Micro Lappy Round-Up

This may be a bit jarring, but since there are so many of these microlappies shooting out of just about every single fabber in the world, its hard to keep track. The event in question is Computex in Taiwan, a large annual show in the vein of CES. What I’m going to do is just link to all of the salient items I’m coming across. Later, when I get more concrete data and some time I will profile the more interesting machines. Here we go…

The Register has some early news on the planned ASUS Eee Box which might be interesting. The Giz offers more details and better images of the Eee Box. Then, the Giz goes all out with the whole kit and kaboodle.  Engadget has a scoop from Australia about ASUS considering concepts other than deskies and lappies, including a tantalizing picture of a MID-type device. They also have some data on Acer’s Aspire One lappy, which they are calling an Eee clone. Engadget offers some more details about MSI’s [Mighty] Wind micro lappy. Now, before you click this next link, know that its named Jisus V2 and its wrapped in pink leather. I think they misspelled the name. iTWire speculates on how ubiquitous Linux could become, especially when bundled on devices like the Elonex One. Engadget gets some possible dirt on Sony’s entry into the micro lappy market. AMD, not content to sit on the sidelines, is apparently offering its own reference platform. GeCube offers a 12.1″ screened micro lappy, so does it qualify? E-Lead offers up something with a strange looking keyboard called the Noahpad. GigaByte is preparing a convertible Tablet PC-stylied micro lappy just to keep things interesting. Finally, Joanna Stern over at Laptop Magazine has some nice things to say about the ECS G10IL netbook/microlappy/ultra portable lappy device which seems to offer HSDPA capabilities.