Comments on: Augen’s $99 Android netbook available at KMart

By: Annelovetopray

Annelovetopray — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:07:00 +0000

I have gave to me for a b-day gift I don’t know how to work it LOL!!!!!

By: JBL71

JBL71 — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:05:00 +0000

Something for your grandmother…

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:18:38 +0000

Is RAM or Flash storage upgradeable by user (slot)?
If so, then can mod this maybe? Speed is all about RAM and speed of Flash.

By: Capt. Olaf

Capt. Olaf — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:30:21 +0000

While a $99 price may be appealing, a brief internet search will reveal dozens of capable, but used, real laptops for a similar price. eBay offers Apple iBooks and Powerbooks, Dell Insperions, and IBM and Toshiba laptops at under $200. These are capable machines with years of life left in them that will run most current operating systems. Sure, they don't have all the bells and whistles of the latest models but they are light years ahead of the Augen Android effort.

By: BigGoofyGuy

BigGoofyGuy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:16:15 +0000

It looks like it could be what OLPC was aiming for; a sub $100 computer. At $99 with those realizing its limitations, it should – some what – well. It could be some ones – one being the verry young – first computer (better than those toy pc's with a 1 or 2 inch screen).

IMO; I think it has potential.

By: Augen’s $99 Android Netbook: Worth It? | Netbook Crunch

Augen’s $99 Android Netbook: Worth It? | Netbook Crunch — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:19:59 +0000

[...] what you pay for here. Augen Genbook does not have any features you would want to write home about. It has a 400MHz CPU, a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, and 128MB of memory.GenBook runs Android 1.6. So not only it [...]

By: iQuack

iQuack — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:32:44 +0000

Seems you get what you pay for.
A computer for $99 in today's world is expected to be crap and this thing qualifies.

By: Claudio

Claudio — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:33:24 +0000

Maybe a Debian/ARM base installation and build up from there? LXDE or Fluxbox might do well on this especially with such little RAM.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:09:40 +0000

Put Lubuntu (version for ARM) on it. Does a Lubuntu version for ARM exist? As that boot in less than 100MB RAM. Unit needs at least 256MB RAM to be any good for much of anything these days.
Puppy Linux. Or CrunchBang Linux might be worth trying on this?

By: tsog

tsog — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:04:12 +0000

Make it faster and put ubuntu on it. Something like the sharp netwalkers but with touch-typable keyboards.

By: peterkirn

peterkirn — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:24:02 +0000

I still say, these things could wind up be a hacker's dream. Held up against, uh, a real netbook or tablet, yes, it looks downright awful. But compared to buying a $100 or $150 protoboard and suffering through configuring bootloaders for hours... that's another story. The Hack-a-day/Make crowd (erm, me, in other words) can still do some damage with this.

Even having said that, though, I'm working out which is the one to buy; I'd rather have a tablet form factor.

I can still get one for the price I might waste on a couple of mediocre summer blockbusters and popcorn.