This sort of netbook was clearly different from a notebook PC.

PolyFuel had developed a fuel cell power supply for the Lenovo ThinkPad notebook PC.

The acquisition will help AU Optronics to beef up its presence in the fast-growing notebook PC and smartphone markets.

ELECTRONICS Japans's Fujitsu Ltd 6702.T said its notebook PC shipments to Europe have been halted temporarily due to the disruptions.

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A rising adoption of solid state disk (SSD) as the main storage for notebook PCs will also boost demand.

But still, as the hardware specifications improve, netbooks are getting bigger and more expensive -more like notebook PCs, in fact.

A notebook PC uses 70Wh, about 8.8 cells.

LG Display said last week its notebook PC panel sales rose 20 percent in June from a year ago, suggesting strong results.

Late last year IBM launched one of its latest notebook PCs, the T43 in the T-Series of the highly successful ThinkPad range.

Profit rose more than sixfold on sales of its iPod digital music players, the Mac mini personal computer and new PowerBook notebook PCs.

So the latest problems with the Japanese group's batteries, used in notebook PCs manufactured by Dell and Apple, come as a big blow.

Acer said in October it expects its fourth-quarter notebook PC shipments to climb 20-25 percent from the third quarter.

Ultraportable notebook PCs have been available from companies such as IBM and Sony, but they typically cost £1,500 to £2,500.

Toshiba, already the world's leading maker of notebook PCs, is hawking a Libretto model that claims to be the smallest and lightest Windows-based PC available.

LED backlights will make up for about 84 percent of notebook PC shipments in 2010 and about 95 percent in 2011, it said.