E-Lead presents the Noahpad, their own invention for a new kind of laptop with integrated keyboard in mouse in two large pads, and a resolution that is larger than the screen to provide a larger desktop area.
GeCube are showing their new GeCube Genie PC ARM chip embedded Linux based sub-300€ laptop. And also talking about their plans to integrate a X86 VIA processor in another cheap sub-300€ laptop concept to come soon.
Showing the 7″ touchscreen laptop distributed by Belinea in Europe, based on the Everex Cloudbook, uses a VIA processor, it provides a 700€ super light laptop with a 7″ touchscreen and a special module port on the right side of the screen to include a mobile phone, a GPS or a HSDPA data modem. Showing also a more expensive thin LED backlit laptop.
An Interview with Asus Eee product manager Zing Chen. Comparing the OLPC XO to the Asus Eee, showing the Eee 900 running Linux and Windows XP and with its larger screen (perhaps lower battery life) and the probable $499 or $599 price tag.
SanDisk announced that they are providing the flash memory for the Intel Classmate PC which is going to be released in larger quantities by the end of this year, in cooperation with the One Laptop Per Child organization. SanDisk thus might provide the markets best solution for low cost Flash memory storage to replace hard drives in low cost and low power laptops.
This is a nice looking compact ultra low voltage laptop by Asus. In a certain way this will be a competitor to the Intel Classmate educationnal laptop. This one is using the VIA ultra low voltage processor to use as little as 3.5 watts in use.
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Pepper Computer has ported their flavour of Fedora Core based Linux OS onto the OLPC, here showing some impressive features like 480×360 resolution DivX video playback, eBook mode, fully working Firefox browser with flash, all those features that are perfectly working on the 100$ Laptop hardware: