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Fujitsu Siemens to launch mini-laptop

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Aug 18, 20081 min

Fujitsu Siemens will join the hot mini-notebook category with its launch planned for the upcoming IFA trade show

Fujitsu Siemens plans to launch a mini laptop computer at the upcoming IFA trade show in Berlin, it said this week.

Few other details are known about the computer but it can be seen in a YouTube video and appears to be about the same size as competing mini-laptops. The machine is likely to be detailed at a Fujitsu Siemens news conference on Aug. 28.

[ For more on products in the hot mini-notebook category, check out our hands-on looks at Asus’ Eee PC 901 and 1000, the Cloudbook Max netbook, Elitegroup’s G10IL mini-laptop, MSI’s Wind low-cost laptop, Giga-byte’s M912X mini-laptop, and Acer’s Aspire one. ]

The entire mini-laptop sector barely existed a year ago but was brought to life when Asustek Computer launched its Eee PC in June 2007 and promised the machine would cost around $200. Several models of the computer have now been launched and numerous other PC makers have also launched mini-laptops to capitalize on the low-cost segment of the market.

IFA is one of the world’s largest consumer electronics shows and takes place in Berlin from Aug. 29 until Sept. 3.