Did you get the newsletter? Thin is in baby. Don’t look now Apple (and other 10 companies making thing, tensy,tiny notebooks) but here comes the GSMA (Yeah I’ve never heard of them before either) with the impressive ECS S10IL Laptop. Have a look inside for our review.

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.

Chosen as a winner for producing a Best Pre-Commercial Mobile Broadband Notebook, the G10IL, an innovative design selected for its feature rich package, close match to consumer needs at an affordable price and a compact and light form factor.

In response to the demanding requirements of notebook offering advantages unattainable by others, Elitegroup Computer Systems today unveiled Simply Smart ECS G10IL notebooks where we made a giant stride possessing the power and features that is undoubtedly a winner in its class for today’s sophisticated customers.

Outstanding Design
Designed in stylish white on-the-go for fashion conscious consumers that is simply neat and extremely efficient that easily attracts attention and earns the best pre-production mobile broadband notebook from GSMA.

Performance
The 11-incher from ECS comes with built-in tri-band HSDPA and HSUPA, also called the “Super-3G” technology. The new broadband video technology allows downloads speeds of up to 7.2Mb/s for the HSDPA and 2Mb/s for the HSUPA. The ECS G10IL comes with three USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet networking, a 56 kbps analog modem, WLAN and Bluetooth, and a 4-in-one card reader.

Connectivity
The ECS G10IL is considered as mass market mobile broadband laptop that set as the first example of a new class of companion devices supporting the evolution towards the true Internet experience in a mobile environment.

Smile brightens your day
The G10IL’s integrated onboard 1.3-mega pixel little lens on the display bezel produces high quality, high-resolution images ideal for video conferencing, gathering business data or sending snapshots home for travelers to their love ones.

Amazing display
With our 10.2″ and 8.9″ glossy display, the G10 provides excellent combination of pixels and portability. With saturated color for an utmost viewing pleasure, provides a vivid display like surfing the web or playing movies.

CPU: Diamondville

Chipset: Intel 945 GSE (w/o S-Video) + ICH7M

Operating System: Windows XP/Linux

Memory Slot: 1 slot up to 2GB

LCD Size: 8.2″/10.2″

Webcam: 1.3 mega pixel CCD

Storage: HDD/SSD

Battery: 4 cell/6 cell

Dimension: 259 x 180 x 28.5 (mm)

Hey Johnny guess what’s missing? Yeah that’s right, no price or release date. To most that’s the most important, so we’ll see what happens over the next while

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