I’ve been considering upgrading my Virgin Media package to include Mobile broadband, which means renewing my contract for another 24 months, but also gaining a Virgin Media exclusive netbook. The Freedom netbook features a 10.2 inch display, 120GB HDD, 1GB of RAM and the other usual netbook specs. Out of curiosity I took a look on eBay to see how much they were going for on there, to only find the previous 8.9 inch display model available. I however also found a very stylish women’s netbook tote bag. After researching it more, I’ve found the bag isn’t only for the Freedom netbook but, any netbook with a display of up to 10.2 inches. Unlike other netbook cases, I find this one to be discreet in being what it is, along with being stylish. From the outside it looks like a regular handbag but, inside it has enough room to fit a netbook and extra pockets for other “girlie” stuff. One of my main issues with some netbook and laptop bags, is that, that’s what they clearly are and are more of a target which is one of the reasons this tote bag from Ultimate Addons stood out to me. The listings on eBay that I could find list the bag at £21.99 with free postage. The bag is also available from Ultimate-netbook for £19.99, plus £2.60 postage. From the website however, the bag is available in a choice of brown or black.

Gameloft, who produce and sell many, many games for mobile phones have expanded their line even further. As well as for mobiles, Gameloft also provides games for iPods and the iPhone. But they haven’t stopped their portability gaming line there. While there isn’t many at the moment, Gameloft have four games that can be downloaded and are made specifically for netbooks. The games run on Windows XP and support 1024×600 screen resolutions. The following games are currently available with pricing starting at $2.99.

• Bubble Bash ($2.99)
• Chess Classics ($2.99)
• Brain Challenge ($4.99)
• Block Breaker Deluxe 2 ($2.99)

A little later than expected, but the first convertible netbook from Asus will hit the UK in late July. The netbook has already been delayed several times but, at a meeting with Asus UK, Netbookchoice were informed that a release date of late July is concrete. No specific date has been released yet, but no further set backs are envisaged. The T91 features a 8.9 inch display.