Everex CloudBook Shipments Reportedly Delayed

by atticus ~ February 21, 2008

Digitimes reported the following:

The shipping of the CloudBook ultra-low cost notebook PC by Everex, a subsidiary of First International Computer (FIC), will be delayed due to disruptions caused by recent heavy snowfall in China, according to sources at channel vendors.

Heavy snowfall in China prior to the Lunar New Year holiday at the beginning of February disrupted power and transportation, causing delay at FIC’s factory in Suzhou, noted the sources. Because of the disruption, shipments of the Everex CloudBook will be delayed with shipments to the retail channel in Taiwan to be pushed back to mid-March noted the sources.

Is this the second batch of Cloudbook which ZaReason is referring to?

The next batch from Everex, which is fortunately bigger than the first, had a transport delay getting to the US. We will be fulfilling all preorders first. The shipment is expected on Tuesday, Feb. 26th.

Delay aside, Digitimes’ article talked about shipments to the retail channel in Taiwan. Does this means that Taiwan will also be getting Everex Cloudbook? Or are they referring to FIC CE260 /CE261?

Update: LaptopMag confirmed with Paul Kim, Director of Marketing for Everex, that the reported delay refers to the Taiwanese version of the Cloudbook. This is what he says:

The next round should arrive in the states the end of this month and be available for sale by the first week of March. The Digitimes article refers to the Taiwanese version of the CloudBook which really was delayed from the blizzard.