Ooh – rumours broke a week or so ago about Toshiba plunging into the netbook market in the coming months, and it seems that the word of JK On the Run is indeed gospel. For lo, with official announcement heralded from Toshiba, hexus.com have brought images of the Satellite NB105 – with the author reliably informing us that “It’s quite the looker!”

He continues “unlike the plain white and plastic-like appearance of many other netbooks, Toshiba’s ultra-portable system retains the look of sophistication found on its full-size notebooks.” GottaBeMobile are not quite so impressed suggesting “the Satellite NB105 Netbook looks like what we all thought it would”, although Fudzilla hover somewhere between the line and muse that really it “looks quite smart”. Let us know what you think.

The NB100 comes with an 8.9’’ WSVGA 1024 x 600 LCD panel with an LED backlight. It is powered by the latest Intel Atom CPU and comes in two variants, one with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 1.0 and the other with Windows XP Home. However, pricing is yet to be confirmed, so it is very difficult to know if what Hexus deem as “run-of-the-mill” specifications will prove to be excellent value, and make this Satellite a true contender in the netbooks market alone.

Keep an eye out though, as it’s expected to reach the shelves in November!