Entries Categorized as 'Reviews'

Short Indonesian Review on Zyrex Ubud

May 26, 2008

An Indonesian blogger has written a short review on Zyrex Ubud. The review is written in Bahasa Indonesia but you can use Toggletext to translate the text between Bahasa Indonesia and English. Comparing the Indonesian Nanobook to the Asus EEE PC 701, the author made the following remarks (mistranslation included):

Prefer the design of the battery […]

CNN Reviews MacBook Air, Sony VAIO & Everex Cloudbook

April 30, 2008

In what CNN Money calls a nanobooks face-off, Apple MacBook Air ($1,800 to $3,000), Everex Cloudbook ($399), and Sony VAIO Tz 298N ($3,700) were reviewed by Elizabeth Mateo. You might be wondering why MacBook Air and Sony VAIO were compared to a 7 inch, low-cost UMPC like Everex Cloudbook. But it all makes […]

Everex Cloudbook CE1200J VS Eee PC 4G

April 25, 2008

Japanese review site, PC Watch (translated version), has compared the Everex Cloudbook CE1200J against Eee PC 4G. Cloudbook CE1200J is the touch screen version of Cloudbook CE1200V and currently only available in Japan.

We might not read Japanese and the translated version might be a little hard to understand, but we can still take a look at the […]

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 […]

Review: Zonbu Zonbook and Everex Cloudbook CE1200V

March 23, 2008

Both Zonbu Zonbook and Everex Cloudbook CE1200V run Linux OS, use Via C7-M processors and cost around US$400. However, this is about where the similarities end. Zonbook is a normal-sized 15.4″ laptop while Cloudbook is a 7″ ultra mobile PC. Zonbook is as perfect a machine as computers get while Cloudbook is pretty much a […]

Everex Cloudbook Video Playing Capability Tested

March 16, 2008

Everex Cloudbook playing a RMVB video file. The playback is smooth. However, the CPU utilization is pretty high at 80%.

Everex Cloudbook playing the action-packed movie, Beowulf. The video appears to lag during fast-paced sequences.
Besides the above, UMPCfever.com has also uploaded a video comparing Everex Cloudbook and Asus EeePC playing AVI files.

Everex Cloudbook and Asus EeePC Bootup Comparison on Windows XP

March 15, 2008

We have seen how slow Everex Cloudbook CE1200V takes to startup its gOS v2.0 Rocket operating system and how it took twice the time compared to Asus EeePC. What if both ultra portables are running the same operating system? Now, we have an answer. A Youtube video comparing the time taken for Everex Cloudbook CE1200V […]

Battle of the featherweight notebooks: Everex CloudBook vs. Asus EeePC

March 14, 2008

ComputerWorld has posted a thorough comparison of Everex Cloudbook and Asus EeePC. The two ultra portables were pitted against each other in 14 areas - design, heft, video quality, storage, keyboard, touch pad, processor, battery/fan, wi-fi, upgradeability, external ports, operating system/BIOS, applications and tech support.
As with most other Cloudbook and EeePC comparison reviews, EeePC emerged […]