Sharp has just announced what is being described as the first computer that will hit the market using Intel’s new low-voltage, high-power Atom processor. The Sharp D4 will be out in Japan in June for ¥39,800 or about $395 US. But there’s a catch. Users will also have to purchase a 2-year data plan for […]
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Airis Kira 100 is just like the Nohrtec Gecko in more colors
The Airis Kira 100 is a new low-cost ultraportable that should look familiar. The computer is based on the same reference design as the Nohrtec Gecko. There are only two major differences: the name, and the color scheme. The Kira 100 comes in a variety of bright and mildly unattractive colors. Here’s a refresher on […]
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Germany’s Fukato offers latest notebook to take on the Asus Eee PC
I’m holding out hope that one day every company that wants to launch an Eee PC-killer decides that the best way to compete is to offer a higher resolution screen. But for now we continue to see company after company announce new mini-laptops with 800 x 480 pixel displays. The latest company to join the […]
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GoblinX Mini – lightweight alternative Linux distro for the Eee PC
Like the Eee PC’s hardware, but wish it had an operating system besides Windows or Xandros Linux? There are dozens of other Linux distributions that run on the Eee PC without complaint, and a handful of distributions that even supports the Eee PC’s hardware all the way down to the Fn key shortcuts right out […]
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HP 2133 release date keeps sliding slowly back
When the HP 2133 Mini-Note first showed up on the company’s web site, it had an estimated ship date of 4/15/2008. Yesterday when I added it to my basket, I got an estimated ship date of 4/18. And this morning when I tried again, the site told me it would ship on or around 4/19. […]
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Eee PC 900 gets the unboxing treatment
It looks like we have our first Eee PC 900 unboxing to report! The folks at XEPC.org somehow managed to get their hands on the new model, and they’ve posted a slew of pictures of the Eee PC 900 in and out of its box. As expected, the new computer looks almost exactly the same […]
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Guide to overclocking an Eee PC, or how to shorten your battery life
While Asus advertises the current generation Eee PC as having either a 900MHz or 800MHz Celeron processor, depending on which model you buy, the truth is Asus underclocks these chips to run at 630MHz and 570 MHz respectively. This makes sense given the Eee PC’s mediocre battery life. The faster the processor is running, the […]
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Intel, Asus chiefs predict massive growth in low-cost laptop market
If you think there are a lot of low-cost ultraportable computers hitting the market this year, just wait. Intel officials say the company expects low-cost computer shipments to top 100 million between now and 2011. Meanwhile, Asus president Jerry Shen expects to sell 10 million Eee PCs in 2008 and twice as many next year. […]
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Welcome to Liliputing
I started Eee Site last year shortly after purchasing an Eee PC, which is an awesome little computer. I’ve been using portable devices for a long time now, and I’ve been through my share of mini computing devices that weren’t quite computers, but weren’t exactly PDAs either. The Eee PC was the first computer I’ve […]
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Intel Netbooks get thin, not just small
Intel has a word for cheap ultraportable laptops using Intel chips and reference designs: Netbook. But if you thought all Netbooks were going to look have the Fisher Price styling of the Classmate PC and the 2Go PC, think again. A mystery Netbook made an appearance during a developer forum in Shanghai. CNet reports that […]