Sakar International is showing off a familiar looking netbook at Toy Fair 2009 this week. The mini-laptop is clearly based on the same design as the 3K Razorbook 400, Elonex One T+, and a whole bunch of other laptops that are likely all coming from the same factory in China. Long story short, the Sakar […]
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Green Life netbooks from King Yung Electronics – Video
King Yun Electronics is a Chinese company with a netbook to sell. Not  to you, but to any distributor interesting in picking up the brand. The company is pushing three netbook models under the Green Life name at CES. G 400: This one features an Ingenic MIPS based 366MHz CPU, a 7 inch display, and 1 or […]
Best Buy cuts Eee PC 900A price to $279.99
Netbook prices are creeping ever closer to the magic $199 price point. Just a few weeks ago, I posted a list of 13 netbooks for $399 or less, including the Asus Eee PC 900A that Best Buy was selling for $299. Now Best Buy has slashed the price by $20, meaning you can pick up […]
Firstview intros a line of 7 to 10 inch netbooks
Shenzhen Firstview Electronics is showing off a new line of netbooks at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair this week. The netbooks range from the low-end Firstview PC703 with a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, to the 10.2 inch Firstview PC101. Firstview also has an 8.9 inch PC891 model. And for good measure, Firstview […]
Will the netbook revolution lead to a rise in Windows CE handhelds?
Liliputing reader John Hogg wrote in to let me know about yet another Windows CE-based mini-computer on the market. UK online retailer Argos is selling a netbook-shaped machine, but instead of Linux or Windows XP it runs Windows CE and comes with a word processor, spreadsheet, windows media player, and 15 language translator. I’m a […]
$89 MenQ EasyPC makes $98 HiVision laptop look expensive
If you thought the $98 HiVision NB0700 was cheap, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Because the MenQ EasyPC E760 is almost 10% cheaper. Sure, that only amounts to a $9 difference, but why settle for a $98 laptop when you can get one for $89? The MenQ EasyPC was on display at the IFA show […]
Chinese company pumping out netbook knockoffs
Nobody knows how to make a cheap knockoff of an electronic gadget like Chinese manufacturers. So with already low priced netbooks getting the limelight over the last few months, it should come as no surprise tat we’re seeing even cheaper Chinese versions of popular devices. Engadget managed to snap some photos of several netbook knockoffs […]
Little Linux Laptop: New site dedicated to the cheapest of notebooks
There’s a tiny little laptop that goes by many names. The 3k Razorbook 400, Trendtac 700 EPC, Elonex One T, Yinlips Micro PC, Bestlink Alpha 400 are all basically the same notebook, rebranded and sold by a variety of different companies in different parts of the world. What these laptops have in common (aside from […]
Walmart drops Everex Cloudbook price to $299
Just over two months after dropping the price of the Everex Cloudbook from $399 to $349, Walmart has given the little computer that barely could another price cut. Now you can pick up at Cloudbook for $299. At $399, there was really little reason to choose a Cloudbook over an Eee PC 4G or other […]
“World’s Cheapest Laptop” is just $130 — if you order in bulk
While the OLPC XO Laptop never really hit that mythical $100 price point, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to sell a laptop for little more than a Ben Franklin. Alibaba is selling the so-called “World’s Cheapest Laptop,” for just $130. The only catch? You need to order 50 or more laptops to get that price. […]