Nvidia just started a contest in order to promote its ION platform. Thus, 12 bundles will go to the most creative and fun material about the Ultimate ION Netbook. Besides the HP Mini 311 the bundles also contain:
A HP external Blu-Ray drive;
A HDMI cable;
A case to hold all the goods;
3 hot new Blu-Ray titles for you [...]

As you probably heard, HP and Dell are preparing Ion-based devices for this year-end.
According to NetbookNews.de, Compaq Mini 311c is HP’s answer to the Ion-based netbooks offensive. Featuring an Atom N270 CPU and ION LE GPU, the 11.6″ netbook packs 1 Gb of DDR3 RAM, 160 Gb of SATA HDD, the usual “goodies” (802.11b/g WiFi, 3x [...]

Netbooked managed to get some “inside intel” on Asus’ near-future roadmap. After the AIO series (EeeTop ET2002, ET2002T), the Nettop series (EeeBox EB1012) and the AT3N7A-I motherboard, a new Ion-based device will be available in Q4 2009 – the EeePC 1201N netbook.

Although not spectacular, the specifications are rather interesting: the N270 Atom processor takes place [...]

In a recent article on China-related technology site Shanzai, an Ion-based netbook produced by and for the Chinese market is presented. The Chinese PC manufacturer CASZH created a prototype (no name for the “toy”, yet) of a netbook with Atom 230 processor and Nvidia Ion graphics.

Regarding the specs of the netbook, there’s no “revolution” inside: 10.1″ [...]

After DosPara’s Prime Note Cresion NA, a new Ion-based netbook is launched on the Japanese market – Weibu N10A. Produced by the Chinese company Shenzen Weibu Electronics Co., the netbook packs a dual-core N330 single-core N230 processor, 1 Gb RAM, a 150 160 Gb HDD and all the usual “goodies” (802.11bg, HDMI etc.).
Apparently the small [...]

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 [...]

Following the announcement about Samsung’s N510 ION-based netbook going for sale in France, the italian site of French retailer FNAC prepares the commercial arrival of the new netbook.
Looking over the specifications of N510, one can observe a new presence in terms of chipset used - the ION LE. Is this the effect of the price tag set at [...]

Samsung’s ION-based netbook – the N510 – appeared on the site of French retailer Pixmania at a price of 499 Euros.
In terms of specifications, the netbook uses the Atom N280 N270, 1Gb of DDR2 RAM and a 160Gb HDD. The 11.6″ HD display has a 1366×768 resolution and SuperBright feature. In terms of connectivity, everything [...]

OCZ’s Neutrino is a netbook for the DIY crowd that, until recently, has had a typical Intel chipset paired with its Atom processor. However, now OCZ has decided to swap out that Intel chipset for ION. The Neutrino is different from most netbooks in that it is supposed to cater to the people who like [...]

A whole slew of ION products are being shown at the NVIDIA booth at Computex. Many of these will look familiar from older posts. There’s a good mix of netbooks, nettops, motherboards, and all-in-ones all sporting NVIDIA’s ION platform. Now, lets get to the pictures.
Now we will be getting into the nettops, some of which [...]