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Carphone Warehouse drops Linux netbooks

Brad Linder — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:31:12 +0000

UK retailer Carphone Warehouse is reportedly pulling a Linux-powered mini-laptop from its line of computer offerings. The Elonex Webbook is a VIA C7-M powered lapttop that runs Ubuntu Linux. Carphone Warehouse reportedly ordered about 60,000 of the custom notebooks from Elonex, but was finding that customers returned the Webbooks in unusually high numbers. The top complaint seemed to be that...

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Elonex Webbook gets reviewed

Brad Linder — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:14:48 +0000

Despite my earlier skepticism, it looks like the Elonex Webbook is real. And it's shipping. The folks at Pocket Lint got their hands on one one of these 10.2 inch laptops that Carphone Warehouse is offering for free with a wireless subscription. And here's what they had to say (nutshell version): The Webbook ain't the lightest or heaviest netbook you're...

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Elonex webbook: $525 netbook free with a wireless plan

Brad Linder — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:19:55 +0000

The Elonex webbook looks interesting enough on paper. The laptop packs a 10.2 inch display, 1.6GHz VIA C7-M CPU, 80GB hard drive, 512MB of RAM, runs Windows XP, has 3 USB ports and weighs just 1.3kg. Oh, and you can pick one up for £264 or about $525 USD or get one free when you sign up for a wireless...

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