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 [...]

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″ [...]

Asus AT3N7A-I – that’s the name of the new Ion-based motherboard launched on the market. The team at BlogEee prepared a review of it:

The motherboard packs a 1.6 GHz Dual-core Atom 330 processor and supports Dual-channel DDR2 800MHz memory, 7.1 channels audio (S/PDIF also), Bluetooth, eSATA and SATA connections.  The HDMI port is also present [...]

Following the launch of its Ion-based All-In-One by a French retailer, Asus completed its EeeTop range with new models and announced their launch for the US market. Besides the already known ET2002T, the big “premiere” is represented by the larger-screen ET2203T.
Considering the larger screen, the new AIO will no longer be an Ion-based configuration, but an [...]

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 [...]

During the last week we can witness a plethora of ION-based devices coming from the big names.
Following the ET2002T All-In-One launched a few days ago, Asus also announces its Nettop alternative – EeeBox EB1012. Available in white or in black, the Nettop is powered by the N330 Dual-Core processor. Although similar in design to the other nettops [...]

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 [...]

In a recent interview done to Fudzilla, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang promises more ION-based netbooks and nettops to appear before Christmas, especially pushed by the introduction of Windows 7.

He believes that ION brings much more functionality to the nettop / netbook platform and that there is simply enough space for both Intel’s and Nvidia’s Atom-based platforms. - [...]

Nvidia added a second product to its ION line – ION LE – a chipset with support for DirectX9, dedicated to Win XP platforms.
In an interview done to Fudzilla, Igor Stanek – Product PR Manager EMEA ION/Notebook – says: “ION LE is SKU of the ION GPU that is identical to ION, except it only supports DX9. This product  is designed [...]

In a recent article published on Overclockers Club, a cloudy future is predicted for the ION platform.
By launching the new Pine Trail Atom platform, some can consider Intel as preparing its “attack” on Nvidia’s platform. Unlike the architecture used until now (with three chips: a CPU for the number crunching, a GMA950 northbridge/GPU for the graphics and [...]