Here’s a little secret about netbooks. You want to know why they all have 7 inch, 8.9 inch, or 10.2 inch displays? It’s because most of them are using the same displays designed for digtial pictrue frames which come in those sizes. There aren’t any 8.4″ digital picture frames, and so there aren’t any 8.4″ netbooks. Maybe one day netbooks will be produced in large enough numbers that netbook makers will essentially dictate the size of digital picture frames.

Japan’s Dospara is offering a limited edition netbook called the Prime Note Cartina UM, which seems to have all the standard specs you’d expect in a 39,980 yen ($415US) netbook: CPU: 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU Display: 8.9 inch, 1024 x 600 pixels Storage: 120GB HDD RAM: 1GB Operating System: Linux, with Windows XP driver disk Webcam: 1.3MP Connectivity/Expansion: 3-in-1 card reader, 802.11b/g WiFi Dimensions: 250mm x 183mm x 28.5mm or about 9.8″ x 7.2″ x 1.1″ Weight: 1.1kg or about 2.4 poundsDosPara only has 30 units in stock and is calling the Prime Note Cartina UM a limited edition netbook.

Just a day after making an appearance at a press conference in Taiwan, the MSI Wind U120 has found its way to the US. Well, sort of. The folks at Laptop Magazine got their hands on a pre-production model of the next generation MSI Wind netbook.The verdict? its looks nice, has an improved touchpad with separate left and right buttons, and.

The upcoming MSI Wind U120 netbook, was on display at an MSI press conference in Taiwan today. Engadget Chinese was on hand and shot a bunch of photos of the new netbook, which MSI is launching as an updated to the popular MSI Wind U100.The U120 has a shiny new black and white case with a more angular design than the round-cornered MSI Wind U100.

The Toshiba NB100 netbook is now shipping in Europe, Canada, and a handful of other locations that aren’t the United States. Amazon UK is selling the Windows XP version of the Toshiba NB100 for £299. You can pick up the same model from Amazon’s German site for 399 Euros, or you can get the model running Ubuntu Linux for 333 Euros. Keep in mind, the Linux model has 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive, while the Windows XP model has 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive.

Amazon’s annual “Customers Vote” holiday promotion is under way. Here’s how it works. You visit the Customers Vote page and look at 6 sets of three potential deals. Pick the deal that you’d be most likely to purchase, and if your bargain wins, Amazon will offer a limited quantity of that item at that price.In previous years, this promotion has led to Amazon’s servers getting hammered and items selling out while customers were still hitting their browser refresh buttons.