Google Chromebooks officially go on sale on Amazon and BestBuy. Buy Google Chome OS based Chromebooks manufactured by Samsung. Acer Chromebooks coming soon.

PC manufacturer Asus has announced that they are releasing three Eee PC models with Ubuntu pre-installed. The three models that will be available with Ubuntu are the 1001PXD, 1011PX and 1015PX.

Asus has just unveiled the first netbook powered by MeeGo OS at Computex 2011.

The Razer Switchblade is a beautifully new ultra mobile PC concept with a keyboard much like the Optimus Maximus. The keyboard on the Razer Switchblade adapts to the game that you are playing on the go. Playing games such as WoW, Quake and Warcraft III will be painless on the go with the Razer Switchblade. Hit the break for more photos and videos!

Motorola showcased the Atrix 4G, an Android powered smartphone-netbook hybrid at AT&T’s press event today. It runs Android 2.2 and comes with a dual core 1 GHz ARM processor and 1 GB RAM.

Intel has signed up with Croma retail in India to distribute it’s AppUp store for Netbook apps under the branding of “Croma Apps”.

Google unveiled the Cr-48, the first Chrome OS laptop. It has a 12.1 inch display and comes with 3G connectivity with dual-band Wi-Fi.

The Toshiba Smartbook AC100 powered by Android 2.1 has been launched in India. It is priced at Rs. 18721.

Rumors are surfacing about November launches of Chrome OS smartbooks and a notebook. Who knows what’s happening with Google’s tablet PC?

The plan to have Banshee as the default music player in Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 has been postponed. Rhythmbox will remain as the default for now.

Toshiba has launched the new AC100 smarbook in the UK. It is priced at GBP 290 and runs Android 2.1 on the Nvidia Tegra 2 platform.

Intel has launched the new dual core Atom N550 processor for netbooks. It has a clock speed of 1.5 GHz and is the first dual core Atom.

Acer has launched it’s latest netbook Aspire One532h which comes with built-in Reliance broadband internet connection.

Jorge Castro has confirmed that Chromium will not be used as the default web-browser in UNE 10.10. They have decided to stick with Firefox for Maverick.

No doubt, the increase in usage of notebook has come at the expense of desktops, but it is a good sign that Indians are gradually moving into the mobile world. Notebooks are more energy efficient than desktops and prove to be more useful too!