The latest laptop news from around the web for July 7th:
- Sprint sells Netbook for a buck (CNET) – Sprint and Best Buy are selling a Compaq Netbook for 99 cents as the wireless operator tries to entice subscribers to sign up for its two-year wireless data service.
- Sony Announces $500 Netbook, Wins ‘Race to Bottom’ (Wired News) – Sony doesn’t make netbooks. Five months ago they called the whole netbook market ‘a race to the bottom.’ So, as night follows day, we now have the Vaio W. A netbook. From Sony.
- Sony to enter netbook PC market with new Vaio (EETimes) - Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making an entry into the fast-growing netbook market. Sponsored Topics: VAIO – Sony – Netbook – Laptop – Personal computer
- Another AMD-powered netbook launched (TechWorld) – The reluctant chip maker. PC vendor Medion has launched an AMD-powered netbook, despite the chip maker’s avowed lack of interest in the netbook market.
- Sony to enter netbook market with new Vaio – Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making an entry into the fast-growing netbook market. Netbook PCs are smaller and cheaper than …
