Entries from February 2008

More Maxdata Belinea s.book 1 Reviews

February 29, 2008

More reviews on Maxdata Belinea s.book 1 has appeared on the internet since I last posted about the ultra portable. UK review sites, ITWeek.co.uk and Pocket-Link.co.uk, rated the tiny laptop 3/5 and 8/10 respectively.
ITWeek.co.uk made the following conclusions:
Maxdata’s Belinea s.book 1 shrinks the laptop about as far as it can reasonably go and […]

Everex CloudBook - How to Move Large Windows in gOS

February 28, 2008

A common problem faced by Cloudbook users is that windows sometimes extend beyond the screen resolution in gOS. In fact, one will encounter such a problem moments after they first boot up the ultra portable. In timezone selection screen, it appears that there is no way for the user to continue with system setup. But […]

Everex CloudBook CE1200V First Thoughts Review by NotebookReview

February 28, 2008

First impressions reviews are usually short and lack details. However, the first thoughts review by NotebookReview is thorough and does not assume that the reader is already familiar with Everex Cloudbook CE1200V.
Besides photos, they have posted two videos providing a closer look at Everex Cloudbook CE1200V and comparing the ultra portable with Asus EeePC 4G.

Video […]

Cloudbooker Reviews Everex Cloudbook CE1200V

February 28, 2008

Ant from Cloudbooker has just received his Cloudbook CE1200V from Walmart.com and it looks like he is getting busy reviewing the ultra portable. I will be keeping track of his blog and will consolidate his reviews in this post.
1. First Impressions of Cloudbook
Ant’s first impressions of Cloudbook CE1200V. He made an interesting remark - gOS looks […]

Sungju TangoX Nano: Via Nanobook for the South Korea Market

February 27, 2008

South Korea, famous for their high-tech industries and high internet penetration rate, is going to have their Via Nanobook UMD reference design based ultra portable. The UMPC is released by Korean vendor, Sungju Computer.
Named TangoX Nano, the tiny laptop comes with the usual 1.2GHz VIA CPU C7-M ULV processor, four-in-one card reader, Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, […]

Gaming on Everex Cloudbook CE1200V - Grand Theft Auto, HalfLife and Halo Tested

February 26, 2008

This is probably what a lot of potential Cloudbook buyers wants to know - how does the Cloudbook fair in gaming? Luckily for us, Hey Baccalà! decided to install WinXP in his Cloudbook and ran a few games. The games Chris tested were Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, HalfLife Blue Shift and Halo.
As can […]

Wired Reviews Everex Cloudbook CE1200V and Gives it a Passing Grade

February 26, 2008

Wired has just posted a short review on Everex Cloudbook CE1200V. It looks like the reviewer was not very impressed with the ultra portable and gave it a 5-pointer (on a scale of 10). This is what he has to say about the Cloudbook:
WIRED So small you don’t know it’s there. Decent keyboard. 30GB of […]

Zyrex Ubud: Cloudbook Variant for the Indonesia Market

February 25, 2008

Planning for a vacation to Bali in Indonesia? Maybe you will be able to pick up Zyrex Ubud, an ultra portable based on the Via Nanobook UMD reference design.
There is no price tag on the UMPC yet and I have not been able to get an email response from the company.
Here are the specifications of […]