Kohjinsha makes some very cool netbooks

Kohjinsha, a japanese netbook manufacturer, makes a very attractive line of netbooks. In fact, I'd have to say Kohjinsha makes some of the coolest netbooks i've seen yet, with features such as swiveling screens, GPS, touch screen, optical drives, AMD geode processor, and windows vista. Pretty cool. Netbooks are gaining popularity because there are a growing number of people who don't need a full sized laptop, yet want to check email, get on social networks (such as twitter, facebook, flickr, threadless, etc) and make video calls through skype or google talk - enough to where doing it on a smart phone could be cumbersome or impossible. Take a look at Kohjinsha's line of netbooks:

SX3KP06MS (8.9" UMPC with integrated DVD Super Multi Drive)

• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with service pack 1
  
• Intel® AtomTM Processor Z520 (1.33GHz)
• 1GB DDR2 Ram
• 60gb hard drive
• Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR
• CD/DVD Drive
• Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g
• 8.9" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (Standard Resolution (1280×768)
• 2 Camera: (Front Camera: 0.35 Mega Pixels, Rear Camera: 2 Mega Pixels)
• 4 Separate Media Slots: SD Memory Card (SDHC Compatible) / MMC Card compatible ; Memory Stick Duo / Memory Stick Compatible
• Approx 1.25kg (with Standard Battery)

SC3KP06GS (7" UMPC with GPS)

• Genuine Microsoft®Windows Vista® Home Premium with ServicePack 1
• Intel® AtomTM Processor Z520 (1.33GHz)
• 1GB DDR2 Ram
• 60GB hard drive
• Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR
• PCMCIA ExpressCard
• Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g
• 7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (Standard Resolution (1024×600)
• Camera: 1.3 Mega Pixels
• 3in 1 Media Card Slot: SD Memory Card (SDHC Compatible) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible
• Approx 820g (with Standard Battery)

SR8KPO6S (First 7" UMPC with integrated DVD Super Multi Drive)

• Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium
• Intel® processor A110(800MHz)
• 1GB DDR2 Ram
• 60GB hard drive
• Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR
• CD/DVD Drive
• Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g
• 7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (standard display) WSVGA (1024×600)
• Camera: 1.3 Million Pixels
• 3 in 1 Media Slot: SD Card (SDHC/SDIO) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible, CF Card Slot (Type-II) x 1
• Approx 1.1kg (with Standard Battery)

SH610BS (7" wide, LED backlight with touch screen display)

• Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic
• Intel® processor A100(600MHz)
• 512MB DDRll Ram
• Hard Disk 120GB
• Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR
• Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g
• 7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (standard display) WSVGA (1024×600)
• Camera: 1.3 Million Pixels
• 3 in 1 Media Slot: SD Card (SDHC/SDIO) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible, CF Card Slot (Type-II) x 1
• Approx 985g (with Standard Battery)

SA1F00KS (7" with touch screen LCD)

• Microsoft® Windows XP Home Edition
• AMD Geode LX 800
• 512MB DDRl Ram
• Hard Disk 40GB
• Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR
• Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g
• 7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (standard display) WVGA
• 3 in 1 Media Slot: SD Card (SDHC/SDIO) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible, CF Card Slot (Type I & II) x 1
• Approx 990g (with Standard Battery)

The netbooks are being sold in Japan and on some Hong Kong websites, and a few are popping up on ebay but it looks like they haven't really hit the US market yet in full force. I hope that will happen soon and drive the price down (the SA1F00KS is currently $480)