We first announced it back in May. Afterwards it was delayed until an undefinite October. Now, Fudzilla announces its release date for 22nd of October, in Japan, at a price of around $757.
As specifications, the ION-based netbook  comes with Atom N270 CPU, 1280×800 display, 2GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcamera, 3xUSB2.0, VGA, HDMI [...]

In a recent Gizmodo article, Lenovo pushes the launching date for its ION-based netbook to End-October, in order to combine it with the Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch.
The netbook, announced at Computex event in the beginning of June, was supposed to be the first ION-based netbook to be launched on the market, but the launch of [...]

Gotta Be Mobile has gotten their mits on one of the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbooks just announced yesterday, and has the first video hands on of the device. More pricing details have also been revealed and there will be 3 different models at launch time:

S12 1411Ubk 12.1LED Atom-N270, 1GB-DDR2, 160GB, Intel Integrated graphics, XP Home, [...]

This is the first time I’ve been truly confused about whether a machine is a netbook or a fully-fledged notebook. The IdeaPad S12, which is expected to be released in August, is jam packed with all kinds of tasty features that are very foreign to the common netbook.
The S12 comes with a large 12.1″ screen [...]