Snapshots from CES 2008

Its official now Gnu/Linux is making its presence felt in the consumer electronics like UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs) , Mobile phones and the newer MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). Doc Searls of Linux Journal hits the bulls-eye when he poses the question 'What will happen now that the consumer electronics tide is starting to turn toward Linux and its value system?' while covering CES 2008.

Take a look at the photos from the CES 2008 event and see if its for real.

Eee PC :: Yet Another Power User Review

Shawn Powers gives us the low-down on owning a Eee PC for past few months. Here is his list of pros and cons of the Eee PC.

Pros:

• Extremely portable. It's like carrying a paperback book.
• Fast boot time, especially with the original OS.
• Apps, especially games, come pre-configured for small screen.
• Plugging into a monitor gets full size goodness without a reboot.
• Everybody thinks you're super cool.

Cons:

• The keys really are a bit too small.
• The screen is annoyingly small when browsing some sites.
• The battery life isn't horrible, but it's not great either.
• There's no way to determine the battery charge level externally.
• Updates are awkward at best, and rare to arrive

Classmate 2 PC Review (Video )

Watch the latest Classmate 2 (aka "netbooks") announced by Andrew chien (Intel vice president, Corporate Technology Group and director of Intel Research) at Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai this month (April 2008).

The second-generation Intel-powered classmate PC is powered by Intel® Atom™ Processor.

Darren Waters compares the Classmate 2 PC with the OLPC XO laptop .

Top 5 Sub $300 laptops compared

Amy wrote me to say 'just posted an article "Top 5 Sub-$300 Laptops Compared" . I thought I'd bring it to your attention just in case you think your readers would find it interesting.'

The post mentions 'Elonex ONE', 'Zonbu' and 'PC 2G Surf' which I have never heard of. Does anyone provide more information and comments about these devices.

Asus Eee PC goes on Sale in India

Just received this promo email from Asus India this afternoon.The brand new Asus Eee PC goes on Sale from 2nd Feb 08 at Croma Electronics Megastore in Mumbai.

Cheap laptops (15k) in India

The battle for Indian 15k laptop market share intensified this month (January 2008) with the announcement of two more models HCL's MiLeap X and ACi's ultra mini laptop . The prices and the specifications does tend to vary in early stage of release, keep watching this space for more details in future.

Click the images to search the latest information about the products

Book Asus Eeepc online in India

Following my last post Where to buy Asus Eeepc in India a anonymous reader of this blog who pointed me to EeePC.in site.

At last we now seem to have a chance to buy this Asus Eeepc in India. As a GNU/Debian Linux user I hope Asus Eeepc would be a good hacking UMPC machine for me. Going by the topic of the Eeepc.in forum titled Requirements of the GNU General Public License! Asus seems to be careful not to repeat its earlier goof-ups, That's another good sign.

However. the EeePC.in website does not mention the price of Asus Eeepc in India (not again) that makes it difficult to say if its a good buy or not. I requested a quote from the Asus folks, let see what response I'll get. And also the availability of newer Eeepc black model is not mentioned either.

NB:Video soundtrack is not in English

As for usability of the EeePC.in website, DUH!! it has all the maladies of Indian websites including spelling mistakes "Book Onlie PC", broken URL's and absurd scrolling javascript everywhere.

Update: I guess someone from Asus did read this blog post and corrected the spelling mistakes and removed the scrolling Javascript in EeePC.in website, Thank you folks.