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MSI announced the worldwide availability of the MSI Wind U135. The netbook will be priced from $309.99 (I seemed to see the basic version at $316.99 on Amazon…). The Intel N450 processor of the netbook consumes only 7 Watts and MSI expects that the battery life is increased by 15% compared to previous models. For the performance, they announced a 10% improvement, but it really depends on what you do. To help users to manage battery life, MSI has included a utility that allows you to select multiple “modes”: Gaming, Movie, Presentation, Document and Turbo. Specifications include:

• Intel Atom N450 1.66Ghz processor
• 10-inch display (1024 x 600 pixels), Intel GMA3150 graphics card
• Hard drive from 160 to 250GB
• Wi-Fi n
• Battery of 3 and 6 cells
• Weight between 1.1 and 1.2kg depending on battery

MSI will unveil another netbook at CES 2010 next month, the Wind U160, which will be powered by the latest Intel Pine Trail 1.66GHz. Including the usual specifications, such as a 10.1-inch display, a Chiclet keyboard, a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM, the U160 is a device to see because it has a touchpad that is virtually invisible, which is only defined by a grid of raised dots. MSI says that the U160 has a battery life of 10 hours, but we are skeptical, because many factors come into account. According to rumors, the MSI Wind U160 will cost a price starting at $350.

At CES, MSI will introduce several new netbooks under the Pine Trail platform of Intel, of which the MSI Wind U135. It features a 10-inch display (resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels) with a storage space of 250GB, Wi-Fi n, Bluetooth 2.0, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, a SDHC memory card reader, all this powered by an Intel Atom N450 processor with 1GB of RAM and Windows 7 Starter OS. The Wind U135 netbook from MSI would be priced at £275 in 4 colors (silver, black, blue and red).