One company I missed in last week's roundup of Centrino-based notebooks was Toshiba's Computer Systems Group. Toshiba says its Satellite Pro M15 would be the first Centrino notebook available on retail shelves. Other notebooks that will include the Centrino technology (chipset, mobile processor and integrated 802.11b wireless) include the Satellite Pro M10, Tecra M1 ($2,154), Tecra S1 ($1,979) and Portege R100 notebooks, Toshiba says.

The M10 and M15 include a 15-inch display, NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go graphics cards, Harman/Kardon stereo speakers, and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combination drive. Toshiba says the device offers 5.5 hours of battery life on one battery, and up to nine hours with two batteries. The M15 starts at $2,000, and the M10 starts at $2,079.

The Portege R100 weighs only 2.4 pounds and measures 0.6 inches thick, Toshiba says. The notebook includes options for integrating 802.11a/b in addition to 802.11b only. The device has a 12-inch display, up to 30G bytes of hard-drive space, and an optional PC Card DVD drive. The primary battery includes up to two hours of battery life, and a second battery brings the total battery life to nine hours. The device starts at $2,200 and is available through Toshiba's Web site.

Toshiba launches new Pocket PCs

Toshiba also launched a new Pocket PC, the e750 series, with expanded memory features and built-in 802.11b wireless support. The e750 and e755 models both cost $600, the company says.

The devices include 96M bytes of memory available to the user, with 32M bytes dedicated to NAND flash memory, Toshiba says. Files and applications stored in the NAND memory remain intact if the battery runs down or needs a hard reset, the company says. The devices also have built-in Compact Flash and Secure Digital expansion slots.

The models include Intel's PXA255 XScale processor at 400MHz, run the Pocket PC 2002 operating system, and have a 3.8-inch color screen at 240-by-320 pixel resolution. The devices measure 4.9- by 3.1- by 0.6-inches, weigh 3.9 ounces and include a removable Advanced Li-Ion battery.

D-Link joins 802.11a/g wireless parade

D-Link recently announced it is shipping a router, PC Card and PCI Card capable of connecting to 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g (prestandard) wireless networks. D-Link says it will ship an 802.11a/b/g access point by the end of this month.