I’ve noticed a trend in netbooks. Why do most of the product shots never show the screen any more? It’s always either a shot of the netbook balanced precariously on one corner like in the photo above, or a shot of the netbook with the lid pulled way, way down (see the photo on the right). Show us the screen and keyboard already!

Specs for Toshiba’s NB100 are similar to most other netbooks on the market: Intel Atom N270 chipset at 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, 1024×600 widescreen 8.9-inch LCD, integrated webcam, and three USB ports. The build-quality on this one looks pretty nice. It’ll be interesting to see how well the trackpad and keyboard work, too.

Toshiba is offering Ubuntu 8.04 on the NB100, which is a nice change of pace. You can also get Windows XP if you like.

It’ll come in three colors — black, gold, and silver – and will be available in the UK in October starting at around £260 ($467). Not sure about a US release but Toshiba does sell a lot of its stuff here, so it wouldn’t be all that surprising.

[via Pocket-lint]