I guess the cat is out of the bag. "Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC with a 7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus's EEE PC. A source close to the company revealed that the device - codenamed 'Cloudbook' - will ship with the Google Apps-oriented 'gOS' Linux distribution early next year."
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Here is a video review I found of the device being sold as a packard bell with XP on it
http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2007/11/easynote-xs-video-review.html
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One of the most attractive things about the EEE is the flash storage. I don't care if it's less space; silent, rugged, energy-efficient solid state is what I want for a small laptop. It's not my desktop replacement, and if it were, I suppose I could just hook up an external USB hard drive.
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http://www.eeeuser.com/2007/11/14/rumors-about-10-eee-pc-8g-are-fal...
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You said it. I would gladly pay a little more for a 9-10 inch screen that was higher in resolution. I dont want to have to squint at it, but I would like to be able to fit a decent amount on the screen at once. At least the EEE (and presumably this one) will push 16X12 out of the video out port. Hook that puppy up to a big ass monitor and a keyboard and your all set.
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The real kicker will be the battery life. This looks like a nice competitor to the EeePC (which I love). Maybe the C7 will give them better battery life, which would be nice (although the hard drive probably negates that). 2008 is going to see quite a bit more competition in this space I think.
In any case it's awesome that there is a market opening up where Windows is really not a viable option. Who wants to pay an extra $50 for an OS on a device costing less than $400?
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Simply amazing. But I want more: more manufactures will mean more features for less money 
Anyway, if this little thing can compete with the eeePC price-wise (and can satisfy the initial demand), I'll be picking up as soon as it's available.
A brilliant year for FOSS: hopefully this will bring more attention and hardware manufacturers will improve hardware support.
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http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1030
The "Packard Bell Easynote XS-20".
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I wonder how many users will wipe out gOS and install windows xp
another alternative is to turn the cloudbook into a thin client and run windows apps off thinserver xp
http://www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htm