Nvidia is reportedly planning to release its own Tegra-based netbook design later this year.

According to Pocket-lint, the netbook is expected to cost around $200, and it should appear around "Black Friday". We have already seen some Tegra-based netbooks at Computex, and if they're anything to go by, you can probably expect an 8.9-inch screen, Wi-Fi, 3G and Windows CE. Nvidia says Android is also being considered, but in the past it has said that Windows CE is currently the better choice, as it is better in media decoding than Android. Nvidia is hoping telcos will offer it on a 2-year data plan for free.

Nvidia partners, including Asus, MSI, Gigabyte and PoV, already sell Atom-based netbooks. Making cheaper, Tegra-based netbooks or smartbooks using Nvidia's reference design shouldn't be a problem for them, provided they are interested in the concept.

We already know Zune HD will feature Nvidia's new chip, and now it seems we will see some Tegra-based mobile phones as well. Nvidia expects to see the first Tegra phone in late 2009 or early 2010.

In recent interviews, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said Tegra would account for about 50 percent of Nvidia's business in a few years. With design wins in mobile phones, media players, smartbooks and netbooks, Tegra could indeed take off over the next year. Microsoft is already on board, and Nvidia could still land a few more major clients, preferably fruit-themed ones.

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