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The Bottom Line: The Viliv S7's small size and Netbook-tablet hybrid design are appealing, but its high price is illogical in a world of inexpensive portables.

Specs: Intel ATOM (1.33 GHz), 1 GB DDR II SDRAM, 32 GB, 1.76 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Viliv S7's small size and Netbook-tablet hybrid design are appealing, but its high price is illogical in a world of inexpensive portables.

Specs: Intel ATOM (1200 MHz), 1 GB DDR II SDRAM, 16 GB, 1.76 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Viliv S7's small size and Netbook-tablet hybrid design are appealing, but its high price is illogical in a world of inexpensive portables.

Specs: Intel ATOM (1.33 GHz), 1 GB DDR II SDRAM, 32 GB, 1.76 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Viliv X70EX is an improvement on its older UMPC-like sibling, the S5, but compared with other Intel Atom-powered products, it's not exactly a bargain.

The Bottom Line: A fair price, an attractive design, and multitouch support may allow tablet shoppers to overlook the HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx's middling performance and poor battery life.

Specs: AMD Turion X2 mobile processor (2.2 GHz), 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 320 GB, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition, 4.6 lbs, 12.1 in TFT active matrix

The Bottom Line: Too large to be a smart device, too small to be a useful Netbook, the import-only Viliv S5 is a neat proof-of-concept that is best for portable media playing.

Specs: Atom (1.33 GHz), 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 32 GB, 15.4 oz

The Bottom Line: The new generation of similarly sized Netbooks do more and cost less than the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium, putting another nail in the UMPC coffin.

Specs: Intel (1.33 GHz), 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 80 GB, 1.9 lbs, EPA Energy Star

The Bottom Line: The Fujitsu LifeBook P1620 makes a few notable improvements on its predecessor, but a new breed of cheaper mini-laptops are on the horizon, making this ideal only for heavy tablet users, who may prefer a full-size tablet.

Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo (1.2 GHz), 1 GB, 60 GB, 2.4 lbs, EPA Energy Star, EPEAT Silver

The Bottom Line: The lightweight Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet now runs Windows Vista--and remains one of the best convertible tablets on the market.

Specs: Intel Core Duo (1.66 GHz), 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 80 GB, 3.7 lbs, EPA Energy Star

The Bottom Line: The bulky Satellite R25 offers a beautiful display and plenty of features at a low price, but if you don't need the tablet functionality, there are better wide-screen notebooks on the market.

Specs: Intel Core Duo (1.6 GHz), 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 100 GB, 6 lbs, RoHS