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  Don’t be fooled by hip and unusual colors because this netbook from Point of View packs something different, making the netbook less boring. The Mobii Ion 230 is powered by Nvidia Ion platform, which means playing medium graphic intensive and viewing HD content will be a breeze. Apart from the Ion combo of 1.6GHz [...]

  We are yet to see a decent number of Ion-based computing devices but Nvidia is already preparing to launch the second generation of Ion by the end of this year. Fudzilla, who claims to have got the scoop, says that the next Ion generation will be faster as well as powerful than the current [...]

  A new netbook from Samsung surfaced over the weekend that will be its first offering powered by Nvidia ION platform. The NP-N510-KA02UK was leaked by a couple of retailers that also gave an early hint about the specifications and its price. According to it, the N510 netbook will have an LED back11.6-inch screen, 1.66GHz [...]

  Nvidia’s Ion is gaining traction and the product announcements at the Computex today is a testament to that. We just had a couple of Ion products prior to this and now we have a total of 21 products that will come with the Nvidia platform. For people who are still alien to the Ion, [...]

  Asus will also jump into the ION bandwagon, claims Digitimes. According to them, the Taiwanese company has already prepared an Eee Box B1006 nettop that will be released in the next quarter. As for the ION-based netbooks, Asus is said to test and work out the feasibility for the netbooks. Though no date has [...]

  Underpowered, cramped keyboard, not-so multimedia friendly tags bestowed on netbooks will be a thing of the past. Lenovo has announced its first 12-inch IdeaPad netbook, S12 that also happens to be the first netbook based on Nvidia’s ION platform. For the uninitiated, the ION platform is cooked up together with Intel’s Atom processor and [...]

  If the hefty fine and an abusive monopolist tag was not enough for the chip maker, former friend turned foe have accused Intel of unfair pricing. Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang told Reuters that Intel’s Atom chip pricing is unfair but won’t seek the legal way, at least for now. According to him, Intel uses [...]

  If you’ve been following the netbook scene for some time and have a little practical sense, you wouldn’t be surprised to see Nvidia ION powered netbooks coming to the fray. So we were not surprised to hear that this transitional step for netbooks was about to be a reality. A source at Nvidia told [...]

  The feud between Nvidia and Intel has been intense over the past and this week. We have seen Intel suing Nvidia, bad mouthing Ion platform while Nvidia was busy seeking new friends for Ion. Now Nvidia has come back again to give a fitting reply to the loose claims made by Intel. It looks [...]

  Taking legal assistance is not the only thing Intel is doing. They have reportedly released a document titled Nvidia Ion Competitive Position Guide that says against the Ion platform. Intel’s document is presumably released to vendors who are contemplating of selling Ion based systems. The document squabbles that Nvidia’s Ion is derived from MCP79M/NCP7A [...]

  Nvidia’s relationship with Intel relationship is on the verge of a breakup, but before the GPU maker starts searching for love, they have found it already – in VIA. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia has confirmed that Nvidia is on the way to produce ION 2 platform that will support Via Technologies’ Nano processor. [...]