The Litl Webbook is a $399 internet appliance that’s sort of a cross between a netbook and a souped up digital picture frame. When the company first introduced the product with a $699 price tag, I was skeptical. And to be honest, now that the price is $399, I’m still a bit skeptical that there’s a market for the Webbook…

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The folks behind the Litl Webbook plan to launch an update that will support Adobe Flash Player 10.1 with hardware video acceleration. In other words, you’ll be able to watch HD Flash video on the Litle Webbook. But the company is also introducing an SDK that will allow developers to write Flash-based channels for the notebook. The Litl Webbook is…

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Sure, I’ve poked fun at the Litl Easel “webbook” which looks like little more than an oversized, overpriced, underfeatured netbook. But the company does seem to understand the blogosphere. A few days ago they sat down with CrunchGear to provide an extensive look at the software running on the computer. And now, rather than waiting for some enthusiastic customer or…

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Still confused about the Litl Easel webbook? It’s an internet and entertainment-centric laptop that doesn’t behave like a typical laptop, even though it looks an awful lot like a laptop. The folks at CrunchGear got to sit down with the developers recently and they’ve put together a 16 minute demo showing just what the device can do. You can check…

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Litl has officially pulled back the thin veil that had been covering the company’s new Easel computer. The Easel is basically a laptop with a 12.1 inch display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and a graphics processor that can handle H.264 video at 720p resolutions and output video to an HDTV via HDMI. It has 1GB of RAM, and 2GB…

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The Litl Easel is a low power laptop with a 12.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display that’s set to launch on November 4th. But you can already find a ton of information about the computer including the user manual and a series of pictures on the FCC web site. In true FCC fashion, there are even photos of the…

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Most netbooks with 10 inch and smaller displays lack optical disc drives for 4 reasons: It helps keep down the cost Fewer moving parts to break There’s not a lot of room in most netbooks for a disc drive Microsoft only makes low cost Windows XP licenses available to PC makers for netbooks that meet strict specifications, and a disc…

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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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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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