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Earlier this year Liliputing quietly celebrated its third birthday. Mobile technology has changed a lot since we started writing about affordable portable computers in 2008. The cost of personal computing devices has come down, netbooks have started to share the spotlight with tablets (to put it kindly), and the line between smartphones, tablets and laptop and desktop computers has gotten…

October 20th, 2011, 5:00 pm by Brad Linder | 14 Comments

Motorola XOOM rooted, dissected, discounted in first 24 hours

The Motorola XOOM Android tablet went on sale in the US yesterday. Since it started to hit the shelves, hackers have figured out how to unlock the bootloader to install custom software, enable root access, buy the tablet for $200 off the list price, and oh yeah, take it apart to look at the insides. The XOOM tablet is exciting…

February 25th, 2011, 10:40 am by Brad Linder | 1 Comment

What is a Liliputer? A brief introduction to Liliputing

Defining characteristics of a liliputer: Low cost (typically under $600) Tiny (10.2 inch or smaller display) Unlike many UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs), all liliputers have keyboards Most liliputers feature cheaper, slower components than contemporary laptops. But with the introduction of the Intel Atom and VIA Nano CPUs, this is changing. Introduction to Liliputing: Over the past year or so, one…

July 2nd, 2008, 7:49 am by Brad Linder | 15 Comments