The Apple netbook has been denied by Steve Jobs and Co. more than once already as such a device didn’t fit with Apple’s view. We’ve had various rumors and leaked images too but Apple has never shown any interest in the netbook market.

That’s why this might be just another rumor. According to the Commercial Times and DigiTimes, Apple will release a netbook in Q3. Wintek is said to supply the thouch-panels while Quanta computer will assemble the netbook. What will it be called? iNetbook? MacBook Mini? We’ll believe it when we see it…

Here is another flashy netbook option for people who want mobile solutions within their grasps. Offered by Acer, the Acer Aspire One AOD150 is not too flashy and not too dull. It has a good number of features, and it also has the best screen we have ever seen in a netbook, so it gets by on much more than just its good looks.

It’s a 10.2in netbook with a fully featured keyboard. The keys are smaller keys than the ones found on the ASUS Eee PC S101, which means that the Acer is not as wide as the Eee PC. This makes it uncomfortable to type on for long periods of time, but eventually you get used to it. Touch-typists will have no problem using the keyboard as it has a regular QWERTY layout and large shift keys on both the left and right sides.

The Acer Aspire One AOD150 differs a little in layout to the 8.9in Aspire One ZG5, but it’s not a complete overhaul of the original design; it still retains much of the original’s look and feel. The touchpad’s left- and right-click buttons are now located at the bottom of the touchpad, rather than either side of it; it has a teardrop-shaped hinge detail, rather than a circle; and it only has one SD slot, rather than two. In the original Linux-based Aspire One, the second SD slot was used to supplement the solid-state drive in the unit.

There is a 160GB, 4200rpm hard drive in the Acer Aspire One AOD150, which is a massive step up from the 8GB solid-state drive found in the original Aspire One. The configuration of the Acer Aspire One AOD150 also includes a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM and Intel GMA950 graphics.

The unit looks great and feels good. It doesn’t get overly warm, so it probably won’t be uncomfortable after long periods of use on your lap. The touchpad feels smooth and is accurate, but we wish there was a physical distinction between the two buttons.

Here is another mobile gadget that can help aid people in their mobile computing requirement needs. The HP Pavilion tx1000 is a Tablet PC notebook convertible.

HP refers to it as an entertainment notebook, and the system includes media control buttons, dual headphone jacks, a touch screen that works with any stylus or your fingertip, and a new high-gloss finish screen. It is powered by an AMD processor.

Specs:

• 1.8GHz Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-56
• 2GB DDR2
• 160GB
• DVD/W DL
• Windows Vista Home Premium, 12.1″ LCD

Multitouch capacitive displays are heading to netbooks and notebooks and we’re anxiously waiting for them. EETI will begin shipping 7- and 12-inch versions in the second half of the year. Manufacturers will have all the time in the world to play with them and we should expect them to arrive in netbooks and notebooks next year after CES 2010. Interested?

The Vaio P is the most expensive netbook available so far but that might all change if you happen to live in Germany. T-Mobile Germany is offering the Vaio P fost just €599.95 if you pick a web’n’walk Connect L data plan. If you do the math, the notebook is €400 cheaper than purchasing it for the full, official Sony price. Would you get it now?

Good idea: making your own smartphone no matter if it runs on Windows Mobile. Bad idea: planning an independent App Store for that Windows Mobile smartphone.

Acer is ready to follow in Apple’s steps with its own app store. Is it really the best thing to invest in? Unless Acer comes up with a totally unique smartphone OS the supposed app store might not have the success Acer wants. And it had to be a cool enough OS to determine developers to make applications for it. Apple and Microsoft have their own app stores. So do Google and RIM. Nokia is working on its OVI store. What do they all have in common? Unique operating systems!

Acer’s senior corporate vice president, Aymar de Lencquesaing, said that Acer “is examining the viability of an app store.” So far Acer will bring us Windows Mobile phones for now although Android handsets are supposed to arrive soon.

MSI offers two more notebook considerations in the X340 and the X600. After receiving accolades for its X320, MSI is further expanding its lineup with similar likes. The portable X340 notebook shares its spec sheet with X320 which includes golden ratio 16:9 cinematic 13-inch LED display, 1.98cm at the thickness point while measuring 6mm at the thinnest point and weighs just 1.3kg. You can pick any one among Splendid Champagne Gold, Elegant Pearl White and Stylish Techno Black colors.

Well, the X340 does come with new goodies and is specially designed for those with multimedia requirements. The X340 utilizes the Intel Centrino mobile platform with ULV CPU architecture that bundles up performance, multimedia functions and power saving advantages. It comes almost one sixth of total power consumed by other notebooks computers.

You’ll also see a complete multimedia feature set with full I/O ports, HDMI port, Blu-Ray support and 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optional WiMAX modules for connectivity. MSI imbibes the ultra portability into its larger notebooks. The latest X600 comes equipped with a 15-inch display, 16:9 aspect ratio and weighs just 2kg.

The MSI X340 is priced around Rs.65,000 while the pricing details of X600 are not yet announced.

MSI unveils a trio of new notebooks that can add more options for people on the go. The three new notebooks are the CX700, CX600 and CR400.

The notebooks weigh 3, 2.5, and 2.2 kg, respectively. The displays feature hi-res, smooth graphics and amazing 3D effects as the CX700 and CX600 are equipped with advanced ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 independent display card(DDR2 512MB VRAM built in) while the CR400 features an exceptional NVIDIA Geforce 8200MG.

With a 16:9 wide-screen aspect ratio, the CX700, CX600 and CR400 come with 17.3-inch, 16-inch and 14-inch LCD displays with MSI’s exclusive Vivid Image Technology.

The notebooks also include 1.3 MP webcam, microphone, built-in Combo Drive, DVD Dual, Super Multi and an in-built 4-in-1 card reader supports SD, MMC, MS and MS XD memory card formats. Furthermore, they feature MSI’s ECO power management function.

No word on pricing and ability to date.