Entries from March 2008

Via Nanobook Storms into Malaysia as Blue Thunder BT260

March 31, 2008

Blue Thunder BT260, an ultra portable based on Via Nanobook UMD reference design, has been released in Malaysia. The UMPC comes with a 7″ touch panel screen, modular VoIP bluetooth handset, 30Gb Hard Disk Drive and 512Mb RAM. BT260 is selling at this online store for US$686 (RM$2199). An operating system is not included […]

Another Everex Cloudbook CE1200V vs Asus Eee PC Review

March 30, 2008

PCAdvisor.co.uk has released a review on Everex Cloudbook CE1200V, comparing it with Asus Eee PC. Great, another comparison review, that is, if you have never read it before. The article is similar to ComputerWorld’s review reported earlier. Maybe we can play spot the differences. I can see that the currency is different and while one article has photos, […]

Everex Cloudbook with Touch Screen Reviewed

March 29, 2008

Taiwanese website, My Mobile Life, has managed get its hands on the touch screen version of Everex Cloudbook CE1200V. According to the author, he borrowed the UMPC from his U.S. based friend who was back in Taiwan for the elections. From the photos he posted, the Everex Cloudbook CE260 looks like a pre-production unit with a hastily pasted Everex […]

Zyrex Ubud - Mini Review and Photos

March 28, 2008

Zyrex Ubud, the Cloudbook equivalent for the Indonesian market, has recently been reviewed by nebulousarion. Here’s an extract of her blog entry:
I believe Ubud is Zyrex’ answer to Asus’ EEE. This tiny, cute, lightweight (it’s only 0.94 kg) laptop is no toy though. Unlike EEE that has inconveniently small secondary storage, Ubud is shipped with […]

Twinhead C8 - Attractive UMPC with 8″ Screen

March 27, 2008

Sporting a pearl white casing, the ultra portable from Twinhead looks as attractive as the Apple iBook or Asus Eee PC. With an 8″ LCD screen, Twinhead C8 has a native resolution of 1024×600, certainly an advantage to those who find Cloudbook and Eee PC’s 800×480 resolutions too small to work with. Even though the […]