Up ’til now, it’s only common for mobile phones to be offered by telcos bundled with specific plans to go along with them. As a result, prices are subsidized and you get your handset for lower its real price. According to a recent article from VIA Arena, the same trend might be the future of mini-notebooks.

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701SD

It hasn’t been that long ago that the Asus Eee PC 701 came out, but with everything that has happened (namely, releases of the various Eee products which aren’t limited to mini-notebooks at all) up ’til now, it seems farther back than it really is. The company is now doing a full circle to go back to its roots and release the 7-inch Asus Eee PC 701SD.

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When the original Asus Eee PC was first announced, I was quite excited by the prospect of being able to afford an ultra-portable mini-notebook; a class of machines out of my budget before.

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You know you’ve been releasing too many varieties of one model when you try to get rid of the older, more unfavorable variation. Not too long ago, we reported that Asus will halt production of the Asus Eee PC 900 to give way to the Atom-powered Eee PC 901.

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When Dell’s ultra-portable was first spotted, everybody called it the Mini-Inspiron. It seems, though, that it’ll take on a simpler name—Dell E. While the product it’s particularly targeting is quite obvious (Asus Eee, anyone?), it seems the Dell E is but one of Dell’s new line of ultra-portables.

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When I first heard about the impending discontinuation of the Windows XP, I was just a bit shocked in spite of the fact that I’ve seen it coming with the advent of Windows Vista. Unfortunately, this early on, Windows Vista is less than perfect and is considered quite resource-hungry.

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