On the morning of the 22.11.2012 Aldi Sud in Germany is probably going to sell over ten thousand Ultrabooks. The new Medion AKOYA S4216 (MD 99080) includes a 1TB SSD-supported hard drive and a removable DVD that can be replaced with an included extra battery. We highlighted the Medion S4211 recently and the S4216 is exactly the Ultrabook variant we were expecting. Yours, if you’re in Germany and standing in line, for €599

Update: Medion Akoya S4216 Specs now in the database. We’ll add info links, videos and reviews as we find them so keep it bookmarked!

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Amazon.com have been running the $100 Gift Card Promotion on Ultrabooks for a while now but it ends on Saturday the 21st July. It’s a good week to buy though because there are some new 2nd-gen Ultrabooks in stock now. If you’ve been waiting, strike now!

Chippy’s Choice

I’ve spent some time going through the offers available and I’ve come up with a selection to suit different types of buyer. Take a look below… Here’s a link to all the Ultrabooks available in the promotion right now.

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After seeing that US online prices for high-end Ultrabooks have dropped 22% from the original launch prices, it’s good to see other countries showing similar price drops. This Amazon.co.uk offer on a Toshiba Satellite Z830 is particularly interesting. £698.80 is 22% below list price! [US Readers – This is a 120% consumer price that includes sales tax. Business buyers pay around £580]

I’m a Z830 user myself so I can vouch for this Ultrabook. You’ve got all the ports you need, a great SSD (ignore the reports of poor write speeds, it performs exactly when you need it) and the backlit keyboard is something you’ll never want to lose once you’ve had it. The Z830-10T on offer here has the Core i3 CPU at 1.4Ghz. (Without Turbo Boost as seen on other Ultrabooks.)

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I was in the UK last week. If I had seen this offer I probably would have jumped at it. A 5″ tablet with Google apps, reasonable cam, Cortex cpu and a nice build that runs Android 2.2 now.

Tesco, the biggest retailer in the UK are offering the Dell Streak at £199. Now I realise that some of you may not be too happy buying from Tesco (Hello Bristol) but this is a great deal if you’re looking to go for the ‘pub phone’ + tablet combo or, if you’re brave, the full convergence route. Tescos link below.

Unfortunately, it’s out of stock as I write this. Not surprising!

chippy What’s bargain of the week? The Dell Streak unlocked at £199 via Tesco in the UK. http://bit.ly/miqGN2 Thxs @czarnikjak

0:59 PM Apr 30th via twicca http://twitter.com/chippy/status/64282798973919232

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This strikes me as tail-end marketing.

Simply buy an MSI WInd netbook in the next 3 weeks (in Germany) and you can send a form in to receive one of 7 possible ‘presents’ including a grill and a grill-set. Are they shifting stock or trying to sell to the laggards? If it’s the latter then we could be seeing the end of the netbook-rush sooner than we think.

Via Netbooknews.de

If you’ve read our Viliv S5 review over the last week and are now wondering whether to buy it, today’s a good day to make a decision because there’s a special offer at Dynamism kicking of at 1pm eastern time (Ney York time.) Dynamism have 400 units available with a special offer pack that includes the leather pouch, the car kit and a spare battery for just $599. Check out all the details via our product information page and then hop over to Dynamism for the ordering details.

If you have any last-minute questions on the Viliv S5, I’ve set up an email address that you can send your questions to. It will be valid for today only. Email your questions to viliv-s5-q@umpcportal.com and I’ll do my best to answer questions as soon as they come in. [This is not a Dynamism service. Just me trying to help out.]

As you may have seen from the new banners that went up around the site yesterday, Viliv are going to launch the S5 in the U.S. through Dynamism.com. They’ve also come up with a pre-order special offer that bundles $135 of spare battery, car kit and the really nice leather case.

• Viliv S5 Premium + [Free Spare Battery + Car Kit + Leather Pouch] (Save $135)
• Price for viliv S5 Premium : $599
• Limited to 200 units
• Launch Date : 27^th of April, 2009
• Time : 1:00 PM Eastern Time in US

Note that the Premium is not the model with built-in 3G.

Hop over to Dynamism for full specs and a run-down of the package and if you need some more details, images, hands-on, videos and links, check out the Viliv S5 information page. My detailed first impressions article is here.