come to market. Now we have so many, I can't choose. Can someone please do a netbook roundup please. I need help making up my mind.

[Anthony @ Jul 13th 2008 4:32PM]

And I shall call him... mini-me.

[MattyG @ Jul 13th 2008 4:36PM]

i don't know why they bother building trackpads into these things, there're ridiculously small just give up and put a touch screen in for f*ck sake and give us a real decent keyboard instead. we're only going to mod one in there anyway

[Marvin Quach @ Jul 13th 2008 5:20PM]

It's a lot cheaper for companies to put a track pad....

[bebop @ Jul 13th 2008 8:38PM]

Trackpoint FTW

[KilgoreTrout @ Jul 13th 2008 4:42PM]

it's a nine incher. Just like my dongle

[The Dude @ Jul 13th 2008 4:42PM]

Oh, hai, clak.

But if you make this your coaster, what'll you do with your Apple TV?

[Mam00th @ Jul 13th 2008 4:49PM]

Yeah the reply button is skynet under disguise...

[KilgoreTrout @ Jul 13th 2008 5:05PM]

check out the new intel metro mini laptop.
It's so cool it must be handled only with gloves on

[GodMode @ Jul 13th 2008 5:06PM]

C'mon- make a Linux version and drop the price. That's the only way it will compete with the 1000 eee models

[dreamscape86 @ Jul 13th 2008 5:46PM]

Wasn't the initial point of netbooks to be a *low cost* highly portable laptop? There's nothing low cost about most of the machines being produced now... you can get a far more powerful system for the same or less. Sure it's bigger, but how often do you really NEED a machine with a 7 or 9 inch screen?

[dc @ Jul 13th 2008 8:20PM]

I agree. These are low cost if you compare them to what these sized laptops normally cost (>$1500 usually).

I want a small netbook that is around $400-$500. Once it starts getting past the $500-$600 range I might as well start looking at a regular 13" laptop.

[AC @ Jul 13th 2008 6:42PM]

I love apples too.

They taste delicious.

[Hung @ Jul 13th 2008 7:20PM]

Damn, you trolls are creative. All that E had to post was "iPhone" and you jump to the defense of apple. A great deal of imagination and extrapolation is required to be so defensive in response to a post that's irrelevant to article.

[RikF @ Jul 13th 2008 9:07PM]

Ocean, do you really get off on being buried like this? Is this the gadget blog version of small penis humiliation? Get some help...

[RikF @ Jul 13th 2008 10:21PM]

gently with a chainsaw?

[Lancelot @ Jul 13th 2008 11:28PM]

Is it just me or would you say $470 to $630 isn't a cheap micro-sized laptop.?

I don't get where people find value in an 8" screen netbook that retails for
what a 15" Dell or Asus sells for.

[RikF @ Jul 14th 2008 12:15AM]

Ocean said (because the reply system is broken again...)
"No it's the gadget blog site of tasty, exciting, frilling, tender, juicy apples,
engadgets full of tasty apple products"

Did you read this? Did you really think that is made any sense at all?

[happy_penguin @ Jul 14th 2008 12:35AM]

I love pie, warm summer days and ponies!

[DAiM @ Jul 14th 2008 8:38AM]

I am running Mac OS X (10.5.1) with Vista and XP and Ubuntu on a old Acer Aspire PC! Shall I install it on this 17-inch hmm?