The Elite Group is chuffed that its "Eee PC killer," the G10IL has won "the Best Pre-Commercial Mobile Broadband Notebook category in the annual GSMA" awards. The press release says:
The GSM Association (GSMA), representing the global mobile industry, announced Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as the winners of its Mobile Broadband Notebook competition to stimulate the recently identified -- though currently untapped -- mass market segment for notebook PCs with embedded Mobile Broadband (HSPA) connectivity.
It's an Intel Diamondville* design with screen sizes from 8.2 to 10.2 inches, and runs Windows XP or Linux, in spite of looking a bit like an iBook from the Age of Bathroom-based Design. Other features include three USB 2 ports, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a four-in-one card reader, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Pocket Lint published a load of pics earlier this month.
The G10IL is expected to ship in April and the target price is "sub $500".
* Diamondville was the code-name for a very small, cheap ultramobile 45nm chip with a new microarchitecture. The official title for public consumption is now Intel Atom, as in "Intel Centrino Atom platform". There will probably be dozens of examples this summer. The long-term aspiration is to paper the world with $250 subnotebooks.
