Sony has recently replaced/upgraded three of their TX series ultraportable laptops (11.1-inch widescreen displays). For the most part the changes consisted of harddrive upgrades and CPU upgrades for two of the lines. Of note, the price has remained the same in comparison to the models they are replacing. The form factor has also remained the same.
Pocket-lint.co.uk published a review of the Toshiba Portege R200 by Stephen Patrick a few days ago, giving it good marks, while citing the lack of an optical drive and the size of the keyboard as potential problems for some users. The R200 has a non-widescreen 12-inch display and is powered by an Intel Pentium M Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) 1.20GHz CPU.
LG Electronics has announced their latest ultraportable notebook in Korea, the LG Xnote TX, powered by a Pentium M Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) 1.30GHz CPU, with a 12.1-inch widescreen display, and weighing in at 1.1kg (just 2.5 pounds – yes, under 2.5 pounds). It has a 1.8-inch 60GB harddrive, external optical drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 graphics
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CNET also has a Top 10 List of Notebooks for February 2006 although their list focuses on all notebooks.